The MEF Developer Community is a program run by the MEF. Undergraduates and graduates in academic institutions, research organizations and enterprises from around the world develop and research projects scoped and mentored by the MEF member service providers and technology providers from the telecoms industry.
Opportunities for Students and Graduates
MEF offers unique opportunities to students and graduates to participate in ongoing MEF software development and modelling projects that are having profound and immediate impact on the connectivity and cloud services industry. These projects involve MEF member companies including major global service providers and technology providers, and touch on the latest in standards work including LSO, SDN and NFV.
Benefits for Students and Graduates
By being a part of the MEF Software Developer Community, students enjoy the following benefits:
- Putting the knowledge acquired in their studies to practical use with immediate impact on the industry.
- Access to the latest industry practices and thinking.
- Participation in cutting edge work in projects scoped by the world's leading service providers and technology providers and mentored by MEF member companies.
- Exposure to potential future employers and research partners.
- Enhancement of their resumes and raising of their personal profile.
Benefits for the MEF and the Telecoms Industry
The benefits for the MEF and the telecom industry as a whole include:
- Acceleration of availability of open standardized APIs
- Creation of micro-services and reference implementations that strengthen development and enhancement of specifications
- Increased awareness and understanding of LSO among the next generation of software, network, operations and business application experts entering the market.
Projects for Students and Graduates
There are a wide range of projects that students and graduates can work on during one, two or three semesters depending on the project. The menu of these MEF projects is constantly evolving and can be adapted to include new opportunities in line with specific requests. MEF can work together with the relevant staff at the student's academic organization to ensure that credits are received for work on these projects.
Typical Requirements for Software Developers
The following highlight the backgrounds required and preferred to participate in the projects listed below. Note that some requirements relate only to specific projects.- Studying Information or Computer Science, Telematics, Networking, Internet or Web Engineering
- Practical experience in developing sofware in Java 8, Javascript - node.js and Python
- Prior knowledge of tools like Spring Boot and implementation approaches like Micro-Services
- At least basic knowledge of networking (e.g. Carrier Ethernet, IP, MPLS etc.)
- UML and/or YANG modeling experience
- HCI or User Interface design experience
- Preferred: Familiarity with MEF terminology and specs
- Preferred: Experience working with Open Source projects (e.g. OpenStack, OpenDaylight, OPNFV, ON.Lab)
- Preferred: Experience using OpenStack solutions
Interested students, graduates and academic institutions should contact Daniel Bar-Lev for more information on how to be a part of the MEF Developer Community.