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    Linux Foundation Newsletter: February 2024

    The Linux Foundation | 21 February 2024

    We’re thrilled to bring you updates and highlights from the Linux Foundation in our February newsletter. There’s no shortage of news this month in terms of project announcements, new surveys, new training discounts, event recaps, and more. So, dive in and explore another month full of learning, growth, and community engagement!

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    Training & Certification deals

    Training Savings

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    We recently launched our FINOS Financial Services Certified Open Source Developer (FSOSD) certification, offering professionals in the open source financial industry the opportunity to distinguish themselves. Earn your FSOSD certification today and showcase your expertise with a personalized digital badge. Learn more here. 

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    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024

    KubeCon Register

    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon is just 3 weeks away. Register today for the opportunity to have a cloud native-inspired springtime in Paris! Join us at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles for what promises to be an exciting and enriching agenda and our most widely attended event yet! 

     

    New project announcement

    Post Quantum Cryptography Alliance

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    Launched on February 6th, the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance (PQCA) is an open and collaborative initiative to drive the advancement and adoption of post-quantum cryptography. The PQCA brings together industry leaders, researchers and developers to address cryptographic security challenges posed by quantum computing, through the production of high-assurance software implementations of standardized algorithms, while supporting the continued development and standardization of new post-quantum algorithms.

    The PQCA welcomes organizations and individuals to get involved and participate. To participate in the Alliance, collaborate with the technical community, and learn more about its mission and initiatives, please visit the PQCA website or GitHub.

    LF Research: new publications + surveys

    The State of eBPF Report

    The eBPF Foundation partnered with LF Research to explore the evolution of the technology and its impact on the open source ecosystem. This qualitative report describes the history of eBPF, how it transformed the Linux community, and how it's being used today. It highlights key use cases, challenges, and future opportunities for the technology. Download the report for a full analysis of this technology's history, impact, and future!

     

    OpenSearch Survey

    We need your help evaluating search and analytics tooling!

    LF Research and The OpenSearch Project are conducting a survey as part of a research project to better understand awareness and perceptions of products that support search, observability, and analytics. We would greatly benefit from your experience and opinions in this area! This survey should take 15 minutes of your time. After completing the survey, you will receive a 40% discount on most Linux Foundation training courses or certification exams in our catalog!

     

    LF Europe updates

    In the bustling month of February, the Linux Foundation Europe was abuzz with a flurry of events, talks, and community engagements. Amidst a packed schedule, LF Europe actively participated in significant gatherings such as FOSDEM 2024, EU Open Source Policy Summit 2024 and a workshop on open source key areas for digital autonomy.

    • FOSDEM 2024
      The Linux Foundation Europe team was thrilled to participate in FOSDEM 2024, the premier event for software developers, held on February 3rd & 4th in Brussels. Our dedicated stand added to the vibrant atmosphere of collaboration, where attendees immersed themselves in talks, devrooms, and lightning talks featuring projects such as LF Energy, OpenSSF, TODO Group, SPDX, Automotive Grade Linux, and the Zephyr Project. The event was a testament to the vibrant spirit of collaboration in the open source community.

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      Diverse Linux Foundation projects showcased at the Linux Foundation Europe  stand during FOSDEM.
    • EU Open Source Policy Summit 2024
      In a landmark 10-year celebration, the EU Open Source Policy Summit, hosted by OpenForum Europe on February 2, 2024, brought together policymakers, businesses, developers, and experts to explore the crucial intersection of open source and digital policy. Keynote speaker Gabriele Columbro of the Linux Foundation Europe shared valuable insights, stressing the need to go beyond adoption and create markets and ecosystems to sustain open source projects in the long run.
      Gab Image OSPO-1Gabriele Columbro, General Manager of Linux Foundation Europe & Executive Director of FINOS, delivering a keynote at OpenForum Europe’s EU Open Source Policy Summit.
    • Workshop on Open Source Key Areas for Digital Autonomy
      Additionally, LF Europe was deeply involved in the Workshop on Open Source Key Areas for Digital Autonomy, contributing expertise and perspectives to crucial discussions on cybersecurity, automotive design transformation, and more.

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      Linux Foundation Europe took part in the Workshop on Open Source Key Areas for Digital Autonomy, with Mirko Boehm representing LF Europe on a panel discussing "Open Source for the Software Defined Vehicle."

      Linux Foundation Europe participated in the Workshop on Open Source Key Areas for Digital Autonomy, where Mirko Boehm represented LF Europe on a panel discussing "Open Source for the Software Defined Vehicle." Moderated by Astor Nummelin Carlberg of OFE, the panel included industry experts Sara Gallian, Kristof Almasy, Detlef Zerfowski, and Angelo Corsaro. The workshop, organized by three Directorate-Generals from the European Commission, explored crucial areas for open source, including cybersecurity, automotive design transformation, implementation challenges in European public services, and the development of data spaces.

    Throughout the month, LF Europe remained dedicated to connecting with the community, strengthening relationships, and advancing the principles of open source across various sectors.

    Stay connected with LF Europe and join us in shaping the future of open source. Subscribe to our newsletter today!

    Linux Foundation project updates

    AI Dev Cassandra Summit Image-1Attendees taking it all in at AI.dev + Cassandra Summit 2023

    Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD)

    • Join technical leaders from Alliance for OpenUSD as they discuss the expansive potential of OpenUSD and its evolving framework and ecosystem in the session at GTC24. Register here.
    • We're excited to share a recent article from Disney that highlights AOUSD, featuring Disney+ and their cutting-edge environments crafted using OpenUSD. Read more.
    • Introducing the OpenUSD Visionary: Steve May, CTO at Pixar. Gain insights into the world of 3D animation and the genesis of OpenUSD from an industry pioneer. Learn from Steve May's journey.
    • Ever wondered about the role of OpenUSD in Pixar's production process? Explore an insightful article by The New Stack, featuring our recent interview with Steve May. Read the full article here.
    • Delve into the future of OpenUSD with Pixar's CTO Steve May. Get a glimpse of his vision for OpenUSD and its impact on the industry. Watch the Q&A session.
    • We are excited to announce OpenUSD's recognition with a prestigious Academy Scientific and Engineering Award, a testament to the technology’s groundbreaking contribution to the film industry. [blog to publish on Feb 21]

    CNCF

    • Don't miss GitOpsCon—an immersive event where industry experts converge to explore the latest advancements in GitOps methodologies. Join us, April 15, in Seattle to unlock insights, network with peers, and revolutionize your approach to continuous delivery.
    • Submit your proposals by March 10 to StrimziCon's Call for Papers (CFP) for a chance to share your expertise and insights in the world of Apache Kafka and Strimzi. Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your knowledge and contribute to the Strimzi community!
    • Participate in the CNCF Sustainability Survey to help shape the future of sustainability practices within cloud-native computing. Your input will contribute to the development of environmentally conscious solutions in the CNCF ecosystem.

    Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF)

    Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) 

    • DIF announced the donation of the Veramo project and the formation of the Veramo User Group. Veramo is a broadly-used SDK that is a popular choice for SSI implementation, providing core functionality such as Decentralized Identifier (DID) and Verifiable Credential (VC) management, cryptographic key management and secure peer-to-peer communications through DIDComm. The first Veramo User Group meeting takes place at 15.00 CET on Thursday 15th January - view the meeting details.

    CAMARA

    • CAMARA announced project growth and momentum since it became a directed fund in September of 2023, with the formation of a Board, Technical Steering Committee, End User Group, and Outreach Committee. Additional growth includes 950+ project contributors and over 350 participating organizations. 
    • The CAMARA community will be onsite at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, hosting various activities as well as demos and other representation in member booths onsite. Activity includes:

      • CAMARA Meet & Greet: Monday, 26 February 12 - 13:30

      • Open Gateway DevCon, Wednesday, 28 February: Panel:“The collaboration between GSMA, CAMARA and TM Forum”. 28 February, 15:00 – 19:00

      • CAMARA Community Evening Reception Tuesday, 27 Feb. at the ​​Eurohotel Gran Via Fira. Hosted by Red Hat with collaboration form Telefonica

    • CAMARA announced it’s signed an MOU with the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium to ensure interoperability and compatibility across diverse connected vehicle platforms.

    DEI

    • To celebrate Black History Month, Open Mainframe Project asked Governing Board member Dr. Cameron Seay, Professor at East Carolina University, to write a blog about education, something he is very passionate about. In this blog, Dr. Seay shares where he identified a skills and experience gap and what he did to help young black students get the resources they needed. 
    • Additionally, Emma Pitzl, Managing Editor of TechChannel, revisits a Making Our Strong Community, Stronger webinar that brought African-American panelists together to share their experiences and challenges with diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace. Read the highlights or watch the video here. 
    • March is Women's History Month and we invite the community to a new  Making Our Strong Community, Stronger live discussion focused on "Diverse Perspectives of Women in IT." With strong technologists and thought leaders as panelists, the group will discuss what it means to be an empowered woman in the workforce and how we can be better allies to our female-identifying colleagues. Moderated by Dr. Gloria Chance, President/Ceo of the Mousai Group, the panelists include: Becca Barrile, Internal Communications Director at Rocket Software; Dr. Rebecca Gott, Chief Technology Officer at IBM; Donna Hudi, Chief Marketing Officer at Phoenix Software; and Arshind Kaur, Product Manager at BMC. Register for the event on March 13 at 9 am PST/12 pm EST.

    DENT

    • The DENT community has highlighted member Amazon and how the organization is benefiting from its use of DENT.
    • DENT has published a new blog post explaining Power over Ethernet (PoE), a technology for delivering DC power to devices over copper Ethernet cabling.

    eBPF Foundation

    • The eBPF Foundation has released the “The State of eBPF 2024” report, which provides valuable insight into how to make the most of what eBPF offers currently, plans for the future, and how stakeholders can get involved with the project to help it continue to improve.
    • The eBPF Steering Committee (BSC) has published a 2023 Year in Review which provides a recap of community outreach and guidance activities, topics of discussion amongst the BSC, and influence within the foundation such as project admittance and sponsorship nominations.

    Enabling Linux in Safety Applications (ELISA)

    • The ELISA Project’s Tools Working Group focuses on application of tools, handling the tool results, and improving the kernel based on the tools’ feedback. Matt Kelly, Software Team Lead at the Boeing Company and lead for this group, shares milestones achieved last year, goals for this year and how to get involved in this new blog and video.  
    • The ELISA Open-Source Engineering Process Working Group (OSEP) examines how software engineering processes can be used to facilitate the certification of safety-related systems incorporating Linux and other FOSS. Led by Paul Albertella, Consultant at Codethink, the group considers the roles that a Linux-based OS might have in such systems, and identify how FOSS developers, system integrators and product creators can specify these, and provide evidence to support associated safety arguments. Learn more in this blog and video. 

    FinOps Foundation

    • FinOps X is the global conference for FinOps you can’t afford to miss if FinOps is your career. Register before the early bird pricing is over.
    • We are excited to introduce FinOps Insights! FinOps Insights is a publication that brings together the Foundation’s perspective, unique experiences from industry leaders, and an in-depth view of the impact that cloud provider updates have on practitioners.
    • The State of FinOps 2024 is live. This informs the FinOps community on the broader market about challenges, key priorities, and the future of FinOps.

    FINOS

      • We invite you to share your insights and expertise at the Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) London, set to take place on June 26th, 2024, in London, UK. The Call for Proposals / Speakers (CFP) is officially open, and we are looking for speakers who can contribute to a rich discussion on topics critical to the future of finance and open source technology. 
      • Mark your calendars for OSFF New York on September 30th & October 1st.
    • Explore our 2024 strategic initiatives focused on fostering innovation, accelerating open source maturity, and enhancing collaboration in the financial services industry. Learn more about Diversity, Equality, Inclusion (DEI), FDC3, FINOS Common Cloud Controls, Open RegTech (CDM and RegTech Council), Open Source Readiness below.

    Hyperledger Foundation

    • Watch panels on Digital Assets and Tokenization: Today and Tomorrow, Interoperability Update: Where We Are and Where We’re Going, and The Hyperledger Foundation Journey: Building the Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Market from Hyperledger Foundation’s 8th Anniversary event here. 
    • Hyperledger Foundation announced its newest project, Hyperledger Web3j, which was contributed by Web3 Labs. Web3j is a well-established open source project created in 2016 to provide the plumbing for enterprise developers to work with Ethereum-compatible blockchains. It has had more than 2 million downloads since its initial release.
    • The leaders of the 2024 Hyperledger Foundation Technical Oversight Committee share their thoughts on the year ahead in this Q+A. 
    • Daniela Barbosa, Hyperledger Foundation Executive DIrector, shares her take on the importance of thinking globally but acting locally in this Forbest piece on 20 Innovative Strategies For Unlocking Local Business Potential.
    • Hyperledger Foundation’s Karen Ottoni joined the Fintrender podcast for an in-depth discussion of Hyperledger technologies and their role in CBDC projects around the world. 
    • For more updates from Hyperledger Foundation, check out the current and past issues of Hyperledger Horizons.

    LF AI & Data

    • LF AI & Data announced its participation in a Department of Commerce initiative, joining over 200 leading artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders in supporting the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI. Click for more information.
    • We are excited to welcome RWKV as a new incubation project and look forward to seeing the project’s continued growth and success as part of the LF AI & Data Foundation. Learn more.
    • LF AI & Data announced the graduation of the Marquez project, an innovative open source metadata service designed for the collection, aggregation, and visualization of a data ecosystem’s metadata. We recognize Marquez’s contributions and look forward to its continued success. Read more.
    • RKWV (pronounced as RwaKuv), is a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) family of models that combine the strengths of both Transformers and RNNs, joined LF AI & Data as a new incubation project. Learn more.
    • The Generative AI Commons announced its 2024 elected chairs. Anni Lai from Futurewei will be taking on the role of Chair and Alexy Khrabrov from IBM will serve as Vice Chair. See here for more info.
    • The Open Voice Interoperability Initiative has been working on a sandbox implementation of its Conversational Envelope and Dialog Events specifications. The sandbox illustrates how the specifications enable multiple independent conversational assistants to collaborate to help users solve problems that could not be solved by any single assistant operating on its own. Learn about the sandbox and get an overview of the specifications in this webinar. Watch here.

    LF Edge

    • The LF Edge Sandbox, a SaaS service provided by member organization ZEDEDA that can remotely manage and orchestrate edge hardware running LF Edge project applications (running on EVE-Os) is now up and running! Learn more and try out LF Edge project deployments. 
    • Check out the LF Edge 2023 Annual Report and see where the community grew throughout last year, with contributions and perspectives from across the organization. 
    • Check out some of the can’t-miss  LF Edge sessions at this year’s ONE Summit, the premiere open networking & Edge event, happening April 29-May1 in San Jose, CA. Registration is open and the agenda is live, so sign up to join us today! 

    LF Energy

    • The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation has partnered with LF Energy to improve reliability and interoperability of EV charging nationally with LF Energy’s EVerest project. A webinar was held on January 29 to discuss this partnership.
    • LF Energy and the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering have joined forces to host the new Open Sustainability Policy Summit May 2-3 in Washington, DC.
    • LF Energy members managed the Energy Devroom at FOSDEM 2024 in Brussels, bringing the open source community together to discuss ways to expand the open source energy ecosystem.
    • Utilidata CTO and LF Energy Governing Board Member Marissa Hummon keynoted Open Source Summit Japan with a presentation on redefining grid operations from the edge with open distributed AI.
    • The LF Energy CoMPAS project released a new tutorial discussing a plug-in for Siemens SITIPE.
    • RTE hosted a Digital Substation Meetup in Paris to collaborate on the future of the energy sector, focused on substation automation.
    • Admiral Instruments provided a Squidstat Cycler to the LF Energy Battery Data Alliance community to conduct battery testing.
    • OperatorFabric, a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators, announced Release Candidate v4.2.0 with a range of new features.
    • A new version, v1.2.0, of pypowsybl has been released. The PyPowSyBl project gives access PowSyBl Java framework to Python developers.
    • EnAccess Foundation CEO Vivien Barnier discusses how to democratize energy access with open source solutions in a new video.
    • In another new video, Alliander’s Maarten Mulder explains why more standardization is needed to tackle energy sector challenges.

    LF Networking

    • See what the LFN community accomplished in 2023 as the Collaboration Hub of the open networking ecosystem, in the LFN 2023 Annual Report, now available for download. 
    • See how LFN is tackling Networking for AI (and AI for Networking) via the new LFN AI Task Force, summarized in a recent blog post. Stay tuned for more information on what the Task Force is doing and how it's enabling open AI for networking. 
    • A new white paper, “Defining the 5G Super Blue Print, the Open Way,” is now available. Learn how the  5G Super Blueprint has evolved from the early days of the Virtual Central Office to become a cross-project and cross-industry collaboration that shows how open source networking software can be used to deploy 5G networks and infrastructure.
    • Visionary Keynotes, an Executive Innovation Forum, and Mini-Summits on AI for Open Networking & Edge for ONE Summit were recently announced. Check out the agenda and register to attend in San Jose, CA April 29-May1 and be part of the future of networking. 
    • LFN community members shared why they value attending LFN events, via LFN Community Voices videos posted to LinkedIn (Lingli Deng of China Mobile and Rochelle Jackson of Meta).

    Open 3D Engine (O3DE)

    • Game Developers Conference: The Open 3D Engine community is headed to the Game Developers Conference on March 18-22 in San Francisco next month, and we’re excited to connect with the game developer community there! If you’re headed to GDC, please swing by the O3DE booth for hands-on learning, mini-theater presentations, conversations with subject matter experts, cool swag, or simply a chance to swap stories about our collective experiences in game development and where our industry is headed. Get the details in this blog.
    • Open 3D Connect: During our latest virtual monthly meetup, Gaian Helmers, founder of Genome Studios, talked about their transition to O3DE and shared their work, from horror classics to interactive cartoons. Watch the replay here. The replay of the presentation from Team Plutinite at the Rochester Institute of Technology, which features the game they’re building through Project Eureka, is coming soon, so stay tuned here!
    • Project Eureka: Through Project Eureka, Team Plutinite at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has been building one of the first commercial games on O3DE, State of Matter, soon to be released! We’re introducing each of the team members through video interviews & blogs about their game development experiences, and lessons learned through this project. First up, lead artist Liam Alexiou, shares his journey from Roblox to RIT. Watch the video, or read the blog! And if you missed this earlier interview with the team by Swapnil Bhartiya at TFiR, check it out!
    • O3DE in Robotics: Paweł Budziszewski at Robotec.ai provided his insights into creating a desert terrain scene in the Open 3D Engine, in just 2 days. Learn about GPU-based lidar simulation, ROS 2 integration, how he overcame challenges during model preparation, and more. Read the blog here.

    Open Mainframe Project 

    • Explore why application integration testing matters, how automation streamlines it, and 3 essential tips for reliable and automated testing. Louisa Seers, Product Manager at IBM and new Open Mainframe Project Ambassador, offers insight into why Open Mainframe Project’s Galasa is the secret weapon for building robust integration tests, even for proprietary applications! 
    • Discover the essentials of enterprise computing and learn why Mainframes are crucial to the success of global businesses. This video presented by Lucas Sahn, IBM Z NA Skills Leader at IBM and contributor to the Mainframe Open Education, highlights the reliability, security, and scalability of Mainframes, showcasing their role as the cornerstone of industry leaders.
    • Last month, the Zowe team provided an update during their quarterly webinar. Mark Ackert, Zowe Contributor and Software Engineer at Broadcom, provided an overview and demo of the Zowe Event Management. Watch the video. 
    • Jessielaine Punongbayan, Open Mainframe Project Ambassador and Tech Evangelist at Dynatrace, explores OpenTelemetry and how she incorporated it into monitoring the mainframe, seamlessly integrating it with Zowe and Dynatrace. She shares insights into the benefits and possibilities this integration brings to the realm of mainframe monitoring. Read the blog or watch the video here. 

    Open Programmable Infrastructure (OPI) Project

    OpenJS Foundation

    • We introduced our latest collaboration space, the package metadata interoperability group. They aim to iterate on the informal standardization of package.json and improve the interoperability of JavaScript package metadata for application developers.
    • The Node.js Documentary is coming in March 2024! Take a sneak peek at the trailer.
    • New security releases are now available for the v18.x, v20.x and v21.x Node.js release lines.

    OpenSSF

    • You are invited to our brand new SOSS Fusion Conference which will be coming to Atlanta, GA in October. This is the premier event where the brightest minds in software development and cybersecurity converge to secure the open source software that we all depend on.
    • Plus we’ll be hosting a SOSS Community Day North America (formerly known as OpenSSF Day) on April 15th in Seattle at the start of Open Source Summit North America. Register Now!
    • The OpenSSF Securing Software Repositories Working Group released Principles for Package Repository Security which is a framework for package repositories to assess their current security capabilities and to help roadmap future improvements.
    • In January, the US federal government’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released the end-of-year report Securing the Open-Source Software Ecosystem and related fact sheet. OpenSSF highlighted our role in strengthening the security and resilience of OSS, Championing a More Secure Future in Collaboration with the Public Sector
    • The OpenSSF published a blog about the CVE-2023-6246 Root Access Vulnerability in glibc can allow an attacker to gain access to confidential data, exfiltrate or manipulate sensitive data, launch a ransomware attack on that system, and may enable lateral movements to gain persistent access to more critical systems.
    • Similarly, OpenSSF commented that Time is of the Essence to Mitigate Vulnerabilities like Leaky Vessels in order to reduce the chance of the vulnerabilities being exploited by attackers.
    • OpenSSF joined over 200 leading artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders in supporting the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI along with other Linux Foundation (LF) projects including LF AI & Data, SPDX, and C2PA in US Department of Commerce Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety
    • We also are pleased to report the Linux Kernel recently achieved CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) Status
    • Alpha-Omega published its 2023 Annual Report detailing how it provided ten grants to eight organizations totalling over $2.8 million dollars
    • If you’d like keep up-to-date on the latest news, events, community meetings, announcements, and more from the OpenSSF, sign up to receive our newsletter straight in your inbox at the start of each week.

    Overture Maps Foundation

    • Overture releases new datasets. This release includes several incremental improvements, the addition of geopolitical boundary information in the Admins Theme and the expansion of GERS IDs across several themes. See the release notes.
    • We are proud to share that Overture has been featured in a pivotal article by the American Planning Association, highlighting our contribution to sustainable multimodal planning with open source tools. Read more.
    • Last week, Overture’s executive director, Marc Prioleau, and Ben Clark, Meta's Spatial Computing UX Software Engineer gave a keynote speech at Geo Week on Overture's collaborative approach to mapping and why the future of mapping is open. Read more
    • Executive Director Marc Prioleau recently sat in an interview with SiliconANGLE to discuss how Overture Maps aims to strengthen mapping services worldwide through a collaborative approach. 

    PyTorch Foundation

    • We released PyTorch 2.2, featuring SDPA support of FlashAttention-2, new ahead-of-time extension of TorchInductor, device_mesh, a new abstraction for initializing and representing ProcessGroups and more in our blog post.
    • IBM shares a step by step process undertaken to accelerate the current Triton GPTQ kernels by 3x and 6x in this blog post.
    • Accelerating Generative AI Part 4: In the latest blog in our Generative AI series, we focus on speeding up FAIR’s Seamless M4T-v2 model.
    • Introducing RoMa, a new PyTorch ecosystem tool that is an easy-to-to-use, stable and efficient library to deal with rotations and spatial transformations in PyTorch.
    • The PyTorch Team shares an early version of float8_experimental, a library to accelerate training with float8 + torch.compile written in native PyTorch.
    • Colossal-AI has achieved great results on 7B LLaMA-2 model by utilizing only 0.0085 trillion tokens of data.
    • Check out the latest in PyTorch Documentation, with a new update from the team.
    • Take our PyTorch User Engagement Survey! We are looking for feedback to improve PyTorch content.
    • The PyTorch team is excited to share that our paper on PyTorch 2 has been accepted for presentation at ASPLOS 2024. Read the full paper here.
    • We welcomed a new PyTorch ecosystem tool, SimulAI. SimulAI provides a high-level Python interface for managing scientific machine learning pipelines.

    RISC-V

    • RISC-V Summit Europe takes place in Munich on the 24th - 28th June, connecting the European ecosystem, from industry and government, to research, academia and support, that are building the future of innovation on RISC-V. The call for papers is now open and a range of sponsorship packages are available. We hope to see you there!
    • The SHD Group has released their RISC-V Market Report, a deep dive into the evolving landscape of the RISC-V market, providing insight into current RISC-V adoption.
    • Join us at embedded world 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany, April 9 – 11, 2024 as we bring the community together to show the power of open collaboration on innovation, product successes across the ecosystem, and the technical strength of RISC-V.
    • Find out the latest news from our Horizontal Committees, ISA Committees, Task Groups, and Special Interest Groups in our latest Technical Newsletter. 
    • Discover our continuously updated RISC-V Landscape, a living document that provides invaluable insights into the diverse RISC-V ecosystem.
    • RISC-V International is hosting a Video Contest with a chance to win great prizes: up to €500 vouchers up for grab! To participate you will want to create a short video (no longer than 3 minutes!) explaining one of the following topics:
      • Why RISC-V? Explain to the audience why they should use or transition to RISC-V
      • What is RISC-V?
      • Explain RISC-V to a non-technical audience
    • After receiving your feedback, we updated the “Introduction to RISC-V” course! To get acquainted with the technical and organizational aspects of RISC-V, check out the revised version here!

    SONiC

    • The SONiC Foundation would like to invite you to participate in our upcoming SONiC Workshop, a co-located event at the ONE Summit on April 29, 2024. 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. Check out all SONiC sessions at ONE Summit and join the community in San Jose and explore the future of open networking and AI.
    • Do you know Alibaba Cloud has deployed 100,000 SONiC-based white box network devices, achieving substantial cost savings, enhanced network quality, and agile update cycles? Learn how SONiC is powering Alibaba Cloud's global infrastructure in its use case.

    TODO Gorup

    • Announcing the 2024 OSPO Survey Call for Sponsors. Launch of the 2024 call for sponsors to those organizations interested in continuing this study, generating a statistically significant survey sample, and maximizing the impact of this research.

    Trust Over IP (ToIP) Foundation

    Ultra Ethernet Consortium

    • The Ultra Ethernet Consortium is excited to share that we’ve had a significant influx of new members since the start of the year. We’re looking forward to announcing some new partnerships soon to collaboratively enhance Ethernet and optimize network performance throughout the entire stack.
    • For those interested in actively contributing, our working groups provide a great opportunity to get involved. Your participation is crucial in shaping the direction of Ultra Ethernet.

    Zephyr

    • Zephyr RTOS training is now available anytime, anywhere via Zephyr Project member Golioth. Mike Sczys shares details about the free training using Codespaces here.
    • The Zephyr Project recently organized a meetup in Cologne, Germany that was hosted by grandcentrix. With speakers from the Zephyr Project, grandcentrix, Nordic Semiconductor and more, the event was an exploration into the world of open source, embedded systems programming and Zephyr RTOS applications and products. Read the recap here.
    • Benjamin Cabe, Developer Advocate for the Zephyr Project, hosts live streamed Tech Talks and weekly updates. If you missed any, you may view them here: 
    • The Zephyr Project made a notable impact at FOSDEM 2024, showcasing collaborative innovation within the open source ecosystem. Highlights included sessions on integrating Sound Open Firmware with Zephyr RTOS, addressing global challenges like access to energy, and exploring safety-critical applications. Engagement doubled from the previous year, emphasizing community growth and knowledge exchange. This dedication to open source and innovation was captured in a detailed recap blog, emphasizing the project's commitment to driving collaboration and advancement in software development.

      EU Newsletter image_feb 2024-2Caption: Zephyr project community dinner at FOSDEM 2024

    A Spotlight on Security Efforts at the Linux Foundation: Blog by Ashwin Ramaswami

    Security Blog

    Our communities are making strikes in advancing the security of open source software, and 2023 moved the needle even further in the right direction. This blog highlights four LF project community efforts to shore up software security in the hope that these initiatives encourage and inspire you to get involved in making 2024 software’s most secure year yet! 

     

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