FOSSEE (Free & Open Source Software in Education)

Faculty Training Programme - Basic Programing using Python by FOSSEE FOSSEE team conducted a Faculty-Training Program - a hands on Python Workshop at the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka from 21 to 23 August, 2017. Faculty from various colleges affiliated to the VTU actively participated in this 3 day program. Python programming session at VTU The workshop comprised of introductory Python videos by Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran (PI FOSSEE) that gave the teachers an insight to the applications of Python programming in various other domains. This was followed by hands on session with Python programming wherein the participants got a chance to write the code themselves as they watched the videos. Faculty watching the Python videos by FOSSEE FOSSEE's Python instructors Arun KP and Binson Babu guided the participants throughout the workshop. Quizzes, intense practice sessions and fun exercises taken up by the participants on the onl

Chasing your area of interest is by far the infallible trait one can have. "Super Critical Fluid Extraction of Essential Oils using Carbon dioxide" is one thing that made me curious - be it the multi phase flow, solubility limit constraints as the driving force, extensive thermodynamic modelling of solubility of solutes in critical state of carbon dioxide. Extensive literature survey, Design of experiments using Response Surface Methodology were some areas explored in my under graduation. A book by Prof. Mamata Mukhopadhyay was my initial reference to begin with. IIT Bombay and the people involved could boast of working on that "Zero Waste and pure product" area, procuring a pilot plant and propose applications in the realm of nuclear power plants too. It took more than 2 e-mails, samples of my previous work, a month duration, casual talks between Prof. Kannan Moudgalya (CO PI of FOSSEE Project) and Mamata ma’am to convey my willingness to work

FOSSEE , a project based at IIT-Bombay, well known for promoting the use of Open Source in Education for students, has taken it a step further! The ‘Free and Open Source Software for Education’ program has, conducted a Faculty-Training Workshop at the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka on 18 and 19 August, 2017. The University and its affiliate colleges brought together 11 teachers and 12 students to savour this superior quality instructional program. Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, the Co-Principal Investigator at FOSSEE in Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Bombay familiarized the participants with a detailed overview of the Open Source culture and its benefits to the student community. He even highlighted  the various projects and activities undertaken by FOSSEE to encourage the use of FOSS in academia. With Spoken Tutorials , the teachers got an insight about Scilab , an efficient numerical computation FOSS software based on numerically sound libraries

Akshen Doke, Project Research Engineer, FOSSEE IIT Bombay Hello folks, Every passing day, we see the advent of new software and apps making their addition to the digital world. Here’s a blog on the journey of a budding FOSS enthusiast Akshen Doke , a Project Research Engineer at FOSSEE Project, IIT-Bombay. Having graduated from Atharva College of Engineering with a degree in Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Akshen was keen on trying new stuff and exploring newer technological domains. Experimenting with codes, designing and implementing software projects and the likes were what fascinated him. His quest for a unique domain in the Tech World ended when he started using the Linux (Ubuntu) Operating System. Or rather, that was just the beginning. With Linux, he got a glimpse of the enormous power a developer could experience with the Open Source software. Soon Akshen found himself exploring deeper, and predictably there he was, mastering a remarkably powerful dynam

Hello, Friends! Are you new to R and looking for a quick guide to explore it? Well, your search ends here. I am Bhushan Manjarekar, Project Research Assistant at FOSSEE , a project that aims to promotes the use of Free and Open Source Software in Education. So, let’s get started! What is R? As you all know, R is a language used by professionals for data analytics and statistical computations. What makes it so powerful is that it enjoys a vast community of acclaimed academics, industry practitioners and R enthusiasts, who work together for building modules (packages) based software solutions. As R has been benefitted by folks from diverse communities of many backgrounds, usually packages are ready for various needs in fields and subfields of engineering, finance, medicine, and science. A complete list of available packages (11,108!) can be found at https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ So here comes the big question… Why R in this constantly changing world o