[AISWorld] CFP - The Future of Open Source: SIGOPEN Developmental Workshop at OSS2016

[Matthew Levy]

SIGOPEN Developmental Workshop at OSS2016

The Future of Open Source: SIGOPEN Developmental Workshop at OSS2016
May 30, 2016
Gothenburg, Sweden

http://sigopen.org/events/2016-events/2016-oss-workshop/

The open source landscape has changed dramatically since the scholarly
community first began investigating open source in earnest in the early
2000’s. Disruptive technological trends such as cloud computing,
Software-as-a-Service, Service Oriented Architectures, and public API’s as
a development platform, change how we understand software development,
distribution, execution, modification and evolution. Likewise, the
organizational context of open source has shifted from its traditional
“grassroots” origins to include large formal organizations/foundations,
commercial sponsors and participants, and public and NGO patrons and
advocates. As such, open source has spawned a wide variety of related
phenomena including the application of open source principles within and
between organizations, the adoption of open source ethos in the design and
development of hardware and devices, 3-D printable models, virtual objects,
and other complex knowledge goods.

Building on the success of the SIGOPEN developmental workshops recently
held at ECIS 2015 and ICIS 2015, the AIS Special Interest Group on Open
Research and Practice (SIGOPEN) will host a workshop at OSS 2016 to
facilitate the rigorous exploration of this changing open source landscape.

The workshop will provide a unique and collegial environment for scholars
to present their work-in-progress, mature their ideas, meet other
researchers exploring related areas, and learn about emerging research in a
relaxed and supportive setting. The goal of the workshop is to help authors
move their work forward towards publication in major international journals.

The workshop welcomes research across a wide range of open source related
issues, including development processes, platforms, and tools; individual
behaviors and motivations; social, cultural, and organizational factors;
economic and business models; legal structures and governance; leadership
and coordination. However, reflecting the themes noted above, the CFP will
particularly highlight the desirability of research that extends our
understanding of:

– the impact of emerging computing paradigms and models on open source
software development processes, platforms, licensing, and governance.

– the impact of corporate, non-profit, and public body participation in
open source projects and communities on open source software development
processes, platforms, licensing, and governance.

– the impact of open source on the peer-production of other knowledge goods
(open hardware, the maker movement, open design and 3D printing, etc) and
on the strategies and operations of organizations (open business models).

Authors will be expected to submit working papers (max 7 pages + cover page
and references) using the OSS 2016 submission template. These working
papers will be then be archived (open access) to the SIGOPEN website (
http://sigopen.org).

This one-day workshop will comprise full-group paper presentations with Q&A
in the morning, and small-group developmental roundtables in the afternoon.
Roundtables will be mentored and participants will be expected to have read
the other papers in their roundtable in order to contribute meaningfully to
the development of all papers in the group. The emphasis will be on
focused, pragmatic engagement to support researchers in solving the
problems they are presently facing with the work (e.g. theory development,
data analysis, and the communication of results) There will also be
opportunities for broader discussion amongst the full group of workshop
participants.

Workshop Organizers:

Joseph Feller, University College Cork, jfeller at afis.ucc.ie
Matt Germonprez, University of Nebraska at Omaha, mgermonprez at unomaha.edu
Matthew Levy, San Francisco State University, mattlevy at sfsu.edu
Lorraine Morgan, Maynooth University, lorraine.morgan at nuim.ie

Key Dates:

Submissions Due: Friday, 25 March 2016
Decisions on Submissions: Friday, 8 April 2016
Early-bird Registration for Workshops: Friday, 15 April 2016
Final Versions Due: Friday, 13 May 2016

Workshop Day: Monday, 30 May 2016