Abstract: The success of every software project is determined to no small degree by the license under which its creator chooses to publish the software. Free/libre open source software has made free sharing of software and code reuse much easier but has also made the business of software licensing f...
We confirmed the AMOS 2016 project line-up. Please find the available projects below (short description, more on StudOn over the next few weeks). Everyone, please spread the word to make sure that we can fill all teams!
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A Mobile Remote for Hearing Aids via Bluetooth
An App and...
For clarification purposes, here are the precise teaching time slots for the upcoming summer semester 2016:
AMOS—Wednesdays: Lecture at 10:15-11:45 Uhr, exercises at 12:30-14:00 Uhr or 14:15-15:45 Uhr
ARCH—Thursdays: Lecture + exercises at 14:00-17:00 Uhr, coaching at 12:30-13:55 Uhr...
Students often ask for more industry presentations to get a better feeling for how work after their graduation might be like. Thus, with little fanfare, but a lot of pride, we present this coming summer semester's line-up of industry speakers as part of the 2016 AMOS projects. Don't miss them!
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We just received another Startupinformatik testimonial, this time by a stealth startup working on intelligent email solutions.
With our email client we want to rethink the way we experience email communication. Through the design of a fundamentally new user interface combined with a smart handl...
Today another package from Ireland reached our office---it contained Google swag courtesy of Manuel Klimek of Google who will give a talk next week on test-driven development in ADAP. The talk is public so FAU students and staff are invited.
In today's FAU computer science colloquium, we listened to lecture by Prof. Yvonne Dittrich of IT University of Copenhagen. Prof. Dittrich presented a talk on "going beyond the project", i.e. looking at and working within software ecosystems. Thank you, Yvonne, for teaching us!
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We have updated our summary slides on how to study PSWT and OSS, please see this PDF and be there on Wed, January 13, 2016, at 16:30 Uhr (PSWT) or Wed, January 20, 2016, at 16:00 (OSS) in room R4.11, Cauerstr. 7, Erlangen (South).
1. Summary
2015 marks the sixth year of the Professorship for Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Revenues increased, the group size did not change, and student numbers are up. Publication output was good and appropriate for our group size. Teaching remains...
