Event : National Conference on Open Source Software - NCOSS 2009

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

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, about 30 papers have been selected, which will be presented during the conference.

Conference Programme :

• Paper Presentation in areas including
• e-Learning
• Collaboration Technology
• Language Computing and Localization
• Knowledge Management
• e-Health
• Machine Learning and Data Mining
• Testing and Application Frameworks
• Invited Talks
• Panel Discussions
• Live demos of FOSS applications
• Pre-Conference Tutorials (on May 24, 2009)

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. Mail your applications to ncoss[at]cdacmumbai.in giving a brief description of the demo sessions by May 05,2009.

For more details visit http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in

Registration Fees:
Registration fees for the conference as follows:

( Registration form and more details on website )

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 : +91-22-27560013
Fax : +91-22-27560004
URL : http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in

Warm regards,
NCOSS Team.