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, December ?? 2023.
  10
  11 ## CFP Introduction
  12
  13 This devroom covers topics mostly related to hardware design
  14 (FPGA and VLSI/ASIC).
  15
  16 Libre-SOC is a major project in the open-hardware/free-software
  17 space, and will be sharing progress made so far in areas of efficient
  18 SVP64 assembler, formal verification, and general PowerISA
  19 development (proposed advanced biginteger instructions, etc.)
  20
  21 Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently.
  22 NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI
  23 tools), Google sponsors Skywater 130nm MPWs.
  24
  25 Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to
  26 VLSI and Open Tape-outs is welcome.
  27
  28 We are looking for any open source topic relating to hardware design,
  29 including but not limited to:
  30 - Chip Design
  31 - Hardware Design
  32 - ISA usage
  33 - Open Source Software
  34
  35 This year we welcome talks that are either:
  36 * 10 min (short introduction of project/topic)
  37 * 25 min (normal slot)
  38 * 50 min (extraordinary slot for a topic that needs a deeper explanation)
  39
  40 ### What is FOSDEM?
  41
  42 _**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
  43 and collaborate.**
  44 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software
  45 from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
  46 ...
  47 FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024.
  48 It will be an in-person event at the **ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels,
  49 Belgium, Europe.**
  50 If you aren't there, you may watch the live streams from the main
  51 tracks and developer rooms.
  52
  53 ### Important stuff:
  54
  55 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
  56 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
  57 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/)
  58 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/)
  59
  60 ### Desirable topics:
  61
  62 This devroom welcomes anything related to making an ASIC,
  63 or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
  64 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
  65 design easier, we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
  66
  67 - Open Hardware projects
  68 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  69   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  70   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  71   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  72   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  73 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
  74   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
  75   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
  76   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
  77 - FPGAs
  78   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  79   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  80   * FPGA workflow
  81 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  82   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  83   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  84   * Testing methodologies
  85   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
  86 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
  87   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
  88   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
  89   * Automated testing
  90
  91 ### Topic overlap
  92
  93 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
  94
  95 * [Open Hardware and CAD/CAM](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-hardware-and-cadcam/),
  96 * [Embedded, Mobile and Automotive](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/embedded-mobile-and-automotive/),
  97 * [??](),
  98
  99 It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the
 100 main reason for this devroom is to show the recent developments
 101 within Libre-SOC, however we are happy for others with relevant
 102 projects/developments to join in.
 103
 104 Full list of devrooms [here](https://fosdem.org/2024/news/2023-11-08-devrooms-announced/).
 105
 106 ### How to submit your proposal
 107
 108 To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx
 109 website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp).
 110
 111 Click **Submit a proposal**. Make sure you choose the right devroom
 112 in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another
 113 devroom's organisers)
 114
 115 ### What should be in your submission
 116
 117 - name
 118 - short bio
 119 - contact info
 120 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 121 - abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown)
 122 - duration
 123
 124 Optional:
 125
 126 - description (more detail description, supports markdown)
 127 - submission notes (for the organiser only, not made public)
 128 - session image (if you have an illustration to go with the talk)
 129 - additional speaker/s (if more than one person presenting)
 130
 131 *TODO: FINISH the proposal submission form to complete this guide.*
 132
 133 ### Things to be aware of
 134
 135 * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
 136   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
 137 * There will be a Q/A session after the talk is over.
 138   Please make sure that you will be available on the
 139   day of the event.
 140 * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between
 141   themselves.
 142 * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions.
 143
 144 ### Important Dates
 145
 146 - **December 1st: submission deadline**
 147   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 148     - (**TODO: MAY NOT BE VALID ANYMORE**)
 149     - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pretalx
 150       closes, which should be somewhere in January
 151     - However, talks submitted before the 1st get a higher precedence
 152 - ASAP: announcement selected talks
 153 - February 3rd: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 154
 155 ### Contact us
 156
 157 **TODO: Need to check details**
 158
 159 - [Andrey Miroshnikov](mailto:andrey at technepisteme.xyz)
 160 - "octavius" on #fosdem and #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC
 161 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net)
 162 - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC
 163 - sadoon on #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC