From ffaa0c6d1ffa215cc0be9133fed075dbc46a9bab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:02:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 106 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn b/conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn index 2f3d306fb..a1776c029 100644 --- a/conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn +++ b/conferences/fosdem2022.mdwn @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ TODO: Title: **Libre/Open Hardware, CAD, Modelling and VLSI Dev Room** -Elaborate description (including possible topics) +Changed Title: **Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA Hardware, Simulation and Verification Dev Room** + +**Updated** Elaborate description (including possible topics) - Open Hardware projects - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture @@ -56,22 +58,10 @@ Elaborate description (including possible topics) - Circuit Design (EDA) * Printed circuit board design tools * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation -- 3d modeling and analysis - * Solid modeling tools - * Meshing, modeling and transforming physical representations - * Finite element analysis -- 3d printing - * 3d slicing tools - * Motor control -- Machine design and integration - * ECAD/MCAD integration - * Thermal analysis - * Wire modeling -- Physical Model Data storage - * Data representation and optimization - * Version control in hardware data storage - * Collaborative and team-based hardware design techniques - * Building information Modelling +- Software Engineering as applied to Hardware + * Continuous Integration for VLSI + * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II) + * Automated testing Why does it fit FOSDEM @@ -96,3 +86,102 @@ community that simply did not exist last year. We are also happy for other (smaller) devrooms to merge with this one. Preferred slot: Full Day + +# Call for Papers + +This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D +Printing". + +### What is FOSDEM? + +~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website: + +_**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 2022 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February 2022. It will be an online event._ + +### Important stuff: +- FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration. +- [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/) +- [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/) +- [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/) + +### Desirable topics: + +This devroom welcomes anything related to the topic of nanoscale +3D printing - more commonly known as "VLSI ASIC design". If you +are 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) +- Circuit Design (EDA) + * Printed circuit board design tools + * Analog/Digital Circuit simulation +- 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: + +* [CAD devroom]( https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/open_source_computer_aided_modeling_and_design/), +* [Emulator devroom](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/emulator_development/) +* [Retro room](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/retrocomputing/) + +It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: the +main reason for a new VLSI devroom this year is because it is a rapidly +expanding area formerly entirely NDA'd. + +### How to submit your proposal + +To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2022 Pentabarf website](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22) (the mystery of whether pentabarf means barfing in 5 directions or in 5 colors has not been solved yet). + +Create an **event** and click on **Show all** in the top right corner to display the full form. + +### What should be in your submission + +- name +- short bio +- contact info +- title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated) +- abstract (what you're going talk about) +- duration + +### Important Dates + +- **December 28th: submission deadline** + - FAQ - is the submission deadline final? + - Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf + closes, which should be somewhere in January + - However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence +- ASAP: announcement selected talks +- January: speakers are contacted to upload pre-record sessions +- February 6th: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks) + +### Contact us + +- [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net) +- [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab@uni-bremen.de) +- #fosdem IRC on Libera.Chat as "lkcl" or "mwfc" -- 2.30.2