EDOS events

EDOS events

First EDOS Workshop

In conjunction with the RMLL'06 (Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre, nancy, 4-8 july 2006), we organize the first EDOS Workshop, in the "Managing large software systems" track.

EDOS Workshop URL: http://www.rmll.info/theme_60

Nancy, July 7, 2006

It will be an occasion to meet the many members of the EDOS project that will attend the event.

We have written a summary of the event available here

RMLL Track on Large Software Systems Management

Call For Proposals: http://www.rmll.info/conf_124

First Workshop on Large Software Systems Management (LSSM?06)

Nancy, July 6, 2006

Large software systems management (LSSM) has always been a stimulating challenge for the research field in Computer Science known as Software Engineering.

Nevertheless, in the recent years, two related phenomena : the explosion of Internet connectivity and the mainstream adoption of free software, have deeply changed the scenarii that today?s software engineers face. The traditional organized, safe world where software is developed from specifications in a fully centralized way is no longer the only game in town. We see more and more complex software systems that are assembled from loosely coupled sources developed by programming teams not belonging to any single company, cooperating only through fast Internet connections. The availability of code distributed under free software licences makes it possible to reuse such code without formal agreements among companies, and without any form of central authority that coordinates this burgeoning activity.

This has led to the appearance of the so-called distribution editors, who try to offer some kind of reference viewpoint over the breathtaking variety of free software available today : they take care of packaging, integrating and distributing tens of thousands of software packages, very few being developed in-house and almost all coming from independent developers. We believe that the role of distribution editors is deeply novel : no comparable task can be found in the traditional software development and distribution model.

As free software continues to grow, the free software landscape become increasingly complex, and we need to invent new tools and find new ideas to second its growth.

This workshop aims to bring together developers, package maintainers, distribution editors, computer scientists and all the people interested in ensuring that creating, using and disseminating free software will be able to scale up over the next years.

Topics of interest include but are not restricted to :

• Package management tools
• Dependency checking
• Package formats
• Package quality assurance
• Software testing frameworks
• Efficient software distribution and event notification system
• Free Software Distributions process management
• Free software process modelling and measurement
• Experiences from Linux Distribution Editors
• Use cases, best practices
• Technical presentation of research topics and R&D projects related to LSSM

Each proposal for a conference session should contain the following information :

• The title of the presentation.
• An abstract of the presentation.
• For each speaker, the speaker name, title, company, professional street and email addresses, phone and fax numbers. Addresses, phone and fax numbers are for organization purposes only and will not be distributed to third parties without prior agreement.
• A short biography of the proposed speaker(s) showing relevant experience and qualification to speak on the proposed subject matter (not to exceed 300 words).

Submissions should be written in French or English. Presentations are to be delivered in French or English and will last 45 minutes.

Important dates :

• Abstract submission : by May 30, 2006. Please send your submission to edos-rmll at pps.jussieu.fr
• July 6, 2006 : LSSM Workshop
• July 4-8, 2006 : RMLL