conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn

   1 # Call for Participation
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   3 **READ REVIEW AND INCLUDE LICENSE PERMISSION.**
   4 https://lists.libre-soc.org/pipermail/libre-soc-dev/2023-November/005791.html
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   6 **ADD LINK AT TOP**
   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 **CHECK AND ADD CORRECT DATE  OF CONFERENCE**
  20
  21 ## CFP Introduction
  22
  23 This devroom covers topics mostly related to hardware design
  24 (FPGA and VLSI/ASIC).
  25
  26 Libre-SOC is a major project in the open-hardware/free-software
  27 space, and will be sharing progress made so far in areas of efficient
  28 SVP64 assembler, formal verification, and general Power ISA
  29 development (proposed advanced biginteger instructions, etc.)
  30
  31 Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently.
  32 NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI
  33 tools), Efabless and Skywater bring 90nm, 130nm, 180nm MPWs
  34 to the masses.
  35
  36 Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to
  37 VLSI and Libre/Open Tape-outs and Silicon development is welcome.
  38
  39 We are looking for any libre or open source topic relating to
  40 hardware design, including but not limited to:
  41
  42 - Chip Design (including nanoscale 3D printing)
  43 - VLSI and FPGA Hardware Design
  44 - Libre/Open Processors in FPGA and/or ASIC
  45 - ISA design and usage
  46
  47 We accept the normal 30 min slot, which gives the speaker about 20-25
  48 min, and 5 min for Q&A. **NO A LOT MORE TIME IS NEEDED FOR Q&A SEE OHW CFP
  49 PLUS WE WILL ACCEPT SOME LIGHTNING TALKS**
  50
  51
  52 ### What is FOSDEM?
  53
  54 **FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
  55 and collaborate.**
  56
  57 Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software
  58 from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
  59
  60 FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024.
  61 It will be an in-person event at the **ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels,
  62 Belgium, Europe.**
  63 If you are unable to attend in-person you can watch any live stream
  64 from the main tracks and developer rooms.
  65
  66 ### Important stuff:
  67
  68 - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
  69 - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
  70 - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/)
  71 - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/)
  72
  73 ### Desirable topics:
  74
  75 This devroom welcomes anything related to making an ASIC,
  76 or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing
  77 an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC
  78 design easier: we'd love to hear from you.  Here's a list of topics:
  79
  80 - Open Hardware projects
  81 - ISA and Architecture design
  82   * Simplified Vector extensions
  83 - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture
  84   * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing)
  85   * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow
  86   * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries
  87   * VLSI Simulation and Verification
  88 - VLSI Tools in use or in development
  89   * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE)
  90   * Under development (LibreEDA, other)
  91   * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout
  92 - FPGAs
  93   * Libre/Open FPGA designs
  94   * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering
  95   * FPGA workflow
  96 - VLSI RTL and HDL
  97   * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools
  98   * Formal Correctness Proofs
  99   * Testing methodologies
 100   * Hardware Trust (and how to break it)
 101 - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware
 102   * Continuous Integration for VLSI
 103   * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II)
 104   * Automated testing
 105
 106 ### Topic overlap
 107
 108 There is quite a lot of overlap this year with:
 109
 110 * [Open Hardware and CAD/CAM](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-hardware-and-cadcam/),
 111 * [Embedded, Mobile and Automotive](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/embedded-mobile-and-automotive/),
 112 * [Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-source-firmware-bmc-and-bootloader/),
 113
 114 **REQUEST PLACING SUBMISSION IN CORRECT DEVROOM**
 115
 116 ### How to submit your proposal
 117
 118 To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx
 119 website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp).
 120
 121 Click **Submit a proposal**. Make sure you choose the right devroom
 122 in the track drop-down menu **THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF SUBMISSIONS**
 123
 124 ### What should be in your submission
 125
 126 - name
 127 - short bio
 128 - contact info
 129 - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated)
 130 - abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown)
 131 - duration
 132
 133 Optional:
 134
 135 - description (more detail description, supports markdown)
 136 - submission notes (for the organiser only, not made public)
 137 - session image (if you have an illustration to go with the talk)
 138 - additional speaker/s (if more than one person presenting)
 139
 140 Afterwards, click "Continue".
 141 The second page will include fields for:
 142
 143 - License (any license approved by OSI is acceptable). See the
 144   OSI approved list here: <https://opensource.org/licenses/>
 145 - Extra materials for reviewers (optional, for organisers only)
 146 - Additional information about the speaker (optional).
 147 - Resources to be used during the talk
 148
 149 Once you've completed the required sections, submit and we'll get
 150 back to you soon!
 151
 152 ### Things to be aware of
 153
 154 * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
 155   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
 156 * There will be a Q/A session after the talk is over.
 157   Please make sure that you will be available on the
 158   day of the event.
 159 * If you're not able to attend the talk in-person, live stream links
 160   will be available on the FOSDEM schedule page:
 161   <https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/>.
 162 * FOSDEM Matrix channels are specific to each devroom,
 163   the general link is: </#/#fosdem:fosdem.org>
 164 * **Matrix bridge to the LibreSOC IRC channel**:
 165   <https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#libre-soc:matrix.org>
 166 * FOSDEM 2024 FAQ: <https://fosdem.org/2024/faq/>
 167
 168 ### Important Dates
 169
 170 - **December 1st: submission deadline**
 171   - FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
 172     - Yes. The new submission system is stricter, and thus the,
 173       1st of December is the final date.
 174 - ASAP: announcement selected talks (15th Dec or earlier)
 175 - February 3rd: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks)
 176
 177 ### Contact us
 178
 179 - [Andrey Miroshnikov](mailto:andrey at technepisteme.xyz)
 180   - "octavius" on #fosdem and #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC
 181 - [Sadoon Albader](mailto:sadoon <sadoon@albader.co>)
 182   - "sadoon[m]1" on #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC
 183 - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net)
 184   - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC
 185
 186 ### Libre-SOC Information
 187
 188 - [Libre-SOC homepage](https://libre-soc.org)
 189 - [Copy of this CfP](https://libre-soc.org/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp/)
 190