FOSSEE (Free & Open Source Software in Education)

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 libra...

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...