Students for ASCEND GSOC announced

Student proposals for work with ASCEND as part of this year's Google Summer of
Code have been announced on the GSOC website:

http://socghop.appspot.com/org/home/google/gsoc2009/ascend

We would like to congratulate the five successful applicants, and to thank
everyone who submitted a proposal.

It was great to see so much interest in ASCEND from far and wide, and to see
so many (over 60) high-quality applicants. There were many fine proposals for
interesting projects which we would have very much liked to pursue but which
could not be accepted due to the limits on the number of 'slots' available to
us.

For those who weren't successful, please consider staying involved in the ASCEND
project. You might find that you can simple make use of ASCEND during your
studies, or you might find that the opportunity arises to make some
contributions to ASCEND as part of your final-year or honours year projects.
Please keep us in mind! Contributions are always welcome.

Thanks again, everyone!