CHIEF PATRON REGISTRATION FEE Dr. T. R. Pachamuthu, Chancellor. Faculty & Students from Universities/Colleges: Rs. 500 PATRONS Dr. P. Sathayanarayanan, President Mr. P. Ravi, Chairman ADVISORY PANEL Dr. P. Thangaraju, Pro‐VC Dr. T. P. Ganesan, Pro‐VC (P&D) Dr. N. Sethuraman, Registrar, Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan, Director (E & T) Dr. D. Narayana Rao, Director (Research) Dr.V.Nagarajan, Andromedia Communications CHAIR PERSON Dr. E.Poovammal, Professor & Head CONVENOR Mr. Karthick Nanmaran, Research Associate The registration fee includes the Workshop material and refreshments. The number of seats is limited and the participants will be chosen on first‐come‐first‐served basis. No TA/DA will be provided for the participants. National Workshop on IMPORTANT DATES: Last date for Registration : 13/10/2014 ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION The Convenor, FOSS 2014 Department of CSE, SRM University Kattankulathur ‐ 603203, KPM Dt., Tamilnadu Email : [email protected] Ph: 044 2741 7820 Free and Open Source Software FOSS 2014 13th & 14th October 2014 CO‐ORDINATOR ‐ CSE ASSOCIATION Dr. B. Amutha, Professor How to Reach SRM University: ORGANIZING COMMITTEE SRM University (www.srmuniv.ac.in) Kattankulathur campus well connected by road, rail and air. It is 45 km from Chennai city in NH 45 and around 25 km from Chennai Airport. The nearest Bus stop and the nearest Railway station for the University is POTHERI (In between Chennai Beach – Chengalpet line). Mr. Shashank Prasad Rao, President, FOSS Club Mr. Sukesh, Vice – President, FOSS Club Mr. Rahul G, President, CSE Association Mr. Balaganesh, Vice‐President, CSE Association Mr. Kiran, PRO, CSE Association Mr. Satwik Tata, Treasurer, CSE Association Mr. Harish Prasad, Secretary, CSE Association Mr. Ravi Teja, Organizer, CSE Association Mr. Ankit, Publicity, CSE Association Mr. Srikanth, Sponsor, CSE Association Organized by Software Defined Communications Technology / Research Testbed Department of Computer Science and Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Technology In Association with SRM IEEE Student’s Chapter SRM UNIVERSITY, KATTANKULATHUR ‐ 603 203 KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT, TAMILNADU Email: [email protected] ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY SRM University is one of India's leading educational Institutes. The areas of excellence range from engineering and medicine to management, humanities and Law. SRM University is unique with entrepreneurial heritage and pioneering faculty to provide research to address many of the current real‐world problems. The university has an International Advisory Board with eminent scholars from top universities/organizations across the world, Corporate Advisory Board, Faculty Abroad Program, Student Abroad Program & a Research Institute. During January 2011, the university conducted the 98th Indian Science Congress where in 6 Nobel laureates interacted with our Staff & Students. The SRM University is the first private university to launch Nano satellite named SRMSAT onto space on‐board the PSLV‐C18 from Sriharikotta on 12‐Nov‐ 2011. The University has been accredited by NAAC with “A” grade & Ministry of HRD placed it in “A” Category. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers B.Tech, M.Tech Courses. It has excellent Infrastructure facilities with High end systems networked with fiber optic backbone. Internet (54 MBPS) and Wi‐Fi facilities are provided for both faculty and students. Well qualified & experienced faculty forms the backbone of the department. Research activities are carried out with established labs like Brain Computer Interface Lab, Wireless Lab , SRM‐PURA Lab, Software Defined Comm. Research Testbed, SRM Search Engine Lab and Nokia Innovation Lab. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The First National Level Workshop on Free and Open‐ Source Software will take place on 13 and 14 October 2014 in SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Sharing is a powerful way to build a collaborative environment. We live in a time where research and development happen at a rapid pace and with great success rates. Every person aspiring to develop something is left back in the race due to factors like licensing, expensive resources, piracy and privacy. Thus the aim of this workshop is to create a ready reckoner for any person who intends to promote free knowledge and free software. National Workshop on Free and Open Source Software FOSS 2014 13 & 14 October, 2014 REGISTRATION FORM SCOPE & TOPICS Day 1 ‐ October 13, 2014 Forenoon Session‐1: How and Why I Created Asia’s biggest Open Source Security Project Mr.K Lavakumar, Security Researcher, Author of IronWasp Session‐2: Basic Linux and Bash Scripting Mr. Solaimurugan, Miss B. Prathiba, Senior Engineers, NRCFOSS, C‐DAC, Chennai Afternoon Session‐3: Open Hardware (Raspberry Pi) Mr.Ankit Pansari, Manager, SRM Incubation Cell Mr. Karan Nayan, Dexter Industries Session‐4: Developmental setup for Ruby‐on‐Rails Mr.Shashank Prasad, Mr. Sukesh, Mr. Ankit Pareek, IV yr CSE Name : Designation/Department : Name of the Organization : Contact Address : ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… Email : Mobile No. : Amount Payable: Rs. 500 Signature of the Applicant Day 2 ‐ October 14, 2014 Forenoon Session‐5: ‘Ruby on Rails 101’ Mr. Murtuza Kutub, Mr. Harihara Sudhan, Partners, F22 Labs Afternoon Session‐6: 'Ruby on Rails 101' – Contd. Cracking Google Summer of Code Mr. Murtuza Kutub, Mr. Harihara Sudhan, Partners, F22 Labs Session‐7: FOSS Projects Mr. Karthick Nanmaran, Research Associate, Dept. of CSE, SRM University. Signature of the Head of the Institution Date: Requirement: Laptop is a must. Laptops running Linux OS is a plus. Spot Registrations will be allowed subject to availability. For students OD will be given. For Queries, Contact +91 9445577846.