The OSS2007 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program of OSS2007, the Third International Conference on Open Source Systems, to be held June 11-14, 2007, in Limerick, Ireland. Workshops will be held on June 14th, immediately after the main OSS2007 conference.
The purpose of these workshops is to provide an informal setting for participants to discuss technical issues, exchange research ideas, and to develop community in the quickly emerging field of Open Source Software and/or Systems. These workshops may be driven by fundamental academic interests, or by more applied industrial or commercial interests. We encourage a diversity of workshops relating to Open Source, including those that:
The format of the workshop will be determined by the organizers. Workshops can vary in length from a half day to a full day. Having more than one co-organizer for a workshop is strongly advised. Workshop attendees must pay the OSS 2007 workshop registration fee.
January 12th, 2007 | Workshop proposals due |
February 5th, 2007 | Notification of proposal acceptance |
February 12th, 2007 | Deadline for receipt of URL for workshops web pages |
March 24th, 2007 | Workshop final programs |
Proposals for workshops should be no more than 3 pages in length, preferably 1-2 pages. They should contain the following information:
The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed organizing committee. This committee should consist of two or three people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed, preferably not coming from the same institution.
A description of the qualifications of the proposed organizing committee with respect to organizing this workshop (e.g., papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, other relevant information).
Each workshop organizing committee will be responsible for the following:
The OSS 2007 Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following:
Publishing the workshops proceedings (as a single volume separate from the main conference ones).
Proposals may be submitted in any one of the following formats:
ASCII text, PostScript, PDF and LaTeX. The OSS2007 Workshop Chair is
Scott A. Hissam (Carnegie Mellon University, USA).
Please send your proposals and any inquiries by electronic mail to:
shissam at sei dot cmu dot edu.
Program Updated.
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