OSSCOM 2016 Conference - Dec, 2016 (Call for Papers)

[2nd International Conference on Open Source Software Computing (OSSCOM 2016)]

OSSCOM 2016

Call for Proposals/ Papers
 OSSCOM 2016
 The
2nd International Conference on Open Source Software Computing

1st - 3rd December 2016

Lebanese University, Beirut - Lebanon

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Partially funded by EC - Tempus and technically sponsored by IEEE

Objectives 
To promote opportunities for cooperation towards enabling OSS key
technologies, building cross-cutting sciences, and driving disruptive
innovations; to disseminate research on technology and applications of open
source software computing; and to expand the framework of effective
participation of universities in developing OSS industry through incubators
and business accelerators.

Structure
 - Keynotes

- Panel and roundtable discussions

- Presentation sessions

- Industry and technology discussions

- Consultation meetings, focus groups, and roundtables

- Best practice showcases and practical demonstration

- Workshops

Submission Deadline 
1st September, 2016 (Manuscripts)

1st October, 2016 (Proposals)

Topics of Interest

Track 1: Systems Software

- Operating systems: Linux Kernel, Server and Desktop Linux: RedHat,
Debian, Slackware, Caldera, SuSe, Fedora

- Distributed Operating systems: Open source platforms and software for the
cloud platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and
infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Open stack, Open-source software in
scientific computing including clouds, grids and HPCs

- Embedded and Realtime Operating systems

- Ubiquitous mobile computing and technologies: middleware, operating
system (e.g. Android), new I/O and user interfaces, mobile protocols

Track 2: Applications and Services

- Open-source software services and applications in energy, environment,
education, health, climate, water, agriculture, biology, economy, medicine
and other pressing global issues and problems

- Open-source software for e-Services, including e-Government, e-Libraries,
e-Learning and any e-*

- Open-source software for Smart Education, Smart Cities, Smart Power
Grids, Smart Transportation

- Open Source applications for mobile and tablets

Track 3: Networking and Security

- Open source network simulation/emulations tools

- Open source platforms for network security deployment, testing and
verification

- Network and security open source management software

Track 4: Open Source Development and Support

- Perspectives on open-source software development and services, including
challenges, operation, sustainability, funding, governance, business
models, and security

- National, regional and international organizations and their role in
funding and supporting open-source software applications in research and
education

- Collaborative projects and initiatives in research and education at
national, regional and global levels

- Research and education challenges and open access paradigm

- Business models for open-source software development and services

Track 5: Software Engineering

This track will bring together researchers, students and industry experts
from diverse areas associated with software engineering who are utilizing,
developing or even improving open source software systems during their
research and experiments. Software Engineering influences all aspects of
computer science research and touches every software researchers and
practitioners.

There are diverse Free and open-source software that could be utilized in
many fields under the umbrella of Software Engineering such as but not
limited to:

- Software Process Models

- Software Process Improvement

- Software Architecture

- Component-Based Software Engineering

- Software Verification and Validation

- Model Checking

- Software Impact Analysis

- Design Patterns and Frameworks

- Model Driven Architecture

- Modeling with UML

- Reusable Software and Metrics

- Reverse Engineering, Re-engineering

- Adaptive Software

- Software Define Network

- Data Mining and Machine Learning

- Safety and Security in Critical Software

Conference Venue 
Lebanese University, Beirut - Lebanon

Submit a Participation
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Language 
English

Registration Fees 
OSSCOM members 
50 Euro 
 OSSCOM non-members 
100 Euro 
 Authors and Speakers 
50 Euro 
 Students 
Free

All papers will be peer-reviewed and selected papers will be published in
the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Explore.

Partners and Organisers

- Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

- German Jordanian University, Jordan

- Lebanese University, Lebanon

- Brunel University, United Kingdom

- Yarmouk University, Jordan

- Notre Dame University, Lebanon

- University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

- Tarent AG, Germany

- Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Information Technology International, Jordan

- Information Management Ltd, Lebanon

- Le Cnam Liban

Important Dates

1st Sept, 2016

Manuscript Submission Deadline

1st Oct, 2016

Acceptance Notification

15th Nov 2016

Registration Deadline

1st – 3rd Dec 2016

OSSCOM 2016 Conference

For more information and paper submission, please contact

Paper Submission:
- Please submit your manuscript or proposal at:
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Registration:

- Please register for OSSCOM 2016 conference at:
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Publicity:
- Dr. Yaser Jararweh, [e-mail]

- Dr. Muhannad Quwaider, [e-mail]

More Information:
- Please contact us through our email: [e-mail]

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