The Open Mainframe Project's annual summer mentorship program has connected more than 200 students with hands-on experience in Linux, open source, and mainframes. Our mentees use the knowledge and experience they gain from their mentorships throughout their academic pursuits and careers.
My name is Yetunde Obakeye, and I’m honored to be selected as a mentee for the Mainframe Open Education (MOE) program. Under the mentorship of Lauren Valenti, Nanxi Meng, and...
1. Beginning the Journey As a final-year Btech student specializing in AI, I began this project curious about how artificial intelligence could do more than power new applications—it could also...
This summer has been a transformative journey for me as part of the Open Mainframe Project Mentorship. My project was called the LMS Integration Project, where the goal was to...
Introduction Hi, I’m Athar Ramzan. I recently completed my mentorship in the Linux Foundation’s LFX program, working on the Open Mainframe Project’s COBOL Programming Course with my mentors Sudharsana Srinivasan...
It’s 3 AM in a data center. A mainframe is crunching millions of transactions, batch jobs are running, reports are being generated. But half those jobs process empty files, reports...
Introduction Hey everyone! I’m Ojus Chugh, an open source software engineer currently working as an Associate Technical Consultant, where I focus on AI/ML solutions and enterprise software development. I’ve been...
This summer, I had the chance to dive into a project that combined both my interests and a real-world challenge: porting a high-performance math library – BLIS to z/OS. When...
Three months ago, I stepped into a journey I never imagined would shape me this much. Today, as I sit here right after my final evaluation meeting with my mentors,...
Hello there! I’m Paras Chawla, a BCA graduate with a passion for computers, Linux, and all things open source. Ever since I watched the Mr. Robot series, I’ve shifted from...
