User:RuchirangaW/JPEG2000 media type support for Commons

JPEG2000 media type support for Commons

 * Public URL: (the page where the full proposal can be found)
 * Announcement: (link to the announcement of your proposal at the wikitech-l mailing list.

Name and contact information

 * Name:Thanuditha Ruchiranga Wickramasinghe
 * Email:truchiranga@gmail.com
 * IM networks:Google Talk : truchiranga@gmail.com
 * Google+ : truchiranga@gmail.com
 * Skype : Thanuditha Ruchiranga


 * LinkedIn:Thanuditha Ruchiranga
 * Git Hub:https://github.com/Ruchiranga
 * Location:Galle, Sri Lanka
 * Typical working hours:WeekDays: 6 pm - 12.00 mid nights, Weekends: Full Day

Synopsis

 * Possible mentors: Bryan Davis

Deliverables
Please describe the details and the timeline of the work you plan to accomplish on the project you are most interested in (discuss these first with the mentor of the project):

About you
I I will have other time commitments since we will not have any summer vacation and I will have to engage in university work.
 * Education completed or in progress:I am Ruchiranga Wickramasinghe, a first year undergraduate at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. And I am studying Computer Science and Engineering.
 * How did you hear about this program?
 * I first heard about this program through a GSoC meetup held in our university - GSoC Sri Lanka Meetup. And also through the DecadeOf GSoC program held at our University(University of Moratuwa) with the presence of 1. Mr. Chris DiBona, Director of Social Impact and Open Source - Google Inc. 2. Ms. Mary Radomile - Program Manager - Google Inc. 3. Ms. Stephanie Taylor - Program Manager - Google Inc. 4. Mr. Rohan Jayaweera, Sri Lanka Country Consultant for Google Inc.
 * Will you have any other time commitments, such as school work, another job, planned vacation, etc., during the duration of the program?
 * We advise all candidates eligible to Google Summer of Code and FOSS Outreach Program for Women to apply for both programs. Are you planning to apply to both programs and, if so, with what organization(s)?

Past experience

 * Please describe your experience with any other FOSS projects as a user and as a contributor:The projects I had developed can be found on my Github repo.


 * Please describe any relevant projects that you have worked on previously and what knowledge you gained from working on them (include links):


 * What project(s) are you interested in (these can be in the same or different organizations)?