Revitalizing Student Projects by using FOSS: Case Studies
summary
Course projects become production contributions: students implement 18 new protocols and ~200,000 lines in ns3, publish 12 ACM papers, and host the 10th WNS3 event in India. A sixth‑semester student builds an Ubuntu package cache deployed campus‑wide. A fifth‑semester team lands code in the Linux kernel (v5.6) and an algorithm now ships on millions of access points. Industry funds 8 lakh INR for a network emulator; APNIC backs IPv6 migration with INR 2 crore and 12 students run campus rollout. Stipends: 19 students × ₹9,000/month for 10 months.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and goals
- 1:14The problem with academics
- 4:41The power of open source
- 6:44Revitalizing student projects
- 10:22Practical case studies
- 13:02Funding and collaboration
- 15:13Future initiatives and closing
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