GSoC 2026: My Journey to NumFOCUS & DeepForest
About Me Hello! My name is Muhammad Saqlain. I’m a Master’s student at the University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan, and I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected for Google Summer of Code 2026 with NumFOCUS, working on a project called DeepForest. I will be working under the mentorship of University of Florida researchers this summer 🎉🥳 This is actually my second time being selected for GSoC. In 2025, I was a contributor with Google Chromium. But this time, since I’m a Master’s student, I specifically wanted a research-based project. The one I chose is purely research-oriented. It’s not the kind of problem an AI agent can just solve for you, because the problem itself is unique and requires genuine research to make progress. However, as an AI lover, I personally use AI in my daily tasks and am also interested in working with AI. Despite that, I chose this project because it aligns with my long-term research goals. ...