• DocumentCode
    2727429
  • Title

    Bridging the Computer Science skill gap with Free and Open Source Software

  • Author

    Rekha, V. Smrithi ; Adinarayanan, V. ; Maherchandani, Anurag ; Aswani, Sneha

  • Author_Institution
    Amrita Sch. of Eng., Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Univ.), Coimbatore, India
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7-8 Dec. 2009
  • Firstpage
    77
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    The expectations of industry from Computer Science (CS) graduates is increasing as technology is advancing rapidly. Despite the several measures taken by academia to gear up their curriculum to match the expectations, the software industry still sees a lot of gap in the skill level. In this paper we have explored the possibility of using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and FOSS activities to bridge this skill gap.
  • Keywords
    Bridges; Collaborative software; Computer industry; Computer science; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering education; Gears; Open source software; Software measurement; CS curriculum; FOSS; skill-gap;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering Education (ICEED), 2009 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4843-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4844-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEED.2009.5490610
  • Filename
    5490610