1 Announcement
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Project positions are open at IIT Bombay for an MHRD funded project,
Free and Open source Software for Science and Engineering Education
(FOSSEE).
You may obtain further info about the project from the project site:
[http://fossee.in]
2 Keywords
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Python, Science, Engineering, Education, Scientific computing,
IIT-B, FOSS Awareness, Instruction Design, Documentation, Teaching,
Graphic Design, Editing, Copy writing, SciPy, NumPy, Sage.
3 Project Description
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The current major activities of the team are -
- Course design and content generation for courses on Python
(specifically Python for Scientific Computing), LaTeX, Version
Control Systems and other FOSS tools. This involves applying the
concepts of Instruction Design to design courses and generation of
a significant amount of documentation in the form of written
material, presentations, spoken tutorials and video lectures.
- Generation of supplementary material in the form of code and
documentation for Engineering and Science courses being taught at
IIT-Bombay.
- Delivery of workshops and courses at various levels and locations
across the country on the topics mentioned in content generation.
- Co-ordination and Organization of conferences like SciPy.in and
Sage Days.
- Creating a customized distribution that has all the relevant
packages to use Python for scientific computing.
- We also intend to work and improve upon a tiny implementation of
Python to make it suitable to be used on a Low Cost Access Device,
being developed by another team from IIT-Bombay.
4 Open Positions & Description
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+ Content Generators
+ Writers/Editors
+ Event Manager
+ Project Manager
+ Instructional Designer
+ Graphic Designer
+ tiny Python champion
4.1 Content Generators
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+ Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
- Preferably a Bachelors degree in Engineering OR
- Post Graduate degree in Science
Applicants are expected to possess the following
qualities/skills:
- Willingness to learn
- Good programming skills
- Knowledge of Python programming language
- Passion for FOSS
- Experience with using FOSS
- Good math and science skills
One or more of the following skills would be a plus:
- Knowledge of or experience in Instructional Design and/or
content generation.
- Experience of working on a FOSS project.
- Experience with customizing Linux distributions.
+ Remuneration
The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the
upper limit is flexible.
4.2 Writers/Editors
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+ Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
- A Bachelors degree, preferably in English
Applicants are expected to possess the following
qualities/skills:
- Demonstrated skill and Experience of writing technical
documents.
- Should be able to write/produce an error free, high quality
document (with instruction design principles applied) of about
1200-1500 words in a day.
- Good communication skills
One or more of the following skills would be a plus:
- Knowledge of LaTeX or ReST.
- Use of version control systems.
- Knowledge of Instruction Design
- Experience with using FOSS and a passion for FOSS.
+ Remuneration
The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the
upper limit is flexible.
4.3 Event Manager
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+ Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
- At least a 3 year diploma or a Bachelors degree
Applicants are expected to possess the following
qualities/skills:
- Experience in organizing, co-ordinating and conducting events
involving anything between 50 to 300 participants.
- Good communication skills
One or more of the following skills would be a plus:
- Experience of organizing a FOSS event.
- Experience with using FOSS.
- Passion for FOSS.
+ Remuneration
The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the
upper limit is flexible.
4.4 Project Manager
====================
+ Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
- At least a Bachelors/Masters degree and relevant experience.
Applicants are expected to possess the following
qualities/skills:
- Experience in managing a team of 10-12 people
- Good programming skills
- Good communication skills
- Passion for FOSS
- Familiarity with FOSS culture and development
One or more of the following skills would be a plus:
- Knowledge of Python programming language
- Experience in managing a team contributing to FOSS
+ Remuneration
The pay will be in the range Rs. 30000 to 60000 depending on the
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the
upper limit is flexible.
4.5 Instructional Designer
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+ Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
- A bachelors/masters degree
Applicants are expected to possess the following
qualities/skills:
- A good amount of experience in Instruction Design
- Good communication skills
One or more of the following skills would be a plus:
- Knowledge of and Passion for FOSS.
- Experience with designing content for FOSS courses.
+ Remuneration
The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the
upper limit is flexible.
4.6 Graphic Designer
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+ Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
- At least a 3 year diploma or a bachelors degree in any field
Applicants are expected to possess the following
qualities/skills:
- Good sense of aesthetics, color and design
- Excellent design skills
- Good communication skills
- Experience in designing web-sites, posters, logos, t-shirts,
and other promotional material.
One or more of the following skills would be a plus:
- Experience with using FOSS.
- Passion for FOSS.
+ Remuneration
The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the
upper limit is flexible.
4.7 tiny Python champion
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+ Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
- Preferably a Bachelors degree or higher
Applicants are expected to possess the following
qualities/skills:
- Good programming skills
- Willingness to learn
- Knowledge of Python programming language
- Experience with micro-controller/processor programming
- Passion for FOSS
- Experience with using FOSS
One or more of the following skills would be a plus:
- Knowledge of Python internals
- Experience of working on a FOSS project.
+ Remuneration
The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the
upper limit is flexible.
5 Why you should apply
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- You get paid to improve and write FOSS.
- You get to do really meaningful work -- your work will influence
generations of future students all over India and potentially
elsewhere.
- You get to work on some of the most important projects that will
influence the future of science and engineering.
- You get to meet and work with the authors of various important
packages like Numpy, Scipy, matplotlib, Mayavi and Sage.
- You will be at IIT Bombay and will have best of both worlds --
good pay and an academic environment.
6 How to Apply
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The positions are for a maximum duration of 2 years. The initial
appointment will be for a period of 3 months which will be extended
based on performance.
Applicants may email their resumes along with a one page
writeup on why they think they are well suited for the project to:
jobs[at]fossee.in
--
Puneeth Chaganti
FOSSEE, IIT-Bombay
Dear Sir/Madam,
Swathanthra, the free software users group of St. Joseph's College of
Engineering & Technology is organizing a one day Free Software Fest
named ‘Swathanthra 1.0’. I am privileged to inform you that Mr.
Richard M. Stallman, will give a talk on “Free Software and Your
Freedom”, answer questions, and inaugurate the Free Software Users’
Group of the College at 10:30 am on September 09, 2010.
I invite you to kindly visit us and participate in the function which,
I am sure, shall benefit all those present.
More details about the event are available in our official website
www.swathanthra.in and those who are interested need to register at
the website. The registration for the event would be closed on 7th
September. The entry for the event would be free.
With warm regards,
Yours sincerely,
Krishnalal G
+91 9497171117
Live streaming
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/virtual-global-conference-on-blended-and-dist…
In a world where students have access to technology, there is
increasing need to incorporate systems wherein the focus is on the
learner than the teacher. Technology has a huge role to play in this
paradigm shift. In order that the teachers as facilitators grasp the
huge untapped potential of technology, TQMS is organizing a virtual
global conference in educational technology titled “Technology for
Blended and Distributed Education” from August 18-20, 2010 wherein
the speakers address the participants over virtual mode through video
conferencing and webinars. The objective is manifold to tap the
potential of technology, to bring world renowned and distinguished
speakers in specialized domains in ICT advancements in education and
address emerging concepts, technology based administrative deployment
practices, strategies and possibilities to share their experiences
with a select audience from their home location from any part of the
world. The sessions would be scheduled to take into consideration the
various location of speakers from different time zones. While
participants of the conference will assemble at Christ University,
the venue for conference proceedings, the robustness of the
conference will also be built around high quality peer reviewed
papers for a few face to face presentation as ‘interlude conference
plug-in sessions’ at the physical location of the conference on all
the days of the conference. It is intended that the conference will
also reinforce the supplementary and complementary nature of
technology wherein the facilitator plays a very important role.
--
Vikram Vincent
+919448810822
080 4012 9072
It's 'Free' as in Swatantra.
FSF India, SPACE and the National Institute of Technology, Calicut,
Kerala, is organising a National Conference on Free Software and
Education at Kozhikode (formerly Calicut) during September 10-12.
Faculty members from some of the eminent institutes in India and abroad
will speak on the need for using Free Software in education and
demonstrate Free Software useful for science and engineering education.
The inaugural session would be on 10th evening at the Tagore Centenary
Hall, Kozhikode, and the main conference at the NIT campus.
Further details are available at http://c11.space-kerala.org/fsinedu
Depending on availability of funds we will try to provide travel support
and accommodation to a few participants.
Best
Sasi
--
V. Sasi Kumar
Free Software Foundation of India
http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
Hi,
I hope you already went through
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConf2010#After-event
More details about the Workout is at
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/DebianWorkout2010Aug21
It will be an informal session where we will work together on specific
packages and bugs. See if you find an interesting package on
wnpp.debian.net before you come. Also for those who could not get
their gpg keys signed, come prepared with print outs and photo ids.
For those of you who cannot make it in person, we will keep our irc
channel open ie, #debian-in on irc://irc.oftc.net You can use
mibbit.com if you have problems connecting using an irc client.
Thanks
Praveen
--
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