Dear All Greetings from *FOSSEE, IIT B**ombay.* The *FOSSEE* project is about enabling and motivating the students and faculty of Science and Engineering colleges/institutes/ universities across India to use open source software (FOSS) tools instead of proprietary software. The use of FOSS packages will help in creating constructive and innovative learning and teaching environment. This will help in improving the quality of instruction and learning which would lead to educational freedom in our country.
We hereby, invite you for 1-day Conference on *"Scilab in Science and Engineering Education".* The conference is scheduled on *31st March, 2012 *at *VMCC, IIT Bombay.*Please note that accommodation and transport will not be provided by us for attending the conference. Conference poster and directions map to reach the venue has been attached along with this e-mail. For registration and more details about the conference, please visit * http://scilab.in/conference * Please note that it is mandatory to register for participation in the conference. Kindly confirm your participation by registering at our website * http://scilab.in/conference-registration* At this point, it is noteworthy to mention how well, colleges/institutes/universities can save considerable amount of funds by shifting to Open Source alternatives (like *Scilab/Python/Linux and Latex*) from Proprietary Software packages. We also invite you to participate in our two initiatives, namely: “*Lab Migration Project”* and “*Textbook Companion Project”. *Your participation in these projects is required to achieve the objective of this project. Also your contribution toward this project will increase the re-enumeration possibilities to you, your student and your college in terms of honorarium, certification etc. Please visit * http://scilab.in/Lab_Migration_Project*<http://scilab.in/Lab_Migration_Project> and *http://scilab.in/Textbook_Companion_Project,* to know more about these projects and about the technical/financial support provided by us. For paper presentation kindly submit your abstract * http://scilab.in/conference-abstract *before* 20th March 2012 at 5:30 PM.* Looking forward for your participation. With Regards, On Behalf of: Prof. Madhu Belur & Prof. Kannan Moudgalya Team FOSSEE, IIT Bombay (FOSSEE is an NMEICT, MHRD sponsored project at IIT Bombay. Visit www.fossee.in, www.scilab.in and www.spoken-tutorial.org)
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