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OSS 2008
http://oss2008.dti.unimi.it
THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS
September 7-10 2008, Milan, Italy
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS PROPOSALS
The OSS2008 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshop
Program of OSS2008, the Fourth International Conference on Open Source
Systems, to be held September 7-10, 2008, in Milan, Italy. Workshops
will be on September 10th, immediately after the main OSS2008 conference.
The purpose of these workshops is to provide an informal yet effective
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, as well as by applied industrial or
commercial interests.
We encourage a diversity of workshops relating to Open Source, including
those that:
- bring together inter-disciplinary approaches to OSS development,
- support the interaction of research, industry and policy makers for the
deployment of OSS.
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
will have been asked to pay the OSS 2008 workshop registration fee.
IMPORTANT DATES
April 5th, 2008: Workshop proposals due
May 5th, 2008: Notification of proposal acceptance
May 12th, 2008: Deadline for receipt of URL for workshops web pages
June 24th, 2008: Workshop final programs
REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Proposals for workshops should be no more than 3 pages in length.
They should contain the following information:
- Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the
goals and the technical issues that will be its focus.
- A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.
- A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 2 years, if
any.
- 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 the 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:
- Producing a web page and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their
workshop.
Submit the workshop URL to the workshop chair by May 12th, 2008. The call
must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the OSS
community either being experienced or newcomers. It should also mention that
at least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop
and that all workshop participants must pay the workshop registration fee.
Finally, it should also clearly describe the process by which the Organizing
Committee will select the participants.
- Providing a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page
and program.
- Selecting the participants and the format of the workshop.
- Advertising of the workshop beyond web page advertising.
- Production of the camera ready master copy of the proceedings and of
the necessary copyright transfer forms.
The OSS 2008 Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following:
- Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole on the conference's
web page. The OSS2008 page will provide a link to a workshop's local page.
- Providing logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop.
- Publishing the workshops proceedings (as a single volume separate from the
main conference ones)
SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
Proposals may be submitted in any one of the following formats: ASCII text,
PostScript, PDF and LaTeX. The OSS2008 Workshop Chair is Dr. Stefano De
Panfilis, Co-Chairs Alberto Colombo and Fulvio Frati. Please send your
proposals and any inquiries by electronic mail to:
frati [at] dti [dot] unimi [dot] it.
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