1. NTNU @ Nordic OSS Reidar Conradi, Daniela Cruzes, Thomas sterlie, and yvind Hauge Name, title of the presentation

2. Introduction 3. Who we are

NTNU

• 20 000 students 4. 4500 employees

Department of Computer and Information Science

• 150+ employees (50 faculty) 5. 35 nationalities

Software Engineering group

• 25 employees (5.2 faculty) 6. 12 nationalities

OSS group

• Reidar Conradi (prof.) 7. Daniela Cruzes (postdoc) 8. Thomas sterlie (postdoc) 9. yvind Hauge (research fellow)

10. What we expect

Discussions on

• what are the most important research challenges 11. the future of OSS research 12. the need for multi-disciplinary research (?)

Collaboration on

• securing new research projects 13. conducting empirical studies and building theory 14. writing and publishing research results 15. education

16. Our expertise

Collaboration with industry

• National and international research projects 17. Lasting relationships with industrial partners

Empirical research on e.g.

• Software reuse 18. Component based software engineering 19. Maintenance of large software systems 20. Adoption of OSS in software-intensive industry

Education

• One OSS course 21. A large number of Masters Theses 22. 2 coming PhD theses

23. More info

http://www.research.idi.ntnu.no/oss 24. http://www.idi.ntnu.no/grupper/su/oss/ 25. http://www.idi.ntnu.no/emner/tdt10/ 26. http://www.idi.ntnu.no 27. http://www.ntnu.no

28. Health of OSS communities 29. Why focus on communities?

Current research shows that

• Most OSS products do not have one 30. Many are supported or controlled by companies

We care about

• Organizations 31. Software integrators

Communities may

• Lead to spin-offs 32. Enable collaboration between organizations

33. Our focus

From a system integrator view

• Systems consist of parts from a network of 3. party providers 34. These are frequently OSS

How to assess and influence sustainability

• Risk management 35. Longevity and sustainable support 36. Stability vs. defect fixes vs. new features 37. Participation/influence vs. responsibility towards provider

38. Maintenance of OSS based systems

Research proposal focusing on

• Maintenance and sustainability 39. Integrated systems 40. Network of 3.party providers including OSS

Objectives

• Understand current build/maintenance practices and problems 41. Explore possible improvements to these practices

Other proposals

• Classification, selection, and integration of OSS