Note : The blender workshop is to be held in parallel with the ethical hacking workshop.

Registration is closed! Thanks for the overwhelming response!

What's the latest wave that's taking the software world by storm. It's open source, of course. You want to ride this wave or watch from the sidelines? If you want to be one of the better informed ones, then come see what it is all about with the series of FOSS workshops and lectures at EXEBIT 2010.

Saw Avatar recently? Were you blown away by the remarkable visual effects? Did you happen to play any of the most recent games like Halo 3, God of War, or Deadspace and just wondered, how did they make that? If you want to start your journey towards becoming a wizard with 3d effects, then the time is now and the Blender workshop is the place to start.

Blender is a 3-d modeler and renderer which is widely used in the animation industry. It was used heavily in creating the visual effects of Spiderman-2 and games like Yo!Frankie.

Did your programmer's behavior ever overcome the cold sweat of kernel hacking?? Have you ever tried to modify the Linux kernel and to evaluate the impact of the changes you made?? If no is your answer then this is the right opportunity for you to begin.

Kernel development is tough and challenging. It requires knowledge of different fields of Computer Science like compilers, operating systems, architecture, etc. This workshop will give you a unique opportunity to start kernel programming. Last, but certainly not least, kernel development is fun and the workshop is sure to provide you in a coherent way all you should know to get the initial funda down & become a reasonable kernel hacker..

Python has become a central language for the open source community in the new millennium. It is a rapid prototyping language of choice to leading hackers around the world, and is often included by default in several Linux distributions. Python finds tremendous use in scientific computing,as a glue language,and plays a pivotal role in developing Web2.0 applications.

This workshop will equip you with the tools and acumen to "import awesome". In short, if you're looking to stay relevant in the next decade, this workshop is for you.

Kernel workshop: 5th March, 2010. 8:00pm to 11:30pm
Blender workshop: 6th March, 2010. 3:30pm to 8:00pm
Python workshop: 7th March, 2010. 3:30pm to 8:30pm
Registration deadline: 20th February, 2010, 11:59 pm (closed)

In case of any queries, please contact:
Praveen Chandrahas
Shashank Jain
V Subhashini
Email: foss[at]exebit[dot]org