Schedule

Day 1

9:00-9:30

Registration

9:30-10:30

Inaugural Session

10:30-11:00

Tea Break

11:00-12:30

Keynote address by Prof. C.N. Krishnan, Director, National Resource Center for FOSS, Chennai

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:00

Knowledge Management and Free Software - Dr. G. Nagarjuna,HBCSE, TIFR, Mumbai

15:00-15:30

Tea Break

15:30-17:00

Scientific Computing and Data Visualization using Python -Dr. Prabhu Ramachandran, IIT Bombay

17:00-20:00

Lab

Day 2

9:00-10:30

Advanced Modeling using Free Software tools and Libraries - Dr. Manoj Warrier, Institute for Plasma Research

10:30-11:00

Tea Break

11:00-12:30

Free and Open Source GIS- Mr. V. Ravi Kumar, Geological Survey of India

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:00

Collaborative development with CVS - Mr. Vijay Kumar B, GDA Technologies

10:30-11:00

Tea Break

15:30-17:00

Scientific Publishing with LaTeX - Dr. E. Krishnan, University College, Thiruvananthapuram

17:00-20:00

Lab

20:00

Cultural Events, Conference Dinner

Day 3

9:00-10:30

Experimental Physics with Phoenix -Mr. Pramode C.E

10:30-11:00

Tea Break

11:00-12:30

Free Software for Mathematics -Ms. Manjusha Joshi, Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:00

Sharing Ideas Deepak R, Govt. Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram

15:00-15:30

Tea Break

15:30-17:00

Free Software tools for Scientific Computing -Dr. V Sasikumar, Center for Earth Science Studies, Kerala

17:00-20:00

Lab

Labs sessions will be conducted in parallel to the talks.

Labs will be open till 20:00 Hrs