Call for Papers

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What is Kansas Linux Fest?

Kansas Linux Fest is a new festival of Free/Libre Open Source Software, Open Hardware and Open Knowledge.

The Kansas Linux Fest will be held for the first time on the 21st and 22nd of March 2015, in Lawrence Kansas. The goal is to establish a yearly conference where members of the F/LOSS community can meet and share for the Heartland. The next closest Linux Fest is in Ohio and there is no other within 12 hours driving from here. Kansas Linux Fest is organized into two days of talks and workshops in parallel. We will have talks from F/LOSS experts from around the word, from the region and local developers and communities presenting their work.

Speakers should be judged by a committee represented by local and international F/LOSS/OK/OH

KLF 2015 accepts research papers, industry papers, formal tool demonstrations, lightning talks, new ideas, experience reports, and posters. KLF 2015 also invites proposals for tutorials and workshops, and submissions of panels.

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which are published online.

Topics

FLOSS : Free/Libre Open Source Software

We are looking for contributions on current trends and development in all areas of Free and Open Source Software,

trending new F/LOSS software packages

FLOSS technologies, specially those taking advantage of being FLOSS

Motivation and incentives to FLOSS development and adoption

Business models based on FLOSS and sustainability of FLOSS projects

Impact of FLOSS in specific domains or technological areas, and FLOSS adoption

Measurement of significant parameters related to FLOSS

Open standards, open data, open cloud, open hardware and open exhibits

Economic, organizational and social issues on F/LOSS

Software development

Architecture and design of F/LOSS

FLOSS development, including software engineering aspects

New experiences with F/LOSS development tools and practices

F/LOSS and traditional vs. Agile development methods

F/LOSS and decentralized development

Reuse in F/LOSS

Architecture and design of F/LOSS

Operating systems

Linux and open source operating system distributions

kernel module development

tuning of operating systems

Driver or library development for embedded systems

Linux Kernel Development

System Administration

Interoperability, portability, scalability of F/LOSS

cfengine, puppet, chef, salt, ansible and similar tools

Mission-Critical, Real-Time, and Long Life Systems

Filesystems And Storage (Long-Term Archiving, Client-Server Filesystems, Compression)

Cloud

F/LOSS in the cloud

F/LOSS in cloud-based applications

F/LOSS environments for cloud computing

Cloud Containers

Cloud Hypervisors

Cloud Distributed Services

IT security

Security of F/LOSS

New Research, tools, vulnerabilities, zero days or exploits.

local hackers who find innovative tech/non-tech solutions for real-life challenges.

known security issues, case studies, twist to an existing research, tool, vulnerability, exploit or research-in-progress

security tools Comprises of open source security tools, exploits, frameworks etc.

Security aspects of Software Coding, Configuration, Testing

Malware

F/LOSS platforms and toolkits/Applications

F/LOSS for data management and analysis

F/LOSS business intelligence toolkits

F/LOSS business packages (CRM, ERP, HRM)

F/LOSS collaboration and communication environments

F/LOSS over the Internet

F/LOSS for entertainment

F/LOSS for graphics design

F/LOSS for 3d animation

Software Quality

Dynamic F/LOSS verification: F/LOSS testing, debugging, type of tests, use of test suits

Static F/LOSS verification - software analysis

Formal F/LOSS verification

Detection of bad coding practices and adoption of coding conventions

F/LOSS metrics: measuring F/LOSS performance, safety, and quality

F/LOSS performance

Standardization of verification activities and availability of verification results

Mobile/Embedded

Embedded Systems (Phones and Tablets, Automotive and Self-driving, Yocto, Wearables)

Mobile Operating Systems: ROMs, custom images, custom kernels

Open Source apps for mobile devices

Open Source app markets and software delivery platforms

Software metrics for Open Source mobile software

Energy efficiency and green solutions in Mobile F/LOSS

Software development process for Open Source mobile software

Wearable technologies

Internet of Everything (Smart Grid, Smart Home, Medical Systems, Environmental Systems)

Desktop

Porting Proprietary Software to Linux desktop

Hardware With Linux Preinstalled

Wine and Emulators

Influencing Proprietary Companies

Review of Linux desktop software

Open Knowledge

Not just software itself but open knowledge and data are a topic of the conferences.

Open Data

Crowd-sourcing , citizen science, and crowd-sourcing

Collaboration with open data: techniques on modification and sharing

Using open data

Ethics of privacy and fair usage of data

Open Knowledge

Knowledge and documentation management in F/LOSS

Mapping the movement: What histories can illuminate current open data practice? How should we understand the idea of an open data movement? What can research tell us about the future directions a movement might take?

Open data impacts: What impact is open data having in different fields? What methods can be used to trace the impacts of open data?

Open data and grassroots communities: What is the impact of open data on grassroots communities, how do they integrate and influence into the open data community? How has open data changed the practices of grassroots movements?

Open data internationally: What impact is open data having in different countries? How is open data supporting transparency as well as participatory engagement?

Open data and democracy: How is open data being used to support democratic engagement, or impacting upon the democratic sphere?

Open data as a tool for research: exploring how open data can be used in research, and tools for open data-driven research.

How far are we from a world of free scientific journals? What can be done to get more existing knowledge under a free license? How can we help to preserve and distribute this knowledge, and provide universal access to it?

Wikipedia

Wiki research: How do wikis, and the Wikimedia wikis in particular, operate? Which processes scale and which ones don’t? What kinds of people or social structures are well-suited to wikis? How does introducing a wiki into existing project groups change group dynamics?

Wiki sociology: What motivates Wikimedians and what drives them away? Who are they, anyway? And where do they come from?

Wiki critics: Critical positions are welcome: why Wikipedia will never be an encyclopedia, why Wikinews can never substitute newspapers, why amateurs shouldn’t be allowed to edit, and so forth.

Wiki technology ideas: What can we do to address perceived and real problems, for example, peer review? How can we provide better-nuanced or more immediate user feedback?

Wiki software ideas: What cutting edge wiki technology is out there? How can wikis be designed to fit better into corporate, political, legal, or other environments?

Wiki community ideas: How can we deal with small-scale and large-scale conflicts? How can we bring the community closer together and build a shared belief in our mission?

Collaborative writing: What is the status of collaborative writing outside the wiki world (Everything2, H2G2, etc.)? Do wiki projects raise the writing skill of the people involved?

Multilingualism: How can wikis help to bridge the subtle culture gaps across languages? How do other international bodies cope with language diversity? What linguistics uses are there for Wikimedia’s multilingual corpus? How should we handle minority languages?

Making the world's content free! What does this mean? Why is it important? What projects are people working on? Have you done something great with some free content?

GLAM & Outreach : Are you working with a GLAM's to release some content or access their expertise?

Education Outreach: How can Wikimedia be used in Education? Can students be valuable members of the community?

Openstreetmap and FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial)

New developments in F/OSS4G and Openstreetmap

Emerging Geospatial technologies

Distributed Geo-processing

UI\UX Design (User Interface\User Experience)

Design patterns and best practices for spatial

Using F/LOSS4G for humanitarian efforts

Use cases for F/LOSS4G

F/LOSS4G solutions for specific domains, e.g. remote sensing, climate change analysis, water resources management, disaster response/recovery, and citizen science data collection/dissemination

New or underused open Geospatial datasets

Data collection techniques

Open Hardware

Hardware Architectures

Maker Culture

3d printing

Arduino, Raspberry PI, and other small devices

Digital fabrication

Manufacturing models

A show-and-tell for one of your projects

Design techniques

Basic electronics for software developers

Interfacing with hardware, e.g sensors, actuators, displays, motors, Geiger counters

Development environments, software, and tools

Working within micro-controller limitations

Internet of Things, wearable computing, vehicle telemetry

Licensing for hardware

The business aspects of Open Hardware

Open Society

How Free/Libre open source software and open knowledge affect and interact with society.

Innovation

FLOSS and innovation, how both are related, and new innovation models based on FLOSS

Adopting innovation in F/LOSS projects

Role of F/LOSS in ICT and sustainable development

Expanding scientific research and technology development methods through openness

F/LOSS Evaluation, adoption and use

Adoption, use and acceptance of F/LOSS

Evaluation of F/LOSS software, including comparisons with proprietary software, in industry and government

Use and acceptance of F/LOSS; organizational policies

The role of F/LOSS-oriented foundations

Dissemination, redistribution and crowd-sourcing of F/LOSS systems

Role of F/LOSS in ICT and sustainable development

Economic, organizational and social issues

Economic analysis of F/LOSS and Open Knowledge

Maturity models of F/LOSS and Open Knowledge

F/LOSS and Open Knowledge in public sector

Non-Governmental Organizations and F/LOSS and Open Knowledge

Sustainability business models of F/LOSS and Open Knowledge

The Business Of Open Source (e.g. Products, Infrastructure, Services, Upstreaming)

A11y: Accessibility

Access to computing for disabled persons using FLOSS and Open Knowledge

Usage of F/LOSS and open data to help people with disabilities

Education

F/LOSS and Open Knowledge in education

Teaching F/LOSS to people of all ages and backgrounds

Use of F/LOSS in public schools and the education sector

F/LOSS education programs

Community

Community Building

FLOSS communities, including developer, but also user or business communities

reports on Promoting F/LOSS in the region status reports of Linux User Groups and other advocacy groups

Collaborative Development

Government

Governance

Legal aspects

Legal aspects of FLOSS, including copyright and licensing

F/LOSS intellectual property, copyrights and licensing

F/LOSS Compliance,

Patents and Intellectual Property

Creative Commons

We will pick speakers in this priority :

We will have a board of reviewers for the papers and fairly pick the speakers in a transparent manner. 1. National and International F/LOSS/open knowledge/open hardware speakers. 2. Status reports from local and regional hacklabs/lugs/makerspaces etc 3. Local regional developers presenting projects they are working on.

Schedule

See Schedule Page

Venue

We have a green room in the auditorium that could serve as a ready room. We have two wireless lavaliere mics and a handheld wireless mic in the auditorium as well as a projector and screen. In Meeting Room C we have a big screen TV that can be connected to a laptop. The room is small enough a mic set up isn't necessary.

Register your talk

When registering your talk, please indicate your preferred type of talk, time slot, travel plans, any resources needed and contact information.

The talk proposals will be sent to our review board via a mailing list, you can join that list if you want to help review papers: Forum

Our general list for discussion and announcements is here, please sign up there as well : OrgForum

You can email your submission for a talk proposal to : Email

Licenses

We will publish abstract, description and slides on a website and include the abstract in the conference program. We demand that you place your contributions under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International cc-by-sa-4.0 license (or a more lenient license.)

Unless another license is noted, we will assume that your contribution is under this license. If you want to place your works under a less restrictive license, please note so with your submission.

Social

The Call for papers(Talks) can be found here as well so that we can be found. This page is the official source. CFPWiki and here Lanyrd

Credits

Parts of the CFP have been copied from the following sites FROSCON OSSCON15 OKFEST oss2014 foss4g-na wikimania wikimania2015 linuxcon