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==National Conference on Open Source Software -NCOSS'09 May 25th - 26th, 2009 == | |||
NCOSS - 2009 is being conceived of as a forum to bring together the various groups working on developing Open Source Applications catering to specific domains in the ICT world, including education, health, accessibility, localisation, e-commerce, disaster management, expert systems, machine learning, etc. A number of high quality software solutions are available in many of these areas, for example, SugarCRM, Koha, Drupal, Moodle, Sahana, CollabCAD, etc. Work on these systems require a combination of domain knowledge and development expertise. Much of the public awareness in open source is focussed on desktop, operating system and general productivity tools. With this background, NCOSS-09 has chosen to focus on the layer above this, bringing together groups working on various application domains. | |||
The conference will present experiences in deploying FOSS applications, comparative studies among competing software solutions, efforts in adapting and localising FOSS applications, development of new applications, etc. The conference will consist of the following: | |||
Invited talks by experts from India and abroad | |||
Presentation of contributed papers selected based on refereeing by a panel of referees | |||
Exhibition by industry and academia | |||
Pre conference Tutorials (on May 24th ) | |||
Panel discussion | |||
Papers are invited on the topics listed below. All papers will be subject to external refereeing and acceptance will be subject to referee evaluation. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. We also invite proposals for tutorials. | |||
== MySQL South East Asia Road Show== | |||
MySQL Southeast Asia Roadshow: Bangalore (06 Nov), New Delhi (07 Nov), Chennai (08 Nov) | |||
An exclusive seminar and networking opportunity to explore how your organization can benefit from MySQL’s future plans. David Axmark , Co-founder and Vice President, Larry Stefonic Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific President, MySQL K.K. (Japan) and Daniel Saito Representative Director of the Asia Pacific region MySQL K.K. together with OSSCube, India’s first and only Authorized MySQL Training Center and one of the MySQL Enterprise Partner will be presenting and discussing both technical and none technical aspects of MySQL. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with the MySQL representatives here in Bangalore (06 November), New Delhi (07 November) & Chennai (08 November). | |||
More details at [http://http://osscube.com/osevents/2007/10/31/mysql-southeast-asia-roadshow-bangalore-06-nov-new-delhi-07-nov-chennai-08-nov/ | |||
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==FOSS Meet@NITC 2007== | |||
[[Calicut/NIT/FOSS_Meet/07|FOSS Meet@NITC 2007]] - Third edition of the event organised by glugc | |||
==FOSS in Science 4-6, January 2007== | |||
[http://www.space-kerala.org/fsc FOSS in Science] is a national workshop | |||
being organised by the [http://www.uccollege.edu.in/ Union Christian College], Aluva, Kerala State, in | |||
collaboration with the [http://www.space-kerala.org Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE)] and [http://www.gnu.org.in Free Software Foundation of India (FSFI)]. | |||
The three-day workshop will focus on the relevance of Free and Open | |||
Source Software (FOSS) in science education, scientific research and | |||
scientific computing. This is the first such workshop to be conducted | |||
in India, and is aimed at introducing FOSS to college teachers, | |||
doctoral students, research workers and others. | |||
The workshop will have as speakers, eminent FOSS experts from leading | |||
institutions like IIT Bombay, TIFR, Institute of Plasma Research, | |||
Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Free Software Foundation of India and | |||
Geological Survey of India. Participants will also have an opportunity | |||
to get hands on experience in using some of the software that is | |||
introduced by the speakers. A CD containing the GNU/Linux operating | |||
system, along with a number of applications that can be used in | |||
scientific research, will be given to all participants. The CD may be | |||
used to install the software on any number of computers and may also | |||
be freely copied and distributed. | |||
==Debian Developers Conference 2006== | ==Debian Developers Conference 2006== | ||
Debian Developers Conference 2006 will be organised as a MiniConf during foss.in 2006. | Debian Developers Conference 2006 will be organised as a MiniConf during foss.in 2006. | ||
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Venue: National Science Symposium Centre, IISc, Bangalore, India | Venue: National Science Symposium Centre, IISc, Bangalore, India | ||
* [http://www. | * [http://www.foss.in/2006 FOSS.IN/2006] | ||
[[FOSS.IN/2006/Discussion|Discussion]] on the challenges faced by Indian FOSS Community in India. | |||
==Software Freedom Day 06== | ==Software Freedom Day 06== | ||
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*[http://www.dilpu.net Dilip V] | *[http://www.dilpu.net Dilip V] | ||
*[http://www.pravi.co.nr Praveen A] | *[http://www.pravi.co.nr Praveen A] | ||
*[http:// | *[http://thejeshgn.com Thejesh GN] | ||
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/prady/ Pradyumna Sampath] | *[http://www.livejournal.com/users/prady/ Pradyumna Sampath] | ||
Dilip and Praveen introduced FOSS and the advantages of FOSS. Pradyumna Sampath give a demo of glade and gtk programming. It was followed by a talk on FOSS Tools and advantages specific to students. The event was organised in association with Protocol, Computer club of BMSCE. | Dilip and Praveen introduced FOSS and the advantages of FOSS. Pradyumna Sampath give a demo of glade and gtk programming. It was followed by a talk on FOSS Tools and advantages specific to students. The event was organised in association with Protocol, Computer club of BMSCE. | ||