Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal
1st International Conference on Open Source Software Computing
10-13 September 2015, German Jordanian University Campus, Madaba, Jordan
Partially funded by EC-Tempus and technically sponsored by IEEE
Objectives
To promote opportunities for cooperation towards enabling Open Source Software key technologies, building cross-cutting sciences and driving disruptive innovations; to disseminate research on technology and applications of open source software computing; to expand the framework of effective participation of universities in developing OSS industry through incubators and business accelerators.
Event structure
- Keynotes
- Panel and roundtable discussions
- Presentation sessions
- Industry and technology discussions
- Consultation meetings, focus groups and roundtables
- Best practice showcases and practical demonstrations
- Exhibition, Posters and Demonstrations
- Specialised OSS workshops
- OSSCOM Consortium meeting
- EUMEDCONNECT/Africa Connect 2 meeting
Submission Deadline
15 August, 2015 (full papers, short papers, demonstrations, special sessions)
Conference Venue
German Jordanian University Campus, Madaba – Jordan
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)
- Embedded and Realtime Operating systems: Microkernel, uC/OS, VxWorks, pSOS, OSEK, iRMX, QNX, RTLinux
- 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 organisations 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
All papers will be peer-reviewed; selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings and made available through IEEE Explorer.
Language: English
Partners and Organisers
- Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- German Jordanian University, Jordan
- The 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
- IEEE Jordan section
Important dates
15 August, 2015 – Submission Deadline (Papers, Posters and Presentations)
30 August, 2015 – Acceptance Notification
5 September, 2015 – Registration Deadline
10-13 September, 2015 – OSSCOM 2015 Conference
Registration Fees
OSSCOM/ IEEE members – 50 Euro
OSSCOM/ IEEE non-members – 100 Euro
For more information and paper submission, please contact:
[Paper submission]
Prof. Salem Al-Agtash, alagtash@gju.edu.jo
Prof. Rainer Herpers, rainer.herpers@h-brs.de
Dr Mowafaq Otoom, motoom@gmail.com
[Proposals, Presentations and Program]
Dr Mohammad Aldaoud, mohammad.aldaoud@gju.edu.jo
Dr Sahel Alouneh, sahel.alouneh@gju.edu.jo
Dr Ismail Hababeh, ismail.hababeh@gju.edu.jo
Dr Ala Khalifeh, ala.khalifeh@gju.edu.jo
Dr Bassam Elasir, bassam.alasir@gju.edu.jo
[Publicity]
Dr Yasser Rajjal, yasser.rajjal@gju.edu.jo
Mr Ramez Quneibi, rquneibi@tagorg.com
Dr Muhannad Quwaider, mqquwaider@just.edu.jo
[Logistics]
Ms. Ikram Al Naji, ikram.alnaji@gju.edu.jo
All information is available at osscom2015.osscom.org