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#1 Can Student-Written Software Contribute to Humanitarian FOSS?Ralph A. Morelli*, Heidi J. C. Ellis*, Trishan R. de Lanerolle*, Jonathan Damon*, Christopher Walti§ *Trinity College §Accenture Corporation Hartford, CT 06109 ralph.morelli@ Humanitarian FOSS H-FOSS: Free and open source software built to serve humanitarian purposes. Humanitarian (broadly defined): any non-profit activity that benefits society. Examples: Sahana -- Disaster recovery software OpenMRS -- Medical record system VM -- Volunteer management software Humanitarian FOSS Movement Premise 1: Quality humanitarian software can be built and given freely to organizations in need. Premise 2: The FOSS development model can successfully harness contributions of IT professionals. Premise 3: Computing students and faculty can contribute to FOSS as part of their educational goals. Educational Motivation David Patterson (ACM) Nov. 2005: Computing professionals should help our neighbors (post Katrina). David Patterson (ACM) Mar. 2006: CS educators should get involved in the open-source movement. Our Question: Can these initiatives be combined to: Do good in the community. Help revitalize computing education. The Crisis in CS Education Sahana(http://www.sahana.lk) H-FOSS disaster management system Sinhalese for relief. IT management system for people and resources. History and Highlights 2004 started in Sri Lanka following Asian tsunami. 2005 deployed during earth quake in Pakistan. 2006 deployed during mudslide in the Philippines. 2006 Sourceforge project of the month (June). 2007 FSF Award for Social Benefit. Trinity Sahana Project (/hfoss) Activities 2006 Jan: Trishan meets Sahana team in Colombo Spring: Sahana independent study Spring: Accenture--Katrina Shelter Summer: Volunteer Management Module Jun: National Conference on Volunteering and Service (Seattle) Aug: Strong Angel III (San Diego) Fall: Course with Trinity, Connecticut College and Wesleyan University (7 students) Trinity Sahan