Fwd: [NOSI discussion] Call for Research Papers: The First International Conference on Open-Source Technologies ICOST-2006 28-29 Dec 2006, Lahore, Pakistan.

Mon Nov 6 11:02:16 EST 2006

Is anyone familiar with, or already attending, the event below?

Tyler

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> From: Fouad Riaz Bajwa <bajwa at fossfp.org>
> Date: November 6, 2006 3:41:01 AM PST (CA)
> To: idlelo2 at fossfa.net, nosi-discussion at nosi.net
> Subject: [NOSI discussion] Call for Research Papers: The First  
> International Conference on Open-Source Technologies ICOST-2006  
> 28-29 Dec	2006, Lahore, Pakistan.
> Reply-To: bajwa at fossfp.org
>
> The First International Conference on Open-Source Technologies  
> ICOST-2006
> 28-29 December 2006, Lahore, Pakistan
>
> Venue:
> ICOST 2006 Secretariat
> Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Science
> University of Engineering and Technology (UET)
> Lahore, Pakistan
>
> Conference Flyer: http://uet.edu.pk/icost2006/icost2006-flier.pdf
>
> ICOST-2006 will create a scientific venue where participants can  
> share ideas
> for tackling the research and development challenges related to  
> open-source
> tools and open-source development environments supporting and  
> facilitating
> CMMI-styled life-cycle of complex information systems for the critical
> applications.
> Conference Theme: CMMI driven Open-Source Software Developement
>
> Introduction:
> Open-Source Software Engineering (OSSE) has emerged as a cross- 
> disciplinary
> paradigm for distributed enterprise computing. OSS, in many cases,  
> has kept
> the software market away from monopolies. It is helping  
> organizations to
> keep a control on the cost of development and deployment. OSSE has  
> also
> changed the way software applications are architected, deployed, and
> consumed.
>
> The Conference:
> Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, University of  
> Engineering and
> Technology, Lahore, (in collaboration with IEEE, USA) is organizing a
> two-day workshop to invite researchers and practitioners from  
> across the
> world to share their ideas and experiences related to the state-of- 
> the-art
> and the future of open-source software. OSSTT-2006 thus aims at
> consolidating as an international forum where a diverse audience of  
> OSS
> researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public
> administration will come together to present research papers and  
> tutorials
> addressing the state-of-the-art open-source research and  
> development in the
> critical areas such as:
>
> - E-Business
> - E-Government
> - Telecommunication
> - Enterprise Security
> - Healthcare
> - Higher Education and Research
> - Enterprise Resource Planning
> - Educational Institution Management and Administration.
>
> OSSTT-2006 will create a scientific venue where participants can  
> share ideas
> for tackling the research and development challenges related to  
> open-source
> tools and open-source development environments supporting and  
> facilitating
> CMMI-styled life-cycle of complex information systems for the critical
> application domains mentioned above. Open-source system development  
> poses a
> number of research challenges related to open-source work practices,
> development processes, applications, and tools. However, ICOST-2006  
> will
> focus on achieving three main goals.
>
> Aims and Objectives of ICOST-2006
>
> Developing open-source stand-alone software tools, toolsets, and  
> complete
> integrated development environments (IDEs) that support and  
> facilitate CMMI
> life-cycle methodologies (or process areas) for developing critical,
> complex, and robust enterprise information systems. The CMMI  
> process areas
> span requirements to analysis, design, development, and deployment.  
> The
> enterprise systems in this case are regular information systems,  
> i.e, they
> may not themselves be open-source systems.
>
> Developing open-source tools, toolsets, and IDEs that facilitate  
> development
> of critical, complex, and robust open-source systems in a CMMI  
> development
> style as much as and where possible. That is, what process areas of  
> CMMI
> would apply, or would need to be adapted and how, to create an open- 
> source
> system in a style conforming level-1 maturity, level-2 maturity,  
> and so on.
> The end systems in this case may either themselves be open-source  
> enterprise
> systems, or they may be the toolsets and IDEs that can in turn be  
> used to
> develop such systems.
>
> Focusing not just on software tools that work in a single IDE, or  
> tools that
> only help fix a single project. Rather, the focus will be basic  
> developer
> tools, with categories like modeling, editors, build automation,  
> continuous
> integration, logging, debugging, tracing, performance, code  
> generators,
> document generators, installers, search, rule engines, database, and
> presentation.
>
> Registration: http://uet.edu.pk/icost2006/registration.htm
>
> Call for Papers: http://uet.edu.pk/icost2006/guideline.html
>
> Important Dates for ICOST-2006:
> Last date for submission of papers November 12, 2006
> Acceptance/Rejection notification November 30, 2006
> Camera ready papers December 07, 2006
>
> Conference Sponsors:
> HEC-Higher Education Commission Pakistan
> PITB-Punjab Information Technology Board
>
> In co-operation with:
> IEEE Lahore Section
>
> Travel Information: http://uet.edu.pk/icost2006/travel_service.htm
>
> More information about this event visit:
>
> http://uet.edu.pk/icost2006
>
> http://www.iosn.net/south-asia/countries/pakistan/events/ICOST2006
>
>
> Forwarded for information by:
>
> Fouad Riaz Bajwa
> FOSS Advocate
>
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