# GSoC'26 - Introduction - Alvin George

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc26-introduction-alvin-george/36287>\
**Category:** GSoC\
**Tags:** gsoc\
**Created:** [February 25, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc26-introduction-alvin-george/36287 "2026-02-25T10:29:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![alvingeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@alvingeorge](https://community.jenkins.io/u/alvingeorge)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc26-introduction-alvin-george/36287/1 "2026-02-25T10:29:43Z")

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Hello everyone 👋  
I’m Alvin George, a CS student from India with strong interest in Cloud, DevOps, and Linux systems.  
I’ve been working with Linux environments and Docker, and I’m currently exploring observability and CI/CD systems.  
I’m interested in contributing to the OpenTelemetry integration for Jenkins jobs on [ci.jenkins.io](http://ci.jenkins.io) for GSoC 2026.  
I’m starting to study Jenkins architecture and OpenTelemetry concepts — any guidance on where to begin contributing would be appreciated.  
Excited to be here!

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**Author:** ![jonesbusy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/jonesbusy/32/2643_2.png) [@jonesbusy](https://community.jenkins.io/u/jonesbusy)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc26-introduction-alvin-george/36287/2 "2026-03-03T08:59:00Z")

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Hi!

Welcome to this community!