Linux Foundation Newsletter: October 2024

The October LF newsletter is packed with updates about can’t-miss events, learning opportunities , research updates, and more! Take a look at the highlights, mark your calendars, and don’t forget to register for the upcoming events!

Contents

• Education deals
• LF Events Spotlight: KubeCon North America
• LF Research: Two new reports 
• Linux Foundation Projects: Featured news
• LF Europe: Community updates
• LF Events: Upcoming
• Follow us!

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LF Events spotlight

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America is less than one month away, taking place November 12-15 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Join us for a week of collaboration, learning, and growth alongside members of #TeamCloudNative worldwide.

View the schedule full of educational sessions, explore the tracks, and check out all 15 CNCF-hosted Co-located events, including Observability Day, Cloud Native + Kubernetes AI Day, ArgoCon, BackstageCon, Platform Engineering Day, AppDeveloperCon, and more! 

LF Research: Two new reports

The 2024 State of Open Source in Financial Services

For the past four years, FINOS and LF Research have joined forces to capture yearly trends in open source consumption and contribution, emerging technologies, and opportunities and recommendations for the financial services sector. Read the full report to learn more about how this sector is evolving to better standardize, collaborate around, and contribute to open source technology, proving that open source projects and communities are vital to the sector more than ever before!!

Cloud Native Security Study 

This year, CNCF partnered with LF Research to  evaluate how organizations are addressing cloud native security with a new community-wide survey. Analysis of the survey data is both encouraging, and insightful. The study reveals a general belief that applications are more secure than they were two years ago, but there are significant challenges and concerns, such as keeping up with emerging threats, the complexity of the software, and vulnerability scanning. Read the full report to learn more about how the cloud native community can tackle security concerns!

Want access to more? Visit our surveys page for new LF and community surveys in the field and our latest research page for a comprehensive list of published reports. 

Linux Foundation Projects: Featured news

Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management & BPF Summit 2025

Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD)

• Remedy Game is leveling up with their new editor powered by OpenUSD. Dive into the Adobe blog to explore how this game-changing tech enables seamless data variations, non-destructive edits, and cross-platform portability for next-level creation and collaboration.
• Looking to pivot your career in 3D? Discover how mastering OpenUSD can open doors to innovative industries and redefine your professional path. Read more.
• Curious about OpenUSD but not sure where to start? Explore the new, free Learn OpenUSD curriculum to discover the fundamentals & kick-start your journey. Start learning.
• Interested in architecture, engineering, construction, or operations? OpenUSD is expanding into these industries, and AU2024 will feature many relevant sessions. Learn more in our latest blog. 
• Discover how the AOUSD is driving the standardization, development, and growth of OpenUSD at AU2024! Hear from a panel of tech visionaries from Pixar Animation Studios, Ansys, Bright Machines, and DigitalFish as they discuss the impact of OpenUSD on open data exchange across industries. Learn more. 
• Heading to Autodesk University? Learn how Zaha Hadid Architects is revolutionizing design with OpenUSD. Discover how no-code tools like NVIDIA Omniverse enhance workflows, boost sustainability, and unlock the power of DigitalTwins in AEC! Learn more.
• Attend the inaugural Alliance for OpenUSD Summit on November 15 at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. This is a hybrid, free event open to AOUSD General Members and Interest Group Contributors, which will serve as a forum to foster collaboration across our membership and fuel new ideas that will drive the future of OpenUSD.
  • RSVP by Friday, November 1. Not an AOUSD member? Join the Alliance to attend. 

App Defense Alliance 

• The App Defense Alliance is pleased to release ADA Application Security Assessment (ASA)  v1.0 at the Singapore International Cybersecurity Week.  This release includes the App Defense Alliance's highly anticipated security standard, ADA Application Security Assessment (ASA) v1.0 for mobile, web, and cloud.  This set of standards are designed to safeguard sensitive data, protect against cyberattacks, and maintain customer trust.  ADA ASA v1.0 provides mobile and web app developers a comprehensive framework for organizations to implement robust security controls, protect confidential data, and ensure compliance with best practices
  • To support the adoption of ADA ASA v1.0, in the coming months the ADA plans to launch a certification program that will enable developers to demonstrate conformance to the ADA security standards, contributing to a more secure app ecosystem.

CEPH

• The 2024 Cephalocon is happening from December 4-5th in CERN-Geneva, Switzerland. Check out the schedule.

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America - Keynotes announced 
• Contributor content 
  • TFIR: Three reasons to use multicloud Kubernetes networking to secure and scale clusters
  • The New Stack: Enterprise Data Platforms on Kubernetes Challenge Status Quo
  • VMblog: The Power of Live Topology and Cross-Layer Correlation
• Christophe training coverage: https://tfir.io/meet-cloud-native-training-and-certification-lead-christophe-sauthier/ 
• Open source drives the AI revolution, with two-thirds of large language models in 2023 being open source. In a special feature, CNCF's General Manager, Priyanka Sharma, shares her insights on how open source models empower organizations to innovate at scale and shape the future of AI. Learn more about how these tools are expanding AI’s accessibility and fostering collaboration in this Economist Impact report.
• CNCF refreshed the etcd Project Journey Report and found the project is continuing its impressive growth. It now has more than 5.5k individual contributors and 168k contributions - an increase of 143% and 127% - since joining the foundation in 2018! 

Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF)

• The CD Foundation is participating in Hacktoberfest for the fifth consecutive year! Contribute to four of our open source projects: CDEvents, Ortelius, Jenkins, and Tekton. See details.
  

DAOS Foundation

• DAOS v2.6.1. Release
  DAOS is pleased to announce the release of v2.6.1, which includes Mercury update for Slingshot 11.0 host stack and other UCX provider fixes. Check out the full release details! 
  
• DUG’24 | November 18, 2024
  Don’t miss the 8th annual DAOS User Group (DUG’24) at the SC24 Conference in Atlanta next month! Hosted by HPE, DUG’24 will take place on November 18, 2024 at the Omni Hotel Atlanta (GA, USA). Learn more.
  
  
• DAOS BoF at SC’24 | November 20, 2024
  Join us at SC24 for a DAOS Birds of a Feather session! This BoF brings together the DAOS community to share experiences and to brainstorm on future enhancements of DAOS. It targets application programmers and HPC/AI middleware developers wanting to optimize the I/O path of their applications, administrators of DAOS storage systems, and DAOS software developers alike. View the agenda.

Decentralized Identity Foundation

• The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)’s 2024 Hackathon is now underway, and it’s not too late to participate! Register today!
  
  Key Details:
  • October 1st - November 4th, 2024
    • Open to both experienced developers and newcomers
    • Sponsored by industry leaders
    • Focuses on real-world applications of decentralized identity
    • Educational sessions and mentorship available

• • Tracks include:
    • Future of Education & Workforce
    • Reusable Identity
    • Travel & Hospitality
    • Zero-Knowledge Proofs & Self-Sovereign Identity

• • Prize Pool: $69,000 USD and additional prizes

• • Register today!

DENT

• DENT served as an Open Source Partner of OCP Global Summit held in San Jose from October 15–17. DENT will soon publish a blog post recapping its experience surrounded by community-driven innovators.
• DENT will exhibit at NRF 2025: “Retail’s Big Show” held in New York City, New York from January 12–14, 2025. DENT’s booth will be featured in NRF’s Startup Hub, along with the newest companies in retail and their biggest, most impactful ideas.

DPDK

• Discover how DPDK transcends typical network performance software for routers and firewalls, integrating deeply into global infrastructure and powering bleeding-edge applications in particle processors and radio telescopes! Read the 2024 North America Summit highlights.
• DPDK Summit talks are now online--catch some of the top presentations.

Dronecode

• PX4 Autopilot Release V1.15--What You Need To Know
  
  

  • 🚀 This latest stable version offers improved ROS 2 and uXRCE-DDS integration, expanded hardware support, and enhanced navigation capabilities. It also features the new Throw Mode, improved state estimation, updated Gazebo simulation, and optical flow support. Don’t miss out on all of the improvements. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making this happen, from committers to community supporters who helped create content, documentation, and flight testing. 

                    One of the most exciting additions in v1.15 is the experimental Throw Mode

• Get Started With PX4 And ROS 2 Using Holybro’s Jetson Baseboard

  
  

  • 📢 Exciting update to PX4 docs! A NEW addition to the companion computer section for the Holybro Pixhawk Jetson Baseboard is now available. Kudos to Farhang Naderi for creating this comprehensive walkthrough, including a board layout overview, Jetson Board Flashing, Ethernet Configuration, Pixhawk Configuration, Development environment setup, PX4-Autopilot setup, PX4 Firmware Build and Flash, XRCE-DDS Setup, ROS 2 Humble setup on Jetson, and more. Check it out today to leverage Jetson’s power for real-time processing and more!

Enabling Linux in Safety Applications (ELISA) Project 

• Last month, the ELISA Project members had the exciting opportunity to attend and speak at both the Open Source Summit Europe and the Linux Plumbers Convention
• The ELISA Project will be at the OSSummit Japan in Tokyo is October 28-29! Join us to connect, collaborate, and explore the latest in open source innovation.

eBPF Foundation

• The eBPF Foundation will soon release a Security and Threat Model Paper. Sign up to receive notifications of the paper's released.

FinOps Foundation

• In less than a month, FinOps X Europe will take place in Barcelona (Nov 11-14). FinOps X Europe is the biggest European gathering for FinOps practitioners. View the agenda for keynotes, breakout sessions, Chalk Talks, and networking events for the FinOps community. Register for the conference.
• The FinOps Foundation will be in Washington, D.C. on October 24 to host a member summit. The full-day event will include keynotes, practitioner talks, six interactive chalk talks, and networking over drinks and food.

FINOS

• Open Source in Finance NYC Highlights:
  • FDC3 announcement. We announced that BlackRock’s Aladdin platform and Morgan Stanley’s Open Source ComposeUI have successfully achieved FDC3 2.0 Conformance, joining the growing list of FINOS FDC3 Certified Platforms. This marks a significant step in improving industry interoperability using the FDC3 open standard for financial desktop platforms. Learn more here. 

• • AI announcement. We released the first draft of an AI Governance Framework for financial institutions, aimed at safely deploying AI in the sector. The initiative, supported by industry leaders like NVIDIA, Protect AI, and Moody's, focuses on setting standards for responsible AI use. Read more in the full press release here.
  • 2024 State of Open Source in Financial Services Report Launched. During the keynotes, FINOS Executive Director Gabriele Columbro shared insights into the State of Open Source in Financial Services Report. This report highlights that over 80% of respondents say that using OSS improves software quality and over 80% agree that OSS delivers business value. A dedicated panel session was held to discuss more details at OSFF. Watch the full session here. Download the full report here.
  • Community Award Winners. We celebrated the incredible contributions of our community with several awards, including the Spread the Word Award, Adoption Achiever Award and much more. Find the list of winners here.
  • Sessions are available on the FINOS YouTube Channel
• Upcoming events:
  • Open Source in Finance Webinar Series: Percona
    • Join us for a webinar on October 24th at 11am ET / 4pm BST, hosted by Percona and FINOS.
    • Topic: "Cloud Native, Cost Conscious, No Compromise: Leveraging Open Source Databases in the Financial Industry."Learn how open source databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB, combined with Kubernetes, can optimize resource utilization and reduce costs in fintech. Discover Percona Everest, an open source platform that simplifies database operations, providing a scalable and cost-effective solution without vendor lock-in. Zoom registration here.

LF AI & Data

• OPEA Demo-palooza. In an exciting event that brought together experts in the field of artificial intelligence, the OPEA (Open Platform for Enterprise AI) Demo-palooza presented an impressive array of demonstrations highlighting the practical applications of generative AI in enterprise environments. The event was hosted by Rachel Roumeliotis, Director of Open Source Strategy at Intel, and featured innovative contributions from leading technology firms. Learn more in this blog.
• Open Voice Trustmark Initiative, recently made significant strides in developing an innovative AI framework to support individuals with mental health issues. This framework, designed in collaboration with Diego Gosmar, Oita Coleman of the Open Voice Trustmark, and Elena Peretto from Fundació Ajuda i Esperança, provides essential tools for psychologists. Learn more in this blog.

• New Project, RYOMA. We are thrilled to announce the latest addition to the LF AI & Data Foundation: RYOMA, an innovative AI-powered agentic framework, now joining our ecosystem as a Sandbox-stage project. RYOMA is designed to tackle complex data challenges efficiently and robustly, offering a versatile toolset for enterprises aiming to streamline their data operations. This exciting addition underscores our ongoing commitment to bringing cutting-edge, community-driven AI solutions to the forefront of data innovation. Learn more in this blog.

• September TAC Talk. The latest session of TAC Talks featured an in-depth discussion on the Unity Catalog, an LF AI & Data Sandbox Project, with Product Engineers from Databricks—Michelle Leon and Ramesh Chandra. The live session, hosted by Vini Jaiswal, LF AI and Data TAC Chair, highlighted the evolution, technical depth, and future directions of Unity Catalog, with a focus on its role in improving data governance and integration capabilities. Watch the video.

LF Broadband 

• LF Broadband announced a new partnership with Broadband Forum to enable disaggregated open source access networks solutions. The announcement was covered in the media by Converge! Network Digest, Telecompaper, and TFIR.
• The LF Broadband VOLTHA project announced the results of the recent 2024 VOLTHA Technical Steering Team (TST) elections, including the new project co-chairs.

LF Decentralized Trust

• The launch of LF Decentralized Trust sparked coverage across a mix of media and markets. Here are some highlights:
  • Linux debuts decentralized trust with Hedera and 100+ members (Cointelegraph)
  • Linux Foundation: New organizations for blockchain and developer relations (Heise Online)
  • Hedera transfers the entire code to the Linux Foundation: a journey towards decentralization (The Cryptonomist)
  • Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust aims for web3 innovation (Dev)
  • El futuro descentralizado ya está aquí: Linux Foundation lidera con 17 proyectos innovadores y 100 miembros fundadores {The decentralized future is here: Linux Foundation leads with 17 innovative projects and 100 founding members} (Criptotendecia)
• HSBC has issued a HK$1 billion (US$ 128m) one year digital note using the Hyperledger Fabric-powered HSBC Orion DLT.
• This article dives into the role of Hyperledger Fabric in GalaChain, a blockchain platform designed for the entertainment industry.
• The Brazilian notary office reports that a Hyperledger Fabric-based blockchain is already responsible for registering 40% of all notes in Brazilian notary offices.
• Paraguay has established a Blockchain Chamber and LegalLedger, a national sovereign blockchain built using Hyperledger Fabric and Besu in a dual mechanism that can operate without gas charges. 
• Palau unveiled a prototype of a blockchain-based savings bonds system, Palau Invest, that is built atop Hyperledger Iroha
• The Hyperledger Webj3 community introduced support for Linea ENS in this blog post.
• For more updates from LF Decentralized Trust, check out the current and past issues of Decentralized Digest.

LF Edge

• Join Ranny Haiby (Linux Foundation), Rita Kozlov (Cloudflare), and hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley on Techstrong.TV as they explore how edge computing is transforming AI inference. Discover how global edge networks are enabling faster, AI-driven insights for a more responsive and engaging user experience!
• The LF Edge Day session recordings will be available next week! Stay tuned to the LF Edge YouTube channel to catch all the insightful talks and discussions from the event.

LF Energy

• Videos of all sessions and photos from last month’s LF Energy Summit are now available.
• A new case study reveals how BalticRCC is using open source software and standards, including LF Energy’s PowSyBl project, to improve grid stability, streamline network model management, and ensure compliance with EU regulations.
• LF Energy published a blog post exploring how open source technology could prevent stranded assets in the EV charging sector, as is occurring now with Enel X dropping support for its JuiceBox chargers in North America.
• Joe Fay wrote an article for TechMonitor exploring reluctance in enterprises to adopting open source technologies for sustainability, which included an interview with LF Energy TAC member Jonas van den Bogaard of Alliander.
• Fay published another article in ComputerWeekly interviewing van den Bogaard about the value Alliander is seeing from its open source investments.
• Smart Energy International covered LF Energy OpenSynth’s release of synthetic smart meter data.
• Charged EV’s published a piece highlighting the LF Energy CitrineOS 1.3.0 release, with support for OCPP 2.0.1 smart charging.

LF Networking

• Join the Nephio community in Sunnyvale, CA, on October 15-16 for hands-on sessions, developer meetups, and opportunities to collaborate on the future of cloud-native automation. Don’t miss out—register now for the Nephio R4 Developer Summit.

Open 3D Foundation

• O3DE’s newest mascot has arrived—meet Odie! Odie is making a significant impact within the community. Check out the winning mascot and learn more about the designer behind Odie. 
• Opeb 3D Foundation recently launched the 24.09.0 release! This version brings a host of enhancements and features designed to improve your experience including a 400% performance boost for all mobile devices. You can download the latest updates and explore all the new additions now available! Learn more.
  
• ROSCon is happening this month in Odense, Denmark, and O3DE is proud to be a platinum co-sponsor alongside our member company, Robotec.ai. This collaboration highlights our dedication to advancing robotics and providing innovative solutions within the O3DE framework.

OpenJS Foundation

• Welcome Appwrite.io as a Silver member.  Appwrite is an open source BaaS platform that lets developers build secure, scalable apps by handling authentication, databases and storage. Read the blog.
• We’re thrilled to announce that JSConf, the legendary JavaScript conference, is now officially part of the OpenJS Foundation. Chris Williams, the visionary behind JSConf, is contributing the JSConf trademark, including the JS logo and wordmark. We’re excited to continue its unique, experiential vibe with a standalone event next year.  Stay tuned for save the date and more details.
• We’re happy to share that MacStadium is now an OpenJS Foundation strategic partner, providing key services for Node.js. For many developers and organizations, having dedicated Mac support in-house isn't always feasible. By partnering with MacStadium, Node.js developers can get the support they need to keep innovating. Read the blog.
  • Simplify long-term maintenance by dropping support for outdated Node.js versions, with Fastify v5 now targeting Node.js v20 and above.
  • Streamline the framework by removing all deprecated APIs accumulated over the past two years of improvements. Fastify v5 is Now Officially Released! After two years of hard work, we are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) release of the fifth major version of Fastify! This release has two key objectives:
  • Check out the complete migration guide for details on upgrading to v5.

Open Mainframe Project

• Making a Difference During Hispanic Heritage Month: Luisa Martinez, an IBM Software Engineer, reflects on her tech journey during Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15, 2024). She emphasizes the impact of mentorship and encourages others to support and inspire, noting that even small actions can make a significant difference. Read the blog.
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Maemalynn Meanor, Director of Public Relations and Communications at the Linux Foundation, shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in September 2022. Thanks to early detection through a routine mammogram, she underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, and is now a cancer survivor. She emphasizes the importance of regular screenings and urges others not to delay their annual check-ups, regardless of age or family history. With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Maemalynn encourages everyone to wear pink to support patients and survivors, and to stand together in the fight against breast cancer. Read the blog.
  
• Summer Mentorship 2024: Mainframe Voices: Rahat Khan, a student at Starex University, shares his experience creating the "Mainframe Voices" video series during the Summer Mentorship 2024. With support from mentors, he interviewed experts to highlight the importance and modernization of mainframe technology. Key topics included AI, cloud integration, DevOps, and the power of community. Read the blog.
• Zowe V3 Features: The Zowe Community has released Zowe Long Term Support (LTS) Version 3.0 as the new Active LTS release. Major updates include enhancements to Zowe Explorer for VS Code, such as side-by-side MVS and USS file comparisons and improved job viewing. Zowe Explorer for IntelliJ is now included. The Zowe z/OS server features the Zowe Install Wizard for easier setup and a new zwe diagnose command. Read the blog.

OpenPOWER Foundation

• Last month OpenPOWER Silver member, 3mdeb, presented a technical overview of running Coreboot on the POWER platform at the Open Source Firmware Conference. The video and slides are now up. 
• The OpenPOWER Foundation is an open source sponsor at OCP NA Summit in San Jose, CA Oct 15-17. We will be sharing our booth with our Platinum member, Solid Silicon, who is developing next generation POWER processors. We are at booth #C52. Stop by and say hello!
• The OpenPOWER Foundation is also attending and presenting at IBM TechXchange NA 2024 event on Oct 21-24 in Las Vegas, NV. OPF will also be showcasing within the IBM POWER booth throughout the week. Stop by and say Hello!
• OPF in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India (C-DAC), have held a number of technical workshops for getting started with POWER. The first seminar covered Microwatt, a fully ISA compliant open source POWER cpu. Peter Hofstee, an IBM senior engineer, along with Paul Mackerras, an OPF member, followed on with another seminar walking through the POWER ISA and its compliancy subsets. These videos are targeted at students, startups, and professors looking to understand the benefits of the POWER architecture.  

Open Programmable Infrastructure (OPI) Project

• The OPI Project, a community-driven initiative focused on creating a standards-based open ecosystem for next-generation architectures and frameworks based on DPUs and IPUs technology, recently announced that MangoBoost and WorldTech IT joined the project. Learn more. 
  

OpenSSF

• Recap on SOSS Community Day Europe. On September 19, the OpenSSF community gathered in Vienna for SOSS Community Day EU, held alongside the Open Source Summit EU. The event showcased open source excellence, bringing together passionate individuals committed to making the world safer through collaboration and shared knowledge. We appreciate everyone who made this event a success. Read the full recap.
• OpenSSF Announces Key Themes of AI Security, Diversity, and Open Source Public Policy at SOSS Fusion Conference
  The Conference for Secure Open Source Software
  
  The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is excited to announce the agenda for its inaugural SOSS Fusion Conference. This event will feature sessions on AI security, diversity, and open source public policy, empowering attendees with insights and tools to drive innovation and enhance open source security. View the press release and register now!
• LFD121: Empower Your Software Development with OpenSSF's Free "Developing Secure Software" Course!
  Learn secure software fundamentals with OpenSSF's free "Developing Secure Software" course, LFD121. The course now includes optional labs with hands-on exercises to counter real-world attacks. Watch the demo and enroll to enhance your software security skills.

Overture Maps Foundation

• Listen to the GeoMob podcast featuring Executive Director Marc Prioleau as he covers the general availability of Overture Maps, the data themes available, accessing the data and more. This is a must-listen about how Overture Maps fits into the GeoMob vision of open-access mapping. 
• Crunchy Data recently joined the Overture Maps Foundation as a continuation of support for open spatial data management. We are looking forward to collaborating and expanding what’s possible with open map data. Learn more.
• Overture 2024-09-18.0 is now available. This release includes 1000+ km of new road data from TomTom in Saudi Arabia; Nearly 8M new addresses in Finland and Chile, with NYC addresses updated; Improvements to Base, Buildings, Divisions, and Places. View the release notes for more details.
• Overture member Precisely’s Drew Breunig, Vice President of Strategy, writes on conflating Overture places data using DuckDB, Ollama, Embeddings, and more. Learn more.
• In a recent InfoWorld article, our Executive Director, Marc Prioleau, discusses how OvertureMaps is addressing a significant challenge in mapping: maintaining accurate and up-to-date map data in our ever-changing world. Our approach involves the Global Entity Reference System – a unique identifier for each feature in our open map dataset. Discover how GERS is designed to make maps more accurate, informative, and accessible. Read the full article.
• Jennings Anderson from Meta shows how you can use Fused as a Tile server to enrich your data with GERS from Overture Maps Foundation Buildings hosted at Source Cooperative. He also shows how adding building heights from the NSI Structures dataset expands coverage. Check out his latest blog post for more details.
• This year, TomTom – one of Overture’s steering member, completed a global rollout of their Orbis Maps offering, which is built upon open data from Overture Maps Foundation. Recently, Geo Week News spoke to Willem Strijbosch about Orbis, some of the way it is being used across sectors, and the importance of Overture to the maps ecosystem. Learn more.

P4

• Euro P4 - October 28th. The 7th edition of EuroP4 will be on October 28th held in conjunction with the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2024), October 28-31, 2024, in Charleroi, Belgium. This event brings together networking researchers and practitioners to discuss cutting-edge, P4-enabled research and P4-based technology. The workshop provides a venue for presenting and discussing research and projects related to P4, as well as for more broadly discussing the needs of this research community.
  

• • Keynote

    
    Shir Landau Feibish, Open University of Israel
    “Time-Aware Network Telemetry in the Data Plane”
    
  • Also check out the full agenda of exciting papers to be presented.

• 2024 P4 Distinguished Contributor Award
  
  Congratulations to Fabian Ruffy, a PhD candidate at the New York University, who received the 2024 P4 Distinguished Contributor Award during the recent P4 Workshop. He was recognized by the P4 community for his many contributions and promotion of P4 over the past year. Fabian is currently a member of the P4 TST and has been contributing to the P4 project since 2018. He has also published several papers promoting the value of the P4 language at OSDI, HotCloud, HotNets, the P4 workshop, and Linux Plumbers. 

PyTorch Foundation

• Discussions heated up at the PyTorch Conference 2024 as we dove into the future of generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and the crucial role open source technology plays in driving AI innovation 🔥 Don’t miss our event recap, including how to watch the replay. Thanks to everyone who helped make the conference a big success!

• In 2024, PyTorch has experienced significant growth, with contributions from over 3,500 individuals and 3,000 organizations. This marks a remarkable increase compared to just two years ago, when only 200 organizations were contributing to the project. At the PyTorch Conference, we honored individuals who have made significant contributions to the PyTorch ecosystem with PyTorch Contributor Awards. Congratulations to this year's nominees and recipients for the outstanding individuals and teams who have played a pivotal role in PyTorch's journey.
• SAVE THE DATE: next year’s PyTorch Conference will take place October 22-23, 2025 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
• We’re happy to have officially launched torchao, a PyTorch native library that makes models faster and smaller by leveraging low bit dtypes, quantization and sparsity. torchao is an accessible toolkit of techniques written (mostly) in easy-to-read PyTorch code spanning both inference and training. 
• Welcome to the first-ever Chair and Vice Chair of the PyTorch Foundation’s Technical Advisory Council (TAC): Luca Antiga, Chair and Jiong Gong, Vice Chair!
• As the demand for diverse hardware accelerators grows, the need for a robust and adaptable deep learning framework becomes increasingly critical. What will it take to enhance PyTorch’s adaptability, portability, and resilience across different hardware platforms?
• Love dinosaur bones? Don’t miss our recent webinar on Using PyTorch for Monocular Depth Estimation with Bob Chesebrough of Intel.
• We also continued our PyTorch Expert Exchange webinar series with Guangxuan Xiao of MIT EECS on Efficient Streaming Language Models with Attention Sinks.

RISC-V

• RISC-V Summit North America takes place on October 22-23 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.  You won’t want to miss the amazing speaker lineup planned for this year’s show and to get the opportunity to engage with RISC-V innovators across many commercial applications in AI/ML, wireless, automotive, data center, space, IoT, embedded and more. Book your ticket now!
• Member organizations looking forward to training the next generation of RISC-V engineers can submit a mentorship project by December 1st. 
• Find out the latest news from our Horizontal Committees, ISA Committees, Task Groups, and Special Interest Groups in our latest Technical Newsletter.

SONiC

• Catch the session recordings from the SONiC India Workshop featuring insights from industry leaders at Microsoft, Arista Networks, Marvell, Cisco, Dell, Broadcom, and more! Now available on the SONiC YouTube channel – don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from top experts in the field. Watch it now.
• The SONiC Mini Summit session recordings will be available next week! Stay tuned to the SONiC YouTube channel to catch all the insightful talks and discussions from the event.

Trust Over IP Foundation

• Trust Over IP (ToIP) has moved its project into the LF Decentralized Trust (LFDT) umbrella to leverage synergies with other projects.  ToIP is the first JDF Standards project to join the LFDT.  ToIP will be doing a webinar on the various working groups within ToIP and their current work, November 13th at 10 am PT/6 pm UTC.  This webinar will also include an overview of the ToIP dual stack that includes a technical stack paired with the necessary governance stack for digital trust ecosystems.   Watch for an announcement on how to register coming soon on the LF Decentralized Trust events page.
• Several ToIP members just returned from attending the Bhutan Innovation Forum.  The Bhutan National Digital Identity (NDI) system is based on the ToIP stack and the ToIP Governance Metamodel Specification and Companion Guide.  Enjoy this case study on the creation of the Bhutan NDI system.
• Last spring ToIP announced publication of the Trust Registries Query Protool (TRQP) first implementers draft.  The Trust Registry Task Force (TRTF)  is now working on updating the TRQP specification, library work, and things directly tied to implementation.  Additionally the TRTF is working on discovering best practices within existing and emerging ecosystems, including governance guides, itemizing existing Trust Registries and discussing how they are approaching trust registries and trust list solutions. The TQRP is designed to allow interoperability between Digital Trust Ecosystems, creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystem.  The TQRP aims to provide a simple and consistent way to discover who is authorized to do what within a specific digital trust ecosystem. In short, it enables parties to ask programmatically:  Does entity X hold authorization Y under ecosystem governance framework Z? 
• The KERI Suite Working Group has recently been established at ToIP to forward the work of KERI related specifications, such as, Key Event Receipt Infrastructure (KERI) specification,  Authentic Chained Data Containers (ACDC) specification, Composable Event Streaming Representation (CESR) specification and DID:webs specification.
• High Assurance VID Task Force (HAVTF) has been created recently, as a task force of the ToIP Technology Stack Working Group. Its mission is to create a specification and implementation guidance for how the controller of a verifiable identifier (VID) can enable greater assurance in the integrity of that VID though mechanisms that enable the controller to bridge across different:
  • VID flavors—including Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), X.509 certificates and Domain Name System (DNS) records—to provide both higher cryptographic assurance and stronger semantic linkage; and,
  • Trust realms (aka trust domains) so the same VID can be verified from more than one trust roots to increase human trust and enhance interoperability.
  • This “bridged approach” to VIDs will lay the foundation for High Assurance (HA) VID Profiles that can work with many different types of VIDs. This approach allows decision-makers to choose the most suitable VID for specific contexts and purposes without foregoing interoperability between VID systems.

The Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL Foundation)

• The UXL Foundation is very pleased to welcome Micron as a General Member.
   
  Dave Airlie - Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat speaking on Open Source Code is Not Enough
• The inaugural oneAPI Dev Summit hosted by the UXL Foundation had over 890 registrations, with 415 attendees (46.6% conversation rate).  We had 219 on Day 1 and 202 on Day 2. To see the talks, please check back to this link. The agenda consisted of 5 lightning talks, 2 Panels, 4 headliners, 11 sessions.
  
  Andrew Richards - Founder and CEO of Codeplay; Andrew Wafaa from Arm; Eleanor Brash - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Imagination Technologies; Ramesh Radhakrishnan - VCF Division Broadcom discussing Open standards and open source always wins
• The UXL Foundation will be present at Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) in Fujitsu’s booth and Intel’s booth. We will have a general member reception on Monday, November 18 morning, so please reach out if you are interested in attending

Zephyr

• Zephyr Project at Embedded World North America
  • The Zephyr Project participated in the inaugural embedded world North America event held on October 8-10 in Austin, Texas. The community hosted a hands-on workshop titled "Embedded Development using Zephyr & Open Source Tooling," where attendees received MAX32690-based development kits and explored open-source tools like GCC, Zephyr, and VS Code.
  • Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at The Linux Foundation, delivered a keynote on building for sustainable development goals with open source.
  • The Zephyr Project was also featured at the ADI booth, showcasing the recent 3.7 Long Term Support (LTS) Release and celebrating over 100,000 contributions.
  • A Zephyr Project community meetup hosted by NXP Semiconductors attracted over 100 participants, providing a platform for enthusiasts to network and delve into low-power embedded systems. The event strengthened the Zephyr community and highlighted the project's ongoing impact on industry innovation.
    
    Zephyr Project at Embedded World North America, Community meetup hosted by NXP

• Meet the Zephyr Project community at these upcoming events:

  • Zephyr Project meetup, October 17, 2024: Hamburg, Germany. Register
  • Open Source Summit, 28-29 October 2024: Tokyo, Japan. Register
  • Zephyr Project meetup, November 12, 2024: Aarhus, Denmark. Register

LF Europe: Community updates

• Exploring Funding Solutions for Open Source Maintenance. In our latest blog post, we dive into the ongoing challenges of open source project sustainability and explore whether targeted funding could be the answer. The post also examines a recent report by the Sovereign Tech Fund, which highlights the pros and cons of public investment, such as bug bounty programs, for open source maintenance and security. Learn more.
• Sylva Project Case Study: Leading Innovation in Open Source and Telco Cloud. The Sylva Project continues to make strides in the European tech landscape. Our new case study highlights how Sylva is driving innovation in open source and the telco cloud sector, showcasing its impact on telecom operators and beyond. Discover the case study.
• Welcoming New LF Europe Members. We're excited to announce the latest members to join the LF Europe community. A warm welcome to:
  • Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan
  • Open Energy Transition
  • Palark GmbH
  • SCION Association
  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  • nexB Inc.
  • Welotec
  • Whitestack LLC
  • ITQ Consultancy B.V.
• We’re thrilled to continue growing and strengthening the European open source ecosystem with these incredible organizations!

LF Events: Upcoming

• RISC-V Summit
  Oct 22–23 / Santa Clara, United States
• SOSS Fusion
  Oct 22–23 / Atlanta, United States
• LF Decentralized Trust Member Summit
  Oct 23–24 / San Francisco, United States\
• AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Japan
  Oct 28–29 / Tokyo, Japan
• Automotive Linux Summit
  Oct 28–29 / Tokyo, Japan
• Euro P4 Workshop
  Oct 28 / Charleroi, Belgium
• Open Source Summit Japan
  Oct 28–29 / Tokyo, Japan
• Open Compliance Summit
  Oct 30–31 / Tokyo, Japan
• SOSS Community Day Japan
  Oct 30 / Tokyo, Japan

To register for in-person attendance or virtual LF events, please view our full calendar of events here, and be sure to subscribe to our events newsletter. Check out our Flickr stream for photos of past events!

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