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QualOSS in relation to F/OSS endeavor evolvability
Frédérique Fleurial Monfils presents QualOSS results related to F/OSS endeavor evolvability to BENEVOL 2009.
MetriKon 2009: Measurement for Software Professionals
An important date is coming up for all software developers, decision makers, and engineers in the IT domain: On 19 and 20 November 2009, the software metrics conference MetriKon 2009 will take place at the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE in Kaiserslautern for the third time.
Scientific Paper: ”Measuring Open Source Documentation Availability”
At the 12th International Conference on Quality Engineering in Software Technology (Conquest '09) in Nuremburg, Germany, a scientific paper was presented.
Scientific Paper: ”Assessing FLOSS Communities. An Experience Report from the QualOSS Project.”
At the 12th International Conference on Quality Engineering in Software Technology (Conquest '09) in Nuremburg, Germany, a scientific paper was presented.
Scientific Paper: ”What Does It Take to Develop a Million Lines of Open Source Code?”
At the 5th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS '09) in Skövde, Sweeden, a scientific paper was presented.
FLOSSInclude, a project to foster open source international collaboration
FLOSS is arguably one of the best examples of open, collaborative, internationally distributed production and development that exists today. With partners around the globe, the FLOSSInclude project will develop a roadmap for international cooperation to realise the potential of FLOSS as a tool for social and economic development.
Workshop: WoPDaSD '09
A new edition of the WoPDaSD sponsored by Qualoss will be established at the 5th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS '09) in Skövde, Sweden.
Presenting Qualoss findings to ISO/IEC-SC7
In connection with the SC7 Plenary Meeting to be held in Hyderabad, India. Jean-Christophe Deprez, Belgian ISO representative goes to Hyderabad, May 19-23, 2009.
European research confirms linkages between SME research and competitiveness
A research project examining the production of information and communication technologies by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the EU-25 has been concluded. One of the key findings of the study was to confirm the interlinkages between research, innovation and economic performance.
EU Research investigates the Quality and Socioeconomic aspects of Free Libre Open Source Software
As part of its research funding activities the European Commission has been funding research into Free, Libre and Open Source software (FOSS) for a number of years. Many projects make use of existing FOSS. Some focus on FOSS itself, seeking to improve the technologies used and to remove barriers for adoption and use.
The need for libre software research in Europe
The European Commission, by means of the Framework Programme, is funding several research projects on libre software. In the sixth edition of this Programme, 25.13 million Euros has been dedicated to fund these research projects. Is this investment worthy? Can libre software help to development of Europe?
ICT 2008: Meet open source security and quality experts at the networking session
The biennial ICT Event is the most important forum for discussing research and public policy in information and communication technologies at European level. ICT2008 will be an opportunity to meet open source experts and discuss Security and Quality issues for next generation OSS in a Business Context. The event will take place on Nov 25-27 in Lyon, France.
Comparing Assessment Methodologies for Free/Open Source
Jean Christophe Deprez, the Qualoss project coordinator, and his colleague, Simon Alexandre, have just published an scientific article about comparing assessment methodologies.
Libre Software Research Room @ LinuxTag
LinuxTag is the main German open source event. It will be hel in Berlin 28-30 May. The Research Room @ LinuxTag intends to be a meeting place for researchers, developers and companies interested in libre (free, open source) software.
Workshop on Public Data about Software Development (WoPDaSD 2008)
A workshop to foster the analysis of public available data sources about software development and the exchange of data between different research groups will be held in Milan, Italy, September 7th - 10th 2008. Co-located with the Fourth International Conference on Open Source Systems.
Libre software communities meet research community at Fosdem 2008
Researchers investigating open source software quality invite Fosdem participants to a research room. The goal is to explore opportunities of exchange and collaboration between open source researchers and open source communities. This workshop will take place in Brussels on Feb 23-24, 2008
Research Room @ FOSDEM: Libre software communities meet research community
Joint workshop on "libre software research meets libre software developers" taking place in the Research Room in the next FOSDEM, to be held on Brussels next February 23th and 24th 2007.
Qualoss and SQO-OSS presentation to the Plone Conference Sprint
Naples Sprint 2007 will be held on October 13-15, 2007, the weekend immediately after Plone Conference 2007 plus monday.
3 research projects investigating open source software quality launch a join portal
Flossquality.eu is an initiative of 3 EU research projects : Qualoss, Flossmetrics and SQO-OSS. It demonstrate the strong collaboration between the actors of the 3 projects. The expected benefit is to ease the access to information by disseminating news by joint RSS feed.
Fraunhofer IESE Participating in European Open Source Quality Offensive
As one of eight consortium partners, Fraunhofer IESE provides support for the European project QualOSS – Quality of Open Source Software. Its subject is a quality evaluation system for Open Source software. It includes a methodology that has been exhaustively validated empirically, as well as appropriate tools for automated quality evaluation. The project has an overall volume of almost 3 million euros and is initially scheduled to run until 31 March 2009.