OSS 2005 conference
 
 

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General

Main conference

 

Workshops

 

 

 

General

 

Date

Program

Notes

Monday, 11 July 2005

9:00-17:00

Preconference workshops


9:00-17:00

ESPERTA

 
Tuesday, 12 July 2005

9:00-21:00

Main Conference

 
Wednesday, 13 July 2005

9:00-21:00

Main Conference

 
Thursday, 14 July 2005

9:00-17:00

Open Educational Symposium

 

9:00-17:00

Ph.D. Symposium

 

9:00-12:00

Demo Session

 

14:00-17:00

Panel Session

 
Friday, 15 July 2005

9:00-17:00

Postconference workshops


 

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Main conference

 

Time

Room

Activity

Session

Title & Autor(s)

 

Tuesday, 12 July 2005

 

9:00-9:30

G1

Opening

9:30-10:45

G1

First Keynote: Open Source Software, The View from the Trenches, Brian Fitzgerald - [slides]

Chair: Giancarlo Succi

10:45-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

G1

Plenary Session 1

OSS MODELS

Multi-Modal Modeling, Analysis, and Validation of Open Source Software Development Processes, W. Scacchi, C. Jensen, J. Noll, M. Elliott - [details]

A structurational perspective on leadership in Free/Libre Open Source Software teams, K. Crowston, R. Heckman, H. Annabi, C. Masango - [details]

Simulating Code Growth in Libre (Open-Source) Mode, J. M. Dalle, P. David - [details]

A Social Network Approach to Free/Open Source Software Simulation, P. Wagstrom, J. Herbsleb, K. Carley - [details]

12:30-13:30

Conference Lunch

13:30-14:00

G1

First testimonial: Jonathan Sage - [slides]

14:00-15:45

G1

Parallel Sessions

METHODOLOGY ISSUES

Quality Practices and Problems in Free Software Projects, M. Michlmayr, F. Hunt, D. R. Probert - [details]

Evaluating the Quality and Quantity of Data on Open Source Software Projects, A. Rainer, S. Gale - [details]

Towards an Open Source Development Process – Evaluating the Migration to an Open Source Project by Means of the Capability Maturity Model, W. G. Bleek, M. Finck, B. Pape - [details]

Software Problem Management as Information Management in a F/OSS Development Community, R. J. Sandusky - [details]

A Cluster Analysis of Open source Licenses, M. Ueda, T. Uzuki, C. Suematsu - [details]

 

G2A

Parallel sessions

OSS TOOLS

OSSmole: A collaborative repository for FLOSS research data and analyses, J. Howison, M. S. Conklin, K. Crowston - [details]

Using Open Source Tools to Support Collaboration within CALIBRE, P. Adams, D. Nutter, S. Rank, C. Boldyreff - [details]

EDOS: Environment for the Development and Distribution of Open Source Software, S. Abiteboul, R. Di Cosmo, S. Fermigier, S. Laurière, F. Villard - [details]

Stimulating Collaborative Development in Operations Research with libOR, K. Ven, K. Sorensen, J. Verelst, M. Sevaux - [details]

Virtual Square, R. Davoli - [details]

15:45-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

G1

Second testimonial: Angelo Buongiovanni - [slides]

16:30-18:00

Outside Room G1

Poster Session

POSTERS

Principles for a Dynamic Software Ecosystem, Benoît Müller - [details]

Economics approaching OSS: reviewing 15 years of debate, Giuditta De Prato - [details]

Osservatorio Tecnologico: services for open source software at school, Giovanna Sissa - [details]

Free software and research, Francesco Potortì - [details]

An Hypergraph Based Approach for Unlocking Power Relations in Rhizomatic Open Source Software Communities, Bülent Özel - [details]

Fun and Software Development, Benno Luthiger - [details]

Linux on the portuguese schools: the Caixa Mágica experience, Susana Nunes, Flávio Moringa, Miguel Lourenço, and Paulo Trezentos - [details]

 

Open-Source Software for Multilingual Geo-Data distribution via Internet, J.Belickas, V. Rapsevicius, Z. Denas, A. Tchistiako- [details]


 

G2A

Papers

METHODS & PRACTICES 1

Role of Open Source Software in Commercial Software Development: A Quantitative Analysis, U. Nikula, S. Jantunen - [details]

Competition between Open Source and Proprietary Software, and the Scope for Public Policy, J. Gutsche - [details]

A Risk Driven Framework for Open Source Information Systems Development, P. Conlon, P. Carew - [details]

Defining a Distributed Agile Methodology for an Open Source Scenario, M. Angioni, R. Sanna, A. Soro - [details]

The calm before the storm? Legal challenges to open source licences, A. Guadamuz González - [details]

Distributed software platforms for rehabilitating obsolete hardware, R. Russo, D. Lamanna, R. Baldoni - [details]


 

 

G1

 

OSS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Risk Assessment of an Open Source Migration Project, S. Drozdik, G. L. Kovács, P. Z. Kochis - [details]

Criteria for the non invasive transition to OpenOffice, B. Rossi, M. Scotto, A. Sillitti, G. Succi - [details]

Open Source: Towards Innovations in the Chinese Educational Developments, B. Hu - [details]

OSS implementation solutions for Public Administration applications, P. Giacalone - [details]

e-Government Community Source: Open Solutions and Value at the Application Layer, J. Matusow, S. McGibbon, D. Rowe - [details]

Evolution of cultural reality construction in the OSS adoption decision: from Zealots and FUD to SCO and TCO, Andrew D Nicolson - [details]

 

18:00-19:30

Conference Reception

19.30-21:00

"Salone Piano Nobile" Villa Cambiaso

EU Projects get together

 

Wednesday, 13 July 2005

 

9:00-9:30

G1

Second Keynote: Public Administration: understanding OSS, Vittorio Pagani, CNIPA - [slides]

9:30-9:45

G1

Follow-up: The Malaysian Public Sector OSS Iniziative, Nor Aliah Mohd Zahri, Director Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC),

9:50-11:15

G1

Plenary session 2

CASE STUDIES

Assessing the Role of Open Source Software in the European Secondary Software Sector: A Voice from Industry, P.J. Ågerfalk, A. Deverell, , B. Fitzgerald, L. Morgan - [details]

Communication, coordination and control in distributed development: an OSS case study, A. Persson, B. Lings, B. Lundell, A. Mattsson, U. Ärlig - [details]

Measuring Success of Open Source Projects Using Web Search Engines, D. Weiss - [details]

Evolution of volunteer participation in libre software projects: evidence from Debian, G. Robles, J. M. Gonzalez-Barahona, M. Michlmayr - [details]


11:15-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30

G1

Plenary session 3

OSS EXPERIENCES

An Analysis of COSPA – A Consortium for Open Source in the Public Administration, L. Morgan - [details]

Open-source software in an occupational health application: the case of Heales Medical Ltd., F. Tiangco, A. Stockwell, J. Sapsford, A. Rainer - [details]

A Successful Business Model for Free Software, J. Ayre, F. Gasperoni - [details]


12:30-13:30

Conference Lunch

13:30-14:00

G1

Third testimonial: Carlo Daffara - [slides]

14:00-15:15

G1

Parallel Sessions

TCO, ROI, AND PROFITABILITY OF OSS

Defining the total cost of ownership for the transition to open source systems, C. Braghin, P. Gasperi, B. Russo, A. Sillitti, G. Succi - [details]

Why and how-to contribute to libre software when you integrate them into an in-house application? C. Bac, O. Berger, V. Desbordes, B. Hamet - [details]

Open Source in Public Administration, a real example: OSS for e-government Observatories, E. Davini, E. Faggioni, G. Granatella, D. Tartari, M. Scotto - [details]


 

G2A

 

BUSINESS MODELS

Open Source and Business Model Innovation. The Funambol case, A. Onetti, F. Capobianco - [details]

The future of software as a business artefact, D. Skidmore - [details]

Proprietary Model and Open Source Philosophy: a shift in software’s production methods, G. De Prato, D. Gagliardi - [details]

Open Source software, intrinsic motivations and profit-oriented firms. Do not firms practise what they preach? Andrea Bonaccorsi, Cristina Rossi - [details]

 

15:15-15:45

Research opportunities

 

European research opportunities on Open Source Software, Dirk van Rooy - [slides]

15:45-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

G1

Parallel Sessions

EMPIRICAL STUDIES

Quantitative Analysis of Open Source Projects on SourceForge, D. Weiss - [details]

Evolution of Open Source Software Systems – A LargeScale Investigation, S. Koch - [details]

Understanding the Open-Source Software-Development Process: A case study with CVSChecker, Y. Liu, E. Stroulia - [details]

Using the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma for Explaining the Evolution of Cooperation in Open Source Communities, S. Stefan Koch, J. Mitlohner - [details]

 

 

G2A

Parallel sessions

METHODS & PRACTICES 2

Modular Design and the Development of Complex, Artifacts: Lessons from Free/Open Source Software, A. Narduzzo, A. Rossi - [details]

Using Open Source Middleware for Securing, e-Gov Applications, C. A. Ardagna, E. Damiani, F. Frati, M. Montel - [details]

Communication from scratch: towards accessible open source information systems, D. Crombie, R. Lenoir, N. McKenzie - [details]

Open Source for e-Government Application Integration: a PHP-based solution, S. Gammeri, F. Di Cerbo, M. Scotto, G. Succi, T. Vernazza - [details]

 

17:30

Closing remarks

19:00

Conference Dinner

 

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Workshops

 

Date

Room

Topic

Organiser

11/07/2005

G3A

Evolution of Open-Source Code Bases

Mattia Monga, Andrea Trentini

11/07/2005

G2A

Sharing Experiences on Agile Methodologies in Open Source Software

Gabriele Gianini

15/07/2005

G3A

Open Source and Multimedia - [slides 1 2 3 4]

J.Bourgeois, G.Dodero, V.Gianuzzi, F.Spies

 

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ESPERTA

Chair: Flavia Marzano - Room:G1

 

Date

Topic

Organiser

11/07/2005

OTRS: un sistema a ticket per la gestione dell’help desk - [details]

Stefano Bencetti, Gianni Verduci

 

“Fare” Open Source all'Istat: il “generatore” di data-entry per indagini statistiche - [details]

Francesco Altarocca, Carlo Vaccari

 

Migrazione di un Sistema Informativo da UNIX-AIX a UNIX-Linux - [details]

Cecilia Colasanti, Vincenzo Patruno, and Carlo Vaccari

 

eZPA portale e-government per enti locali - [details]

Cristina Colognesi, Stefano Guandalini

 

Un'applicazione Open Source: l'Osservatorio sull'e-government e la società dell'informazione - [details]

Dimitri Tartari

 

Consorzio dei comuni Consorzio dei comuni della provincia di Bolzano ed Opensource

Domingo Sacristán Valdezate

 

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Open Educational Symposium

Chair: Jesus Gonzales-Barahona - Room G1

 

Date

Topic

Organiser

14/07/2005

Experiences teaching a graduate course in Open Source Software Engineering - [details]

Daniel M. German

Open Source and IMS Learning Design: Building the Infrastructure for eLearning - [details]

David Griffiths, Josep Blat, Raymond Elferink, and Sara Zondergeld

SchoolTool: Defining Our Niche in the Open Source Architecture of Schools - [details]

Tom Hoffman

The challenges of creating open source educational software: the Gild experience - [details]

Peter C. Rigby, Davor Cubranic, Suzanne Thompson, Daniel M. German, and Margaret-Anne Storey

Development-oriented Open Source eLearning Tool Evaluation: the Edukalibre Approach - [details]

Luca Botturi, Chris Tebb, Vania Dimitrova, Drew Withworth, Julika Matravers, Jutta Geldermann, and Isabelle Hubert

Transfering Libre Software Development Practices to the Production of Educational Resources: the Edukalibre Project - [details]

Jesús M. González-Barahona, Chris Tebb, Vania Dimitrova, Diego Chaparro,and Teo Romera

An International Master Programme in Free Software in the European Higher Education Space - [details]

David Megías, Jordi Serra, and Rafael Macau

What is the significance of Open Source Software for the education and training community? - [details]

Graham Attwell

 

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Phd Symposium

Chair: Barbara Russo - Room G2A

 

Date

Topic

Organiser

14/07/2005

Idealism and Commercialism – Developing Free/Libre and Open Source Software in Private Businesses - [details]

Christian V. Lundestad

 

Towards Supporting Agile Practice Within The Libre Software Paradigm - [details]

Paul Adams and Cornelia Boldyreff

 

Unreliable Collaborators: Coordination in distributed volunteer teams - [details]

James Howison

 

An Investigation of Developer and User Activity In FLOSS Projects - [details]

Stephen Gale

 

Quality Improvement in Volunteer Free Software Projects: Exploring the Impact of Release Management - [details]

Martin Michlmayr

 

Future Development in the European Software Industry: Patentability of Computer Programs or Open Source Software? - [details]

Francesco Rentocchini

 

Knowledge, Communication and Innovation: the case of Open Source Software as Open Media - [details]

Lorenzo Benussi

 

Structure, Cohesion, and Open Source Software Success - [details]

Sherae Daniel

 

Legal issues of Open Source Software - [details]

Krzysztof Siewicz

 

Socialization practices in FLOSS development teams - [details]

Chengetai Masango

 

Looking at Free and Open Source Software: A Study about F/OSS Developers' Culture - [details]

Maurizio Teli

 

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Demo

Chair: Marco Scotto - Room G2B

 

Date

Topic

Organiser

14/07/2005

Live! I-Learn @ Home - [details]

Matteo Baldoni, Cristina Baroglio, Luca Roversi, and Claudio Grandi

Using Plone To Support Collaborative Research - [details]

Paul Adams, Cornelia Boldyreff, David Nutter, and Stephen Rank

Carrot2 Clustering Framework - [details]

Dawid Weiss and Stanislaw Osinski

 

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Panels

Chair: Francesco Di Cerbo - Room G2B

 

Date

Topic

Organiser

14/07/2005

Open Source firms: from community to business - [details]

Andrea Bonaccorsi and Cristina Rossi

 

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