October 2016 - FOSDEM - lists.fosdem.org

Open Source Gamedev - Call for papers
by Jesse Himmelstein 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

You like games? You like open source? On February 5th, 2017, we’re running a game track at the incredible FOSDEM conference in Brussels. This devroom will all be out open source in games, whether its open games, open tools, open assets, open hardware, or open data. Do you have a cool game project or technology that you'd like show off to a packed room of like-minded developers? == WHAT IS FOSDEM? FOSDEM is a fun and exciting and conference all about open source. It attracts thousands of developers over a weekend at a university campus in Brussels. Subjects range from operating systems to databases to web development to security to big data. FOSDEM takes its ethics seriously – its completely free and non-commercial itself. Devrooms (like the one we’re organizing on open game development) are full-day tracks that focus on a particular subjects. Talks will take place their all day, and will be live streamed and recorded for posterity/infamy. With so many people attending the event, you’re welcome to step in and out of the devroom, but you’re likely to lose your seat. == OPEN GAME DEVELOPMENT ROOM This devroom will be about all open source development in games. Although closed source is still the norm in the gaming industry, there is a growing number of independent games that are being released as open source. In addition, there are a decent number open source projects that help in game development, including game engines, assets, and hardware. Finally, there are citizen science games in which players produce open data that are used to advance science. Let’s bring together the open source game community at this conference, and drink some delicious Belgium beer while we’re at it! We’re looking for talks and demos on the following topics: - Open source games (naturally) - Open source tools to create, distribute, or promote games - Open assets (graphics and sound) - Open hardware (consoles, controllers, displays, etc.) - Open data produced by games for scientific research The devroom will take up a full day. Talks will be 15 minutes long (including 10 minutes Q&A). They’ll be a 5-minute break in between talks to setup equipment. Depending on the submissions, we may organize demo, workshop, or discussion sessions to complement the talks. We'll probably have a one-hour demo session in the middle of the day. To get an idea of what the feeling is like, here are some photos from last year: http://bit.ly/2enYhF7 Please note that presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be recorded. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). For more information please write us on the mailing list games-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org. == WHO ARE WE? Jesse Himmelstein (@himmelattack) and Raphael Goujet (@RaphaelGoujet), from the CRI GameLab in Paris, are organizing this devroom. We develop open games around education, science, and social change, such as a game to teach synthetic biology called Hero.Coli. We also design open source tools to aid game development, such as RedWire (an open source game engine) and RedMetrics (an open source, open data game analytics service). We attended a similar room 3 years ago and loved it so much that we want to bring it back and include more people from the indie game community that don’t typically attend FOSDEM. We ran it in 2016 as well and it went very well. So now we're on a roll! == DEADLINES December 4, 2016: Submission Deadline December 12; 2016: Announcement of final schedule Feb 5, 2017: The big day! == HOW TO SUBMIT Please submit via the official FOSDEM Pentabarf system ( https://fosdem.org/submit) If you have submitted in previous years, your existing account and password should still work. If not, go ahead and create one. Once you’re logged in, click on “Create Event”. In the first tab (“General”) make sure to pick “Open Game Development Devroom” in the “Track” select box. Then just fill in the forms on each tab and submit.

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Good news: FOSDEM 2017 Config Management Devroom Call For Papers is open!
by Heck, Walter 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

The FOSDEM Call for Proposals for the Configuration Management devroom on February 4th, 2017 is open! FOSDEM Submissions are due on November 18th, 2016. If you submitted a talk to a previous FOSDEM, you should already have an account in Pentabarf, so make sure that you log in with your existing account. You should only need to create an account if you have not submitted a talk to FOSDEM in recent years. FOSDEM has a bunch of devrooms, so please make sure that you select the "Config Management" devroom in the "Track" dropdown when you submit your talk. Submissions filed under an incorrect devroom will not be noticed. Submit here: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 Topic Description: Mini-talks from real world case studies, brainstorming and hacking around configuration and systems management from complex virtual environments and cloud computing to desktops and laptops. There is huge interest in automation, monitoring, performance management, configuration management, and DevOps. We are looking for presentations from people who are working in the field on these topics: * Configuration and Systems Management theory, principles and development * Configuration and Systems Management tools - with an emphasis on real world use cases * Techniques and case studies * Audit, Compliance and Security * Various DevOps topics, including collaboration and training tips. Please note that presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be recorded. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). This same team of people is also organizing ConfigManagementCamp, which is in nearby Gent on February 1st and 2nd. The CFP is also open, and we encourage you to submit your talks before the November 18th, 2016 deadline. Details: http://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/#contributions Regards, The ConfigManagementCamp and FOSDEM CfgMgmt Devroom organising team

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[CFP] LLVM devroom @ FOSDEM 2017
by Renato Golin 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

CALL FOR PAPERS / PARTICIPATION At FOSDEM 2017, LLVM will again participate with a dedicated devroom. Complementing the upcoming Euro LLVM 2017, the devroom at FOSDEM provides a great opportunity for LLVM developers and the wider open source community to get together, connect and discuss. As possibly the largest European Open Source Conference, FOSDEM takes place in Brussels and attracts with more than 400 lectures every year over 5000 hackers - many core contributors of the worlds leading open source projects. = Call for Speakers, Posters, Demos = We invite academic, industrial and hobbyist speakers to present their work on developing or using LLVM, Clang, LLDB, Polly, Compiler-RT, etc. We are looking for: 1. Keynote speakers. 2. Technical presentations (30 minutes plus questions and discussion) related to development of LLVM, Clang etc. 3. Presentations about the use of LLVM, Clang in commercial, academic, hobbyist and other projects. 4. Tutorials. 5. Lightning talks (5 minutes). The deadline for receiving submissions is December 1st, 2016. Speakers will be notified of acceptance or rejection by the 15th of December. Proposals that are not sufficiently detailed (talks lacking a comprehensive abstract for example) are likely to be rejected. Please create an account on the FOSDEM interface ( https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account ) and submit your proposal ( https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 ). Please make sure you select "LLVM devroom" as the "Track". = Registration = FOSDEM does not require any registration and is free of charge. However, just like last year, a large crowd must be expected. We have had to refuse entry to the room every year due to health and safety reasons (a hard requirement from the organisers), with the room already packed with people standing. = Organization = The mailing list llvm-devroom at lists.fosdem.org can be used to discuss issues of general interest related to the conference organization. Please, do not reply to this email, as it is cross posted to many lists. = Financial Support = There may be a possibility of limited funding to help students or contributors who could not otherwise attend the conference. This will depend on overall sponsorship and companies' interest in supporting the event. If you need funding to attend the meeting, or can help sponsor, please tell us on llvm-devroom at lists.fosdem.org. = About LLVM = LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other compiler-related programs. LLVM uses a single, language-independent virtual instruction set both as an offline code representation (to communicate code between compiler phases and to run-time systems) and as the compiler internal representation (to analyse and transform programs). This persistent code representation allows a common set of sophisticated compiler techniques to be applied at compile-time, link-time, install-time, run-time, or "idle-time" (between program runs). The strengths of the LLVM infrastructure are its extremely simple design (which makes it easy to understand and use), source-language independence, powerful mid-level optimizer, automated compiler debugging support, extensibility, and its stability and reliability. LLVM is currently being used to host a wide variety of academic research projects and commercial projects. Besides LLVM, several projects have been developed on top of it like Clang, LLDB, LLD or Polly. For more information, please visit http://llvm.org/ or the conference webpage at http://llvm.org/devmtg/2017-02/ Best regards, LLVM @ FOSDEM organisers

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CfP: "Open Source Design" Developer Room
by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Hi, Not sure if this is the right format/place, but we've published out CfP at: http://opensourcedesign.net/events/2017/02/05/opensourcedesign-fosdem-2017 and also a tweet at https://twitter.com/evalica/status/785826377266114560 Thanks, Ecaterina Moraru "Open Source Design" Developer Room Coordinator for Fosdem 2017 > If you publish your CfP, > please send a copy to <fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org>. We will put a link > to this on our website, just like last year: > https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/news/2015-10-22-accepted-devrooms/ >

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MySQL & Friends Devroom CfP
by Frédéric Descamps 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

This is our announcement: http://www.mysqlandfriends.eu/post/fosdem-2017s-mysql-friends-devroom-call-… Cheers, -- <http://www.mysql.com/><http://www.mysql.com/><http://www.mysql.com/><http://www.mysql.com/> <http://www.mysql.com/>*Frédéric Descamps*| *MySQL* Community Manager Phone: +32 (0)2 719.52.71 (CEST) | Email: frederic.descamps(a)oracle.com <mailto:frederic.descamps@oracle.com> Twitter: @lefred ORACLE Belgium BVBA, Medialaan 50, 1800 Vilvoorde https://about.me/lefred

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