COSCUP / GNOME.Asia 2010 Call For Papers
The joint conference of COSCUP / GNOME.Asia 2010 is calling for papers
now. COSCUP is the largest open source conference in Taiwan, and
GNOME.Asia Summit is Asia’s GNOME user and developer conference,
spreading the knowledge of GNOME across Asia. The joint conference will
be held in Taipei on August 14 and 15. With a tagline of "
Open Web
and Mobile Technologies", it emphasizes the exciting development in
these two areas as well as the GNOME desktop environment, and leverages
the world-leading hardware industry in Taiwan.
Call for Paper
Let’s Submit a Talk!
Important Information
- The deadlines:
- Submission: June 25th, 2010
- Notification of Acceptance: July 4th, 2010
- Conference:
- Conference Date: August 14th-15th, 2010
- Venue: International Conference Hall, Humanities and Social
Sciences Building, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Main Topics
Possible topics include, but not limited to
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HTML 5 and the Web Technologies
Topics around web technologies including demonstrations, tips and
applications etc. It would be best if it was related to HTML 5 and
front-end technologies but is not a requirement.
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OSS & Hardware
Hack your devices using open source software! The term “devices”
include embedded systems, home electronics, set-top boxes, wireless
base stations, e-book readers, automotive electronics, mobile phones,
and PDA/MIDs etc.
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OSS Business, legally
FLOSS legal issues which include standard processes on open source
commercial usage, open source business model research, and reverse
engineering for GPL compliance check.
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Free-Culture Communities
Issues on organizing and managing communities. Not necessary a “talk,”
you can prepare a workshop, activity or anything fun to explain.
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User Experience in OSS
Anything related to open source software and user experience; case
studies are extremely welcome.
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Open Source & Digital Art
Authoring/editing tools for digital art, live show with open source
software like GIMP or PureData, or show cases on art activities with
“Open” in mind.
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Art of Coding
Philosophies and methodologies on programming, open source development
tools, open source frameworks, and so on.
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Localization & Internationalization
Translation, Input Method, Dictionary, anything related
to L10n and I18n is welcome
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The latest GNOME 3.0
The three big things about GNOME 3 are user experience,
accessibility, and apps. The most coolest apps on GNOME 3.0 etc.
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GNOME library and application development
Development involves many different projects, on the
GNOME Desktop Environment and the GNOME applications.
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Desktop deployments and customization
Deploy and customize GNOME desktop in your country
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Mobile platforms and thin clients
GNOME desktop on mobile platform, like on phone, thin
clients like Sun Ray
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GNOME Communities
Organize local Users Group, spreading the knowledge of
GNOME and building a vibrant, thriving community around GNOME
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GNOME Accessibility
Accessibility enables people with disabilities to
participate in activities such as work and the use of services,
products, and information.
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Testing
Automation testing framework, test cases developement, bug management
and all kings of topic related to QA.
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Other topics
Any open source related topic which not listed above is still welcome.
Your participation can help us make the conference better, and that’s
how Open Source communities work!
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Lightning talks
A five-mintues presentation to demonstrate your work or promote an
interesting topic. Reservation and on-site application are both
accepted.
The sessions at the COSCUP / GNOME.Asia 2010 will be scheduled for
two time blocks:
A: 45mins talk + 15 mins Q&A
B: 25mins talk + 5 mins Q&A
Please take into consideration any time you will need for
preparation. The session could be a technical talk, panel discussion,
or BOF.
If you’d like to share your knowledge, experience, or opinion at
COSCUP 2010, please fill in the form at http://bit.ly/coscup2010paper before June
25th, 2010. The program committee will contact you before July 4th,
2010 to inform you whether your submission has been accepted or not.
All interested contributors are highly encouraged to send in their
talks. Please help us to spread the invitation to other potential
participants. Even you do not plan to be a speaker, please consider
joining COSCUP / GNOME.Asia 2010. This is going to be a great event!
Sincerely,
GNOME.Asia
Organization Team
