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Meeting of Mind among Students,
Industry and Academia at Inaugural Sun-NUS Open Source Day
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The inaugural Sun-NUS Open Source Day took off on a positive
note on 28 March 2008. Jointly organised by Sun Microsystems and
NUS School of Computing, the half-day event attracted a crowd of
over 100 participants, including students and staff from NUS,
and other Institutes of Higher Learning in Singapore, research
institutes, as well as software developers and other
professionals and managerial level personnel. Seeking to
provide participants with updates on Open technologies and
business models that are driving the Web 2.0 era, the event
comprised talks and demos in the main venue, followed by
break-out sessions in the adjacent rooms. It was held in seminar
rooms at the COM1 cluster of the School.
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In his opening remarks, Professor Ooi Beng Chin, Dean of NUS
School of Computing highlighted the School’s efforts towards
synergy with industry and the wider community, particularly in
the field of Computing. He made clear the importance for
students, academics and practitioners to keep up with
development trends, and for them to discuss how the latest
technologies can gel with the existing and evolving business
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Mr Matt Thompson, Senior Director of Developer Outreach at Sun
Microsystems, delivered the first talk of the day, speaking on
Sun and open source. The following talks and demo segments
focused on Java, JavaFX, Open Solaris, open source IDE for
desktop/mobile and enterprise applications. Items later in the
afternoon covered Web 2.0 applications and best practices, as
well as MySQL contributory resources.
Sun-NUS Open Source Day is one of numerous events that
NUS School of Computing has organised as part of its outreach to
students and industry. Company talks, visits by junior college,
polytechnic and secondary school students, national level
competitions, as well as seminars are regular features in the
School calendar.
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