-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Call for panels, workshops and tutorials + news about the OSS 2009 Conference, Skövde, Sweden Datum: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:56:08 -0500 Von: Kevin Crowston crowston@syr.edu Antwort an: Kevin Crowston crowston@syr.edu An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

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Three short news items regarding the OSS 2009 Conference, Skövde, Sweden:

First, a final reminder that proposals can be submitted until 15 December for panels, workshops or tutorials for the 5th International Conference on Open Source Systems. See below for submission instructions.

Second, the organizers are happy to announce the keynotes for the conference: Stormy Peters, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation and Brian Behlendorf, founder of the Apache Software Foundation and of CollabNet. More details about each can be found on the conference website.

Finally, we are planning a doctoral consortium to accompany the conference. An announcement with further details will be posted soon, or interested students may contact the conference organizers. Please pass this information on to any students you know who are interested in research on Free/libre open source.

Thanks!

Final Call for Panels, Workshops and Tutorials - OSS 2009, Skövde, Sweden

The 5th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS 2009) 3-6 June 2009, Skövde, Sweden

http://oss2009.his.se/ http://oss2009.org/

Over the past decade, the Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) phenomenon has had a global impact on the way organisations and individuals create, distribute, acquire and use software and software- based services. F/OSS has challenged the conventional wisdom of the software engineering and software business communities, has become a useful instrument for educators and researchers as well as an important aspect of e-government and information society initiatives. F/OSS is a complex phenomenon that requires an interdisciplinary understanding of its engineering, technical, economic, legal and socio- cultural dynamics.

The goal of F/OSS 2009 is to provide an international forum where a diverse community from academia, industry and public administration can come together to share research findings and practical experiences. The conference is also meant to provide information and education to practitioners, identify directions for further research and to be an ongoing platform for technology transfer.

Conference Topics

The conference will consist of research papers presentations, workshops, tutorials, panels, and project demonstrations. Authors are invited to submit papers and proposals on a variety of OSS topics, including but not limited to:

Software engineering perspectives: Challenges and opportunities * F/OSS architectures, configuration and release management * F/OSS development environments * Testing, assuring and certifying F/OSS quality and security * F/OSS usability, scalability, maintainability and other quality issues * Mining and analyzing F/OSS project repositories * Lessons from F/OSS for conventional development * F/OSS and standards * Open sourcing vs. offshoring of development * F/OSS and agile development * Tools and infrastructures for F/OSS development * Models of reuse * Architectures, patterns, techniques and processes for F/OSS development * F/OSS and distributed development * Documentation of F/OSS projects

Emerging perspectives: Lessons from F/OSS applied to other fields * Diffusion and adoption of F/OSS innovations * F/OSS and alternative intellectual property regimes * F/OSS, Open Science and "Open Knowledge" * Licensing, IPR and other legal issues in F/OSS * F/OSS and innovation

Social science: Understanding organizational and psychological issues in F/OSS * Diversity and international participation in F/OSS projects * Learning, knowledge sharing, collaboration, control or conflict in F/OSS projects * Dynamics of F/OSS project communities, building and sustaining * F/OSS historical foundations * F/OSS and social networks * F/OSS and social inclusion * Economic analysis of F/OSS * Knowledge management, e-learning and F/OSS

Studies of F/OSS deployment: Current studies and future issues * Case studies of F/OSS deployment, migration models, success and failure * F/OSS in the public sector (e.g., government, education, health care) * F/OSS in vertical domains and the 'secondary' software sector (e.g., automotive, telecommunications, medical devices) * F/OSS-compatible IT governance architectures * F/OSS applications catalog (functionality, evaluation, platforms, support providers, training needs) * F/OSS education and training * F/OSS, e-government and transformational government * F/OSS business models and strategies * F/OSS and the one laptop per child initiative

Important Deadlines:

15 November 2008: Paper submissions due 15 December 2008: Panel, workshop and tutorial proposals due 15 January 2009: Results to Authors 15 February 2009: Camera ready copy due 3-6 June 2009: F/OSS 2009 Conference in Skövde, Sweden 3 & 6 June 2009: Workshops and Tutorials 4-5 June 2009: Main Conference

Instructions For Submission:

Submissions are invited for proposals for tutorials, workshops, panels, or demonstrations. Proposals from student researchers are particularly welcome. The official language of the conference is English. Each submission must include a cover page with the full title of the proposal and the names of all participants. The body of the proposal should include title and a brief description of the planned activity. All listed participants should have agreed to participate in the conference. Submissions should be submitted electronically through the conference website.

All participants in the accepted panels, workshops or tutorials will be required to register for the conference and to come to the conference to participate. All participants at the conference will be required to register and to pay the registration fee.

Conference Officers:

General Chair Tony Wasserman, Carnegie-Mellon West, USA, USA

Program Chairs Cornelia Boldyreff, University of Lincoln, UK Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University, USA

Organizing Chair Björn Lundell, University of Skövde, Sweden

Advisory committee Brian Fitzgerald, LERO - Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, Ireland Walt Scacchi, University of California, Irvine, USA Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy Giancarlo Succi, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

Program committee Pär J. Ågerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden Andrea Bonaccorsi, Universita' di Pisa, Italy Andrea Capiluppi, University of Lincoln, UK Antonio Cerone, United Nations University, Macau SAR, China Gabriella Coleman, New York University, USA Jean Michel Dalle, Marie Curie University, France Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy Paul A. David, Stanford/Oxford University, USA/UK Chris DiBona, Google, USA Justin Erenkrantz, Apache Software Foundation, USA Joseph Feller, University College Cork, Ireland Daniel German, University of Victoria, Canada Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, MERIT, Netherlands Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Stefan Haefliger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Jean-Luc Hardy, Eurocontrol, France Ewa Huebner, University of Western Sydney, Australia Joachim Henkel, Technische Universitat München, Germany James Herbsleb, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA Scott Hissam, Software Engineering Institute CMU, USA James Howison, Syracuse University/CMU, USA Chris Jensen, University of California, Irvine, USA Stefan Koch, University of Economics and BA, Austria Derrick Kourie, University of Pretoria, South Africa Jean Pierre Laisne, OW2, France Greg Madey, Notre Dame University, USA Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium Pentti Marttin, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland Martin Michlmayr, HP Austria Steven Muegge, Carleton University, Canada Mahmoud R. Nasr, Middlesex University, UK John Noll, Santa Clara University, USA Bülent Özel, Instanbul Bilgi University, Turkey Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada Paolo Massimo Pumilia-Gnarini, Animat Association, Italy Dirk Riehle, SAP Labs, USA Gregorio Robles, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Cristina Rossi Lamastra, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Francesco Rullani, Copenaghen Business School, Denmark Craig Russell. Sun, USA Barbara Russo, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Walt Scacchi, University of California, Irvine, USA Barbara Scozzi, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Gregory Simmons, University of Ballarat, Australia Sandra Slaughter, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Giancarlo Succi, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Robert Sutor, IBM, USA Megan Squire, Elon University, USA Frank van der Linden, Philips, The Netherlands Georg von Krogh, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Web Master Henrik Gustavsson, University of Skövde, Sweden

IFIP Working Group on Open Source Software - IFIP WG 2.13: http://www.ifipwg213.org/

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