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NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software




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.
Other application areas may also be considered.
Accessibility
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Indian Language Computing
e-Health
Localisation
Knowledge Management
e-Learning
Collaboration Technologies
Information Extraction and Retrieval
Content Management
Disaster Management
e-Commerce
e-Governance

• Papers must report original work carried out by the authors. The work can include enhancing existing Open Source applications for specific requirements, development of new solutions and comparative analysis of competing solutions. Direct survey or overview papers are not acceptable.
• Length should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size in length (approx. 5000 words) including figures, etc.
• Papers should be in English.
• An abstract of about 100-200 words and the area(s) under which the paper can be categorized, must be included with the paper.

Papers exceeding the specified length are subject to rejection without review. Since reviewing will be blind, the author names and affiliations along with the main area of the paper should be given only on a separate cover sheet. Papers should be in one of the following formats: PDF, RTF or ODT.
Papers may be submitted via the web at the URL http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in.A template paper is also made available at the URL for formatting reference. Those who are unable to make electronic submissions may send four copies of the paper to the address listed below.

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Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (chair)
Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi
Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai
Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai
Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai
Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai
Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands
Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai
Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi
Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai
Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore



Submission of papers
February 15, 2009
Acceptance intimation
March 15, 2009
Camera ready due
April 15, 2009
Tutorial Proposals due
March 15, 2009
Tutorial Acceptance intimation
April 15, 2009




Address :
NCOSS Conference Secretariat
CDAC-Mumbai (formerly NCST), Rain Tree Marg, Sector-7,
Near Bharti Vidyapeeth, Opp. Kharghar Railway Station,
CBD Belapur,
Navi Mumbai - 400614
Maharashtra, India

E-mail: ncoss@cdacmumbai.in
Web: http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in


Ph.: +91 - 22 - 27565303

Fax: +91 - 22 - 27560004 (on request)


With warm regards,
NCOSS team

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Write an email at ncoss@cdacmumbai.in to get details.

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Dear Colleagues,
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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 Pre-conference 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 Selected Papers
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 Invited Talks, Panel Discussion
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/con...emoSession.rtf and mail it to ncoss@cdacmumbai.in asap. Now limited slots are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. So apply early...
For more details visit Demo Hall
Registration Fees:

ConferenceTutorial
Not-for-profit/ educational institutionsRs. 2200/-Rs. 700/-
IndustryRs. 3500/-Rs. 1000/-
StudentRs. 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@cdacmumbai.in
Phone : +91-22-27565303
Fax : +91-22-27560004
Website : NCOSS-2009

Warm regards,
NCOSS Team.