From cbffe932e51659429aa3b3abe39d4bbfc950cefc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrey Miroshnikov Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 12:12:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] First draft of fosdem2024 cfp --- conferences/fosdem2024.mdwn | 6 + conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn | 161 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 167 insertions(+) create mode 100644 conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn diff --git a/conferences/fosdem2024.mdwn b/conferences/fosdem2024.mdwn index 8bada09aa..f073638f7 100644 --- a/conferences/fosdem2024.mdwn +++ b/conferences/fosdem2024.mdwn @@ -3,4 +3,10 @@ * * devroom submission +## Call for Participation + +See [[fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp]] + +## Announce devroom Speakers/Schedule + TODO diff --git a/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn b/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fd7a3ec34 --- /dev/null +++ b/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +# Call for Participation + +This email is a Call For Participation in the +**Libre-SOC, FPGA and VLSI Devroom** at FOSDEM 2024. + +Devroom date: 3rd February in Brussels, Belgium +CFP deadline: Friday, 1st December 2023 00:00 (CET, UTC+1). + +Final speaker confirmation on Friday, December ?? 2023. + +## CFP Introduction + +This devroom covers topics mostly related to hardware design +(FPGA and VLSI/ASIC). + +Libre-SOC is a major project in the open-hardware/free-software +space, and will be sharing progress made so far in areas of efficient +SVP64 assembler, formal verification, and general PowerISA +development (proposed advanced biginteger instructions, etc.) + +Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently. +NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI +tools), Google sponsors Skywater 130nm MPWs. + +Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to +VLSI and Open Tape-outs is welcome. + +We are looking for any open source topic relating to hardware design, +including but not limited to: +- Chip Design +- Hardware Design +- ISA usage +- Open Source Software + +This year we welcome talks that are either: +* 10 min (short introduction of project/topic) +* 25 min (normal slot) +* 50 min (extraordinary slot for a topic that needs a deeper explanation) + +### What is FOSDEM? + +_**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas +and collaborate.** +Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software +from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. +... +FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024. +It will be an in-person event at the **ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, +Belgium, Europe.** +If you aren't there, you may watch the live streams from the main +tracks and developer rooms. + +### Important stuff: + +- FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration. +- [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/) +- [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/) +- [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/) + +### Desirable topics: + +This devroom welcomes anything related to making an ASIC, +or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing +an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC +design easier, we'd love to hear from you. Here's a list of topics: + +- Open Hardware projects +- VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture + * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing) + * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow + * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries + * VLSI Simulation and Verification +- VLSI Tools in use or in development + * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE) + * Under development (LibreEDA, other) + * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout +- FPGAs + * Libre/Open FPGA designs + * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering + * FPGA workflow +- VLSI RTL and HDL + * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools + * Formal Correctness Proofs + * Testing methodologies + * Hardware Trust (and how to break it) +- Software Engineering as applied to Hardware + * Continuous Integration for VLSI + * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II) + * Automated testing + +### Topic overlap + +There is quite a lot of overlap this year with: + +* [??](), +* [??](), +* [??](), + +It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the +main reason for this devroom is to show the recent developments +within Libre-SOC, however we are happy for others with relevant +projects/developments to join in. + +### How to submit your proposal + +To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx +website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp). + +Click **Submit a proposal**. Make sure you choose the right devroom +in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another +devroom's organisers) + +### What should be in your submission + +- name +- short bio +- contact info +- title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated) +- abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown) +- duration + +Optional: + +- description (more detail description, supports markdown) +- submission notes (for the organiser only, not made public) +- session image (if you have an illustration to go with the talk) +- additional speaker/s (if more than one person presenting) + +*TODO: FINISH the proposal submission form to complete this guide.* + +### Things to be aware of + +* The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET) + +* There will be a Q/A session after the talk is over. + Please make sure that you will be available on the + day of the event. +* A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between + themselves. +* A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions. + +### Important Dates + +- **December 1st: submission deadline** + - FAQ - is the submission deadline final? + - (**TODO: MAY NOT BE VALID ANYMORE**) + - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pretalx + closes, which should be somewhere in January + - However, talks submitted before the 1st get a higher precedence +- ASAP: announcement selected talks +- February 3rd: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks) + +### Contact us + +**TODO: Need to check details** + +- [Andrey Miroshnikov](mailto:andrey at technepisteme.xyz) +- "octavius" on #fosdem and #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC +- [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net) +- "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC +- sadoon on #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC -- 2.30.2