# Video call for GSoC2021 student candidates and mentors **URL:** \ **Category:** GSoC-2021\ **Created:** [March 19, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862 "2021-03-19T00:24:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![milancurcic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/milancurcic/32/2_2.png) [@milancurcic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/milancurcic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/1 "2021-03-19T00:24:48Z")
Hello, GSoC student candidates and mentors! Let’s find a time to meet on a video call next week. Please mark your availability in this Doodle poll: > **[Doodle: Fortran-lang GSoC 2021](https://doodle.com/poll/3b9mkkphqfgh8qi9?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link)** > > Doodle is the simplest way to schedule meetings with clients, colleagues, or friends. Find the best time for one-to-ones and team meetings with our user-friendly calendar tool. Get started today! This will be the opportunity to meet the mentors, introduce yourselves, discuss project ideas, and anything else you want to know, before the student applications open on March 29. I look forward to meeting you all! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lkedward](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/lkedward/32/72_2.png) [@lkedward](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/lkedward)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/2 "2021-03-20T10:21:29Z")
cc @harshcasper @Ketan @Kubajj @rachitt @dhiganthrao @tanweeralii908 @KaranKapoor @Aman @skshamagarwal @ashutosh-pandey @Chetan_Karwa ---
**Author:** ![ashutosh-pandey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/ashutosh-pandey/32/403_2.png) [@ashutosh-pandey](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/ashutosh-pandey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/3 "2021-03-22T13:24:10Z")
Hi, is the date/time fixed yet? ---
**Author:** ![Arjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Arjen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Arjen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/4 "2021-03-22T13:48:40Z")
There are a few candidates still. I expect Milan will publish a date and time today. ---
**Author:** ![Arjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Arjen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Arjen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/5 "2021-03-22T13:50:13Z")
By “candidate” I meant three possible date-and-times, not people :). ---
**Author:** ![milancurcic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/milancurcic/32/2_2.png) [@milancurcic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/milancurcic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/6 "2021-03-22T15:08:00Z")
Thank you all. We’ll meet on Tuesday, March 23, at 2pm Eastern Time. Zoom info below. Look forward to speaking to you all. Topic: Fortran-lang GSoC 2021 Students + Mentors meeting Time: Mar 23, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting > **[Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting](https://miami.zoom.us/j/96989094622?pwd=M2U4Vmhtd2hrSWhBZFpIZGUyOElUZz09)** > > Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference... Meeting ID: 969 8909 4622 Passcode: 051528 One tap mobile +16465588656,96989094622#,\*051528# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +39 069 480 6488 Italy +39 020 066 7245 Italy +39 021 241 28 823 Italy Meeting ID: 969 8909 4622 Passcode: 051528 Find your local number: [https://miami.zoom.us/u/a54z5ZXtS](https://miami.zoom.us/u/a54z5ZXtS) Join by SIP [96989094622@zoomcrc.com](mailto:96989094622@zoomcrc.com) Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) Meeting ID: 969 8909 4622 Passcode: 051528 ---
**Author:** ![ashutosh-pandey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/ashutosh-pandey/32/403_2.png) [@ashutosh-pandey](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/ashutosh-pandey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/7 "2021-03-22T16:55:58Z")
Just confirming, this is ET and not EDT right? The Daylight saving thing is a bit confusing 😅 ---
**Author:** ![milancurcic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/milancurcic/32/2_2.png) [@milancurcic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/milancurcic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/8 "2021-03-22T17:08:11Z")
It’s confusing to me as well! We’re currently observing daylight savings in the US, so ET == EDT. 2pm ET == 6pm UTC ---
**Author:** ![certik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/certik/32/4_2.png) [@certik](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/certik)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/9 "2021-03-22T17:18:43Z")
I just use terms like Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern, and they mean the current time zone (whether daylight or winter). ---
**Author:** ![milancurcic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/milancurcic/32/2_2.png) [@milancurcic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/milancurcic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/10 "2021-03-22T17:20:58Z")
Same! ET 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![awvwgk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/awvwgk/32/154_2.png) [@awvwgk](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/awvwgk)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/11 "2021-03-22T17:27:49Z")
It won’t hurt to include the time for UTC to make it unambitious in the future. Also, you just reminded me that the US already started using daylight savings while Europe hasn’t yet, must be more careful for the next week to not mess up timezone calculations in my head and miss meetings 😉. ---
**Author:** ![ashutosh-pandey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/ashutosh-pandey/32/403_2.png) [@ashutosh-pandey](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/ashutosh-pandey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/12 "2021-03-22T17:38:41Z")
Got it. So basically UTC -4:00 currently. Looking forward to meeting you all! ---
**Author:** ![milancurcic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/milancurcic/32/2_2.png) [@milancurcic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/milancurcic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/13 "2021-03-22T17:54:20Z")
> [@awvwgk](#): > > It won’t hurt to include the time for UTC to make it unambitious in the future. Also, you just reminded me that the US already started using daylight savings while Europe hasn’t yet Good point, I agree, let’s use UTC going forward. ---
**Author:** ![FortranFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@FortranFan](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/FortranFan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/14 "2021-03-27T16:26:10Z")
cc @harshcasper @Ketan @rachitt @dhiganthrao @KaranKapoor @Aman @skshamagarwal @ashutosh-pandey @Chetan_Karwa @ThirumalaiShaktivel Hi Everyone, It’s late for GSoC 2021 but for any of you looking for a **challenging** open-source project in the Fortran space may want to look at the Fortran 2003 feature of parameterized derived type (PDT) and the issues with its current implementation in GCC/gfortran. Please see **[this thread](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/interesting-output-from-gfortran-when-using-parameterized-derived-types/919/6)**. Unfortunately this feature has been orphaned and it’s up for grabs to anyone willing to volunteer their contributions. PDT facility has apparently proven rather difficult to implement and it does appear to be a road “less traveled” in Fortran compilers but it is a [**useful feature**](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/a-gfortran-issue-with-parameterized-derived-types/213/5) for quite a few situations in scientific and technical computing. If this catches any of your interest, please do post your thought(s) and/or link(s) here and one or more readers will be keen to assist in many ways to work with the GCC community toward gfortran enhancement. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![FortranFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@FortranFan](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/FortranFan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/video-call-for-gsoc2021-student-candidates-and-mentors/862/15 "2021-03-27T16:26:47Z")
cc: @kubajj @tanweeralii908 @milancurcic @certik @lkedward