[Evento] 7th International Conference on Open Source System (OSS2011) em Salvador dias 5 a 8 de outubro de 2011 - Inscrições abertas

Nos dias 5 a 8 de outubro acontecerá em Salvador a 7^th International Conference on Open Source System (OSS2011). 

A OSS é a Conferência Mundial de Software Livre da International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), uma das mais conceituadas sociedades científicas do planeta.

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                     Call for Participation

                             OSS'2011

           7th International Conference on Open Source Systems

                5-8 October 2011 in Salvador, Brazil

                        http://ossconf.org

                http://ossconf.org/2011/registration

Don't miss this opportunity to attend the most important academic and scientific
event on Free and Open Source Systems in the vibrant and culturally-rich city of
Salvador, in Brazil.

The conference will feature research paper presentations, doctoral consortium,
workshops, tutorials, panels, and social events with great opportunities to meet
researchers, practitioners, educators, and communities working around Free and
Open Source Software.

Important Dates
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Early bird registration: September 10th
Doctoral consortium presentations: October 5th
Tutorial presentations: October 5th
Poster presentations:  October 5th
Panel presentations: October 6th
Research paper presentations: October 6th and 7th
Workshop presentations: October 8th


Keynote Speakers
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Linda Northrop, Software Engineering Institute
- The Impact of Scale

James Herbsleb, Carnegie Mellon University
- From Openness to Transparency: The Role of Social Media in Open
Source Ecosystems

Christiana Freitas (University of Brasilia) and
Corinto Meffe (Ministry of Planning, Brazil)
- The Brazilian Public Software


Research Papers
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The main track (research) program will consist of 32 papers. The papers will be
presented in 10 sessions covering important and timely topics such as OSS
quality and reliability, OSS Products, Review of technologies of and for OSS,
Knowledge and research building in OSS, Industrial cases of studies on modelling
and health, OSS reuse, integration and compliance, Industrial perspectives on
OSS policy, OSS value and economics, OSS adoption in industry, and Mining OSS
repositories.


Doctoral Consortium
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The OSS doctoral consortium provides an environment in which PhD Students can
share and discuss their goals, methods and results of their research. During
the doctoral consortium students will give a presentation of their current
progress. The doctoral consortium provides students with feedback on their work
from other students and faculty members, allowing them to enhance their own
research proposal. OSS'2011 doctoral consortium will have 7 presentations of
PhD Students from Brazil, USA, and Finland.

Workshops
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Towards Sustainable Open Source An OSS 2012 Warm Up Event: October 8th
- Keynotes: Imed Hammouda and Bjorn Lundell

Technology Acquisition & Development with Open Source: October 8th
- Keynotes: Guy Martin and Aaron Lippold (Improving US Department of Defense)

Conference Registration
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Registration fees include all technical sessions, conference materials,
refreshments, meals and receptions, doctoral consortium (October 5th), and
workshops (October 8th). The early registration deadline for discounted
fees is September 10th (more information: http://ossconf.org/2011/registration).

International attendees are advised to start the process for their registration
and application for a travel visa as soon as possible
(see: http://ossconf.org/2011/travel-planning).


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Conference Organizers
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General Chair
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Scott Hissam, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, US

Program Chair
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Barbara Russo, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, IT

Organizing Chairs
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Fabio Kon, University of São Paulo, BR
Manoel G. de Mendonça Neto, Federal University of Bahia, BR

Proceedings Chairs
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Bruno Rossi, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, IT
Imed Hammouda, Tampere University of Technology, FI

Industry Chairs
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Rafael Prikladnicki, PUC-RS, BR
Stefano De Panfilis, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, IT

Doctoral Consortium Chairs
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Alberto Sillitti, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, IT
Charles M. Schweik, University of Massachusetts, US
Paula Bach, Microsoft, US

Publicity & Social Media Chair
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Greg Madey, University of Notre Dame, US

Workshops Chair
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Roberto Di Cosmo, University of Paris, FR

Tutorial Chairs
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Hyrum Wright, University of Texas at Austin, US
Stefan Koch, Bogazici University, TR

Panels Chairs
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Jay Kesan, University of Illinois, US
John Noll, University of Limerick, US
Marcos Sfair Sunyé, Federal University of Paraná, BR