Ideal Institute of Technology workshop:

Nov. 15, 2008

Announcement

This is a workshop conducted jointly by the Computer Society of India (CSI), Ghaziabad chapter, ABES Enginering College, the Indian Linux Users' Group, Delhi (ILUG-D), Freed.in, and Sarai, CSDS. It will be held at the Ideal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad, on Nov. 15th, 2008, from 10.30am to 2pm.

This workshop is slightly different in that instead of students, it is targeted at some 40-odd faculty members expected to attend.

Workshop schedule

• 11.00am-11.30am: Free software: What is it, and how best to make use of it: GoraMohanty

• 11.30am-noon: The Indian Linux Users' Group, Delhi: SudevBarar

• Noon-1pm: Open Source Software in use: SupreetSethi, others
  • Operating systems: Linux, FreeBSD? , etc.
  • System services: Mail, Databases, etc.
  • Rapid web development: Django, RoR?
  • Frontier areas of technology: Mobiles, embedded devices, robotics.
  • FOSS in education.

• Post 1pm: Lunch

Getting there

• Ideal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad is located at: Govindpuram Post Box Number 62, Ghaziabad 201301, Uttar Pradesh. Some other sites describing the institute are http://www.indiaeducation.ernet.in...
• Some directions are here, including a map.
• Ideal Institute of technology on Wikimapia: The cross at the centre of the map.
• Ideal Institute of technology onGoogle Maps

Rides offered/wanted

Photos

Copies of presentations

Feedback from participants

-- GoraMohanty - 12 Nov 2008