Re: [ANNOUNCE][CFP] Kernel Dependability & Assurance Micro Conference - LPC 2020

On 7/9/20 2:58 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:

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> This is the call for proposals for the Kernel Dependability & Assurance
> Micro Conference at the Linux Plumbers Conference 2020. It will take
> place online during the Linux Plumbers Conference on August 24th-28th,
> 2020.
> 
> The Kernel Dependability & Assurance Micro Conference is intended to
> bring the safety-critical systems community and the kernel community
> together to start a dialogue and collaboration on making sure that the
> kernel is fit to be used in safety-critical systems and that questions
> from the safety community and other wrt. software quality can be
> answered adequately.
> 
> The goal for this conference is to explore kernel dependability as it
> relates to safety-critical applications in the areas of uptime, tooling,
> and processes. The focus is going to be on the following topics.
> 
> - Kernel Quality Assurance beyond Testing and CI?
> 
> - Understanding the User's Expectations on Software Quality for
>    business-critical systems
> 
> - Define safety requirements for overall kernel: features, tests etc.
> 
> - Define run-time characteristics and requirements
> 
> - Identify missing features necessary to operate in safety critical
>    environments.
> 
> - Discuss safety features
> 
> - Regression Testing for safety: Identify configurations and tests
>    critical and important for safety quality and dependability
> 
> - Discuss and identify gaps in tests.
> 
> - Add tests and add configurations to existing test rings.
> 
> - Understanding the Kernel Development Organization and Management
> 
> - Assessing, Measuring and Evaluating the Development Process
> 
> We encourage submissions that do not present a final solution. Instead,
> that serves to get feedback from the community, to point to action items
> for future development, and that can result in patches for the Linux
> Kernel and Linux ecosystem in the future.
> 
> Please submit your proposals on the LPC website at:
> 
> https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/event/7/abstracts/#submit-abstract
> 
> And be sure to select "Kernel Dependability & Assurance MC" in the Track
> pulldown menu.
> 
> Proposals must be submitted by August 2nd, and submitters will be
> notified of acceptance by August 9th.
> 
> thanks,
> -- Shuah