Dear fellow Osmocom developers,
as you all know, we've sadly had to skip OsmoDevCon 2020 and 2021,
trying to compensate it at least to some extent with our OsmoDevCall
every two weeks.
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and we don't know what the
upcoming winter season will bring.
Nevertheless, I think it would be a good idea to start a discussion of
whether we should plan for an OsmoDevCon in 2022.
I personally would say let's plan for the usual late April 2022 time frame,
and if the pandemic situation deteriorates, we can still cancel it with
something like one month lead time.
I would also personally suggest to limit attendance to people who are fully
vaccinated, and in addition do a self-test for all participants every
morning.
In terms of venue, we might also consider to move to a venue that allows better
ventilation. Irrespective of the above we can also bring the air filters from
the sysmocom office.
So with that as an input statement, I would like to hear your opinion
on the above proposals. Who would want to attend? Any complaints against
the "vaccinated only plus daily self-tests in the morning" approach?
Regards,
Harald
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- Harald Welte <laforge(a)osmocom.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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"Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option."
(ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)
Dear friends and fans of software-defined radio and free/open-source radio topics in general,
FOSDEM 2022 (the free and open-source developer's meeting usually in Brussels, Europe but **repeatedly virtual**) will again feature a track on Software Defined Radio and any other radio-related topics in the **Free Software Radio** devroom. Therefore, we invite developers and users from the free software radio community to join us for this track and present your work, ideas and/or demos.
Given the current circumstances and the virtual nature of this event in 2022, we are asking the presenters to pre-record the talks, which will then be gathered by us and streamed during the event. Presenters are also asked to be present online during their timeslot for live Q&A.
Software Radio is an important tool for educators, tinkerers and industry to implement signal processing and communication algorithms in software while still allowing for easy access to real signals. This allow anyone to access the EM spectrum out of curiosity, for research or for profit. At FOSDEM we want to foster collaboration and exchange of ideas between different projects in the field of SDR. We hope to network all these projects, and improve collaboration, bring new ideas forward and get more people involved.
The track's website resides at the link below. The final schedule will be available through Pentabarf and the official FOSDEM website. Notice that the reference time will be Brussels local time (CET).
https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/free_software_radio/
Additional Information will be also available at:
https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/FOSDEM_2022
** Submit your presentations
To suggest a talk, go to https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22 and follow the instructions (you need an account, but can use your account from last year if you have one. Please do NOT create a new account if you already have one). You need to create an 'Event'; make sure it's in the Free Software Radio track! Your submission should have the following information:
* Your contact Email
* A descriptive title and subtitle of your talk
* A short abstract
* Links related to the project
* [Optional] A longer description of the content of your talk.
Lengths aren't fixed, but give a realistic estimate, and please don't exceed 30 minutes unless you have something special planned (in that case, contact one of us). We will typically go for 30-minute slots -- shorter talks, unless they're really short, usually tend to screw up the schedule too much. Please take into account some live Q&A at the end of your presentation, going for 25 minutes presentation plus 5 minutes for Q&A will provide a more lively conference experience for everyone.
You aren't limited to slide presentations, of course. Be creative. However, FOSDEM is an free software conference, therefore we ask you to stay clear of marketing presentations and present something relevant to free/open software. We like nitty-gritty technical stuff.
Topics discussed in this devroom include (but are not limited to):
* SDR Frameworks + Tools
* Cellular/telecoms software
* Free/Open SDR hardware
* Wireless security
* Random fun wireless hacks
* SDR in education
* Satellite/spacecraft communication
* Ham radio related topics
** Important Dates
* Submission deadline: 26 December 2021
* Announcement of selected talks: 31 December 2021
* (preliminary) Pre-recorded presentation submission deadline: 23 January 2022
* Conference dates 5 & 6 February 2022 online
* Free software radio devroom date: Sunday 6 February 2022 online
In the last years we were always full to the brim with presentations, so if you want to present, please make sure to submit your abstracts soon!
(It might be possible to get our allotted time extended to Saturday - given enough volunteers and high quality presentations to cover two days, but that's only an option as last resort)
** Following steps for accepted talks
When your talk is accepted, you will be contacted by a deputy who will help you with the pre-recording of your talk. Together you will make sure that the content has the required quality and is stream-ready. When complete, the recording will be located into the streaming system, and Bob's your uncle.
Don't forget that you **must** be available during the allocated timeslot of your talk for live Q&A.
** Steering Committee
The track committee consists of:
* Phil Balister - "Crofton"
* Derek Kozel - "dkozel"
* Andrej Rode - "noc0lour"
* Martin Braun - "mbr0wn"
Hope to hear from you soon! And please forward this announcement.
Cheers
Andrej
