Hello Sergei, Elena and everyone, I'm Pablo, and I was selected as part of Google Summer of Code 2014 to work on the project "*Statistically optimize mysql-test runs by running less tests*". First of all, thank you very much for having selected me for the project. I am very excited to start reading, reviewing data and coding up. I see that Elena will be my mentor. Nice to meet you Elena : ) To begin with, I am focusing on the *Buildbot documentation*, to *(1)understand how the data is organized* inside it, and to *(2)*figure out *how to add the extra functionality* into the BuildBot. I want to get started with the data analysis, so it would be great if you could help me with the following things: 1. Sergei, you said you did a bit of research into this. Do you have your *previous results*, or *any papers* that you have read that you could suggest to me? 2. Can I get *access to the buildbot database* to look at the data? If not, can I get the E/R model, or any scheme of *how the data looks like?* - I understand that maybe the data is not just a single database. I am starting by *reading the buildbot documentation*, to understand how the stuff is organized in it. 3. *Any other information* that you consider useful for me to know? Any advice? And that's all I have for now. I'm looking forward to getting started! Regards Pablo