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Enabling Linux in Safety Application (ELISA) Newsletter May 2023 Edition

Min Yu
 

We send newsletters on a regular basis to subscribers to keep them informed of the latest that's happening in the ELISA  (Enabling Linux in Safety Application) Project.

For example, here is a web copy of our latest May edition newsletter https://email.linuxfoundation.org/enabling-linux-in-safety-applications-may-2023-newsletter

If you don't want to miss our newsletter, you can subscribe to receive such regular updates at the bottom of our homepage here https://elisa.tech/

If you have opted out of emails, you can update your preferences by also going to the bottom of our homepage https://elisa.tech/. A dialogue will appear that will let you choose which Linux Foundation Projects you would like to receive such communications from. 

Please reach out if you have any questions.

Min
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
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CFP Deadline Extended to Feb 27 - Submit Speaking Proposal for Safety-Critical Software Summit

Min Yu
 

Just a quick note that the CFP deadline has been extended to February 27th for all mini-conferences including Safety-Critical Software Summit at Embedded Open Source Summit.

When ready, please submit a speaking proposal by February 27th.

Kind regards,
Min
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
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On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 9:31 AM Min Yu <myu@...> wrote:
Dear ELISA Community members,

ELISA is bringing Safety-Critical Software Summit to Embedded Open Source Summit, taking place in Prague and virtually June 27-30.

The Safety-Critical Software Summit will be gathering safety experts and open source practitioners under one roof to collaborate on enabling and advancing the use of open source in safety-critical applications.

If you're dong work in any the following areas, please submit a speaking proposal by February 12th:
  • Open Source Software Interaction with Safety Standards
  • Best Practices to Work with Regulatory Authorities when using Open Source
  • Best Practices for Security Updates to Safety-critical Systems
  • Safety Engineering Applied to Open Source Projects
  • Quality Assessments based on Data from Development
  • Development of Technical Features with Safety Relevance
  • Safety Analysis Approaches and Methodology to Apply to Systems
  • Case Studies of Existing use of Linux in Safety-critical Domains
  • Other Ideas Welcome!
We would also appreciate it if you could help us spread the word about this event and CFP due on February 12th among your network.

Kind regards,
Min
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


Submit Speaking Proposal for Safety-Critical Software Summit - CFP Deadline Feb 12

Min Yu
 

Dear ELISA Community members,

ELISA is bringing Safety-Critical Software Summit to Embedded Open Source Summit, taking place in Prague and virtually June 27-30.

The Safety-Critical Software Summit will be gathering safety experts and open source practitioners under one roof to collaborate on enabling and advancing the use of open source in safety-critical applications.

If you're dong work in any the following areas, please submit a speaking proposal by February 12th:
  • Open Source Software Interaction with Safety Standards
  • Best Practices to Work with Regulatory Authorities when using Open Source
  • Best Practices for Security Updates to Safety-critical Systems
  • Safety Engineering Applied to Open Source Projects
  • Quality Assessments based on Data from Development
  • Development of Technical Features with Safety Relevance
  • Safety Analysis Approaches and Methodology to Apply to Systems
  • Case Studies of Existing use of Linux in Safety-critical Domains
  • Other Ideas Welcome!
We would also appreciate it if you could help us spread the word about this event and CFP due on February 12th among your network.

Kind regards,
Min
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


ELISA (Enabling Linux in Safety Applications) Bringing Safety-Critical Software Summit to Embedded Open Source Summit - CFP Deadline February 10th

Min Yu
 

Dear ELISA Community Members,

ELISA is bringing Safety-Critical Software Summit https://events.linuxfoundation.org/embedded-open-source-summit/about/safety-critical-software-summit/ to Embedded Open Source Summit June 27-30 in Prague and Virtual. The Safety-Critical Software Summit brings together safety experts and open source developers to enable and advance the use of open source in safety-critical applications.

The CFP deadline is fast approaching, February 10th: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/embedded-open-source-summit/program/cfp/

We welcome you to submit a speaking proposal for the following topics: 
  • Open source software interaction with safety standards
  • Best practices to work with regulatory authorities when using open source
  • Best practices for security updates to safety-critical systems
  • Safety engineering applied to open source projects
  • Quality assessments based on data from development
  • Development of technical features with safety relevance
  • Safety analysis approaches and methodology to apply to systems
  • Case studies of existing use of linux in safety-critical domains
  • Other ideas are welcome
If you're interested in speaking, please submit your speaking proposal https://events.linuxfoundation.org/embedded-open-source-summit/program/cfp/ by Februray 10th.

Please also help us spread the word about this new event in your network.

We look forward to gathering many of you in the safety and open-source community in Prague this June.

Regards,
Min
 
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


Linux in Aerospace: A Personal Journey >> Please join ELISA Aerospace Working Group to Collaborate

Min Yu
 

ELISA community members -

Wanted to let you know about a blog post published today on linux.com about Steven H. VanderLeest's personal journey with Linux: https://www.linux.com/news/linux-in-aerospace-a-personal-journey/

The ELISA Aerospace Working Group https://lists.elisa.tech/g/aerospace was recently approved by the Technical Steering Committee and Steve will be leading this Working Group. The group is just getting started and will start to meet on a regular basis soon. Steve will be sending out communications to the mailing list about the kick off call and potential topics for collaborations soon. Anyone who is interested in participating to collaborate please join the mailing list (instructions below) so you don't miss the communications. 
  • Go to https://lists.elisa.tech/g/main
  • Click on Subgroups to the left and this will display the list of available subgroups for ELISA
  • Navigate to the ELISA | Aerospace WG subgroup
  • Click +Join This Group near the bottom of the page and this will add you to the group.
Looking forward to your participation.

Kind regards,
Min
  
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


ELISA Aerospace Working Group Launched - please join to collaborate

Min Yu
 

Thank you for subscribing to the ELISA mailing list and following the various Working Group activities by joining their respective subgroups.

I wanted to let you all know that ELISA now has a new Working Group, Aerospace Working Group to develop use cases to inform and influence Linux architecture and related tools, work to derive technical requirements for avionics operating systems, and seek to enhance and expand avionics software lifecycle processes, practices, and tools to enable use of Linux in avionics systems that are certified to high design assurance levels. 

The Aerospace WG Chair, Steven H. VanderLeest, gave a talk when proposing this working group during the ELISA Summit in September. You can watch the recording here https://elisa.tech/blog/2022/10/12/elisa-summit-call-for-an-elisa-aerospace-working-group/.

We're looking for those who are interested in joining this Working Group to collaborate. To get started, please join the Aerospace Working Group mailing list so you can receive communications by following the instructions below:
  • Go to https://lists.elisa.tech/g/main
  • Click on Subgroups to the left and this will display the list of available subgroups for ELISA 
  • Navigate to the ELISA | Aerospace WG subgroup
  • Click +Join This Group near the bottom of the page and this will add you to the group.
We look forward to your participation and contribution.

Kind regards,
Min 
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


ELISA (Enabling Linux in Safety Applications) Spring Workshop Starts Tomorrow - Register TODAY to Attend

Min Yu
 

Final reminder - 

The ELISA Spring Workshop starts tomorrow!

This event is complimentary to attend. However, you must register in order to access the virtual sessions

The ELISA Workshop Series provides a dedicated platform for the core contributors to come together to further their ongoing work and collaboratively plan for what's coming up. For those who are (relatively) new, the Workshop provides an introduction to what the community is working on, what's coming up, and how they can participate to enrich the ongoing conversation and collaboration.   
 
We look forward to your participation.

Regards,
Min
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


ELISA Workshop Virtual April 5-7 - Register Now to Attend

Min Yu
 

ELISA community and members,

Our Spring Workshop will be taking place next week over the course of 3 half days from April 5-7. 

Our Workshop Series provides a dedicated platform for the core contributors to come together to further their ongoing work and collaboratively plan for what's coming up. For those who are (relatively) new, the Workshop provides an introduction to what the community is working on, what's coming up, and how they can participate to enrich the ongoing conversation and collaboration.   
We look forward to your participation in next week's Workshop.

Kind regards,
Min
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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


ELISA Open TSC Forum and Working Group Mailing List Subgroups

Min Yu
 

Dear all,

Many of you joined the ELISA community's mailing list main group but may not have opted into a Working Group or Technical Steering Committee open forum (general technical discussions that cut across Working Groups) mailing list subgroups.

Below are instructions on how to join such a group and to subscribe to their meeting calendar so you can participate in the conversations: 

Subscribe to an ELISA mailing list subgroup

  • Log into https://lists.elisa.tech/g/main
  • Click on Subgroups to the left and this will display the list of available subgroups 
  • Navigate to the subgroup of your choice
  • Click +Join This Group toward the near bottom of the page and this will add you to the group.

Subscribe to a specific subgroup's meeting calendar (e.g. safety-architecture working group)
  • Login into groups.io for the specific subgroup you are interested in
  • Make sure you're subscribed to that specific subgroup (if not, following the instructions above)
  • Click the "Your Calendar" icon on the left: https://lists.elisa.tech/g/safety-architecture/calendar (for example the Safety Architecture group)
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page
  • Click the "Subscribe to Calendar" button
  • copy the url that is generated
  • Paste the url using whatever method your calendar reader uses for internet calendar subscriptions (e.g. Other Calendars >> From URL)
  • In addition, a calendar reminder, including zoom meeting dial-in details, tagged as #cal-reminder, is sent to the subscribers of the subgroup 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

Thank you all for your contributions to the ELISA community. Please reach out if you have any questions on how to participate.

Min

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Min Yu
Program Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)


Open Source Software in Safety-Critical Systems Summit - October 31, 2019 - Lyon, France

Min Yu
 

We're excited to announce Open Source Software in Safety-Critical Systems Summit will be happening on October 31, 2019 in Lyon, France.
This conference is the second summit in the area of open-source software and safety-critical systems, being a further evolution of last year’s Linux in Safety-Critical Systems Summit. In addition to Linux, this year we would like to include presentations from activities and experts around other open-source projects that aim towards use in safety-critical systems. 

The summit will take place alongside Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2019 in Lyon, France. It is scheduled the day after the main conference, Thursday, October 31st, 2019, from 8:00 to 17:00 at the conference venue. If you are planning to attend Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2019 in Lyon, France, please extend your travel by one day to be in Lyon on Thursday, 31st to join others in-person to present ideas and discuss how to achieve safety of current and future systems that use open-source software.

Please help us promote/share the conference and the CFP with your networks.

We look forward to seeing you in Lyon!

Min
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Min Yu
Operations Manager
The Linux Foundation
+1(530) 902-6464 (m)