Call for papers for NCOSS-09 being organized by C-DAC, Mumbai
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 * * *
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:
Invited talks by experts from India and abroad
Presentation of contributed papers selected based on refereeing by a panel of referees
Exhibition by industry and academia
Pre conference Tutorials (on May 24th )
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 |
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*** INSTRUCTIONS ***
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.
Length should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size in length (approx. 5000 words) including figures, etc.
Papers should be in English.
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 ***
| 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 - 400614Maharashtra, India
E-mail: ncoss@cdacmumbai.in
Ph.: +91 - 22 - 27565303
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