Permanent Workshop on Science and Free-Libre Software : from OLPC to workstations
Attend the scientific workshop !
Workshops supplement conferences and round tables with
demonstrations,
customized information,
constructive dialogues,
small group discussions,
etc.
The permanent Workshop on Science and Free-Libre Software will emphasize the essential role of free-libre software for the development of Science.
Free-libre scientific software is developed by skilled experts. It competes with proprietary software for quality. Computer programs are refutable while proprietary ones are not. How can we evaluate a scientific publication based on a computer program if this program is closed and cannot be analysed ?
The workshop will be open to scientific popularization, especially with the OLPC project (One Laptop Per Child) http://laptop.org/en/vision/mission… . Demonstrations will be presented with the Sugar learning platform on XO computers and on USB keys. http://www.sugarlabs.org/
Who can participate in the organization of this workshop ?
- With information on various free-libre software or resource for education and science
- eminent Web sites,
- documents for display,
- flyers for distribution, etc.
- With computer demonstrations.
- With discussion topics.
- With a temporary or permanent presence in the workshop, etc.
Biography of Jean Thiéry
Jean Thiéry develops the ModLibre Web site : "Free-Libre Scientific Software for Borderless Modelling"
He participates in the following associations
Aful : http://www.aful.org
Axul : http://www.axul.org
OLPC : http://www.olpc-france.org
SFBT : http://www.sfbt.org