10th International Conference on Open Source Systems

OSS 2014 Call For Papers

Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is nowadays influencing the way organizations and individuals create, distribute, acquire and use software and software-based services. FOSS applications are supporting the web based economy and it is growingly being adopted by public institutions. It has become a useful instrument for educators and researchers as well as an important aspect of e-government and information society initiatives.

The transparency of its development process and its resulting open source code has become a viable alternative to closed source software. Publicly funded software development projects are often required to produce FOSS. The widespread adoption of FOSS has introduced new challenges as new legal constraints between integrated FOSS components, requirement of a more structured development process that allows the collaboration of a large number of stakeholders, or the requirement of a stronger quality control of the development process and the FOSS products.

The goal of the 10th International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2014 is to provide an international forum where a diverse community of professionals from academia, industry and public sector, and diverse FOSS initiatives can come together to share research findings and practical experiences. The conference is also meant to provide information to practitioners, identify directions for further research, and to be an ongoing platform for technology transfer, no matter which form of FOSS is being pursued.

Given the widespread diffusion of mobile devices and the relevance of Open Source Operating Systems for such devices - not only Android, but also Sailfish, Ubuntu, and others; the 10th edition of the Conference will provide a specific attention to this area of Open Source, targeting their architectures, design choices, programming languages, etc.

OSS 2014 accepts research papers, industry papers, formal tool demonstrations, lightning talks, new ideas, experience reports, and posters. OSS 2014 also invites proposals for tutorials and workshops, submissions to the doctoral symposium, and submissions of panels.
Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which are published by Springer.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Mobile FOSS

Mobile Operating Systems: ROMs, custom images, custom kernels
Open Source apps for mobile telephones and tablets
Open Source app markets and software delivery platforms
Software development process for Open Source mobile software
Software metrics for Open Source mobile software
Energy efficient and green solutions for Mobile FOSS

OSS Verification

Dynamic FOSS verification: FOSS testing, debugging, type of tests, use of test suits
Static FOSS verification - software analysis
Formal FOSS verification
Detection of bad practices and adoption of coding conventions
OSS metrics calculation: measuring FOSS performance, safety, and quality
Standardization of verification acitivities and availability of verification results

FOSS as innovation

Adoption, use and acceptance of FOSS
Dissemination, redistribution and crowdsourcing of FOSS systems
Expanding scientific research and technology development methods through openness
Adopting innovation in FOSS projects
Role of FOSS in ICT and sustainable development

FOSS practices and methods

FOSS and traditional vs. Agile development methods
FOSS and decentralized development
Knowledge and documentation management in FOSS

FOSS technologies

FOSS over the Internet
Security of FOSS
Interoperability, portability, scalability of FOSS
Open standards, open data, open cloud, open hardware and open exhibits
Reuse in FOSS
FOSS for entertainment
FOSS for education
Architecture and design of FOSS
Economic, organizational and social issues on FOSS

Economic, organizational and social issues on FOSS

Economic analysis of FOSS
Sustainability business models of FOSS
Maturity models of FOSS
FOSS in public sector
FOSS intellectual property, copyrights and licensing
Non-Governmental Organizations and FOSS

Important Dates (Deadlines)

Submissions due: November 16, 2013
Workshop proposals: November 16, 2013
Panels and Tutorials proposals: November 16, 2013
Doctoral Symposium proposals: December 15, 2013
Poster, New Ideas, Experience Reports proposals: February 2, 2014
Early Registration: March 1, 2014