Re: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki joins the FTA

Yep, I'm very proud to be part of Aristotle University alumni :-D. What 
a great day!

On 5/11/2011 5:02 AM, Franco Iacomella wrote:
> Aristotle University of Thessaloniki joins the FTA
> Web version: http://ftacademy.org/announce/auth
> ---
>
> The Free Technology Academy is pleased to announce the inclusion of 
> the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in the FTA Partner 
> network.
>
> The Aristotle University will participate through its Programming 
> Language and Software Engineering Lab and will contribute to the FTA 
> curriculum by co-developing new courses in the fields of Mobile 
> Development, Data Analysis, Intelligent Systems, Reuse Methods and 
> others.
>
> AUTH's Software Engineering group (http://sweng.csd.auth.gr/) is known 
> for its research in the area of Free and Open Source Software and 
> participates in many national and international research projects. 
> They will make their expertise available to the international 
> educational community through course materials that will be used at 
> the FTA.
>
> About this new alliance, Prof. Ioannis Stamelos from Aristotle 
> University explains:
> "The Software Engineering Group at the AUTH Department of Informatics 
> researches and publishes on Free Software and Open Source since the 
> year 2000. The Group supports actively the use of F/OSS both in the 
> public and private sector in Greece and abroad, and has extensively 
> introduced F/OSS in their education process. Accordingly, the Group 
> supports the idea of free knowledge, and therefore joining FTA partner 
> network comes as a natural development. We look forward to a 
> prosperous collaboration with FTA."
>
> Wouter Tebbens, Director of the Free Technology Academy, says:
> "Aristotle's participation will strengthen the international 
> collaboration to provide high level course modules on the latest 
> developments in Software Engineering. This is in particular of 
> interest for our common effort to work towards a complete master 
> curriculum on Free Technologies."
>
> Professor Stamelos and his team are actively involved in the design of 
> a common master curriculum, driven by a cluster of universities and 
> FTA partners. The core idea of this initiative is that collaboration 
> within specialised groups is the only way to sustainably develop such 
> master programme and keep it up-to-date.
>
>
> == About the Free Technology Academy ==
>
> The Free Technology Academy (FTA) is a joint initiative from several 
> educational institutions in various countries. It aims to contribute 
> to a society that permits all users to study, participate and build 
> upon existing knowledge without restrictions. The FTA offers an online 
> master level programme with course modules about Free Technologies. 
> These courses are taught completely online in a virtual campus based 
> on the Campus Project interoperability framework.
>
> The FTA is a collaboration between the Free Knowledge Institute, the 
> Open University of Catalonia (Spain) and the Open University of the 
> Netherlands. A larger group of Associate Partners adds to the founding 
> base with a network of organisations that share a common interest in 
> offering courses in the area of Free Technology. The FTA is extending 
> the current network of partners and collaborations continuously and 
> encourages both individuals and organisations to contribute to the 
> community.
>
> * More information: http://www.ftacademy.org
> * Contact information: contact[AT]ftacademy.org
> * About FTA Associate Network: 
> http://ftacademy.org/about/associate-network
> * FTA Study Programme 2011: http://ftacademy.org/courses/programme/2011
> * Common Master Curriculum "FTM": http://freeknowledge.eu/FTM
> * Mapping common expertise, materials and interests for the FTM: 
> http://campus.ftacademy.org/wiki/index.php/Master-Curriculum
>
>
> == About Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ==
>
> The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in 
> Greece. The University Campus covers some 23 hectares close to the 
> centre of Thessaloniki. It comprises 7 Faculties organised into 33 
> Schools, 5 faculties with only 1 school each, as well as 4 independent 
> Schools.
>
> * Main website: http://www.auth.gr/
> * The PLASE Lab website: http://plase.csd.auth.gr/
> * The Software Engineering Group: http://sweng.csd.auth.gr/
> * AUTH Free Software publications: 
> http://sweng.csd.auth.gr/wb/pages/publications/freeopen-source-software-engineering.php
>
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