Dear colleagues, Kindly see below information regarding a Real-time Linux conference in October. Sorry for cross posting. Regards, John Matogo. ======= Twelfth Real-Time Linux Workshop October 25-27, 2010 Strathmore University Nairobi Kenya Following the meetings of academics, developers and users of real-time and embedded Linux at the previous eleven real-time Linux workshops held world-wide (Vienna, Orlando, Milano, Boston, Valencia, Singapore, Lille, Lanzhou, Linz, Guadalajara and Dresden) - the Real-Time Linux Workshop for 2010 will come to Africa for the first time. It will be held at the Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, from October 25 through 27, preceded by one week public seminars. Rationale Embedded and real-time Linux have been rapidly gaining traction in consumer electronics and made significant advance into industrial computing. Today, Linux runs a wide range of industrial applications including real-time and safety-related systems. This vast pool of technology not only has the potential to improve the capabilities of computer systems in general but also has the ability to include new regions of this world into this creative process. These regions have been excluded so far due to the economic constraints involved with proprietary development models. Opening the door for the creative potential of engineers in Africa, exchanging ideas between diverse technical cultures is an essential contribution to advancing the capabilities of Open Source. Call for papers Authors from academics, industry as well as the user community are invited to submit papers on original work related to Open Source real-time systems. Such work may deal with general topics related to Open Source and free-software based real-time systems but also with research, experiments and case studies, as well as with issues of integration of Open Source real-time and embedded systems. A special focus will be on industrial case studies and safety-related systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Modifications and variants of the GNU/Linux operating systems extending its real-time capabilities * Contributions to real-time Linux variants, drivers and extensions * User-mode real-time concepts, implementation and experience * Real-time Linux applications, in academia, research and industry * Safety-related FLOSS systems * Work in progress reports, covering recent developments * Educational material on real-time Linux * Tools for embedding Linux or real-time Linux and embedded real-time Linux applications * RTOS core concepts, RT-safe synchronization mechanisms * RT-safe interaction of RT and non RT components * IPC mechanisms in RTOS * Analysis and benchmarking methods and results of real-time GNU/Linux variants * Real-time networking with COTS * Medical applications using COTS and FLOSS * Debugging techniques and tools, both for code and temporal debugging of core RTOS components, drivers and real-time applications * Real-time related extensions to development environments Abstract submission If you wish to present a paper at the workshop, please submit an abstract using the submission page at http://www.osadl.org/RTLWS12-Abstract.submission-form.0.html. Final paper to be included into the RTLWS12 Proceedings Upon acceptance of an abstract by the RTLWS12 Program Committee, the author will be invited to submit a full paper in a form defined by http://www.osadl.org/paper.tgz. A detailed description of the editing and formatting process will be provided along with the notification email. Web pages http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/ http://www.osadl.org/ ________________________________ Strathmore University provides all-round education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for use by the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email and/or any files attached to it from your computer. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Strathmore University. The University accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred, or suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and/or its attachments. The University warrants neither the integrity of the e-mail nor its freedom from errors, viruses, interception or any other form of interference. ............................................................................ Website: www.strathmore.edu
