FOSS


OSS 2016 Call For Contributions

 

The 12th International Conference on Open Source Systems (http://oss2016.org)

Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 May – 02 June 2016

Scope of OSS 2016

Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) has had a disruptive effect on the software industry and the ways that organizations and individuals create, distribute, acquire and use software and software-based services. The FLOSS movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as the emergence of new business models, knowledge exchange mechanisms, and collective development approaches. On the other hand, the movement has introduced new kinds of challenges, especially as different problem domains embrace openness as a pervasive problem solving strategy. FLOSS can be complex yet widespread and often cross-cultural. Consequently, they require an interdisciplinary understanding of their technical, economic, legal and socio-cultural dynamics.

Many organizations that have been known for developing proprietary software are now actively involved with FLOSS. FLOSS adoption continues to grow among businesses, governments, and other organizations. FLOSS remains important for educators and researchers, as well as an important aspect of e-government and information society initiatives, providing access to high-quality software and the code used to create it.

The goal of 12th International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2016 is to provide an international forum where a diverse community of professionals from academia, industry and public sector, and diverse FLOSS initiatives can come together to share research findings and practical experiences. The conference is also a forum to provide information and education to practitioners, identify directions for further research, and to be an ongoing platform for technology transfer, no matter which form of FLOSS is being pursued.

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The 9th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS) 2013 – Isola, Slovenia 25/06/2013

Where

Hotel Marina, Manzioli Palace
Izola/Isola, Slovenia
June 25-28, 2013
(http://oss2013.case.unibz.it)

Theme of the Conference

The goal of the 9th International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2013 is to provide an international forum where a diverse community of professionals from academia, industry and public sector, and diverse FOSS initiatives can come together to share research findings and practical experiences. The conference is meant to provide information to practitioners, identify directions for further research, and to be an ongoing platform for technology transfer, no matter which form of FOSS is being pursued.

Topics of Interest

FOSS Verification
– Dynamic FOSS Verification: FOSS Testing, Debugging, type of tests,
use of test suits
– Static FOSS Verification – software analysis
– Formal FOSS Verification
– Detection of bad practices and adoption of coding conventions
– OSS metrics: measuring FOSS Performance, Safety, and Quality
– Standardization of verification processes and presentation of
verification results

FOSS as innovation
– Adoption/ use / acceptance of FOSS
– Dissemination / redistribution / crowdsourcing of FOSS systems
– Expanding scientific research and technology development methods
through openness
– Adopting innovation in FOSS projects
– Role of FOSS in ICT and sustainable development

FOSS practices and methods
– FOSS and traditional / agile development methods
– FOSS and decentralized development
– Knowledge and documentation management in FOSS

FOSS technologies
– FOSS over the Internet
– Security of FOSS
– Interoperability / portability / scalability of FOSS
– Open standards / open data / open cloud / open hardware / open
exhibits
– Reuse in FOSS
– FOSS for entertainment
– FOSS for education
– Architecture and design of FOSS

Economic / organizational / social issues on FOSS
– Economic analysis of FOSS
– Sustainability business models of FOSS
– Maturity models of FOSS
– FOSS in public sector
– FOSS intellectual property, copyrights and licensing
– Non-Governmental Organizations and FOSS

More information

For more information please see the conference’s web site.