Project Participants


GSyC/LibreSoft

Libre Software offers Software Engineering scientists the possibility not only of having a closer look at the product that is being created, but also of studying in detail the whole development process and its technical, social and economic consequences.

The main research topic at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos is the quantitative measurement of libre software development patterns and characteristics in order to gain knowledge on the process, mainly by studying the different agents that participate in it, the use of the different development and development-supporting tools as well as the methods that have been followed. The main focus is technically oriented having principally an engineering perspective of the research area in contrast to other research groups which are primarily centered on social and economic aspects.



Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V

Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V. offers a robust portfolio of medical systems. The goal of each product is clear -- faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment. Our product line includes best-in-class technologies in X-ray, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, PET, radiation oncology systems, patient monitoring, information management and resuscitation products. We also offer a wide range of services including, but not limited to, training and education, business consultancy, financial services and e-care business services.



UNU-MERIT

UNU-MERIT is a joint research and training centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University, The Netherlands. The joint Institute was created on 1 January 2006 following the integration of the former UNU-Institute for New Technologies (INTECH) in Maastricht , and the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, MERIT, at Maastricht University . UNU-MERIT provides insights into the social, political and economic factors that drive technological change and innovation. The Centre's research and training programmes address a broad range of policy questions relating to the national and international governance of science, technology and innovation, with a particular focus on the creation, diffusion and access to knowledge.



Wirtschaftuniversitaet Wien

Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien is one of the largest business schools in Europe, with nearly 400 faculty and about 22,000 students in 6 undergraduate and graduate programmes and 12 post-graduate studies. The Department of Information Systems and Operations with its institutes is a leader in business informatics. The Institute for Information Business, partner in FLOSSMETRICS, focuses on the influence of information on the economy and on conducting business, with research efforts on novel results in context of timeless economic concepts concerning all stages of the information life cycle. Current topics include information systems development, introduction and marketing, IT-Controlling and infrastructure management, and knowledge processing and management.



Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest Educational Institute of Greece with over 2000 permanent staff and 60000 students. The Programming Languages and Software Engineering Laboratory (PLASE) belongs to the Computer Science Department. The Laboratory was officially constituted 7 years ago and its target is research and teaching of various fields of Informatics such as Information Systems, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Electronic Commerce. During the last years the laboratory is organizing important panhellenic and international scientific meetings (Conferences, Seminars, Workshops). In addition, recently, AUTH was ranked 9th worldwide and 2nd in Europe, among the top institutions (both from academy and industry) in the field of Systems and Software Engineering by the Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier). This classification was released in 2006 and takes into account the quantity of publications institutions make in six international journals related to this field.



Conecta S.R.L

Conecta was born in 1995 with a specific focus on libre/free open source software. During these 11 years, we focused on collecting knowledge on the many less known open source packages, and thanks to the participation in many European research project we had the opportunity to build one of the largest database of open source software in many different thematic areas.



Zea Partners

Zea Partners (Zea) is a non-profit business partner network for companies building Zope systems. Zea includes founders of Zope, Silva, and Plone, along with leading SMEs (Small/Medium-sized Enterprises) around the world. The partnership of Zea is focused on growing open source and open source business by pooling resources for collective action:

  • Promotion: speeches, screencasts, weblogs, articles, organizing, EU policy
  • Projects: EU tenders, co-bid with partners