Events
FOSS Huts
A FOSS Hut is an area dedicated to a specific focus area in Free and Open Source Software, be it a project like KDE, community like SMC (Swathanthra Malayalam Computing), user groups, special interest groups like mappers or start ups which depend on FOSS.
FOSS Huts to be set up in NITC during FOSSMeet 2010
1. Embedded Systems/FEL - by FSUG Thrissur
Aim
To introduce FEL (Fedora Electronics Laboratory),an open source hardware design and simulation platform. A mini-project will be demonstrated.
Team
- Jithu Sunny
- Varun Mohan
- Aurobindo
- Anoop Toffy
Contact
Jithu Sunny - jithusunnyk@gmail.com
2. SciPy - by FSUG Thrissur
Aim
To introduce SciPy, an open source library of algorithms and mathematical tools for the Python programming language.
Team
- Farzin Ahammed
- Rahul C P
- Akhil.K
Contact
Rahul C P - rahulcp91@gmail.com
FSUG - Thrissur's wiki page on FOSS Huts.
3. Localization Hut - by SMC
Details can be seen at SMC's wiki page.
This hut will have a meeting on Friday Feb 5 evening (3 pm to 5 pm). RSVP in their facebook meeting page.
Please note that this is not a complete list. Info about more FOSS Huts coming up soon.
Speakers and Talks
Talks
Dr. V Sasi Kumar
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation of India.
He worked at the Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from January 1979 to December 2007. His research field was the physics of clouds and rainfall. His interests include Free Software and music.
About his talk
He will be delivering the inaugural talk for this year's FOSSMeet. He will be giving a general introduction to Free and Open Source Software, the philosophy behind it, and the cool things that have been happening in the community recently. This talk would undoubtedly serve as an initiation into the FOSS community for those who have not already fallen for it!
Atul Chitnis
Atul Chitnis is Chief Products Officer and Senior Vice President at Geodesic Limited.
Arguably one of India's best known technologists, Atul has been at the forefront of India's technology evolution since the 1980s, correctly predicting and driving new technology waves such as data communication, networking, the Internet, wireless and mobile computing, and Open Source, among others. His focus areas include mobile and hand-held computing, wireless data networks, Linux and Open Source Software, virtual communities, technology convergence (including Voice over IP and entertainment oriented technologies such as Internet Radio), and the identification and understanding of future technologies.
He has been described as a "technology market enabler" for his ability to help his clients and audiences understand and adopt new technologies, providing a safety net of knowledge for them, thereby mitigating the risks involved. He enjoys wide-spread recognition in technology circles, and few people working in any of these technology fields in India today can say that they have not been influenced by him in one way or another, through his many articles, seminars and events. A popular and highly effective public speaker, he is often invited to speak at technology and industry events, presenting his insights on the technologies he is involved with.
He is well known for his extensive work in the field of Linux and Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) - a field that he has personally nurtured and supported in India since 1994. As Consulting Editor for the technology publication PCQuest from 1996 to 2002, he helped trigger Linux and FOSS adoption in India by conceiving and driving the PCQuest Linux Initiative, which has been credited with the introduction and proliferation of Linux and FOSS in the Indian corporate world. As part of making the industry more aware of FOSS technologies, Atul conceived and drives the "FOSS.IN" series of annual conventions, working with industry, community and governments to address their requirements. This convention went from being a small local event to being a recognised international event in a short span of three years, paving the way for similar conferences across India and Asia.
About his talk
As is befitting his glorious profile above, he will be giving a talk on the subject "FOSS & Technology and how it affects you". It is obviously understood that he will be sharing his fathomless knowledge in this field nurtured over years of experience and hard work. It would be nothing short of inspirational.
Sujith H
Sujith H is a software professional who is passionate about Free Software. He started using free software from 2003 onwards. During his free time he hacks on KDE Plasma and his camera (a Canon A720 IS).
About his talk
He will be delivering a talk on KDE Development.
Jain Basil
Jain Basil Aliyas is a Computer Science Engineeing student from Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur. A Gnu/Linux and FLOSS enthusiast, and a contributor for KDE he is among the Ambassadors of Fedora Project from India and an active member of Free Software Users’ Group, Thrissur. He is an active contributor of Scribus and KStars.
About his talk
He will be giving a talk on Getting Started with Scribus (An open source desktop publishing software). The talk will be a short introduction to Scribus where he would be sharing his experiences with Scribus Development i.e. how he started coding for Scribus, and how to write a very simple text import plugin for Scribus.This introduction will help newbies in joining development for Scribus!
Workshops
Workshops
Binny V A
He is a freelance web developer working on the LAMP (LINUX/Apache/MySQL/PHP) Platform. He is also software developer by hobby. He is based in Cochin, Kerala.
About his workshop
He will be conducting a workshop titled "Rapid Web Development using Web Frameworks".
This will involve the following:
- Introduction to Frameworks
- Major Frameworks
- Building a Basic Application in Django
- Building a Basic Application in Ruby on Rails
- Building a Basic Application in CakePHP
Sarath Lakshman
Sarath Lakshman is a 20 year old guy bitten by Linux bug during his teenage. He is pursuing his Computer Science and Engineering at Model Engineering College, Cochin, Kerala. He blogs at http://www.sarathlakshman.info/.
He is a life hacker who loves to explore innovations. He is a GNU/Linux enthusiast and Free and Open Source Software promoter. He spends most of his time hacking with computers. The Free and Open Source Software projects he has worked with are Fedora Project, PiTiVi Video editor, SLYNUX GNU/Linux distro, Swathantra Malayalam Computing, School-Admin, Istanbul and Pardus Project. Since October 2008, He writes articles on LinuxForYou Magazine on various domains under GNU/Linux platform.
About his session
He will host a split session with Binny V A on the topic Kick Start with Django Web Development.
Scope of the Session: The talk aims at introducing the Django web development platform to newbies who had already made their hands dirty with web programming. It would cover from basic Django framework installation to how to get started with coding. The talk will teach how to write Django applications for fun and real stuff. It also aims at illustrating various features of Django framework.
Intended Target Audience: Enthusiasts who would like to learn how to write web applications, Beginners
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of HTML, database connectivity, web programming
Hiran Venugopalan
A Computer Science Engineering graduate, Hiran is an active member of the FOSS Community.
He now runs a company on usability and interaction interface designing named Ubiqurio. He was speaker at FOSSMeets 2007 and 2008 conducted in NIT Calicut. He got the Google Summer of Code in 2007.
About his workshop
He will be conducting a workshop on Inkscape - a Vector Graphics Editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator that strives to be open source, responsive and extensible.
Pradeepto Bhattacharya
Pradeepto is a FOSS enthusiast and a well known contributor to the KDE Project.
About his workshop
He will be conducting a workshop on Qt - a cross-platform application and UI framework.
Shabbir Kheriwala
Shabbir is a FOSS enthusiast. He has 5 year+ experience on Java technologies and one and a half years experience on
Android. Currently he is looking into Palm-Pre Web OS. He also works at Geodesic Limited.
About his workshop
He will conduct a workshop on 'Developing applications using Android' which is a mobile operating system running on Linux Kernel.
CATFOSS
This is a group of students from CATFOSS Batch 2009-10, who have developed a LAN chat messenger named "SWAN-TALK" in python.
About their workshop
They will present a demo of their project SwanTalk and will conduct a tutorial on Application development using python-twisted and Qt. Their session is intended to provide a guidance for the newbies in free software development.
Milad Thaha & Jishnu Mohan - The GNU Open Movie Team
They will be conducting a workshop titled "Blender Basics" which will give an introduction to Blender - a 3D modeling and animation software released as free - and its interfacing, and teach you how to create a beginner 3D scene covering all the basic aspects of modeling, texturing lighting and rendering.
Schedule
Schedule
| Day and Time | Event | Speaker | Topic |
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| Friday February 5, 2010 | |||
| 1700-1730 | Inauguration | ||
| 1730-1830 | Talk | Dr. V Sasi Kumar | Free and Open Source Software |
| 1845-1945 | Talk | Sujith H | KDE Development |
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| Saturday February 6, 2010 | |||
| 0900-1000 | Talk | Jain Basil | Getting started with Scribus |
| 1000-1100 | Talk | Kerala State IT Mission | |
| 1115-1315 | Hands On | GNU Open Movie Team | Blender - Session I |
| 1330-1430 | Lunch | ||
| 1430-1700 | Hands On | CATFOSS | SwanTalk - App Dev using python-twisted and Qt |
| 1430-1730 | Hands On | Binny V A & Sarath Laxman | Rapid Web Dev + Django Web Dev (Split Session) |
| 1730-1800 | Break | ||
| 1800-2000 | Hands On | Hiran Venugopal | Inkscape |
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| Sunday February 7, 2010 | |||
| 1000-1100 | Talk | Atul Chitnis | FOSS & Technology |
| 1130-1330 | Hands On | Pradeepto Bhattacharya | Qt |
| 1330-1415 | Lunch | ||
| 1415-1715 | Hands On | GNU Open Movie Team | Blender - Session II |
| 1415-1715 | Hands On | Shabbir Kheriwala | Developing applications using Android |
| 1730-1800 | Closing | ||
Presentations during FOSSMeet 2010
- Talk by Dr. V Sasi Kumar on Free and Open Source Software
- Talk by Jain Basil on Getting Started with Scribus
- Workshop by Binny V A on Rapid Web Development using Web Frameworks
- Workshop by Sarath Lakshman on Kick Start with Django Web Development
- Talk by Atul Chitnis on FOSS and Technology
- Workshop by Hiran Venugopalan on Inkscape
- Workshop by Milad Thaha & Jishnu Mohan on Blender