conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn

   1 # Call for Participation
   2
   3 This email is a Call For Participation in the
   4 **Libre-SOC, FPGA and VLSI Devroom** at FOSDEM 2024.
   5
   6 Devroom date: 3rd February in Brussels, Belgium
   7 CFP deadline: **Friday, 1st December 2023 00:00 (CET, UTC+1).**
   8
   9 Final speaker confirmation on Friday, 15th December.
  10
  11 *(We will aim to get a complete list of speakers a week before
  12 that).*
  13
  14 ## CFP Introduction
  15
  16 This devroom covers topics mostly related to hardware design
  17 (FPGA and VLSI/ASIC).
  18
  19 Libre-SOC is a major project in the open-hardware/free-software
  20 space, and will be sharing progress made so far in areas of efficient
  21 SVP64 assembler, formal verification, and general PowerISA
  22 development (proposed advanced biginteger instructions, etc.)
  23
  24 Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently.
  25 NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI
  26 tools), Efabless and Skywater bring 90nm, 130nm, 180nm MPWs
  27 to the masses.
  28
  29 Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to
  30 VLSI and Open Tape-outs is welcome.
  31
  32 We are looking for any libre or open source topic relating to
  33 hardware design, including but not limited to:
  34
  35 - Chip Design
  36 - VLSI and FPGA Hardware Design
  37 - Libre/Open Processors in FPGA and/or ASIC
  38 - ISA design and usage
  39
  40 We accept the normal 30 min slot, which gives the speaker about 20-25
  41 min, and 5 min for Q&A.
  42
  43 ### What is FOSDEM?
  44
  45 **FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
  46 and collaborate.**
  47
  48 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software
  49 from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
  50
  51 FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024.
  52 It will be an in-person event at the **ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels,
  53 Belgium, Europe.**
  54 If you aren't there, you can watch the live streams from the main
  55 tracks and developer rooms.
  56
  57 ### Important stuff:
  58
  59 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
  60 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
  61 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/)
  62 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/)
  63
  64 ### Desirable topics:
  65
  66 This devroom welcomes anything related to making an ASIC,
  67 or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
  68 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
  69 design easier, we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
  70
  71 - Open Hardware projects
  72 - ISA and Architecture design
  73   * Simplified Vector extensions
  74 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  75   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  76   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  77   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  78   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  79 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
  80   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
  81   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
  82   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
  83 - FPGAs
  84   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  85   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  86   * FPGA workflow
  87 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  88   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  89   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  90   * Testing methodologies
  91   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  92 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
  93   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
  94   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
  95   * Automated testing
  96
  97 ### Topic overlap
  98
  99 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 100
 101 * [Open Hardware and CAD/CAM](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-hardware-and-cadcam/),
 102 * [Embedded, Mobile and Automotive](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/embedded-mobile-and-automotive/),
 103 * [Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-source-firmware-bmc-and-bootloader/),
 104
 105 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: one
 106 of the reasons for this devroom is to show the recent developments
 107 within Libre-SOC (and similar PowerISA based SoCs), however we are
 108 happy for others with relevant projects/developments to join in.
 109
 110 Full list of devrooms [here](https://fosdem.org/2024/news/2023-11-08-devrooms-announced/).
 111
 112 ### How to submit your proposal
 113
 114 To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx
 115 website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp).
 116
 117 Click **Submit a proposal**. Make sure you choose the right devroom
 118 in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another
 119 devroom's organisers)
 120
 121 ### What should be in your submission
 122
 123 - name
 124 - short bio
 125 - contact info
 126 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 127 - abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown)
 128 - duration
 129
 130 Optional:
 131
 132 - description (more detail description, supports markdown)
 133 - submission notes (for the organiser only, not made public)
 134 - session image (if you have an illustration to go with the talk)
 135 - additional speaker/s (if more than one person presenting)
 136
 137 Afterwards, click "Continue".
 138 The second page will include fields for:
 139
 140 - License (any license approved by OSI is acceptable). See the
 141   OSI approved list here: <https://opensource.org/licenses/>
 142 - Extra materials for reviewers (optional, for organisers only)
 143 - Additional information about the speaker (optional).
 144 - Resources to be used during the talk
 145
 146 Once you've completed the required sections, submit and we'll get
 147 back to you soon!
 148
 149 ### Things to be aware of
 150
 151 * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
 152   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
 153 * There will be a Q/A session after the talk is over.
 154   Please make sure that you will be available on the
 155   day of the event.
 156 * If you're not able to attend the talk in-person, live stream links
 157   will be available on the FOSDEM schedule page:
 158   <https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/>.
 159 * FOSDEM Matrix channels are specific to each devroom,
 160   the general link is: </#/#fosdem:fosdem.org>
 161 * **Matrix bridge to the LibreSOC IRC channel**:
 162   <https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#libre-soc:matrix.org>
 163 * FOSDEM 2024 FAQ: <https://fosdem.org/2024/faq/>
 164
 165 ### Important Dates
 166
 167 - **December 1st: submission deadline**
 168   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 169     - Yes. The new submission system is stricter, and thus the,
 170       1st of December is the final date.
 171 - ASAP: announcement selected talks (15th Dec or earlier)
 172 - February 3rd: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 173
 174 ### Contact us
 175
 176 **TODO: Need to check details**
 177
 178 - [Andrey Miroshnikov](mailto:andrey at technepisteme.xyz)
 179   - "octavius" on #fosdem and #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC
 180 - [Sadoon Albader](mailto:sadoon <sadoon@albader.co>)
 181   - "sadoon[m]1" on #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC
 182 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net)
 183   - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC