<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"> Dear Colleagues, If you received this email in error, please forward it to the appropriate department at your institution. You are still in time to submit papers to NCOSS-2009 in order to share your work in the tracks mentioned in the CFP below. PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 February 2009 Please do not reply to this message. In case of any queries please email us at <a href="mailto:ncoss@cdacmumbai.in">ncoss@cdacmumbai.in</a> <h1> <div align="center">NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software</div> </h1> <div align="center">May 25th - 26th, 2009, Mumbai, India</div> <div align="center">Organized by</div> <div align="center">C-DAC, Mumbai</div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center">Supported by </div> <div align="center">IEEE Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters</div> <div align="center">Computer Society of India, Div II on Software & SIG-OSS</div> <div align="center"> </div>   <div align="center">* * *   CALL FOR PAPERS   * * *</div> <div align="center"> </div> NCOSS - 2009 is being conceived of as a forum to bring together the various groups working on developing Open Source Applications catering to specific domains in the ICT world, including education, health, accessibility, localisation, e-commerce, disaster management, expert systems, machine learning, etc. A number of high quality software solutions are available in many of these areas, for example, SugarCRM, Koha, Drupal, Moodle, Sahana, CollabCAD, etc. Work on these systems require a combination of domain knowledge and development expertise. Much of the public awareness in open source is focussed on desktop, operating system and general productivity tools. With this background, NCOSS-09 has chosen to focus on the layer above this, bringing together groups working on various application domains.   The conference will present experiences in deploying FOSS applications, comparative studies among competing software solutions, efforts in adapting and localising FOSS applications, development of new applications, etc. The conference will consist of the following: <ul><li>Invited talks by experts from India and abroad </li><li>Presentation of contributed papers selected based on refereeing by a panel of referees </li><li>Exhibition by industry and academia </li><li>Pre conference Tutorials (on May 24th ) </li><li>Panel discussion </li></ul>  Papers are invited on the topics listed below. All papers will be subject to external refereeing and acceptance will be subject to referee evaluation. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. We also invite proposals for tutorials. <div align="center">*** TOPICS ***</div> Other application areas may also be considered. <table width="590" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="290"> Accessibility </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Machine Learning and Data Mining </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="290"> Indian Language Computing </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> e-Health </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="290"> Localisation </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Knowledge Management </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="290"> e-Learning </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Collaboration Technologies </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="290"> Information Extraction and Retrieval </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Content Management </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="290"> Disaster Management </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> e-Commerce </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="290"> e-Governance </td> <td valign="top" width="290">   </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div align="center">*** INSTRUCTIONS ***</div> <ul><li>Papers must report original work carried out by the authors. The work can include enhancing existing Open Source applications for specific requirements, development of new solutions and comparative analysis of competing solutions. Direct survey or overview papers are not acceptable. </li><li>Length should not exceed 10 pages of A4 size in length (approx.. 5000 words) including figures, etc. </li><li>Papers should be in English. </li><li>An abstract of about 100-200 words and the area(s) under which the paper can be categorized, must be included with the paper. </li></ul> Papers exceeding the specified length are subject to rejection without review. Since reviewing will be blind, the author names and affiliations along with the main area of the paper should be given only on a separate cover sheet. Papers should be in one of the following formats: PDF, RTF or ODT. Papers may be submitted via the web at the URL <a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/">http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in</a>. A template paper is also made available at the URL for formatting reference. Those who are unable to make electronic submissions may send four copies of the paper to the address listed below. <div align="center">*** PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ***</div> <table width="588" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="288"> Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (chair) </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="288"> Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="288"> Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="288"> Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Rishab Aiyer Ghosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="288"> Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="288"> Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="288"> G Nagarjuna, HBCSE, Mumbai, India </td> <td valign="top" width="290"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>     <div align="center">* * *   IMPORTANT DATES   * * *</div> <div align="center"> </div> <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> Submission of papers </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> February 15, 2009 </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> Acceptance intimation </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> March 15, 2009 </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> Camera ready due </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> April 15, 2009 </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> Tutorial Proposals due </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> March 15, 2009 </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> Tutorial Acceptance intimation </td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> April 15, 2009 </td> </tr> </tbody></table>     <div align="center">* * *   CONTACT DETAILS   * * * </div>     Address : NCOSS Conference Secretariat CDAC-Mumbai (formerly NCST), Rain Tree Marg, Sector-7, Near Bharti Vidyapeeth, Opp. Kharghar Railway Station, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai - 400614 Maharashtra, India   E-mail: <a href="mailto:ncoss@cdacmumbai.in">ncoss@cdacmumbai.in</a> Web: <a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/">http://ncoss.cdacmumbai..in</a> Ph.: +91 - 22 - 27565303 Fax: +91 - 22 - 27560004 (on request)     With warm regards, NCOSS team </td></tr></table> <hr size=1></hr> Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! <a href="http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/"> Invite them now.</a>