[WebLab-User] Fwd: Message for doctoral students doing research on open source software and systems

[Arnaud Saval]

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From: Francois Letellier <fl at flet.fr>
Date: 2012/5/24
Subject: Fwd: Message for doctoral students doing research on open
source software and systems
To: individual members <individual-members at ow2.org>


FYI


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From: Charles Schweik <cschweik at gmail.com>
Date: 2012/5/23
Subject: Message for doctoral students doing research on open source
software and systems
To: IFIPWG213 at listserv.syr.edu


Dear IFIP WG 2.13 subscribers,

Could you please forward the below to any PhD students you know who
are doing research related to Open Source Software and Systems? There
is still time for students to submit something. Have them contact me
with questions.

Thank you,
Charlie Schweik
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
cschweik at gmail.com


> Dear US Faculty who have doctoral students doing research related to
> Open Source Software and Systems:
>
> There is still time for PhD students working on theses related to the
> study of open source software or open source systems more broadly, to
> submit a paper proposal for presentation at the Doctoral Consortium at
> the 8th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS2012) in
> Hammamet, Tunisia. The Call for Papers is attached below.
>
> PhD students who are United States citizens: Thanks to the support of
> the US NSF, we have funding to support travel to the doctoral
> consortium and OSS 2012 conference for 3 students (up to US$2600
> each). Students interested in applying for this opportunity should
> contact Professor Charles Schweik at cschweik AT gmail DOT com.
>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>             CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>                 FOR THE
>
>            DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
>
>  at the 8th International Conference on
>        Open Source Systems OSS2012
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Goal and Scope
> --------------
> The goal of the doctoral consortium (DC) 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 *** or get feedback on their research in process
> ***.
>
> The scope of research topics of the doctoral consortium is the same as
> for the main conference. Therefore, we invite submissions related to
> all forms of open initiatives. Open source systems (OSS) now extend
> beyond software to include open access, open documents, open science,
> open education, open government, open cloud, open hardware, open
> artworks and museum exhibits, open innovation and more. Submissions
> may discuss any aspects of open source including, but not limited to
> software engineering, social and cultural, diffusion and deployment,
> legal and economic 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 Dates
> ---------------
>
> 1 June, 2012: Submission deadline for papers
> 18 July, 2012: Decision back to authors
> 10 September, 2012: Doctoral consortium presentations
> 26 October, 2012: Revised papers due
> 9 November, 2012: Doctoral Consortium proceedings published online
>
> 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 following template. 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.
>
> NOTE:
>
> The Doctoral Consortium submissions will be handled separately from
> the main conference.
>
> *** Submissions should be emailed to oss2012dc at gmail.com with the
> subject line "OSS 2012 Doctoral Consortium Submission." ***
>
> 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.
>
> Travel funding fellowships
> __________________________
>
> The DC organizing chairs are actively looking for funds to support
> travel costs for some doctoral students to attend this conference.
> Should funds be received, applicants will be chosen based on the merit
> of the paper submitted. Interested participants should note in their
> submission that they are interested in being considered for this
> funding (assuming it is available) and should monitor the OSS2012 for
> new developments related to this funding possibility.
>
>
> Organizing Chairs
> --------------------------
> Cornelia Boldyreff, University of East London, UK. cornelia.boldyreff at gmail.com
> U. Yeliz Eseryel, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. yeliz at eseryel.com
> Charles Knutson, Brigham Young University, USA. cdknutson at gmail.com
> Charlie Schweik, University of Massachusetts, USA. cschweik at gmail.com
> Klaas-Jan Stol, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland. kjstol at gmail.com
>
>
> Questions?
> -------
> *** Please see the website for further details: www.oss2012.org *** or
> email any of the organizing chairs above.


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