[FOSDEM] [Libre-silicon-devel] [CfP] Libre/Open VLSI and FPGA devroom

[David Lanzendörfer]

Hi
So I assume it's online this year?
Because as far as I understood, I'd be denied entrance to Brussels
if I'd refused to disclose my private medical information, when I want
to travel there.
I do not like to share my medical status, and I refuse to travel into a 
country, which demands my private medical information when entering.
Which means no, I won't tell you about my medical status either.
If anyone now wants to assume I'd be anti-this, denyer-that, I'd suggest
to take a deep breath, hold for a moment, and think very hard, whether
a privacy focused conference is the right place for you :-)

Cheers
-lev

On Wednesday, December 1, 2021 3:24:05 PM WET lkcl wrote:
> # Call for Papers
> 
> This is a new devroom dedicated to Libre/Open VLSI, aka "Nanoscale 3D
> Printing".  It is a specialisation of the CAD/CAM / Open Hardware devroom.
> 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.
> 
> ### 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 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)
> - 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_a
> nd_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.  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)
> - duration
> 
> ### Things to be aware of
> 
> * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
>   <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
> * Talks have to be pre-recorded in advance between the first two weeks
>   of January, and will be streamed during the event.
> * Q/A session will be taken live, just after each recorded talk. As
>   such, please make sure that you will be online and 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 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 at lkcl.net)
> - [Christophe PFaab](mailto:pfaab at uni-bremen.de)
> - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC
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