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CfP - Ada Developer Room at FOSDEM 2020, Brussels, Belgium
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 26 Oct '19

26 Oct '19

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Presentations 10th Ada Developer Room at FOSDEM 2020 Saturday 1 February 2020, Brussels, Belgium http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/20/200201-fosdem.html Organized in cooperation with Ada-Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ada-Belgium [1] is pleased to announce there will be a one-day Ada Developer Room on Saturday 1 February 2020 at FOSDEM 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. Our 10th Ada DevRoom is once more organized in cooperation with Ada-Europe [2]. General Information ------------------- FOSDEM [3], the Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting, is a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event organized early each year in Brussels, Belgium. It is highly developer-oriented and brings together 8000+ participants from all over the world. No registration is necessary. The goal is to provide open source developers and communities a place to meet with other developers and projects, to be informed about the latest developments in the open source world, to attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by open source project leaders and committers, and to promote the development and the benefits of open source solutions. Ada Programming Language and Technology --------------------------------------- Awareness of safety and security issues in software systems is ever increasing. Multi-core platforms are now abundant. These are some of the reasons that the Ada programming language and technology attracts more and more attention, among others due to Ada's support for programming by contract and for multi-core targets. The latest Ada language definition was updated early 2016. Work on new features is ongoing, such as improved support for fine-grained parallelism, and will result in a new Ada standard scheduled for 2021. Ada-related technology such as SPARK provides a solution for the safety and security aspects stated above. More and more tools are available, many are open source, including for small and recent platforms. Interest in Ada keeps further increasing, also in the open source community, and many exciting projects have been started. Ada Developer Room ------------------ FOSDEM is an ideal fit for an Ada Developer Room. On the one hand, it gives the general open source community an opportunity to see what is happening in the Ada community and how Ada technology can help to produce reliable and efficient open source software. On the other hand, it gives open source Ada projects an opportunity to present themselves, get feedback and ideas, and attract participants to their project and collaboration between projects. At previous FOSDEM events, the Ada-Belgium non-profit organization organized successful Ada Developer Rooms, offering a full day program in 2006 [4], a two-day program in 2009 [5], and full day programs in 2012-2016 [6-10], and in 2018-2019 [12]. An important goal is to present exciting Ada technology and projects also to people outside the traditional Ada community. Our proposal for another dedicated Ada DevRoom was accepted, and now work continues to prepare the detailed program. We most probably will have a total of 8.5 schedulable hours between 10:30 and 19:00 in one of the rooms which accommodate from 59 to 85 participants. More information will be posted on the dedicated web-page on the Ada-Belgium site [13], and final announcements will of course also be sent to various forums, lists and newsgroups. Call for Presentations ---------------------- We would like to schedule technical presentations, tutorials, demos, live performances, project status reports, discussions, etc, in the Ada Developer Room. Ada-Belgium calls on you to: - inform us at ada-belgium-board(a)cs.kuleuven.be about specific presentations you would like to hear in this Ada DevRoom; - for bonus points, subscribe to the Ada-FOSDEM mailing list [14] to discuss and help organize the details; - for more bonus points, be a speaker: the Ada-FOSDEM mailing list is the place to be! Do you have a talk you want to give? Do you have a project you would like to present? Would you like to get more people involved with your project? We're inviting proposals that are related to Ada software development, and include a technical oriented discussion. You're not limited to slide presentations, of course. Be creative. Propose something fun to share with people so they might feel some of your enthusiasm for Ada! Speaking slots are 15 or 45 minutes, plus 5 minutes for Q&A. Depending on interest, we might also have a session with lightning presentations (e.g. 5 minutes each), and/or an informal discussion session. Note that all talks will be streamed live (audio+video) and recorded, for remote as well as later viewing of talks, and so that people can watch streams in the hallways when rooms are full. By submitting a proposal, you agree to being recorded and streamed, and agree the content of your talk will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content, a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Subscribe to the Ada-FOSDEM mailing list [14], and submit your proposal there. If needed, feel free to contact us at ada-belgium-board(a)cs.kuleuven.be. Please include: - your name, affiliation, contact info; - the title of your talk (be descriptive and creative); - a short descriptive and attractive abstract; - potentially pointers to more information; - a short bio and photo. See programs of previous Ada DevRooms (URLs below) for presentation examples, as well as for the kind of info we need. We'd like to put together a draft schedule by end of November. So, please act ASAP, the sooner the better, but definitely by November 25, 2019 at the latest. We look forward to lots of feedback and proposals! Dirk Craeynest Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be (for Ada-Belgium/Ada-Europe/SIGAda/WG9) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium [2] http://www.ada-europe.org [3] https://fosdem.org [4] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/06/060226-fosdem.html [5] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/09/090207-fosdem.html [6] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/12/120204-fosdem.html [7] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/13/130203-fosdem.html [8] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/14/140201-fosdem.html [9] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/15/150131-fosdem.html [10] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/16/160130-fosdem.html [11] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/18/180203-fosdem.html [12] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/19/190202-fosdem.html [13] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/20/200201-fosdem.html [14] http://listserv.cc.kuleuven.be/archives/adafosdem.html -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Papers - Backup and Recovery Devroom at FOSDEM 2020
by Andreas Rogge 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Hello everyone, the Bareos team is proud to host the Backup and Recovery Devroom at FOSDEM 2020 in Brussels. The Call for Paper for this Devroom is open until November 29th. See https://www.bareos.org/en/news/fosdem20-cfp.html for details. Best Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Rogge andreas.rogge(a)bareos.com Bareos GmbH & Co. KG Phone: +49 221-630693-86 http://www.bareos.com Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln | Amtsgericht Köln: HRA 29646 Komplementär: Bareos Verwaltungs-GmbH Geschäftsführer: S. Dühr, M. Außendorf, J. Steffens, Philipp Storz

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CFP -IJWMN December 2019, Volume 11 Number 6 (International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks)
by jin soo 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

HI, Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks is now accepting submissions for publication for December 2019 publications. Check journal Homepage :http://airccse.org/journal/ijwmn.html Forward your queries to e-mail *ijwmn(a)airccse.org <ijwmn(a)airccse.org>*. Thanks! Jinsoo

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FOSDEM 2020 Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader Devroom Call for Participation
by Daniel Kiper 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Hi, The Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader devroom will take place on Saturday, 1st February 2020 at FOSDEM, in Brussels, Belgium at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Call for Participation ---------------------- We are opening the call for participation to our devroom, with the deadline for talk proposals set to Saturday, 1st December 2019 23:59:59 UTC. Devroom Scope ------------- The devroom will focus on various topics related to the open source firmware, BMC and bootloaders including security issues. It will help to get together all interested people in one room, present and discuss current developments and issues haunting the community. Additionally, it will foster awareness among attendees about pre-OS topics. Possible topics: GRUB, TrustedGRUB, iPXE, TrenchBoot, coreboot, LinuxBoot, SeaBIOS, UEFI, OVMF, TianoCore, IPMI, OpenBMC, u-bmc, TPM, attestation, security of firmware, BMC, bootloaders and related topics and technologies. Ideal submissions are actionable and opinionated. Submissions may be in the form of 25 minutes talks, panel sessions, round-table discussions, or Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions. Dates ----- Submission Deadline: 01-Dec-2019 @ 23:59:59 UTC Acceptance Notification: 08-Dec-2019 Final Schedule Posted: 15-Dec-2019 How to submit -------------- Visit https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 1) If you do not have an account, create one here 2) Click "Create Event" 3) Enter your presentation details 4) Be sure to select the Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader devroom track! 5) Submit What to include --------------- - The title of your submission - A 1-paragraph abstract - A longer description including the benefit of your talk to your target audience, including a definition of your target audience - Approximate length/type of submission (talk, BoF, ...) - Links to related websites/blogs/talk material (if any) Administrative Notes -------------------- We will be live-streaming and recording the Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader devroom. Presenting at FOSDEM implies permission to record your session and distribute the recording afterwards. All videos will be made available under the standard FOSDEM content license (CC-BY). If you have any questions, feel free to contact the devroom organizers: Daniel Kiper (daniel.kiper at oracle.com) and Piotr Król (piotr.krol at 3mdeb.com) Daniel & Piotr

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FOSDEM PGDay and PostgreSQL Devroom 2020 - Call for Papers
by Ilya Kosmodemiansky 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 FOSDEM PGDay 2020 is a one day conference that will be held ahead of the main FOSDEM event in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan 31st, 2020. This will be a one-day PostgreSQL focused event with a single track of talks. This conference day will be for-charge with a registration of 50€, and will be held at the Hilton Brussels Grand Place. Registration is required to attend and since we have a limited number of seats available for this event, we urge everybody to register as soon as possible once open. PostgreSQL Europe will also have our regular devroom at the main FOSDEM event during the weekend. This day will, of course, continue to be free of charge and open to all FOSDEM entrants. No registration is required to attend this day. For full details about the conference, venue and hotel, see the event website at https://2020.fosdempgday.org/. The call for papers is now open for both FOSDEM PGDay and our devroom. We are looking for talks to fill both these days with content for both insiders and new users. Submissions can be made to both events, or just one, please note in the submission form at which event you are interested in presenting. Note that we are NOT using the FOSDEM Pentabarf system for submissions. The website has all the details at https://2020.fosdempgday.org/callforpapers/. The deadline for submissions is November 18th, 2019, so get your submissions in soon! We also have a special negotiated bedroom rate with the Hilton Brussels Grand Place. For details, see https://2020.fosdempgday.org/venue/. We hope to see you in Brussels! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: ProtonMail wsBcBAEBCAAGBQJdqc6BAAoJEHjz/jmLifUJcPsIAI/WCPeRxzY8BdExLSLH rwt7OkWbKkiJA47AXISCS4zoh7FOHOL+zonEuiSW0aw2ntwGsqz0N8JdC6WH i17qimglitltJ+bfJpt22OpmcDqHHDDdQM2AVA80LfFj/1yoBXsQZtAXCVOz cqDVwi2TZdNMgSK1iXjix7L7dNfLierbq1M9ZducDSWcYcAYzlg+cuZzp8dn SAM5mV7OqTTv6V0XgtAnm9zgdRfUbFqUiGdZpsTieOHYCx7VU95I09Ezh6/f RVagXbM/wR1Z0doDz8UmnsSXJoCTRxji2n48HyaJz25cNswtQ5ZwT/sAqcfM 8V/LSPBxgHo+Uie7fAdyO/A= =2T3Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[CFP] Internet of Things (IOT) devroom at FOSDEM 2020: call for proposals
by Benjamin Henrion 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Internet of Things (IOT) devroom at FOSDEM 2020: call for proposals =================================================================== Goal ==== We're calling for presentations on Internet of Things (IOT) at FOSDEM 2020 devroom. As Helen Duce said, "We have a clear vision: to create a world where every object - from jumbo jets to sewing needles - is linked to the Internet." Do you have an interesting IOT project to show, like this one? https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/693451533170692097/photo/1 This will be the 5th year for the IOT devroom, and we will dedicate an hour for "Super Lightning Talks (SLT)", where you will have 5 minutes to show your IOT pet project. Deadlines ========= Proposals should be submitted by the 15 Dec 2019, 23H59, Brussels time. Scope ===== We're looking for talks that cover FLOSS solutions for: * machine-to-machine (M2M) communication on small embedded devices * distributed applications in any field of interest for autonomous/self-controlled devices, (e.g. domotics, automotive, etc) * networking: TCP/IP, mesh networking, message queuing, cross-layer solutions * Real-life problematics such as - Out of grid communications - Resiliance - Security - Cost of maintenance - Power Management - Reachability - Containers * Interoperability solutions for heterogeneous applications, devices, protocols, media All presentations must be fully FLOSS, and related to software development. Format ====== The devroom will last one day, approx from 10.30 until 18:00. Talks will last 25 minutes each, starting on the hour, with a 5-minute break between talks. There will be no break for lunch. Speakers should respect the following talk format: 1. Live demo: a 5 to 10 minutes (live demo preferred over pre-recorded) 2. Explanation: 5 to 10 minutes 3. Q&A: 5 minutes Make sure you stick to your 25 minute time slot. All talks are recorded and streamed live, and by submitting a talk you agree to this. We want to make this devroom as interesting and diverse as possible, which means we will favor talks that contrast each other. When? ===== The IoT devroom will be on Saturday 1st OR Sunday 2nd February 2020. How to Submit a Proposal ======================== If you have an IoT project you'd like to present, please submit it via FOSDEM's Pentabarf web tool: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 You will create an account (if you don't have one from a previous year), and select the "Internet of Things devroom" as the track. Every submission received will be reviewed and we’ll then make a selection from all the submitted proposals. How to Submit a Super Lighting Talk? ==================================== And the end of the day, we will reserve an hour to show 12 different projects, in Super Lighting Talks of 5 minutes each. Try to submit them via Pentabarf, if it fails submit them via email. About FOSDEM ============ FOSDEM (Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting) is a non-commercial, volunteer organized European event centered around free and open source software development. It is aimed at developers and anyone interested in the free and open source software movement. It aims to enable developers to meet and to promote the awareness and use of free and open source software. Contact ======= * Benjamin HENRION <zoobab AT gmail.com> +32-484-566109 * Maxime Vincent <maxime.vince AT gmail.com> -- Benjamin Henrion (zoobab) Email: zoobab at gmail.com Mobile: +32-484-566109 Web: http://www.zoobab.com FFII.org Brussels "In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalise software patents in Europe, the patent establishment changed its strategy. Instead of explicitly seeking to sanction the patentability of software, they are now seeking to create a central European patent court, which would establish and enforce patentability rules in their favor, without any possibility of correction by competing courts or democratically elected legislators."

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HPC, Big Data, and Data Science devroom at FOSDEM'20
by Kenneth Hoste 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

FOSDEM'20 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom ================================================= https://hpc-bigdata-fosdem20.github.io ** Call for Participation ** Deadline: Friday November 22, 2019 Devroom date: Sunday, February 2, 2020, Brussels, Belgium We are proud to announce the 5th edition of the HPC, Big Data and Data Science devroom, co-located with FOSDEM 2020. The devroom is organised by representatives from the HPC and Big Data communities, who are joining forces to bring both communities together. The devroom will take place on Sunday, February 2nd, 2020, at ULB (Campus Solbosch), in Brussels, Belgium. Join us to enjoy a full day of talks, demos and interesting discussions on open-source HPC, Big Data and Data Science. Please visit the website for more information: https://hpc-bigdata-fosdem20.github.io Sounds interesting? Submit your talk proposal and see you in Brussels! Kenneth Hoste - HPC team at Ghent University Maximilian Michels - Apache Software Foundation Roman Shaposhnik - Apache Software Foundation Vasia Kalavri - Boston University Please email hpc-bigdata-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org with questions or concerns.

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FOSDEM 2020 RISC-V Devroom
by Arun Thomas 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Hi all, We are pleased to announce the call for presentations for the FOSDEM 2020 RISC-V Devroom. The Devroom will be held on February 1, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. The submission deadline for talk proposals is November 24 2019, 23:59 UTC. # FOSDEM 2020 RISC-V Devroom CFP FOSDEM 2020 (https://fosdem.org/2020/) will take place on February 1-2, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. There will be a half day RISC-V developer’s room on February 1st (Saturday). The topic of the devroom encompasses the RISC-V ISA, open source RISC-V hardware (e.g. cores, SoCs, accelerators), and open source RISC-V software (e.g. OS ports, emulators). ## Presentation Details * The default duration for talks will be 45 minutes including discussion. Feel free to request a longer or shorter slot. * Presentations will be recorded and streamed. Sending your proposal implies giving permission to have your presentation recorded and distributed under a Creative Commons CC-BY license. ## Submit a talk Visit the [Fosdem 2020 Pentabarf](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20) website (see account creation below). Create an "event" and click on "Show all" in the top right corner to display the full form. Your submission must include the following information: * The title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with ~500 from other projects) * Select "RISC-V devroom" as the track. * A short abstract of one paragraph * A longer description if you wish to do so * Links to related websites / blogs etc. If you already have a Pentabarf account, please _don't_ create a new one. You can [reset your password](https://penta.fosdem.org/user/forgot_password) instead. If you don't have an account, please [create a new account](https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account/FOSDEM). ## Important Dates * **Abstract submission: November 24 2019, 23:59 UTC ** * Conference date: February 1-2, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium * Devroom date: Saturday February 1, 2020 Please consider submitting a talk proposal. Best, Arun

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ODE DevRoom Call for Papers
by Italo Vignoli 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each year in Brussels (Belgium) at the ULB Campus Solbosch. In 2020, it will be held on Saturday, February 1, and Sunday, February 2. The Open Document Editors (OFE) DevRoom is scheduled for Saturday, February 1, from 10:30AM to 7PM. Physical room has not yet been assigned by FOSDEM. The shared devroom gives all project in this area a chance to present ODF related developments and innovations. We are now inviting proposals for talks about Open Document Editors or the ODF document format, on topics such as code, extensions, localization, QA, UX, tools and adoption related cases. This is a unique opportunity to show new ideas and developments to a wide technical audience. Length of talks should be limited to a maximum of 20 minutes, as we would like to have questions after each presentation, and to fit as many presenters as possible in the schedule. Exceptions must be explicitly requested and justified. You may be assigned LESS time than you request. All submissions have to be made in the Pentabarf event planning tool: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20. While filing your proposal, please provide the title of your talk, a short abstract (one or two paragraphs), some information about yourself (name, bio and photo). To submit your talk, click on “Create Event”, then make sure to select the “Open Document Editors” devroom as the “Track”. Otherwise your talk will not be even considered for any devroom at all. If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous year, even if your talk was not accepted, please reuse it. Create an account if, and only if, you don’t have one from a previous year. If you have any issues with Pentabarf, please contact ode-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org. The deadline is Saturday, November 30, 2019. Accepted speakers will be notified by Sunday, December 8th, 2019. The DevRoom schedule will be published by Tuesday, December 12, 2019. Recording permission The talks in the Open Document Editors DevRoom will be audio and video recorded, and possibly streamed live too. In the “Submission notes” field, please indicate that you agree that your presentation will be licensed under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 or CC-BY-4.0 license and that you agree to have your presentation recorded. For example: “If my speech is accepted for FOSDEM, I hereby agree to license all recordings, slides, and other associated materials under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License. Sincerely, Name”. -- Italo Vignoli - Marketing & PR email italo.vignoli(a)documentfoundation.org

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CFP Infra Management Devroom @ FOSDEM 2020
by Walter Heck 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

The FOSDEM Call for Proposals for the Infra Management devroom on February 1st, 2020 is open! FOSDEM Submissions are due on November 30th, 2019. 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 "Infra 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/FOSDEM20 Topic Description: Mini-talks from real world case studies, brainstorming and hacking around configuration and infrastructure management from complex virtual environments and cloud computing to desktops and laptops. There is huge interest in automation, monitoring, performance management, configuration management, infrastructure as code 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 * Infrastructure as code * 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 3rd and 4th. The CFP is also open, and we encourage you to submit your talks before the November 3rd, 2019 kind regards, Walter Heck

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