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Linux Foundation Newsletter: August 2024

Written by The Linux Foundation | Aug 26, 2024 10:42:58 PM

What’s new at the Linux Foundation? Plenty! Our August newsletter is packed with announcements from a new project joining the LF to must-attend events to training deals, research news, and so much more. Take in the end of summer highlights, mark your calendars, and secure your spot at events happening soon. 

Contents

Training & Certification deals

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Offer ends August 28, 2024.

LF Events spotlight

Join PyTorch Conference 2024
A Hub for Advanced AI and Machine Learning Expertise

On September 18-19 in San Francisco, PyTorch Conference 2024 will gather 2,000 AI & Software Architects & Engineers, Data Scientists, Research Scientists, and academic leaders to push the boundaries of AI and machine learning. See who’s attending!

This is your opportunity to learn directly from the creators and top practitioners in the field, exchange ideas with peers, and deepen your understanding of the latest advancements in PyTorch. If you're serious about staying at the forefront of AI and open source development, this is the conference to attend. View the full schedule + Register today!

Join us for Open Source Summit Europe, 16-18 September in Vienna--one of the most beautiful cities in the world--for a packed week of content and community building. Register today!

New LF project announcement

Welcome Open Model Initiative (OMI)

On August 12th, the Linux Foundation announced the launch of the Open Model Initiative (OMI), a new open source project to foster the development of free to use, open and ethical AI models. Established in response to recent licensing decisions that create barriers for enterprise adoption, OMI is focused on training and developing AI models under irrevocable open licenses without deletion clauses or recurring costs for access. The primary objective of the OMI is to facilitate the development of generative AI models that are true open source, capable, and ethical. For more information about participating in working groups or contributing to the development of open AI models, please visit the OMI Discord and GitHub.

LF Research: Energy Interoperability report + new survey in the field  

Reports

Read our latest publication! Open Source and Energy Interoperability: Opportunities for Canadian Energy Stakeholders

In a study prepared for Natural Resources Canada, LF Research investigated how open source promotes interoperability in the context of the Canadian energy grid. This qualitative report explains the main reasons for harmonizing the grid, distills the key blockers of interoperability — communication, data sharing, privacy and security — and describes how the adoption of standards can be improved in order to overcome these obstacles. It also provides some case studies where open source adoption has led to more sustainable, effective, and interoperable energy utility projects.  

 

Surveys

Are you familiar with how your organization is using genAI tools? Participate in our AI research by taking our latest survey! 

The use of generative AI is exploding across the business landscape. To understand how organizations are investing in and using generative AI technologies, LF Research, CNCF, and LF AI & Data are conducting a survey that investigates use cases, challenges to adoption, and the role of open-source solutions. We want to hear from you! 

 

Want access to more? Check out all LF surveys in the field. 

LF Europe: Community highlights 

The LF Europe Member Summit is a unique chance to discuss how technology shapes our societies and economies. This gathering will explore how open source software can empower innovation and collaboration across industries. Schedule is already out--take a look at our lineup of speakers.

📅 Date: September 19, 2024
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria

Interested in becoming a Linux Foundation Europe Member and/or attending the event? Please email us.

Linux Foundation Projects: Featured news

Open Source in Finance Forum London 2024

Academy Software Foundation (ASWF)

  • Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) held its 5th annual Open Source Days in conjunction with SIGGRAPH in Denver. It was a packed house with 370 attendees and standing room only. Recordings of the talks, along with the new ASWF Sizzle Reel, are available on our YouTube channel.
  • ASWF will hold its second annual Dev Days on Sept. 26-27. Dev Days is a two-day virtual hackathon where individuals who have never participated in one of the Academy Software Foundation projects (or even open source in general) can pick a task that can be completed in one day. The goal is to help individuals make their first contribution to a project. Maintainers and other contributors for each project will be available to support and mentor these first-time contributors throughout the process. Learn more and sign-up to participate here.
  • OpenVDB will add fVDB, a new open source, deep learning framework for 3D data announced by NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH
  • Digital Production Example Library (DPEL), which houses a library of digital assets and production-grade sample content, announced three new assets: Animal Logic ALab v2.2, Adobe OpenPBR Shader Playground, and AWS Airship.
  • Sony Pictures Imageworks contributed ReviewPluginAPI to the Open Review Initiative

    fVDB, courtesy of NVIDIA

Aether

Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD)

  • Get to know our latest OpenUSD visionary: Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of NVIDIAOmniverse Simulation Technology. Learn how NVIDIA is driving OpenUSD adoption by enabling developers to build AI-enabled #3D apps and workflows. 
  • Check out AOUSD’s blog providing a deep dive on the core spec updates.
  • The latest OpenUSD release is now available, v24.08 — discover its features and improvements in AOUSD’s blog.
  • Vulkan support was added to OpenUSD and Pixar’s Hydra Storm Renderer. Learn more.
  • Activision announced the release of an open source data set featuring the map Caldera from CallofDuty for non-commercial use. This is one of the largest publicly available OpenUSD data sets, providing an excellent test harness for OpenUSD itself. Read more.
  • AOUSD is excited to welcome Shutterstock as a new member. Watch this video to learn more. 

Automotive Grade Linux (AGL)

  • Walt Miner, Senior Director of Community and Project Management for AGL will give a talk on “Accelerating Software Defined Vehicles through Open Source,” at Software-Defined Vehicles USA in Ann Arbor, MI on September 9-11.
  • Automotive Linux Summit, a microconference event at Open Source Summit Japan, will take place Oct. 28-29 in Tokyo. Learn more about registration and sponsorship opportunities here.

Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP)

  • Attend our Webinar: Enhancing Cyber Resilience with CIP on Tuesday, September 3rd at 7 am PDT (UTC -7).
  • Join us at OSS EU for a Mini Summit on Thursday, September 19th,  to learn about CIP’s work on industrial grade linux and our plans for the future, including work to meet cybersecurity requirements like CRA (EU Cyber Reslience Act.)  Then join us immediately after for a Happy Hour!

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF)

DAOS Foundation

  • Outreach Committee formed
  • DAOS User Group Meetup scheduled for SC ‘24 in November
  • Speaking opportunities at 10+ events in 2024 thus far with more scheduled

DENT

DIF

  • DIF to collaborate on DID Method Standardisation

    Image: Unsplash
    • Leaders of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), Trust Over IP (ToIP) Foundation, W3C Credentials Community Group and W3C Decentralized Identifier Working Group (DID WG) have published a joint letter announcing their intention to collaborate on DID method standardization. 
    • The Letter of Intent outlines a plan to form DID method standardization working groups with the initial goal of promoting standardization in the following DID method categories:
      • Self-resolvable / single key methods — such as did:key and did:jwk.
      • Web-based methods — such as did:web and did:tdw.
      • Decentralized methods — such as did:dht. 
    • An update published just days after the letter states “We've been blown away by the positive reception to the DID Method standardization LOI. We wanted to thank you for your support, and also provide clarifications and updates.” These include the clarification that ”Our goal is open collaboration so that DID method creators / backers can standardize where they choose.”
    • Intended outputs of the work include shared conformance standards, test vectors, test suites, and other deliverables, with the intent of developing artifacts useful across categories of DID methods (e.g. DID traits or capabilities). This will benefit all DID methods, wherever they are being developed, and the broader DID ecosystem in promoting shared rigor and broad interoperability.
    • The Letter of Intent states “We recognize the importance of Decentralized Identifier (DID) method standardization in ensuring interoperability, security, and user control in decentralized digital identity systems. With the rechartering of the DID WG, the leaders of DID-related work streams believe that now is the right time to extend standardization to DID Methods, with an initial focus on methods that have proven useful to multiple implementers over the past several years. In that spirit, we are proposing that we start the standardization process for a few selected DID Methods, subsequently informing standardization and conformance criteria across categories of DID methods”.
    • The letter will be followed up with a broader outreach to relevant companies and organizations, including DID method creators, DID standards incubators, and DID adopters, as a detailed roadmap and plans are elaborated. In the meantime interested parties are invited to read the LOI and, if you’re interested, register for updates. 
  • DIF launches hosted Decentralized Web Nodes 
    • DIF has launched a Decentralized Web Node (DWN) Community Instance, operated by DIF and powered by Google Cloud. 
    • Decentralized Web Nodes (DWNs - also referred to as DWeb Nodes) are personal data stores that eliminate the need for individuals to trust apps to responsibly use and protect their data. Instead, data is owned and controlled by the individual — offering developers a brand new way to create apps that request individuals’ permission to read and access their data, but don’t store it.
    • DWNs are a foundational component of Web5, an open source platform that provides a new, reliable identity and trust layer for the Web to enable decentralized applications and protocols that solve real problems for people. Built on open standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and DIF, Web5 consists of three key pillars: Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), Verifiable Credentials (VCs), and Decentralized Web Nodes.
    • The Managed DWN service or “community node” will allow existing and new Google Cloud customers to more easily build test applications using DWNs. Rather than having to run their own DWN or server infrastructure to store data, developers will be able to leverage a DWN on Google Cloud to build test applications. 
    • Developers can use the community DWN node at no cost, including up to 1GB of storage per DID.
    • To access the DIF community node, start here.

DPDK

  • The DPDK Summit schedule is live! Get the latest updates on what the community is building in-person in Montreal September 24-25. Register now. 
  • Highlights from the DPDK Summit APAC are here: Updates in Brief
  • Check out our latest dev spotlight with Jerin Jacob, a Senior Director at Marvell Technology and a key maintainer in the DPDK community. His journey offers unique insights into the past and future of the project. Read it here.

eBPF Foundation

  • The eBPF Foundation published an interview with Liz Rice of member Isovalent explaining why Isovalent is part of the foundation, and the benefits it is deriving from eBPF.

ELISA

  • For quite a few years ISO 26262 have supported a component/element-based approach to ISO 26262, SEooC or Safety Element out of Context. This has simplified the argumentation and integration for specific elements into a larger system. However, as we see more and more complex systems being introduced, such as highly automated cars, we foresee that the importance of SEooC concept will grow more important. But the how-to will be developed at the same time. On August 21 at 7 am PT, Hakan Sivencrona, Senior Technical Leader at Volvo Cars, will present the SEooC concept, the usage and possible extensions and supporting argumentation for use of for example SW components in a CI/CD framework. Register here. 
  • One of the major disadvantages of git’s blame command is that the minimum unit of change it tracks is the line of text. To address this issue, we developed Cregit, a set of tools the permits that traceability of each token of the source code of a git repository. If you missed this ELISA Seminar presented by Daniel German, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Victoria, you can watch the video here.  
  • Paul Albertella, Chair of the Open Source Engineering Process Working Group and Consultant at Codethink, shared a retrospective on the ELISA Workshop in Lund, Sweden. Read it here.  

FinOps Foundation

  • Join us at FinOps X Europe in Barcelona from November 11- 14. This conference is designed for the European community to gather and expand their FinOps knowledge, share experiences, and connect with fellow practitioners. Register before early bird sale ends. 
  • FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS™) is an open-source technical specification for cloud cost and usage billing data that enables cloud vendors to produce consistent cost and usage billing datasehts. Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and Amazon Web Services (AWS) all offer FOCUS-formatted cost and usage billing data exports directly from their native consoles. Obtain FOCUS datasets and find FinOps vendors with support for FOCUS.

FINOS

  • Upcoming events:
  • Training: 
      • Why should your organization take this course? Many software developers lack training in secure software development, with 53% of professionals never having taken a course on the topic, according to The Linux Foundation’s “Secure Software Development Education 2024 Survey.” This gap leaves many critical systems vulnerable to attacks, with financial systems being prime targets for both criminal organizations and nation-states. Verizon found in 2021 that 43% of security breaches are linked to insecure software development practices.
      • Our solution is the "Developing Secure Software" (LFD121) course, offering free, on-demand training on the fundamentals of secure development. Created by the Open Source Security Foundation under the Linux Foundation, this highly rated course is essential for anyone in software development. It’s an essential resource for improving software security. Read the Survey and Take the course today. 

Green Software Foundation

Hyperledger Foundation

  • As a follow-up to the Linux Foundation's announcement of the intent to launch LF Decentralized Trust, Hyperledger Foundation Exec Director Daniela Barbosa penned a post building a bigger tent for projects, labs, members, and communities.
  • After attending the Febraban Tech conference in São Paulo, Daniela Barbosa shared her thoughts on adoption and developments in the country in an interview with Brazil Crypto Report.
  • Daniela also sat down with Adi Ben-Ari, CEO of Hyperledger Member Applied Blockchain, for an in-depth discussion about blockchains evolution and market impact.
  • Citi announced the launch of its digital assets platform, CIDAP, which is built on Hyperledger Besu.
  • Recent updates on CBDC projects leveraging Hyperledger tech include news that The Philippines is accelerating the testing of its wholesale CBDC, which is built atop Hyperledger Fabric, and that Palau and Papua New Guinea announced projects using Hyperledger Iroha.
  • Slovenia issued a Sovereign Digital Bond, becoming the first EU country to introduce this type of security instrument. The bond was settled using Banque de France's DL3S platform, which is powered by Hyperledger Fabric. 
  • The team from the Energy & Mines Digital Trust of the Government of British Columbia shared details on the launch of two digital credentials that are shaping how mining operators in  B.C. share verified data.
  • Developers from Consensys working on Hyperledger Besu wrote a post introducing Parallel Transaction execution as part of the continuous effort to enhance the project's performance as an Etheruem execution client.
  • A guest post from Gala highlights how they are leveraging Hyperledger Fabric to make GalaChain an entertainment blockchain.
  • TFiR recently published an interview with Hart Montgomery, Hyperledger Foundation CTO, on how industries are embracing blockchain technology and a conversation with Daniela Barbosa on plans for LF Decentralized Trust.
  • The Hyperledger Cacti community hosted a workshop on DLT Interoperation: Implementing IETF Secure Asset Transfer Protocol in Hyperledger Cacti as part of the work led by Accenture, IBM, and Fujitsu to promote interoperability protocol standardization by contributing to, and implementing, the candidate IETF SATP specification using different combinations of Cacti modules. 
  • For more updates from Hyperledger Foundation, check out the current and past issues of Hyperledger Horizons.

LF AI & Data

  • Blogs
    • Generative AI Commons- 
      • Announcing the merger of two of our current working groups under Generative AI Commons: the Generative AI Model and Data and Application areas. Learn more about our newly formed Models, Applications, & Data (MAD) Workstream - check out the calendar and join us!
      • As AI technologies evolve, the Model Openness Framework (MOF) plays a vital role in addressing the legal, ethical, and regulatory challenges we face today. Learn how MOF is addressing challenges of open AI.
    • We’re excited to announce the launch of TAC Talks, a new live series designed to spotlight the innovative work happening within the LF AI & Data Foundation. TAC Talks focuses on promoting the vast array of open-source projects under our umbrella and collaboration within the artificial intelligence and data communities.
    • Ibrahim Haddad, Executive Director of LF AI & Data, recently published Combating Cyber Threats: The Power of Open Source which emphasizes that OSS's strengths—transparency, collaboration, and collective intelligence—facilitate rapid identification and resolution of vulnerabilities, making it a robust tool against cyber threats.
    • Building Code Search Engine Using Open Source provides a comprehensive tutorial on building a code search engine using open-source tools, comparing these with their closed-source counterparts. It details the implementation steps using Ollama, Annoy, and Sentence BERT, showcasing how to leverage these tools for efficient code searching and understanding in software development.
  • New Projects
    • We are thrilled to introduce Monocle, LF AI & Data’s latest sandbox project. Monocle, founded by Okahu.ai, is redefining how developers monitor generative AI (GenAI) applications, addressing the growing needs within the dynamic GenAI ecosystem. Read the full announcement.
  • White Paper
    • The BI & AI Committee recently published its latest white paper, The Alchemy of Intelligence. The paper explores real-world scenarios where Generative AI acts as a catalyst for enhanced productivity, sharper insights, and more beautiful data visualizations. By the conclusion, you will understand not only the transformative power of Generative AI but also how to harness it effectively within your enterprise. Get your copy!
  • Events
    • OpenLineage, a graduation-stage project of the LF AI & Data Foundation, is hosting a meetup at the San Francisco Astronomer offices on September 12th at 6:00 pm PT. Come to learn more about the OpenLineage spec and integrations! Get the details.
    • Join us for “The Role of Data in Generative AI” on September 12 at 10AM PT! We will delve into various aspects of data utilization, from data collection and preprocessing to ethical considerations and data governance. Register today!
    • AI_dev Japan is coming to Tokyo, October 28-29! Dive into hands-on AI sessions, meet top developers, & discover the latest open source tools. Early Bird Special: Save $175 if you register by Sept 2!

LF Broadband 

  • LF Broadband announced the latest updates on how it is driving development and adoption of open source broadband and transforming disaggregated PON architectures. This includes new members, deployments, software releases, and more.

LF Edge

  • Introducing the new LF Edge project Ocre! Ocre is a tiny open source container runtime for embedded systems that leverages WebAssembly and Zephyr RTOS. Read this blog to learn more about Ocre.
  • Announcing OpenBao v2.0.0, the Initial GA Release. LF Edge project OpenBao is an identity-based secrets and encryption management system. It provides encryption services that are gated by authentication and authorization methods.
  • The LF Edge Sandbox has integrated Fledge, a leading open source industrial edge platform, to simplify industrial data connectivity. Read this blog to learn more.
  • Are you attending Open Source Summit Europe in September? Don't forget to add LF Edge Day on September 19 to your registration! Join us for a morning of in-depth discussions, collaborative workshops, and insightful sessions on the latest innovations and trends in edge computing.
  • Join us at the "AI for Developers Meeting: LF Edge and LF AI & Data" from September 11-13, 2024, in San Jose, CA. We're bringing together experts in AI, edge computing, and data science to explore the latest advancements and use cases.

LF Energy

  • LF Energy Executive Director Alex Thornton penned a blog explaining how open source creates sustainable and reliable tech ecosystems. It provides an example of two open source projects that lost their maintainer, yet another maintainer was able to step in to keep them moving.
  • The LF Energy OpenSynth project released its model repository, which will help generate synthetic data, which is the fastest way to achieve widespread, global access to detailed energy demand datasets. 
  • The OperatorFabric v.4.4.0 release candidate introduces command line interface.
  • PowSyBl completes its latest release train, with new modeling and security features.
  • EDN published an analysis of how open source is transforming EV charging, including a discussion of LF Energy’s partnership with the U.S. Joint Office of Energy & Transportation.
  • The EV Report has an article discussing Versinetic adopting LF Energy EVerest for its EV chargers.
  • Multiple new videos were released this month with leaders in the LF Energy community:
    • Thana Paris of S44 Energy discusses how CitrineOS is solving problems with EV charging.
    • Gareth Jones and Gus Chadney of the Centre for Net Zero discuss how OpenSynth democratizes access to synthetic energy data for research and innovation.
    • Alain Schoovers from the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration explains how open source collaboration breaks boundaries, and connects developers globally.
    • Chris Xie of Futurewei talks about the potential of open source to address global challenges such as climate change, security, and inequality.

LF Networking

  • Nephio Release 3 is now available! This Nephio release represents a leap forward, providing more real-world solutions for telecommunications and enterprises looking to embrace the benefits of cloud-native technologies.

Open 3D Foundation

  • State of Matter is an FPS puzzler where the player is an intergalactic agent tasked with delving into an abandoned facility on a frozen asteroid. With the help of a gun that can blast matter in various states, the player must solve puzzles and defeat enemies to explore deeper into the facility. This is Open 3D Engine’s (O3DE) first-ever commercial game. You can download now on Steam for $1.99. Learn more about the team that created the game here. 
  • We need your help! Check out all of the O3DE mascot submissions and cast your vote by Sunday, August 25.  

Open Mainframe Project

  • Putting inclusivity, belonging, and allyship into action involves practical steps and ongoing commitment. At SHARE Kansas City on August 4, the Making Our Strong Community Stronger held a special session with The Mousai Group’s Dr. Gloria Chance, TechChannel’s Mari Adamson-Bray, Rocket Software’s Brennen Glover and Broadcom’s Keelia Estrada Moeller and Vikas Sinha. Dr. Chance shared best practices and tips for inclusivity, belonging and mutual mentoring. If you weren’t at the conference, you can still learn the tips - read them here.  

    From SHARE Kansas City. From left to right: Mari Adamson-Bray, Vikas Sinha, Keelia Estrada-Moeller, Brennen Glover
  • Should you be concerned about security with Zowe? Jakub Balhar, Chair of the Zowe Technical Steering Committee and Staff Software Engineer at Broadcom, shares details about how Zowe continues to develop in a way that responds to this reality by incorporating the highest level of security standards in its very design. Read it here.
  • The Open Mainframe Project’s  popular “I am a Mainframer” podcast features open source innovators, tech leaders and ecosystem partners who share their unique stories about how they ended up in the mainframe industry. Check out the latest episodes and susbcribe here: 
    • Riya Sahu, Senior Mainframe Developer at Kyndryl
    • Darren Surch, CEO of Interskill Learning
    • Dusty Rivers, Senior Director US zSystems at Mainline Information Systems

OpenJS Foundation

  • CyberScoop covered the security issues that open source projects face, and how foundations like OpenJS are taking steps to create more sustainability in the ecosystem.
  • Node.js Security Progress Report is live for August. By automating releases, we've been able to double the amount of security releases compared to last year!
  • WebdriverIO v9 is now available. With this release, WebdriverIO offers much greater automation capabilities than ever before thanks to the new WebDriver Bidi protocol.
  • OpenJS has partnered with Cloudflare to bring reliability and performance of critical JavaScript projects.
  • The Open Visualization Collaboration Summit is happening September 10-11 in London! Registration is open.

OpenSSF

  • Datadog has joined the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) as a premier member, reinforcing its commitment to enhancing the security of the open source software supply chain—learn more.
  • The Secure Open Source Software (SOSS) Fusion Conference has announced a diverse and engaging program, featuring the brightest minds in software development and cybersecurity—explore what makes SOSS Fusion 2024 a must—attend the event here.
  • The Linux Foundation and OpenSSF offer LFD 121: Developing Secure Software, a free, self-paced course that equips developers with essential tools for building secure software—enroll today.
  • SigstoreCon: Supply Chain Day is coming soon, co-located with Kubecon NA 2024, offering insights into simplifying signing and verification for digital artifacts using Sigstore—register now.
  • The agenda for Secure Open Source Software (SOSS) Community Day EU on September 19, 2024, is now live, promising a day of insightful technical talks and engaging panels—don’t miss out, check out the agenda.

Open vSwitch

  • The Open vSwitch project, under the Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, is excited to present its 10th Annual Conference on Open vSwitch and OVN, happening November 20-21, 2024.
  • The 10th Annual Conference will be a hybrid experience, featuring live presentations from experts in the field. Attendance can be both in person or virtually, with the opportunity to engage in real-time discussions, participate in live Q&A sessions, and connect with peers using the online platform.
  • The in-person event will take place at the Hotel Grandior in the heart of Prague, CZ.
  • Registration is required - secure your spot today through the Eventbrite page.
  • For more details on the event and exclusive sponsorship opportunities, contact the team at ovscon@openvswitch.org.

Overture Maps Foundation

  • PTV Group, an early Overture member, sits down with Marc to discuss our collaborative approach. Learn how our diverse community of nearly 30 members is reshaping the mapping landscape. 
  • Wherobots joins Overture, building on their support of our data on Apache Sedona. We're excited to deepen our collaboration with this innovative team.
  • Check out the great work done by our member Camptocamp. This is how Open data enables collaboration and creativity.  
  • Brandon Liu's presentation at SOTM-EU offered a compelling perspective on Overture and cloud-native formats for the OSM community.
  • Introducing Explore: Our new browser-based tool for Overture data interaction. Check it out here.
  • TechCrunch covers Overture's GA release, highlighting the collaborative effort behind our open map datasets.
  • Read this GeoWeek article featuring a conversation with Marc about Overture's GA and recent milestones. 
  • Overture's August release is around the corner. Dive into the improvements for the transportation theme, including a new transportation splitter tool. Check out the details here.
  • Missed our recent Overture Maps AMA? Dive into our blog recap for GA release highlights, GERS insights, and Overture's future plans. Plus, watch the full AMA video on-demand.
  • TomTom has implemented the Global Entity Reference System (GERS) to improve transportation networks.By creating uniquely identifiable roads with GERS IDs, TomTom has made it easier to integrate and manage diverse datasets associated with transportation networks. Read our case study to learn more. 

P4

  • 2024 P4 Workshop
    • Registration is now open for the P4 Workshop taking place October 3rd in the San Francisco Bay Area! Don’t miss this exciting and informative event that brings together the P4 community and offers the opportunity to share knowledge and experiences. The workshop will include a broad range of discussions related to P4, including P4 language, P4 targets, P4 tool chain, P4 use cases and applications, control plane or network OS for P4 targets, and more.  Learn more about the event.   
  • P4 Developer Days: NSF Cybertraining Project
    • Check out the recording of the recent presentation by Elie Kfoury and Jorge Crichigno of the University of South Carolina on the NSF Cybertraining Project. This presentation discussed how the project aims to address the lack of engaging training materials that often blocks faster adoption of programmable data planes by developing hands-on virtual labs for online instruction. Learn more.

Presto

  • PrestoCon Day 2024 was a huge success! Speakers from Meta, Uber, IBM, Etisalat Egypt, Apna and many more shared how they use Presto and what they’re building. See the on-demand recordings and read the recap blog.
  • Presto C++ is the next-gen version of Presto that’s a complete rewrite of the Presto query execution engine to be built on Velox, a state-of-the-art execution engine designed to be composable across compute engines. Learn more about Presto C++ from key committers at IBM and Meta in this technical blog.
  • Want to learn more about active development in Presto? Join us for the next community virtual meetup on Aug 28 where TSC Chair Tim Meehan will share more about the work going into disaggregating the Presto coordinator.

PyTorch Foundation

  • Join us at PyTorch Conference 2024 in San Francisco September 18-19! Registration is open, and our speakers have been announced.
  • PyTorch 2.4 is live! This release features Python 3.12 support for torch.compile, AOTInductor Freezing for CPU, new higher-level Python Custom Operator API and more.
  • The PyTorch team recently announced torchchat, a lightweight library to run LLMs locally across mobile, desktop and laptops powered by PyTorch.
  • The team also introduced FlexAttention, a new API that lets you implement diverse attention variants in just a few lines of idiomatic PyTorch code.
  • Check out this new webinar with Edward Yang from Meta where he walks through how to utilize the missing manual to resolve problems that may arise when working with torch.compile.
  • Boost your model's performance with Quantization Aware Training. Fine-tune Llama3-8B on C4 dataset with QAT using W4A8 quantization, reducing accuracy degradation by up to 96% compared to PTQ! 
  • Check out this deep dive on how leveraging TMA Hopper primitives using Triton works for developers to understand the new async copy engine.

RISC-V

SONiC

  • Are you attending Open Source Summit Europe in September? Don't forget to add SONiC Mini Summit on September 19 to your registration! Come learn about the latest developments of SONiC from industry experts including innovations in NOS management, improvements in routing, software-defined networking, and system design.
  • SONiC Foundation is hosting a SONiC Workshop, a co-located event at the OCP Global Summit. Check out our event’s page to learn more.

Ultra Ethernet Consortium

The Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL Foundation)

  • oneAPI Dev Summit hosted by UXL Foundation: Virtual events on October 9 & 10th and are accepting submissions through the  oneAPI Dev Summit Call for Papers. Conference will be led by the community and bring together developers to explore, share, and showcase the capabilities of oneAPI through tutorials, demos, technical talks, panel discussions and more! Please consider submitting a presentation or technical session and share your knowledge with the world.
  • PyTorch oneDNN integration: The latest PyTorch 2.4 Version includes the integration of SYCL and oneDNN code used to run PyTorch on Intel GPUs. What’s exciting about this activity is that the code is standards based and brings the potential for this same code to be used to enable other vendor processors. The SYCL code enables eager mode execution and the most performance-critical graphs and operators are highly optimized by using oneDNN. I welcome our members to collaborate on this work to expand the targets available, get in touch if you are interested in working on this activity or finding out more.
  • Open Source SYCL kernels in oneDNN: The oneDNN project has seen contributions in recent months to bring open source SYCL kernels to the project. This is a crucial piece of work that means the code can be compiled and run on a variety of targets supported by the DPC++ SYCL compiler. If you are interested in this work follow the PRs on the repository and keep your eye on the work in this folder of the project.
  • New members: Welcomed Denso, Thundersoft and Wipro as members of the foundation. 
  • An alliance with the Autoware Foundation has been announced with our UXL Foundation Steering Committee members, Arm, Imagination and Qualcomm, leading the development of a demonstration application using the UXL Foundation libraries. Read more about this effort in the announcement. 
  • Fujitsu and Arm published an article entitled “In pursuit of energy efficiency: How Fujitsu and Arm are shaping AI’s tomorrow”.  It discusses HPC and AI, as well as the need for industry collaboration to drive energy efficiency and performance.  
  • The oneAPI specification has been fully migrated to the UXL Foundation infrastructure and can now be found on the UXL Foundation GitHub organization
  • Contribute to the future of UXL projects: We now have various work packages in progress that have come from the Working Group. These are tracked in the GitHub repository and linked from here. The build infrastructure work is starting and this will expand the public testing and CI capabilities of the projects. We welcome your contributions of community infrastructure once the basics are in place. Please join the Working Group meetings monthly to learn more about these and get involved in the decision making for new work packages and initiatives. Sign up to the mailing list to receive an invitation.  Propose what you would like to see, so bring those ideas to the group through the Slack, mailing list or meetings. Join the Slack channels for discussions on the projects, specs and groups, and don’t forget you can find all meeting minutes and proposals on our GitHub repositories.  There is a monthly Open Source Working Group meeting as well as upcoming AI and Safety Critical SIG meetings. Please check the calendar for details and sign up to the appropriate mailing list to receive an invitation.

Yocto Project

Zephyr Project

  • Zephyr Project Welcomes CARIAD as a Platinum Member and Alif Semiconductor and Arm as Silver Members. Learn more about why CARIAD, Zephyr’s first automotive member company, joined the ecosystem here.
  • The project has seen record-breaking growth since it launched in 2015. In fact, in a recent Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) blog that monitors the trends and technologies that resonate with developers and end users, Zephyr was highlighted as the fourth most active Linux Foundation project and in the top 30 of all open source projects. Read it here.
  • Zephyr’s 3.7 Long Term Support (LTS) release is now available. It is a great example of Zephyr’s momentum as there were more than 650 unique contributors, including an all-time record of 210 first timers. Learn more about the features and benefits in this tech blog or watch the demo video here.

  • Why use Zephyr RTOS for Bluetooth® applications based on AIROC™ CYW20829? Dave Egan, Director of Product Marketing at Infineon, shares the details in this new blog. 

  •  At the Zephyr Developer Summit in April, Anas Nashif, the Chair of the Zephyr Project Technical Steering Committee, hosted a “Meet the Maintainers” session where participants could ask questions and provide feedback to Zephyr’s maintainers. If you missed the session, you can watch the video here. 

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