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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>*******************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>11th Intl. Conf. on Open Source Systems (OSS2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>co-located with the 2015 International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Florence, Italy – 16-17 May 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.oss2015.org">http://www.oss2015.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>*******************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>*** Theme: Open Frameworks: from Service to Cloud ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has had a disruptive effect on the commercial software industry and the ways that organizations and individuals create, distribute, acquire and use software and software-based services. In addition to the many standalone FOSS projects, FOSS is at the heart of modern network-based computing infrastructures and can be found in the vast majority of applications that run in these environments. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Many organizations that have been known for developing proprietary software are now actively involved with FOSS. FOSS adoption continues to grow among businesses, governments, and other organizations. FOSS remains important for educators and researchers, as well as an important aspect of e-government and information society initiatives, providing access to high-quality software and the code used to create it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Also, FOSS has taken the lead in a number of crucial ICT domains, like Cloud Computing, where open source cloud stacks are widely adopted, and Big Data, where a wealth of FOSS solutions is now being built around Hadoop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The 11th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS 2015) will celebrate a decade of advances in the use of free and open source software by emphasizing areas and topics that will drive future use over the next decade. This will be achieved through a combination of high-quality research papers, tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, and invited talks. OSS2015 will be co-located with the 2015 International Conference on Software Engineering as a way to cross-fertilize ideas. The theme for the 2015 edition will be "Open frameworks: from service to cloud", putting forward the idea on how open source framework can develop the transition from traditional IT services to cloud-based architectures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A central goal of OSS 2015 is to provide an international forum where a diverse community of professionals from academia, industry, the public sector, and diverse FOSS initiatives can come together to share research findings and practical experiences. The conference also aims to serve as a meeting place where people can identify new research ideas and techniques for putting FOSS into widespread use. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>OSS 2015 will include research papers, industry papers, formal tool demonstrations, lightning talks, new ideas, experience reports, and posters. OSS 2015 also invites proposals for tutorials and workshops, submissions to the doctoral symposium, and submissions of panel proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which are published by Springer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Topics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are seeking submissions across a broad range of topics, but are particularly interested in those areas most likely to have an impact on computing over the next decade, including computing infrastructure, data management, and the Internet of Things. For practical experiences, we are seeking submissions that describe FOSS applications in embedded systems (IoT), health care, transportation, communications, and energy management.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Other topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FOSS technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS in the cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS for data management and analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Security of FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Interoperability, portability, scalability of FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Open standards, open data, open cloud, open hardware and open exhibits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS in cloud-based applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Architecture and design of FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Mobile and Embedded FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Mobile Operating Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Open Source apps for mobile devices<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Open Source app markets and software delivery platforms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Software metrics for Open Source mobile software<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Energy efficiency in Mobile FOSS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FOSS Quality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Static and Dynamic FOSS testing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Formal FOSS verification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Detection of bad coding practices and adoption of coding conventions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - OSS metrics: measuring FOSS performance, safety, and quality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS performance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FOSS Evaluation, adoption and use<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Evaluation of FOSS software, including comparisons with proprietary software, in industry and government<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Use and acceptance of FOSS; organizational policies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - The role of FOSS-oriented foundations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Dissemination, redistribution and crowdsourcing of FOSS systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Expanding scientific research and technology development methods through openness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Role of FOSS in ICT and sustainable development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> -FOSS practices and methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - New experiences with FOSS development tools and practices<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Knowledge and documentation management in FOSS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Economic, organizational and social issues related to FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Economic analysis of FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Maturity models of FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS in public sector<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS intellectual property, copyrights and licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Non-Governmental Organizations and FOSS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FOSS and education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Teaching FOSS to people of all ages and backgrounds<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - Use of FOSS in education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-FOSS platforms and toolkits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS Data processing and storage platforms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS environments for cloud computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS business intelligence toolkits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - FOSS business packages (CRM, ERP, HRM)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=FR>- FOSS collaboration and communication environments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>** Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Paper Submission due: January 10, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Notification to Authors: February 14, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Camera ready due: February 28, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Authors Instructions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Papers submitted to OSS 2015 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for OSS 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All papers must conform, at time of submission, to the Springer Formatting Guidelines (LNCS) (<a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a>). You may utilize the templates provided in our website. Submissions must be in PDF format with a limit of 10 pages for each paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship or affiliations. Authors of accepted papers will be therefore be required to sign a copyright transfer (as well as register for and attend the conference).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>When your paper is finished, submit it using EasyChair (<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oss2015">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oss2015</a>) according to the submission deadlines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>** Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* General Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT>* Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT>- Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Tony Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Regional Publicity Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Moataz Ahmed, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Scott Hissam, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Karl Reed, La Trobe University, Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Francesco Zavatarelli, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Organizing Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Fulvio Frati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Nadia Fusar Poli, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Web Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Fulvio Frati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Program Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Chintan Amrit, University of Twente, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Luciano Baresi, DEIB – Politecnico di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Paolo Ciancarini, University of Bologna, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Francesco Di Cerbo, SAP Research Sophia-Antipolis, France<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Jonas Gamalielsson, University of Skovde, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Imed Hammouda, Chalmers and University of Gothenburg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Abram Hindle, University of Alberta, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Netta Iivari, University of Oulu, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Stefan Koch, Bogazici University, Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Fabio Kon, University of São Paulo, Brasil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Eda Marchetti, ISTI-CNR, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Audris Mockus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Sandro Morasca, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- John Noll, Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Mauro Pezzè, University of Lugano, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Stephane Ribas, INRIA, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Gregorio Robles, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Steve Schmid, Open Technology Foundation, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Alberto Sillitti, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Megan Squire, Elon University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Klaas-Jan Stol, Lero – University of Limerick, Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Giancarlo Succi, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Davide Tosi, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Aaron Visaggio, University of Sannio, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Stefano Zacchiroli, Université de Paris Diderot, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>