Scope

Software Engineering Perspective

  • OSS architecture, configuration and release management, environments.
  • Testing and assuring OSS quality and security.
  • Mining and analyzing OSS project repositories.
  • Lessons from OSS for conventional development.
  • OSS and standards.

Studies of OSS Deployment

  • Case studies of OSS deployment, migration models, success and failure.
  • Role of OSS in the public sector (government, education, health etc) and 'secondary' software sector (automotive, telco, medical devices, etc.).
  • OSS-compatible IT governance architectures.
  • Open sourcing - offshore sourcing of development.
  • OSS applications catalog (functionality, platforms, support providers, training needs).

Members

WG 2.13 Chair

Tony Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, USA

WG 2.13 Vice-Chair

Imed Hammouda, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

WG 2.13 Secretary

Gregorio Robles, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Events

Open Source Systems Conferences

  • OSS2005: 1st International Conference on Open Source Software, Genoa, Italy, July 2005
  • OSS2006: 2nd International Conference on Open Source Software, Como, Italy, June 2006
  • OSS2007: 3rd International Conference on Open Source Software, Limerick, Ireland, 11-14 June 2007
  • OSS2008: 4th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Milan, Italy, 7-10 September 2008 (within the 20th IFIP World Computer Conference)
  • OSS2009: 5th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Skövde, Sweden, 3-6 June 2009
  • OSS2010: 6th International Conference on Open Source Systems: South Bend, IN, 30 May-2 June 2010
  • OSS2011: 7th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Salvador, BA, Brazil, 6-7 October 2011
  • OSS2012: 8th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Hammamet, Tunisia, 10-13 September 2012
  • OSS2013: 9th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Izola/Isola, Slovenia, 25-28 June 2013
  • OSS2014: 10th International Conference on Open Source Systems: San Jose, Costa Rica, 6-9 May 2014
  • OSS2015: 11th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Firenze, Italy, 16-17 May 2015 (within the ICSE2015 Conference)
  • OSS2016: 12th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 May - 2 June 2016
  • OSS2017: 13th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22-23 May 2017