ICEFOSS`10 – FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE MEET @ FISAT

19thto 21st April 2010

ICEFOSS`10, a Conference on FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE was organized by Fisat free software cell and the Computer Science Dept. Dr. Achut Shankar, Hon Director, Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Kerala inaugurated the meet. Dr. P S Sreejith, Principal, FISAT presided over the function. Mr. Gregory Xavier, Dr. C Sheela, Dr. K S M Panicker, Dr. Pailo Paul, Mr. J C Prasad, and Mr. Jyothish K John spoke on the occasion.

Mr. Nagarjuna G, National Chairman, Free software Foundation, India was the chief guest. Mr. Amarnath Raja, Partner and CEO, InApp Technopark, Trivandrum , Mr. Vimal Joseph, SPACE Kerala and Mr. V. K Adarsh, Lecturer, Younus College of Engineering, Quilon spoke on other sessions. Workshops on Python basics by MR. Ignatius Kunjumon, Director , CIRM, CUSAT, Kernel Programming by Mr. Ciju Rajan, Software Engineer at IBM, SciPy by Mr.Pramode enlivened the meet.. ICEFOSS`10 also showcased open discussions on relevant topics like localization of computer language and computer education for visually challenged.

Free software based projects executed by Fisat students were displayed.