Academic and Research

Academic and Research Community

The OpenSolaris project presents new teaching, research, and learning opportunities using the OpenSolaris code base as a foundation. Please participate in the OpenSolaris community!

Discussion Forums

Participate in the discussions and collaborate with others in academia and research:

education: discuss General discussion of OpenSolaris issues affecting students, faculty, and researchers
Jive forum interface or Mailman interface
To subscribe, see "Subscribing to edu-discuss" on the mailman page or send an empty email to edu-discuss dash subscribe at opensolaris dot org 

education: curriculum Curriculum discussion
Jive forum interface
To subscribe, send an empty email to education-curriculum dash subscribe at opensolaris dot org 

Ideas for Involvement

Here are some activities that Sun is ready to help you with:

• Start an OpenSolaris user group or campus club
• Hold an OpenSolaris install fest
• Host an OpenSolaris workshop on your campus
• Sponsor an OpenSolaris development project
• Collaborate with Sun to integrate OpenSolaris into your operating systems curriculum
• Sponsor an event for Software Freedom Day
• Participate in FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) activities

If any of these appeal to you, or you have other ideas for increasing the presence of the OpenSolaris community on your campus, post a note to one of the discussion forums listed above.

Resources

No Cost Resources

Curriculum Development Resources

Presentations

Presentations delivered by members of the OpenSolaris Academic and Research Community.

Security Research at Dartmouth College. Presentation given by Sean Smith, assistant professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College, at SIGCSE, Houston, TX, 3rd March 2006. Presentation slides