---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Venkatesh Kamat <vvka...@gmail.com> Date: 2009/6/17 Subject: Talk on “Open Source and Education” by Dr. Sasikumar at Goa Science Centre, on Sat. 20th June 2009 at 4:00 To: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> Cc: Ramrao Wagh <rsw...@gmail.com>, mc-csi...@yahoogroups.com, csi-...@yahoogroups.com, sameen...@yahoo.com, gs...@dataone.in
Talk on “Open Source and Education” by Dr. Sasikumar M, Associate Director (Research), C-DAC Mumbai. The talk is jointly organized by CSI Goa chapter in collaboration with ILUG and Goa Science Centre. Venue: Auditorium, Goa Science Centre, Miramar Panjim, Sat. 20th June 2009 at 4:00 Abstract of the talk: The Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) is gaining momentum in India. There is a myth that FOSS is popular only in Educational and Govt. Organization. Today, many FOSS products like Linux, Apache, Firefox etc. have begun to gain mainstream acceptance. Realizing the advantages of FOSS, Govt. of India has also taken few initiatives to promote the FOSS movement. The talk will throw light on some of these initiatives. It would also give some ideas to college students, on how to go about in conceptualizing their final year project around Open Source. The talk is open to all. About the Speaker: Dr. Sasikumar M is B.Tech (IIT Madras), M.Tech (IISc. Banaglore), and a Ph.D(BITS) and is working with C-DAC Mumbai (formally NCST) for the last 20 years. Apart from several research publications and popular articles to his credit, he has written two books in the area of Expert Systems and Parallel Programming. Dr. Sasikumar is very active speaker on Open Source. For details you can visit his site http://thelittlesasi.wikidot.com Kindly circulate this email to all those who would be interested in attending. Thank You, Venkatesh Kamat ***************************************** Dr. V. V. Kamat Reader Dept. of Comp. Sc. & Technology Goa University, Goa - 403206 Email: vvka...@unigoa.ac.in Website: www.unigoa.ac.in Tel: (Off.) 0832-6519072 (Res.) 0832-2464186 (Mob) 9422062758 ********************************************* "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." - H.G. Wells
