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===Google Summer of Code===
Five projects for the development of Hugin / panotools were accepted for the 2007 [[Google Summer of Code]]. Additionally a sixth, community sponsored project has been set up. The projects were:
* Automatic feature detection by Pedro Alonso (Spain), mentored by [[Herbert Bay]] (Switzerland)
* New modular GUI by Ippei Ukai (Japan), mentored by Yuval Levy (Canada), who is also the lead administrator on the Summer of Code effort
* HDR de-ghosting by Jing Jin (USA), mentored by Pablo d'Angelo (Germany) who is also the lead developer on Hugin
* Large image processing with VIPS by Mohammad Shahiduzzaman (Bangladesh), mentored by John Cupitt (United Kingdom)
* Interactive Panorama Viewer by Leon Moctezuma (Mexico),  mentored by Aldo Hoeben (The Netherlands)
* Community project: PTbatcher by Zoran Mesec (Slovenija), mentored by Daniel M. German (Canada)

Hugin was also accepted to Summer of Code 2008. Projects were:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/about.html|title=Google Summer of Code 2008|work=Google Developers}}</ref>
* Fast, [[OpenGL]] accelerated preview by James Alastair Legg, mentored by Pablo d'Angelo<ref>[https://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=B07CDCAA01A7EE31 Google SoC Application Information: OpenGL Hugin preview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503173009/http://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=B07CDCAA01A7EE31 |date=2008-05-03 }}</ref>
* Automated feature matching by Onur Kucuktunc, mentored by Alexandre Jenny<ref>[https://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=2F780CBFE85CBAB5 Google SoC Application Information: Automatic Feature Matching for Panoramic Images] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503150124/http://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=2F780CBFE85CBAB5 |date=2008-05-03 }}</ref>
* User interface for masking of images by Fahim Mannan, mentored by Daniel M. German<ref>[https://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=9430C14C09B97D82 Google SoC Application Information: Masking in GUI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503150955/http://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=9430C14C09B97D82 |date=2008-05-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.panotools.org/SoC_2008_Masking_in_GUI|title=SoC 2008 Masking in GUI}}</ref>
* Batch processing ability by Marko Kuder, mentored by Zoran Mesec<ref>[https://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=ED9B86CD65E6238B Google SoC Application Information: Batch Processing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503192851/http://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=ED9B86CD65E6238B |date=2008-05-03 }}</ref>
* Automatic detection of non-static features in imagery (final application is called ''Celeste'') by Timothy Nugent, mentored by Yuval Levy<ref>[https://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=E0609234E096A1CC Google SoC Application Information: Support Vector Machine-based Sky Identification for Enhanced Image Alignment in Panoramic Photography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503150124/http://code.google.com/soc/2008/pano/appinfo.html?csaid=E0609234E096A1CC |date=2008-05-03 }}</ref>

In 2009 Google Summer of Code projects were as follows:
* [[Ghosting (photography)|Ghost]] removal for Enfuse by Luka Jirkovsky, mentored by Andrew Mihal<ref>[https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/hugin/t124022488830 GSoC2009: Ghost removal for enfuse for Hugin/Panotools]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Layout model by James Legg, mentored by Bruno Postle<ref>[https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/hugin/t124022488690 GSoC2009: Layout Panorama Model for Hugin/Panotools ]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Automatic lens calibration by detecting straight lines in pictures by Timothy Nugent, mentored by Tom Sharpless<ref>[https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/hugin/t124022488970 GSoC2009: Straight-line detection for automated lens calibration for Hugin/Panotools]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* and fourth project for porting [[LightTwist]] to Mac OS X by Yulia Kotseruba, mentored by Sébastien Roy.<ref>[https://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/hugin/t124022489127 GSoC2009: LightTwist for Hugin/Panotools]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2010 the Google Summer of Code projects were:
* implementing a [[Software patent|patent]]-free [[Image feature|image feature detector]] and control point generator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2010/chapo/1001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723120015/http://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2010/chapo/1001|title=GSoC 2010: Towards a full patent-free pipeline for panorama stitching: Project details|archive-date=23 July 2012}}</ref> by Antoine Deleforge, mentored by Timothy Nugent.
* creating a new interactive panorama overview, by Darko Makreshanski and mentored by James Legg<ref>[https://archive.today/20120719040002/http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2010/dmakreshanski/3001 GSoC 2010: Interactive Panorama Overview for Hugin]</ref>
* improving the [[GNU make|make]] file libraries used in panorama stitching<ref>[https://archive.today/20120715000620/http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2010/flyingflo/1001 GSoC 2010: Bulletproof Makefile Output Library]</ref> and
* adding [[regression tests]] for libpano13<ref>[https://archive.today/20120716053918/http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2010/mrjabaa/2001 GSoC 2010: Regression tests for libpano13 ]</ref>

In 2011 the GSoC project was centered around Enblend's seam line optimization algorithm using [[Graph cuts in computer vision|graph-cut algorithm]].<ref>[http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2011/rosomack/8001 hugin GSoC projects in 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321144826/http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2011/rosomack/8001 |date=2012-03-21 }}</ref><ref>[https://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx/t/51b510a317935df1 New primary seam generator in Enblend, Hugin-ptx group]</ref>