conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn

   1 # Call for Participation
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   7 https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/libre-soc-fpga-and-vlsi/
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  10 This email is a Call For Participation in the
  11 **Libre-SOC, FPGA and VLSI Devroom** at FOSDEM 2024.
  12
  13 **DATES ARE OUT OF ORDER and not bulleted**
  14 Devroom date: 3rd February in Brussels, Belgium
  15 CFP deadline: **Friday, 1st December 2023 00:00 (CET, UTC+1).**
  16
  17 Final speaker confirmation on Friday, 15th December.
  18
  19 ## CFP Introduction
  20
  21 This devroom covers topics mostly related to hardware design
  22 (FPGA and VLSI/ASIC).
  23
  24 Libre-SOC is a major project in the open-hardware/free-software
  25 space, and will be sharing progress made so far in areas of efficient
  26 SVP64 assembler, formal verification, and general Power ISA
  27 development (proposed advanced biginteger instructions, etc.)
  28
  29 Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently.
  30 NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI
  31 tools), Efabless and Skywater bring 90nm, 130nm, 180nm MPWs
  32 to the masses.
  33
  34 Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to
  35 VLSI and Libre/Open Tape-outs and Silicon development is welcome.
  36
  37 We are looking for any libre or open source topic relating to
  38 hardware design, including but not limited to:
  39
  40 - Chip Design (including nanoscale 3D printing)
  41 - VLSI and FPGA Hardware Design
  42 - Libre/Open Processors in FPGA and/or ASIC
  43 - ISA design and usage
  44
  45 We accept the normal 30 min slot, which gives the speaker about 20-25
  46 min, and 5 min for Q&A. **NO A LOT MORE TIME IS NEEDED FOR Q&A SEE OHW CFP
  47 PLUS WE WILL ACCEPT SOME LIGHTNING TALKS**
  48
  49
  50 ### What is FOSDEM?
  51
  52 **FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
  53 and collaborate.**
  54
  55 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software
  56 from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
  57
  58 FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024.
  59 It will be an in-person event at the **ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels,
  60 Belgium, Europe.**
  61 If you are unable to attend in-person you can watch any live stream
  62 from the main tracks and developer rooms.
  63
  64 ### Important stuff:
  65
  66 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
  67 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
  68 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/)
  69 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/)
  70
  71 ### Desirable topics:
  72
  73 This devroom welcomes anything related to making an ASIC,
  74 or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
  75 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
  76 design easier: we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
  77
  78 - Open Hardware projects
  79 - ISA and Architecture design
  80   * Simplified Vector extensions
  81 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  82   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  83   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  84   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  85   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  86 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
  87   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
  88   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
  89   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
  90 - FPGAs
  91   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  92   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  93   * FPGA workflow
  94 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  95   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  96   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  97   * Testing methodologies
  98   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  99 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
 100   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
 101   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
 102   * Automated testing
 103
 104 ### Topic overlap
 105
 106 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 107
 108 * [Open Hardware and CAD/CAM](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-hardware-and-cadcam/),
 109 * [Embedded, Mobile and Automotive](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/embedded-mobile-and-automotive/),
 110 * [Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-source-firmware-bmc-and-bootloader/),
 111
 112 **REQUEST PLACING SUBMISSION IN CORRECT DEVROOM**
 113
 114 ### How to submit your proposal
 115
 116 To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx
 117 website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp).
 118
 119 Click **Submit a proposal**. Make sure you choose the right devroom
 120 in the track drop-down menu **THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF SUBMISSIONS**
 121
 122 ### What should be in your submission
 123
 124 - name
 125 - short bio
 126 - contact info
 127 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 128 - abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown)
 129 - duration
 130
 131 Optional:
 132
 133 - description (more detail description, supports markdown)
 134 - submission notes (for the organiser only, not made public)
 135 - session image (if you have an illustration to go with the talk)
 136 - additional speaker/s (if more than one person presenting)
 137
 138 Afterwards, click "Continue".
 139 The second page will include fields for:
 140
 141 - License (any license approved by OSI is acceptable). See the
 142   OSI approved list here: <https://opensource.org/licenses/>
 143 - Extra materials for reviewers (optional, for organisers only)
 144 - Additional information about the speaker (optional).
 145 - Resources to be used during the talk
 146
 147 Once you've completed the required sections, submit and we'll get
 148 back to you soon!
 149
 150 ### Things to be aware of
 151
 152 * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
 153   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
 154 * There will be a Q/A session after the talk is over.
 155   Please make sure that you will be available on the
 156   day of the event.
 157 * If you're not able to attend the talk in-person, live stream links
 158   will be available on the FOSDEM schedule page:
 159   <https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/>.
 160 * FOSDEM Matrix channels are specific to each devroom,
 161   the general link is: </#/#fosdem:fosdem.org>
 162 * **Matrix bridge to the LibreSOC IRC channel**:
 163   <https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#libre-soc:matrix.org>
 164 * FOSDEM 2024 FAQ: <https://fosdem.org/2024/faq/>
 165
 166 ### Important Dates
 167
 168 - **December 1st: submission deadline**
 169   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 170     - Yes. The new submission system is stricter, and thus the,
 171       1st of December is the final date.
 172 - ASAP: announcement selected talks (15th Dec or earlier)
 173 - February 3rd: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 174
 175 ### Contact us
 176
 177 - [Andrey Miroshnikov](mailto:andrey at technepisteme.xyz)
 178   - "octavius" on #fosdem and #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC
 179 - [Sadoon Albader](mailto:sadoon <sadoon@albader.co>)
 180   - "sadoon[m]1" on #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC
 181 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net)
 182   - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC
 183
 184 ### Libre-SOC Information
 185
 186 - [Libre-SOC homepage](https://libre-soc.org)
 187 - [Copy of this CfP](https://libre-soc.org/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp/)
 188