In addition to knowing the current state of art through the Parallel Session, the Convention will also hold a range full-day hands on tutorial sessions towards helping the participants learn and see for themselves the potential of free software tools in their respective areas of interest.
Tutorial |
Resource Person(s) |
Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) free Learning Management System (LMS) |
Dr. Ravindran, IIT Madras |
VLSI and Embedded Systems |
Dr. L Pratap Reddy, JNTU Hyderabad |
Geographic Information System (GIS) |
Mr. S. N. Prasad / Mr. Santosh, SACON |
Octave for Image and Signal Processing |
Dr. L Pratap Reddy, JNTU Hyderabad |
Software Carpentry |
Mr. Prasad |
R (the free software Statistical Computing Tool) | Prof. Deepayan Sarkar and Prof. BG Manjunath, ISI, Delhi |
Implementation of Drupal in Research & Academics |
Siva(Drupal Hyderabad) Shyamala(Tamil Nadu Drupal) |
Setting up a Free Software Laboratory |
Mr. Rangababu/Medhamsh/Sarath/Bhuvan, Swecha |
Scripting Tools |
May be Dr. Prabhu Ramachandran, IIT Bombay |
Networking Protocols Stack |
Mr. Narsimha Rao, Wipro |
Distro Building |
Mr. Bhuvankrishna, Swecha |
Please note that you need to additionally register for the Tutorials of your interest and seats are available on First come First serve basis.