Accepted Papers
Call for Papers
Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development has emerged as one of the most important phenomena of computer science and engineering. It has a major impact in the industry and has been instrumental for education and research in the academia, providing free access to essential tools, from compilers to word processors. FLOSS has changed the way people perceive the software business, and it has often kept the software market away from monopolies. As such, a deep understanding of FLOSS requires the understanding of a wide spectrum of issues.
The goal of OSS 2019 is be a holistic forum on FLOSS aimed across people from widely diverse backgrounds. OSS 2019 will be a forum to discuss theories, practices, experiences, and tools on development and applications of OSS systems, with specific focus on two aspects:
- The development of Free/Libre Open Source Systems and the underlying technical, social, and economics issue
- The adoption of FLOSS solutions and the implications of such adoption both in the public and in the private sector.
OSS 2019 will bring together people from industry and academia to share experiences and ideas and to provide an archival source for important papers on Free/Libre Open Source topics.
The conference is also meant to provide information and education to practitioners, identify directions for further research, and to be an ongoing platform for technology transfer.
The conference will include three kinds of submissions:
- Research papers (max 10 pages): Submissions describing research activities in the area of open source software with concrete insights;
- Engineering papers (max 5 pages): Submission describing the development of tools, libraries, etc. that are widely used in the community;
- Industry and Community experience reports (max 5 pages): Submissions reflecting on experiences about open source processes, techniques, tools, business models, best practices, etc.
The conference will stress practical applications and implications of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) . Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
- Foundations and rationale of FLOSS
- FLOSS development communities
- Tools and infrastructures for FLOSS Development
- FLOSS and eGovernment
- FLOSS and Open Knowledge
- Knowledge management in FLOSS
- Business models and FLOSS
- Impact of FLOSS on social networks
- Documentation of FLOSS
- Cost and economic models of FLOSS
- FLOSS and Agile Methodologies
- FLOSS and DevOps
- FLOSS scalability issues
- FLOSS education and training
- Introduction of FLOSS in companies and Public Administrations
- Empirical analysis of FLOSS
- FLOSS case studies and experiments
- Licensing issues in FLOSS
- Legal issues in FLOSS
- Software engineering aspects, human factors, and other aspects of FLOSS
Submissions are invited for original papers (unpublished and not submitted elsewhere). Authors must clearly explain the contribution of the work in terms of its theoretical and/or practical value and relationship to previous work. Submissions must be in English following the Springer guidelines available at: https://goo.gl/r83B1W.
The best papers will be invited to be included in the Special Issue on Software Quality in Free/Open Source Software of the Software Quality Journal edited by Springer.
To allow for more complete and fully formatted reference lists, bibliographic references do not count towards the page limit.
Papers should submitted as PDF files at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oss2019
Accepted papers and reports will be included in the conference proceedings, which are published by Springer, and will be made available as Open Access.
Sun 26 May Times are displayed in time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
09:00 - 09:30 Day opening | Opening OSS 2019 Papers |
11:00 - 11:30 Research paper | Why Do Developers Adopt Open Source Software? Past, Present and Future OSS 2019 Papers Valentina LenarduzziLUT University, Davide Tosi Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Luigi Lavazza Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Sandro Morasca Università degli Studi dell'Insubria | ||
11:30 - 12:00 Research paper | What Attracts Newcomers to Onboard on OSS Projects? TL;DR:Popularity OSS 2019 Papers Felipe FronchettiUniversity of São Paulo, Brazil, Igor WieseFederal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), Gustavo PintoUFPA, Igor SteinmacherNorthern Arizona University Pre-print | ||
12:00 - 12:30 Research paper | Why Do People Give Up FLOSSing? A Study of Contributor Disengagement in Open Source OSS 2019 Papers Courtney MillerNew College of Florida, David WidderCarnegie Mellon University, Christian K{\"a}stnerCarnegie Mellon University, Bogdan VasilescuCarnegie Mellon University Pre-print |
14:00 - 14:30 Research paper | What Are the Perception Gaps between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers? – A case of bug finding research OSS 2019 Papers | ||
14:30 - 15:00 Research paper | Does FLOSS in Software Engineering Education narrow the Theory-Practice Gap? A Study Grounded on Students' Perception OSS 2019 Papers Debora Maria Coelho NascimentoFederal University of Sergipe, São Cristovão, Brazil, Christina von Flach Garcia ChavezFederal University of Bahia, Roberto Almeida BittencourtState University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil | ||
15:00 - 15:30 Research paper | Predicting Popularity of Open Source Projects Using Recurrent Neural Networks OSS 2019 Papers Sefa Eren SahinFaculty of Computer and Informatics Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Kubilay KarpatFaculty of Computer and Informatics Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Ayse TosunIstanbul Technical University |
16:00 - 16:15 Experience report | Faculty Development for FLOSS Education OSS 2019 Papers Becka MorganWestern Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon, USA, Gregory W. HislopDrexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Heidi J.C. EllisWestern New England University, Springfield, MA, USA | ||
16:15 - 16:30 Experience report | Open Source for Open Source License Compliance OSS 2019 Papers |
Mon 27 May Times are displayed in time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
11:00 - 12:30: Technical Session 3 - Economics and Social Aspects on OSSOSS 2019 Papers at Mansfield | |||
11:00 - 11:30 Research paper | Open Source Software Community Inclusion Initiatives to Support Women Participation OSS 2019 Papers Vandana SinghSchool of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, William BrandonSchool of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville | ||
11:30 - 12:00 Research paper | Opportunity Costs in Free Open-Source Software OSS 2019 Papers Siim KarusUniversity of Tartu | ||
12:00 - 12:30 Research paper | EJ: A free software platform for social participation OSS 2019 Papers Fábio Macêdo MendesInstituto Cidade Democrática, Ricardo PoppiInstituto Cidade Democrática, Henrique ParraInstituto Cidade Democrática, Bruna MoreiraInstituto Cidade Democrática |
14:00 - 14:15 Experience report | Introducing Agile Product Owners in a FLOSS Project OSS 2019 Papers Matthias MüllerInstitute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology , Christian SchindlerInstitute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology , Wolfgang SlanyInstitute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology | ||
14:15 - 14:30 Experience report | Building an Open-Source Cross-Cloud DevOps stack for a CRM Enterprise Application: A Case Study OSS 2019 Papers Sebastian SchorkCAS Software AG, Karlsruhe, Germany, Feroz ZahidSimula Research Laboratory, Norway, Dipesh PradhanSimula Research Laboratory, Norway, Sébastien KicinCAS Software AG, Karlsruhe, Germany, Antonia SchwichtenbergCAS Software AG, Karlsruhe, Germany | ||
14:30 - 14:45 Experience report | Open Source Vulnerability Notification OSS 2019 Papers Brandon CarlsonUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Kevin LeachUniversity of Michigan, Darko MarinovUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mei NagappanUniversity of Waterloo, Atul PrakashUniversity of Michigan |
17:00 - 18:30 Day closing | OSS 2019 Closing OSS 2019 Papers |