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=FSOSS 2013 Report: OpenCL and TBD=
==Introduction==
In my 4 years at Seneca, I had no desire to go to FSOSS. Mainly probably because I had no idea what it was. It wasn't until this assignment came up that I looked into what FSOSS was all about, and what went on during it. It's also a bit strange that a relatively large event that happens at the campus isn't so well advertised. I think last year was the first year that I had actually heard about it, and the previous years I was just never aware that it existed.
The experience I had at FSOSS was questionable at best. I went on Friday and arrived shortly after 1 pm. As being promised a lunch for signing up early, I naturally didn't eat anything. After arriving, I went to the room where the lunch was supposed to be, and of course there was nothing there. It had been completely cannibalized. I figured they would have a hotdog cart or something. Maybe some pizza. But nothing when I got there. I was pretty disappointed in this as there was no indicator that the lunch was at a specific time. Another thing that upset me was the schedule. There was a list of the presentations that were happening on their website, but no timetable. So I figured that arriving in the early afternoon would give us access to a wide array of presentations. I was wrong. Even though there were many presentations, they were being run in parallel, so it ended much earlier than I expected. I later found out that you could find the times of the presentations on their site, but you had to go into each presentation page to see the times. A timetable would be helpful, especially one that's easily accessible (aka on the front page of the site because the whole event is based on these timings). I must say my initial impression of this event was pretty bad.
=OpenCl: Software Model and Philosophy=