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[Paolo Mascellani]

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OSS 2005
The First International Conference on Open Source Systems
Genova, July 11 - 15, 2005

CALL FOR PAPER

Submission of papers or of extended abstracts are called for the "First
International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS2005", to be held in
Genova, Italy from the 11th to the 15th of July 2005.

Open Source Software (OSS) development has emerged in the last decades
as one of the most important phenomenon of computer science and
engineering. It has been instrumental for education and research in the
Academia, providing free access to essential tools, such as compilers,
word processors, spreadsheets, etc, it has changed the way people
perceive the software business, and it has often kept the software
market away from monopolies. As such, a deep understanding of OSS
requires the understanding of a wide spectrum of issues.

        The goal of OSS2005 is be a holistic forum on OSS where to
        convey people interested in OSS and coming from a widely
        diverse background.

Therefore, OSS2005 will be a forum to discuss theories, practices,
experiences, and tools on development and applications of OSS systems,
with specific focus on two aspects:
  (a) the development of open source systems and the
      underlying technical, social, and economics issue
  (b) the adoption of OSS solutions and the implications of such
      adoption both in the public and in the private sector.

OSS2005 will bring together people from industry, public administration,
and academia to share experiences and ideas and to provide an archival
source for important papers on open source topics.

The conference is also meant to provide information and education to
practitioners, identify directions for further research, and to be an
ongoing platform for technology transfer.

The conference will consist of technical presentations, panels, poster
sessions, workshops, tutorials.


CONFERENCE TOPICS
The conference will stress practical applications and implications of XP
and other agile processes (AP). Conference topics include, but are not
limited to:
- Foundations and rationale of Open Source Software
- Tools and infrastructures for OSS Development
- Open Source Software and eGovernment
- Knowlegde management in OSS
- Business models and OSS
- Impact of OSS on social networks
- Documentation of OSS
- Cost and economic models of OSS
- OSS and Agile Methodologies
- Scalability issues
- Education and training
- Introduction of OSS in companies and Public Administrations
- Empirical analysis of OSS
- Case studies and experiments
- Legal issues in OSS
- Other aspects of OSS

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
* Submissions of papers or extended abstracts: January 15, 2005
* Submissions of proposals for tutorials: January 31, 2005
* Submissions of proposals for workshops: January 31, 2005
* Submissions of proposals for panels: January 31, 2005
* Submissions of proposals for demos of OSS tools: January 31, 2005
* Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2005
* Submission of research plans for the PhD symposium: March 1, 2005
* Notification of acceptance for the PhD symposium: March 15, 2005
* All final manuscripts ready in final version: April 1, 2005
* Pre-registration ends:  April 15, 2005

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SUBMISSION
*Papers or Extended Abstracts*
Papers must be original and not under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Authors must clearly explain the contribution of the work in
terms of its theoretical and/or practical value and relationship to
previous work. Submissions must be full papers of about 3000-4000 words,
or extended abstracts of about 1000-1500 words, in English. Full papers
should contain an abstract and a list of keywords, extended abstract
should contain a list of keywords.

*Proposals for tutorials, workshops or panels* Proposals for tutorials,
workshops or panels are limited to one A4 page. They should clearly
evidence the relevance of the proposal for OSS2004, and the contribution
it could convey to the event.

Each submission should have as attachment a one page bio of each
tutorial presenter (for tutorials), of each organizer (for workshops),
and of the moderator and of each panelists (for panels).

*Proposals for demos of OSS tools*
A proposal for a demo of an OSS tool is limited to one A4 page
describing the tool, one A4 page detailing existing users of the tool,
plus up to 6 A4 pages with screenshots evidencing how the tool works.

*Research Plans for the PhD symposium*
A submission to the PhD symposium should be limited to three A4 pages
organized as follow:
1. One page on the background of the research proposal 2. One page on
the motivation for the research 3. One page on the foreseen research
method

*Submission Process*
Submissions should be sent as email attachments to
Ines.Rosselli a unibz.it. Acceptable formats are OpenOffice.org .sxw files
or PDF.

*Inclusion in Conference Proceedings*
The conference proceedings will include:
- Full papers
- Panels positions (up to 2 pages for each panel)
- Summary of workshops (up to one page per workshop)
- Outlines of tools (up to one page per tool)

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