The Fifth International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies 2011.

Announced By: IEEE Computer Society, Lahore
Organized By: Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, UET, Lahore, Pakistan
Sponsored By: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
Conference Date: 22,23,24 December 2011

Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of papers August 31, 2011
(A full, properly formatted and blinded paper must be submitted)
Acceptance/Rejection notification September 30, 2011
Camera ready papers October 31, 2011

Call for Papers

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:

o The Theme of ICOSST 2011 is Mobile Systems and Applications

Software Applications & Systems

* Software Engineering
* Database Management
* Information Security
* Open System Data and Interoperability
* Human Machine Interaction (HCI)
* Open Standards and Network Protocols
* OSS Opportunities and Business Models
* Processor Architectures & Parallelization

Information, Networks & Security

* Parallel & Distributed Systems
* OSS and Social Innovation
* Kernel and Device Development
* Embedded & Ubiquitous Computing
* Service Oriented Computing
* Mobile Applications
* Open Mobile Systems and Frameworks

View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives,
topics and submission requirements at: http://www.uet.edu.pk/Conferences/icosst2011/

Submit blinded paper via the conference website: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icosst11 or contact the Conference Secretariat below.

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.