NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software
May 25th - 26th, 2009, Mumbai, India
Organized by
C-DAC, Mumbai
Supported by
IEEE Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters
Computer Society of India, Div II on Software & SIG-OSS
* * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * *
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:
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Invited talks by experts from India and abroad
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Presentation of contributed papers selected based on refereeing
by a panel of referees
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Exhibition by industry and academia
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Pre conference Tutorials (on May 24th )
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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.
*** TOPICS ***
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
*** INSTRUCTIONS ***
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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.
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Length should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size in length (approx.
5000 words) including figures, etc.
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Papers should be in English.
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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.
*** PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ***
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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
(This list is partial)
* * * IMPORTANT DATES * * *
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
* * * CONTACT DETAILS * * *
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: [email protected]
Web: http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in
Ph.: +91 - 22 - 27565303
Fax: +91 - 22 - 27560004 (on request)
With warm regards,
NCOSS team
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