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2nd Call for Participation
 
NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software  
 
 May 25 - 26, 2009, Navi Mumbai, India.
 

 	 	 		 			 			Organized 			by 			 			Centre 			for Development of Advanced Computing, Mumbai 			 			Supported 			by  			 			 			IEEE 			Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters &  			 			 			CSI, 			Div II on Software & SIG-OSS 			Media 			Partner 			Linux 			For You 		 	 

 
The
National Conference on Open Source Software is intended to act as a
forum for promoting adoption of open source softwares and solutions in
different areas, by sharing experiences in solution selection,
customization/ adaptation, etc. Over 110 papers were submitted to the
conference from all over India. After a rigorous international
refereeing process, 25 papers have been selected, which will be
presented during the conference.  
 
Conference Programme :
 
 	Pre-Conference 	Tutorials (on May 24, 2009) which include 	 			Adopting 			Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using Open Source Software 			 			How 			to build your extensions for Open Office 			 			MySQL 			cluster & high availability 			 			Customize 			your Moodle [Learning Management System] 		 
 
 More information on these tutorials can be found at http://ncoss. cdacmumbai. in/ index.php/oss/ OSS09/pages/ view/Tutorials
 
Paper 	Presentation in areas including 	e-Learning 			Collaboration 			Technology 			e-Commerce 			Enterprise 			Applications 			Indian 			Language Computing and Localization 			Knowledge 			Management 			Other 			domains 		 
 
Visit this link for more information on selected papers of the conference http://ncoss. cdacmumbai. in/ index.php/oss/ OSS09/pages/ view/SelectedPapers
 
Invited 	Talks 	Keynote 			address by Prof. C. R. Muthukrishnan, Advisor TCS and Ex-Director 			IIT Madras 			Invited 			talk by Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran (Developer of Mayavi), IIT 			Bombay 			Invited 			talk by Dr. B.K. Gairola, Director General, NIC (to be 			confirmed) 		 
 
Panel 	Discussion 	 			A 			panel discussion on - 'Circumventing barriers to FOSS 			adoption' 		More 		information on invited talks and panel discussion will be updated 		at 		http://ncoss. cdacmumbai. in/ index.php/oss/ OSS09/pages/ view/TalksDiscussio n 	Some 	live demos of FOSS applications like  	 	Vanilla 			- Open Source Business Intelligence software 			Indic 			script rendering in PDF using jasper reports 			Self 			Help MIS for SHGs/NGOs  			 			and 			more . . . 		 
 
Programme Committee :
 
Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (Chair)  
 
Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi  
 
Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai  
 
Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai  
 
Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai  
 
Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai  
 
Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai  
 
Rishab Aiyer Gosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands  
 
Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai  
 
Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi  
 
Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai
 
Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore  
 
Nagarjuna G, HBCSE, Mumbai  
 
Demo Hall :
 
NCOSS-09,
announces DEMO HALL for show-casing open source applications. The aim
is to provide a platform for people to demonstrate their open source
works/tools. Irrespective of whether you have a paper at the
conference, you can use this opportunity to showcase your work.
 
All those participating in the demo hall must register for the conference. You would just have to fillup the following http://ncoss. cdacmumbai. in/ files/conferences/ 2/ ApplicationforDemoS ession.rtf and mail it to ncoss at cdacmumbai. in asap. Now limited slots are available on a first-come-first- serve basis. So apply early...
 
For more details visit http://ncoss. cdacmumbai. in/ index.php/oss/ OSS09/pages/ view/DemoHall
 
Registration Fees:
 

 
 

 	 	 	 	 		 			
 			 		 		 			Conference 		 		 			Tutorial 		 	 	 		 			Not-for-profit/ 			educational institutions 		 		 			Rs. 			2200/- 		 		 			Rs. 			700/- 		 	 	 		 			Industry 		 		 			Rs. 			3500/- 		 		 			Rs. 			1000/- 		 	 	 		 			Student 		 		 			Rs. 			1100/- 		 		 			Rs. 			500/- 		 	 

 
( Registration form and more details on website )
 

 
 
Limited seats available, register early !
 

 
 
Contact :
 
(For more details and registration) 
NCOSS-09 Secretariat,
 
C-DAC Mumbai, Raintree Marg, Near Bharati Vidyapeeth,
 
Opp. Kharghar Railway Station, Sector 7, CBD Belapur,  
 
Navi Mumbai - 400 614, INDIA.
E-mail : ncoss at cdacmumbai. in
Phone : +91-22-27565303
Fax : +91-22-27560004
Website : http://ncoss. cdacmumbai. in
 

 
 
Warm regards,
 
NCOSS Team.



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