Proceedings

  • Charles M. Schweik, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Imed Hammouda, Tampere University of Technology

Abstract

Proceedings of the Open Source Systems 2011 Doctoral Consortium that was co-located with the 7th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS 2011), October 5th, 2011 in Salvador Brazil. http://ossconf.org/2011

Suggested Citation

Charles M. Schweik and Imed Hammouda. "Proceedings of the OSS 2011 Doctoral Consortium" Tampere University of Technology. Tampere, Finland. Jan. 2011.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charles_schweik/20

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Presentations

October 5, 08:30 - 16:00

  • Open Source: From Mythos to Meaning. Taxonomy of FOSS and proprietary projects - Alexander MacLean - Computer Science. Brigham Young University, USA
  • Essential Properties of Open Development Communities - Terhi Kilamo - Tampere University of Technology, Finland
  • SoftwareLivre.org Ethnographic network mapping of the SoftwareLivre.org Social Network Portal - Luis Felipe Murillo - Anthopology, UCLA, USA
  • Reprogramming Open Source Ecosystems - case study of MeeGo - Jarkko Moilanen - School of Information Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland.
  • Semi-Automatic Evaluation of Free Software Projects: A Source Code Perspective - Paulo Meirelles - University of Sao Paulo. Brazil
  • FLOSS Quality - Claudia Ruiz - Computer Information Systems department, Georgia State University, USA.
  • The Emergence of Quality Assurance in Open Source Software Development - Adina Barham - Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Understanding the “Free Lunch”: Code Forking in Open Source Software - Linus Nyman - Hanken School of Economics, Finland

For more details, see the OSS'2011 Program.

Call for Papers

GOAL

The goal of the doctoral consortium is to provide PhD students with an environment in which they can share and discuss their goals, methods and results of their research. During the doctoral consortium students will give a presentation of their current progress. The doctoral consortium provides students with feedback on their work from other students and faculty members, allowing them to enhance their own research proposal.

SCOPE

The scope of research topics of the doctoral consortium is the same as for the main conference. Therefore, we invite submissions related to all aspects of open source software including, but not limited to software engineering, social and cultural, diffusion and deployment issues.

Students who submit a paper to the doctoral consortium should have decided on a research topic or topic area, and have a proposal for an appropriate research method. Preferably, students should be at least a year from completion of their research in order to be able to incorporate the feedback obtained during the consortium in their dissertation.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

  • May 8, 2011: Submission deadline for papers
  • June 22, 2011: Decision back to authors
  • October 5, 2011: Doctoral consortium
  • November 1, 2011: Revised papers due
  • November 15, 2011: Doctoral Consortium proceedings published online

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

Papers submitted to the doctoral consortium should be between 3,000 and 4,000 words, not including references, and should be formatted using the same templates as the main conference that are available in the "Author's Kit" section. Each submission must include title, author name(s) and affiliation, abstract, list of keywords and a complete list of references. Papers will be subjected to a single-blind review (in which the authors don't know the reviewers, but the reviewers know the authors).

Submissions should at least discuss the following elements: the background of the research, the motivation for the research, the research question(s) addressed in the study and a description of the proposed research method. Students in the later stages of their research are encouraged to include an overview of their completed research activities.

ACCEPTANCE

Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium. Submitting a paper to the Doctoral Consortium represents the author's agreement to allow the Doctoral Consortium Chairs to publish the paper in the Doctoral Consortium proceedings without compensation to the author. The parties understand that the author is granting a nonexclusive license and all copyrights remain the property of the author.

Authors of accepted papers are required to register for and attend the doctoral consortium. They will also be asked to give a presentation on their work for about 20 minutes, which will be followed by a 20 minutes discussion during which students are given feedback on their work by faculty members and other students.

FELLOWSHIPS

We have secured fellowship from the US National Science Foundation to cover travel, conference and housing costs for up to eight Ph.D students who are U.S. citizens. In your submission, please acknowledge whether you would like to be considered for a fellowship. These will be awarded based on the quality and relevance of the paper proposal.

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIRS

  • Alberto Sillitti, Free University of Bolzano - Bozen, IT:
    • alberto.sillitti(at)unibz.it
  • Charles M. Schweik, University of Massachusetts, US:
    • cschweik(at)pubpol.umass.edu
  • Paula Bach, Microsoft, US

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  • Björn Lundell (University of Skövde, Sweeden)
  • Fabio Kon (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
  • José Carlos Maldonado (University of São Carlos, Brazil)
  • Joseph Feller (University College Cork, Ireland)
  • Kevin Crowston (Syracuse University, USA)
  • Tony Wasserman (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
  • Walt Scacchi (University of California, USA)