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size=3>=======================================================<BR>Coast Open
Source Software Technology (COSST)
Symposium<BR>
by<BR> IEEE Computer Society - Orange County
Chapter<BR>=======================================================<BR><BR>WHAT:
Applying Open Source Web Technologies COSST Symposium<BR>WHEN: Saturday Oct.
18. 9am-6pm<BR>WHERE: Jazz Semiconductor auditorium, Conexant
Systems<BR><BR>Overview<BR>--------<BR>Our technical focus will be on using LAMP
and Java open-source technologies.<BR>The LAMP acronym is used to describe a
typical open-source platform "stack"<BR>for web applications:<BR><BR>* Linux
operating system<BR>* Apache web server<BR>* MySQL/PostgreSQL databases<BR>*
Perl/PHP/Python languages<BR><BR>The symposium will open with foundation talks
providing an overview of<BR>open-source software and Linux as an open-source web
application platform. A<BR>series of application-tier talks will provide insight
from the point of view<BR>of widely used web application development languages:
Perl, PHP, Python, and<BR>Java. The final session will be an experience panel,
which will provide an<BR>opportunity for experience reports from actual
development projects to<BR>illustrate real-life problems and opportunities of
OSS.<BR><BR><BR>Target Audience<BR>---------------<BR>The target audience for
the symposium is professional software engineers and<BR>technical management.
The audience is expected to have a diverse background<BR>involving many
operating systems and languages, with experience in software<BR>system
development for a variety of industrial, military and commercial<BR>purposes.
Attendees will include experienced professionals who have had<BR>little or no
exposure with open-source software and are looking for a
good<BR>introduction.<BR><BR><BR>Symposium Goals<BR>---------------<BR>The goal
of the symposium is to provide participants with a high-level,<BR>technically
sophisticated overview of major open source software (OSS)<BR>technologies
for<BR>web application development. The symposium will provide information
about<BR>technology, resources, and supporting tools and processes of the
OSS<BR>community. The attendee will take away from the symposium a
basic<BR>understanding of the available technologies, information about how
to<BR>acquire and learn more about the various packages, and insight that
will<BR>enable them to make informed decisions about using and deploying
specific<BR>OSS technology in web applications.<BR><BR><BR><BR>The technical
sessions will address:<BR><BR>* overview - what is it, what does it do, what
problems does it solve<BR>* key features - description of key features with
short examples<BR>* application examples - a few simple examples of doing
something useful or<BR>where/how to apply the technology<BR>* applicability -
when should you use it? [or when not!]<BR>* resources - where to get it, who
maintains it, where<BR> to find help, documentation, assistance, mailing
lists<BR><BR><BR>Sessions<BR>--------<BR>9:00 Symposium Welcome<BR><BR>9:10
Introduction to open-source software<BR>Walt Scacchi<BR>Sr Research Scientist.
UCI Institute of Software Research<BR><BR>10:00 Linux and OSS in Enterprise
Development<BR>Bill Hilf<BR>Sr Architect and Linux Technical Leader.
IBM<BR><BR>11:00 Web Application Development with Perl<BR>Eric
Hammond<BR>Director of Technology. Rent.com<BR><BR>12:00 Lunch (Included for
paid registrants)<BR><BR>1:OO Introduction to PHP and PEAR<BR>Jesus
Castagnetto<BR>Co-author of "Professional PHP Programming" (Wrox
Press)<BR><BR>2:00 Python-Powered Web Application Development<BR>Chuck
Esterbrook<BR>Software Consultant and Creator of Webware for Python<BR><BR>3:00
Mid-afternoon break<BR><BR>3:15 Java OSS Web Technologies<BR>Dave Ford<BR>Java
Consultant and Trainer. SmartSoft.<BR><BR>4:15 Experiences in OSS Web
Application Development Panel<BR>Facilitated by Prakash Malani<BR>Principal
Software Engineer. eBuilt.com<BR><BR>5:15 Closing<BR>Closing remarks and
symposium wrapup.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Cost and
Registration<BR>---------------------<BR>Your registration fees will be
discounted according to your IEEE and/or<BR>Computer Society membership, as
shown below:<BR><BR>Standard $75<BR>IEEE Member $60<BR>IEEE Student Member
$30<BR>Student $45<BR><BR>You may register online at<BR></FONT><A
href="https://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=9769"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>https://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=9769</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>If you are one of the first 75 paid registrants,
you will get a chance to<BR>win one of two Oreilly's "Linux Server CD Bookshelf"
(retail value:<BR>$119.95), or one of many other LAMP related Oreilly reference
books.<BR><BR>COSST Volunteers will get in free. There may also be T-Shirts. To
volunteer,<BR>contact Sebastian: </FONT><A
href="mailto:seguti@ics.uci.edu"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>seguti@ics.uci.edu</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> or call
1-949-509-9628<BR><BR><BR>Direction<BR>---------------------<BR>Conexant
Systems-Jazz Semiconductor<BR>4321 Jamboree Road<BR>Newport Beach, CA
92660<BR><BR>A map of the area may be found at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.jazzsemi.com/docs/jazz-directions.pdf"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.jazzsemi.com/docs/jazz-directions.pdf</FONT></A><BR><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>For more information, please visit us at </FONT><A
href="http://cosst.ieee-occs.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://cosst.ieee-occs.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> or call<BR>Toll Free
1-888-548-1969</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>