We are now soliciting position papers presenting field reports, case studies, provisional data, analytical frameworks and key research questions, which serve to improve our knowledge of the impact of open-source products, methods, tools in a variety of application areas, with particular emphasis to:

• Software requirements engineering
  
• Database management
  
• Product integration
  
• Integrated teaming
  
• Critical systems specification
  
• Software testing and analysis
  
• Process improvement
  
• Software quality assurance
  
• Component-oriented analysis and design
  
• Verification and validation
  
• Software cost estimation
  
• User interface design
  
• Project management
  
• Embedded /Real-time systems
  
• Project monitoring and control
  
• Processor architectures
  
• Configuration management
  
• Parallel & distributed systems
  
• Agile methodologies
  
• Monitoring & performance evaluation
  
• Information security, standards & frameworks
  
  

  DEMONSTRATIONS
  
  Demonstration proposals should focus on any of the above mentioned key areas. Proposals should give a short description of the demonstrated system, explain what is going to be demonstrated, and state the significance of the contribution to open-source community, applications or techniques. Submit your proposals electronically via submission page of this website..