Title: Specialization and Economies of Scale: Where Adam Smith went wrong
Speaker: Mary Poppendieck
Time: 15:30h
Location: IME/USP - sala 144B
Date: 31/08/2010
The CCSL is happy to welcome the lean methodologies specialist Mary Poppendieck to a presentation where this model's characteristics will be explored in contrast to other approaches.
The third edition of CONSEGI at Brasília, a large international event where several aspects of electronic government and FLOSS are discussed, had a strong presence by the CCSL.
IME/USP organized a caravan of students, who were able to travel to the event at no cost and to interact with the other 5000+ participants. The CCSL also promoted three presentations on the FLOSSCC Network and the possible relations between Competence Centers and both the government in general and e-government efforts in particular.
This wednesday, August 18th, at 14:00, Dr. Maged Ali will give a presentation on cultural aspects of Information Technology. The study of culture is rooted in sociology, social psychology, and anthropology. In particular, cultural anthropology seeks to understand the similarities and differences among groups of people in the contemporary world. Within the last 20 years, the practical relevance of researching cultural issues, and especially comparing phenomena across cultures, was questioned (Ferraro, 1990).
Vamos ao CONSEGI 2010!
De 18 a 20 de agosto vai acontecer em Brasília o CONSEGI - III Congresso Internacional Software Livre e Governo Eletrônico - que vai focar o tema computação em nuvem: serviços livres para a sociedade do conhecimento. É um evento grande, até o momento com mais de dois mil inscritos e vários convidados internacionais, e nós da USP teremos a oportunidade de ir em caravana sem gastar praticamente nada!
Javali em São Paulo!
O Javali é um evento que acontece junto com o Fórum Internacional de Software Livre - FISL, em Porto Alegre durante esta semana de Julho.
Esse ano, com o apoio do Centro de Competência em Software Livre - CCSL / IME-USP, resolvemos trazer um pedacinho do que será discutido no FISL e fazer um evento em São Paulo - SP.
The FLOSS Competence Center IME/USP invites to the lecture by Michael Hanselmann, Google engineer and Ganet project developer, the manager of virtual GPL servers used by Google. All interested are welcome.
Michael Hanselmann
Google Switzerland
Where? Room 144, block B - IME/USP
Date? july 12 , 2010, 14pm
Com apoio do CCSL-IME/USP, pela primeira vez na América Latina, acontecerá em São Paulo nos dias 11 e 12 de setembro o QCon SP 2010. Principal evento de arquitetos e desenvolvedores, o QCon é organizado pelo portal InfoQ e chega agora ao Brasil com organização da Caelum e do InfoQ Brasil e apoio do CCSL.
A research group from the Centre for Digital Music at the Queen Mary University of London created an audio plugin to filter out the vuvuzela sound from the World Cup broadcasts, available under a Free license. It is offered as a VST (for Windows) and LADSPA (MacOS, Linux etc) plugin.
The Eclipse Foundation performed, in April 2010, a survey among the Eclipse community to learn about the relationship between its members and FLOSS. This survey highlighted several relevant aspects that point to a growth in the adoption of FLOSS among developers in general. The main aspects identified were:
