FOSS CELL
Free and open-source software (FOSS) cell at TKM, is a community of passionate students and faculties, who have come together for the cause of promoting and contributing to Free and Open Source Software. The cell strives to bring more student developers into the open-source community and thereby leading to FOSS promotion within the institution. This cell was established under the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in the year 2016.
Objectives
- To expose students to the FOSS environment and facilitate them to use open software/ hardware.
- To promote Research & Development activities on FOSS.
- To explore various Open Source Certifications and Outreach Programmes.
- To collaborate with and contribute to various open source communities and societies.
Staff Coordinator: Reshma Sheik (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering)
Activities
Outreach programme for women— 20th October 2016
Introduction to Open Source, Opportunities for Women in Open Source, Google Summer of Code Experience with MediaWiki.
Deep dive into cloud using Open Stack— 27th January 2017
Hands-on cloud and OpenStack.
TKMCE signed an MOU with Red Hat— 31-01-2018
Partnership for Red Hat Academy.
Red Hat Academy Lab Setup
Lab infrastructure for Red Hat Academy.
Red Hat Academy Orientation Programme— 25th February 2019
Orientation for students.
Virtualization & Cloud using Open Source technologies— 25th February 2019
One day workshop.
Python Bootcamp - LETSPY— 29-30 March 2019
Two-day Python bootcamp.
IBM OpenPOWER and AI— 5-6 September 2019
Two-day workshop on AI with 150 participants. Session by Mr. Ganesan Narayanasamy (IBM) and Dr. Jayakumar Singaram (Object Automation).
Product Development using FREECAD— 21-10-2019
Seminar by ICFOSS and iNCAETEK for Civil, Mechanical and BArch students.
FOSS Cell Coordinators Meetup at ICFOSS
Coordinators meetup at International Centre for Free and Open Source Software.
TKMCE MOU with ICFOSS
TKMCE selected to host ICFOSS LoRaWAN ecosystem at Kollam district.
FOSSTART— 21-22 Jan 2020
Orientation for freshers + hands-on Git & GitHub.
FOSS Expo— 5-8 March 2020
Exhibition and events.
RHCSA training with IPSR Solutions— October 2020
Red Hat Certified System Administrator training over 12 weeks (virtual).