Safa Sofuoglu Application 2009

About Safa Sofuoglu
I am a 22 year old software developer, graduated (with B.S.) last year from Hacettepe University, which is located in Ankara/Turkey. I am currently working at a local company and in the meantime doing some XMPP related work.

I am always striving to improve in my in my field. I've done various challenging projects which involve scaling and optimization of high-performance systems. I am curently running an online multiplayer flash game which serves 90k unique users a day.

Contact Information
My email/JID is safasofuoglu {at} gmail {dot} com. You can also find me at jdev chatroom as 'huni'.

Community Involvement
My involvement with XMPP began with Google Summer of Code 2008, in which I have updated and improved BOSH support of Openfire and the flash based XIFF library.

Since last summer, I have updated BOSH implementation of Openfire's connection manager module and also made various small fixes. I am also following and taking part in BOSH discussion list where I can.

Plans for the Future

 * Technical contribution - I will be becoming a research assistant this summer and I plan to choose an XMPP related subject for my Master's Thesis.


 * Spreading the word - I see that the Turkish Jabber community is weak, and I believe I can change this in cooperation with my connections in Turkish open source community.


 * Code - I'll be continuing to contribute to open source XMPP projects.

Why I am Applying
XMPP is a great protocol beyond instant messaging. As I dive deeper into it, I see more reasons to support and contribute. I am sure XMPP has a bright future and I want to be a part of the team shaping that future.