BRAC University Computer Club (BUCC)
BUCCLinux is formed by BRAC University (BRACU in short) Linux user students. We prefer and encourage people to use open source software. We believe, "why to pay them while we have all the software for free?". We have a good number of dedicated Linux users and few open source developers, who want to contribute to the open source society. We have a collection of open source softwares including OS ISO's on our BUCC ftp/http server. Our club members are ready to support any open source software seeker.
Activities
1. Workshop on usage of different FOSS related products covering WAMP kits, OpenJDK, Firefox, FileZilla, Sage, FireFTP, WinSCP, WML, Mono, Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Servlet etc
2. Demonstration of FOSS based web and desktop development tools
3. Help Desk to solve general users' issue making their transition smoother
4. Inform about RedHat scholarships & other grants i.e. NLP Winter School, PAN Localization etc.
5. Advertise BRAC University Computer Club (BUCC)'s FOSS Software Repository
6. Inform participants about award for packaging a Linux distro (to be deployed at computer labs that will self maintain itself) declared by a professor at BRACU named Mumit (http://www.bracu.ac.bd/directories/www/?code=56014)
7. Distribute CDs and DVDs of different Linux distros binary and sources
8. Discuss about participation in future Google Summer of Code (GSoC) events
9.Discuss about Linux certifications, job prospects, cost minimization etc (Prospects of using FOSS by Government, private sectors and individuals)
Software Freedom Day 2009
BRAC University Computer Club (BUCC), are proud to announce that we are going to observe the Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2009 independently as an University for the first time in Bangladesh. The event will take place at BRAC University on 11th November 2009. Our SFD team is named “BUCC Software Freedom Fighters (BUCC SFF)”. In celebrating this day, we decided to be the first in the country to play it solo yet to be live. This day marks the freedom granted by the open source software and free software worldwide and the simplicity that comes along the software. Our main goal is to make people familiar with free software. Increasing the awareness among students about benefits, privacy, user friendliness and endless opportunities with FOSS in both education and professional life.
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Software Freedom Day is a global, grassroots effort to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere!, the importance of software freedom and the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software. The vision of SFD is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable.
BRAC University Computer Club (BUCC), being established in 2001, consists of very enthusiastic students and teachers who have made all efforts to make themselves as well as all other students ready for the challenges of the 21st century. This is a semi-formal gathering of students from any department at BRAC University, who enjoy getting together to discuss all about computers, information technology and how we can use these to solve our real life problems. We aim to provide students with different opportunities to satisfy their curiosity about computers and computer programming while at the same time cooperating with Bangla Localization and open source movements for rapid advancement of the whole Bangladesh and thus promoting understanding and enjoyment of computing.
This year, SFD has come back to remind us to unleash and explore the unlimited potential that we, people of Bangladesh have within ourselves. Right now, we have small scale farms and individuals who are outsourcing. In order to penetrate the global market in greater scale, we would need experts in FOSS. These experts may be programmers, may be developers, may be support personnel, or lawyers to advocate, business people to make FOSS projects fund itself, arts and humanities people to develop and localize contents and many more! We need FOSS aware people to cut costs in software firms, business organizations, educational institutions and even at the government level.
As a part of the celebration, there shall be two workshops, documentary show, film show, and different OS demonstration. First, we will discuss on what is FOSS. In workshops, we will focus on installation, usage and configuration of a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu and others free software. The students will be notified about the different free software available now for making their life piracy free. At end, there will be a quiz competition on FOSS as an inspiration for new users of FOSS. All participants will get participant certificate.
With regards, Md. Eftakhairul Islam Director of Event Management & Public Relation, BUCC 01712793451, eftakhairul@gmail.com
Event Details
Event Title: Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2009 SFD Team Name: BUCC Software Freedom Fighter (BUCC SFF) SFD Wiki: http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/buccsff Venue: Indoor Games Room, BRAC University Date: 11 November, 20009 (Wednesday) Time: 10:30am - 07:30pm Program Schedule: • 10:30AM - Inauguration by Jamilur Reza Choudhury, VC, BRACU • 10:40AM - Introduction to the day • 10:45AM - Speech of VC and others • 11:00AM - Workshop 1 • 12:30PM - Revolution OS (Documentary Show) • 01:30PM - Quiz • 02:00PM - Lunch Break • 02:30PM - Workshop 2 Movie Show • 03:30PM – Time slot for Sponsor • 04:00PM – Movie Show • 06:00PM - Hands on & Free CD/DVD giving • 07:00PM - Prize Giving & Certificate Distribution for Quiz and Competition • Refreshments
Advisory Committee
Chair Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury Vice-Chancellor, BRAC University
Co-Chairs Dr. Sayeed Salam Chairperson, Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) BRAC University
Dr. Mumit Khan Chairperson, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) BRAC University
Members
Prof. Zainab Faruqui Ali Professor of Architecture Dept. and Director, Student Affairs
Annajiat Alim Rasel Advisor, BUCC and Junior Lecturer, CSE
Farazul Haque Bhuiyan Lecturer, CSE and Faculty Co-Advisor of BUCC
Abdussamad Ahmed Muntahi Lecturer, CSE and Faculty Co-Advisor of BUCC
Tarem Ahmed Sr. Lecturer, EEE and Faculty Co-Advisor of BUCC
Md. Omar Faruqe Lecturer, CSE Dept
Mohibuzzaman Zico System Programmer, BRAC University
Organizing Committee
Event Manager
Md. Eftakhairul Islam Director of Event Management & Public Relation, BUCC
E. M. Yeaseenur Rahman Tahin EB Member, BUCC
Member Nabila Naushin President, BUCC Rasel Chowdhury Vice President, BUCC Syed Sabbir Ahmed Asst. Director, Event Management, BUCC Mahbub Morshed Prottoy EB Member, BUCC Shammur Absar Chowdhury EB & Director, ACM Programming Wing, BUCC Shiblee Imtiaz Hasan EB Member, BUCC Zamil Salek Khan Student, BRAC University
Official Photographer Adnan Arsalan Khandker Raska Urzoshi Navid Bin Sakhawat
Volunteer Imran Farid Md. Imran Hossain Shaon Md. Shamsul Kaonain Noman Mustafa Zaman Rajib Sayma Jasmine Shahriar Ahmad Zaki Mohammad Abdul Kareem
Media Online News: BdNews24.com (proposed) Air: Radio Foorti (proposed) TV: Boishakhi (proposed) Bangla Newspaper: Prothom Alo (proposed) English Newspaper: The Daily Star (proposed)
Contact...
Md. Eftakhairul Islam
School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS)
BRAC University
66, Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
Mobile Phone: +88 01712793451
Email: eftakhirul[at]gmail.com
web: www.eftakhairul.co.cc
Annajiat Alim Rasel
School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS), AH 12th floor, Cubicle 8,
BRAC University
66, Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Mobile Phone: +88 01711935759
Email: annajiat[at]gmail.com