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Retrospective: Google Summer of Code 2025

by Julia Holze, in Announcement, Google Summer of Code

Summary

We received 30 project proposals for this GSoC edition.

For the 14th year in a row, we have been able to support and guide young, ambitious developers who joined us as an open source organization to work on a programming project over this summer. This year we were once again inspired by new project ideas, great results and dedicated students. From the numerous and wonderful project applications we received, we were able to select five proposals to take part in the GSoC, which was celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, with their project idea. Every year, Google Summer of Code offers a great opportunity to work on projects remotely while getting a deep insight into open source projects like ours – DBpedia.

Meet our Google Summer of Code 2025 contributors and their projects

Four students passed the final evaluation on September 8. The project “Neural Extraction Framework: Enhancing DBpedia with Implicit Relation Mining” still has time until November 17 to be evaluated. During our summer program, our five finalists worked intensely on their DBpedia projects and achieved great results to show to the public. 

Topics in the projects included the semantic web and linked data, machine learning and natural language processing, working with LLMs and Knowledge Graphs, as well as further development of international DBpedia chapters. If you want to have deeper insights into our GSoC contributor’s work, you can find their projects in the following list. Check them out!

Thanks to the mentors

Thanks to all our mentors around the world for joining our project and supporting us with their expertise and kindness. Above all, a big thank you to those who have supported us for many years in a row. Thank you all again for spending over 3.5+ months working with this year’s GSoC contributors and helping them become better open source contributors!

Mentor Summit

As part of the GSoC we have organized a meetup for all mentors. This year’s GSoC Mentor Summit will be held at the Munich Marriott Hotel, Thursday, October 23 – Saturday, October 25, 2025.

The GSoC Mentor Summit is an informal unconference where attendees create the schedule on-site. It’s an opportunity for mentors and org admins to connect and discuss a wide range of topics. The summit provides a unique experience that encourages collaboration and fosters new ideas.

After GSoC is before the next GSoC

We cannot wait for the 2026 edition. Likewise, if you are an ambitious contributor who is interested in open source development and working with DBpedia you are more than welcome to either contribute your own project idea or apply for project ideas we offer starting in early 2026. If you would like to know where previous mentors and contributors are now working, please read our GSoC blog post about the last 10 years of DBpedia at GSoC. 

In case you like to mentor a project, do not hesitate to also get in touch with us via dbpedia@infai.org. 

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Julia & Johanna

on behalf of the DBpedia Association