COSCUP x RubyConf TW 2021

帶台灣學生打世界盃—以開源社群成立頂級實習場域
07-31, 15:30–16:00 (Asia/Taipei), TR313
Language: English


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Top-notch Internship via Open Source

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Abstract

由於缺乏軟體技術產業鍊,也缺乏實習的文化/機會,台灣的資訊系學生常常不知所學何用。

Apache Software Foundation是世界最大的開源軟體管理基金會,管轄超過350個頂級專案,
包括全世界非常多主流網路系統、大數據、Machine Learning領域等等軟體皆由Apache專案
打造。在各個專案之中有無數世界一流軟體工程師貢獻的心血。

雖然台灣的資訊教育缺乏實作的訓練,既然世界第一流的軟體、第一流的人才就在Apache開源社群
裡,我們何不直接帶領學生去打國際賽,讓他們第一手接觸實際軟體開發,與一流工程師切磋?

過去數年,我們挑選了幾個Big Data, Machine Learning領域的Apache專案,讓學生直接參與開發。
至今為止,我們已經在台灣培養了七位Apache專案committer了。甚至,在Apache Submarine
這個機器學習平台專案,台灣的學生已經主導整個專案的開發了。雖然台灣沒有矽谷的環境,但我們
藉由參與開源專案開發,讓學生獲得接近於在一流軟體公司實習的經驗。

講者將在本次演講分享台灣學生在幾個知名國際開源專案的成功經驗:
Apache Hadoop, Ozone, Submarine, Yunikorn (incubating)

講者期待藉由直接參與國際大型開源專案的經驗,培養台灣人才,以開源方式推動技術自主,讓台灣
擺脫數位殖民的宿命。

English Abstract

The software industry in Taiwan is still in its infancy. The computer science students in Taiwan often find themself unable to find internship opportunities. They lack the motive to learn because they are unable to apply their skills to practice.

The Apache Software Foundation is the largest governing body for open source software projects, managing more than 350 top level projects, including many of the world's mainstream network systems, big data systems and machine learning systems. Numerous world's top-notch developers contributed countless hours in the projects.

Why don't we encourage the students to join the Apache communities, let them sharpen the skills by working with the best talents first-hand? After all, the best software and the best developers are out there in Apache!

Over the past few years, we selected a few Apache projects in the Big Data and Machine Learning area, encouraging the students to participate in the development of these project, working with the communities. To date, we have had 7 committers in the various Apache projects. Even more, our students have largely taken over the development of the Apache Submarine, a Machine Learning Platform. Despite that Taiwan lacks the Silicon Valley-like environment, our students gained the experience that's comparable to the internship at top software companies.

The speaker will share the successful stories of Taiwanese students in these projects: Apache Hadoop, Ozone, Submarine and Yunikorn (incubating).

The speaker wishes to foster software talents by having them participating in the development of the top international open source projects; moreover, pursue the technological independence of Taiwan via open source projects, staying away from the destiny of digital colonialism.