You are invited to submit papers to the MCIS 2009 track: "Free, Libre
and Open Source Software and its use in the Mediterranean region". The
conference will be held in Athens, 25-27 September 2009.
Description
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The Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) development methods and
their wide adoption allow for exciting research opportunities. Today
FLOSS marks a trend towards the adoption of more open standards in
information systems (IS) development. FLOSS's collaborative development
and open development and distribution model enhances knowledge sharing
and promotes innovation. Apart from strictly technical, economic and
social aspects of FLOSS development and organization, there is also a
growing interest in discussing FLOSS in enterprise and system contexts
in commercial, educational and governmental organizations. Finally,
software quality is increasingly discussed in FLOSS research and is an
issue of interest also in IS development, especially in cases of
migration of large ISs from proprietary software to FLOSS.
The objectives of the track are to disseminate findings and broaden the
understanding of FLOSS and explore its significance to contemporary IS
research and practice. We solicit full research papers, extended
abstracts and short research-in-progress papers as well as case studies
(research and teaching).
Suggested topics may include (but are not limited to):
- FLOSS in enterprise and system contexts
- FLOSS in governmental organizations and networks
- FLOSS in education
- Trust building and quality assurance in FLOSS
- Migration to FLOSS systems
- Knowledge sharing and knowledge management in FLOSS
- Diffusion and adoption of open standards and open source
tools/application stacks
- User-created content
Track co-chairs
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Eirini Kalliamvakou, Athens University of Economics and Business,
ikaliam [ at ] aueb [ dot ] gr
Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, jgb [ at ] gsyc [ dot ] es
Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economics and Business,
dds [ at ] aueb [ dot ] gr
Important Dates
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Submission of papers and all other contributions due: April 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2009
Camera-ready version of accepted contributions: July 15, 2009
Conference : September 25-27, 2009
More information is available at the conference website
(www.mcis2009.org) or by contacting the track chairs.