Obinna Ukwueze 0806 4948 936 <a href="http://www.magnoliaprojects.net">www.magnoliaprojects.net</a> <a href="http://www.formulaforsuccess.info">www.formulaforsuccess.info</a> <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nicholas Mc Guire <<a href="mailto:der.herr@hofr.at">der.herr@hofr.at</a>> Date: 24 July 2010 15:50 Subject: 12th Real Time LInux Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya To: <a href="mailto:ukwuezeobinna@gmail.com">ukwuezeobinna@gmail.com</a> HI ! As you seem to be involved in open-source (I just found your post to the ubuntu mailing list noting Open Nigeria initiative) I would like to ask you to help us distribute the below attached Call for Paoers. We are currnetly organizing the 12th Real Time Linux Workshop in Nairobi Kenya this October and are searching for projects that are using embedded and/or real-time Linux (or other open-source operating systems) which would like to present their projects and results at this workshop. At the event a number of key Linux kernel developers will be giving talks and also offer hands-on seminars on key Linux kernel topics - so this is a good opportunity to exchange ideas and learn from each other. Pleas help us distribute this Call for Papers to the Linux and open-source community in Nigeria ! <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"> Find the call for papers below. Many thanks ! Nicholas Mc Guire Twelth Real-Time Linux Workshop October 25-27, 2010 Strathmore University Nairobi Kenya General Following the meetings of academics, developers and users of real-time and embedded Linux at the previous 11 real-time Linux workshops held world-wide (Vienna, Orlando, Milano, Boston, Valencia, Singapur, Lille, Lanzhou, Linz, Guadalajara, Dresden) - the Real-Time Linux Workshop for 2010 will come to Afrika for the first time this year. It will be held at the Startmore University, Nairoi, Kenya from October 25 through 27, preceded by one week public seminars. Embedded and real-time Linux has been rapidly gaining traction in consumer electronics and in the past years has made significant advance into industrial computing ranging from automatin and control to safety related systems. This vast pool of technology not only has the potential to improve the capabilities of computer based systems but also has the ability to include regions of this world into this creative process that have been excluded due to the economic constraints involved with proprietary development models. Opening the door for the creative potential of engeneers in Afrika, exchanging ideas between diverse technical cultures is an essential contribution to advancing the capabilities of open-source Authors from academics, industry aswell as the user-community are invited to submit original work dealing with general topics related to open-source and free-software based real-time systems research, experiments and case studies, as well as issues of integration of open-source real-time and embedded OS. 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 system extending its real-time capabilities, * Contributions to real-time Linux variants, drivers and extensions, * User-mode real-time concepts, implementation and experienc, * 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, * Debugging techniques and tools, both for code and temporal debugging of core RTOS components, drivers and real-time applications, * Real-time realted extensions to development environments. Further information: English <a href="http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/events/rtlws-2010/ws.html" target="_blank">http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/events/rtlws-2010/ws.html</a> Venue Stratmore University, Nairobi, Kenya, <a href="http://www.strathmore.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.strathmore.edu</a> Registration In order to participate to the workshop, please register on the registration page at: <a href="http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/events/rtlws-2010/ws.html" target="_blank">http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/events/rtlws-2010/ws.html</a> Important dates August 2, 2010 Abstract submission deadline September 3, 2010 Notification of acceptance September 27, 2010 Final paper For late submissions pleas contact Nicholas Mc Guire <<a href="mailto:mcguire@lzu.edu.cn">mcguire@lzu.edu.cn</a>> Organization committee: * Dr. Carsten Emde, OSADL * Peter Okech, Strathmore Universtiy * Dr. Joseph Sevilla, Strathmore Universtiy, FOSSFA * Dr. Qingguo ZHOU, (Distributed and Embedded Systems Lab, Lanzhou University, CHINA) * Prof. Nicholas MCGUIRE (Distributed and Embedded Systems Lab, Lanzhou University, CHINA) Program committee: * Alfons Crespo, University Valencia, Spain * Berhard Zagar, Johannes Keppler Universitaet, Austria * Carsten Emde, OSADL, Germany * Daniel Orwa - University of Nairobi, Kenya * Georg Shiesser, OpenTech, Austria * Gerhard Fohler UKL, Germany * Herman Haertig, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany * Ismael Ripoll, Universtiy Valencia, Spain * Jan Kiszka, Siemens, Germany * Joseph Sevilla, Strathmore Universtiy * Kamau Gachigi - School of Engineering, University of Nairobi, Kenya * Martin Terbuc, FH ?? , Slovenia * Nicholas Mc Guire, Lanzhou University, China * Paul E. McKenne, IBM * Peter Okech, Stratmore University, Kenya * Peter Theuri - University of Nairobi, Kenya * Peter Zijlstra, RedHat, Netherlands * Roberto Bucher, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland * Sevilla Joseph - Strathnore Universitya, Kenya * Stefan Schoenege, B&R, Austria * Thomas Gleixner, Linutronix, Germany * William Okello-Odongo - University of Nairobi, Kenya * Zhou Qingguo, Lanzhou University, China Workshop organizers: * Open Source Automation Development Lab, OSADL * Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya * Distributed and Embedded Systems Lab , Lanzhou University , CHINA Carsten Emde <<a href="mailto:carsten.emde@osadl.org">carsten.emde@osadl.org</a>> Nicholas Mc Guire <<a href="mailto:mcguire@lzu.edu.cn">mcguire@lzu.edu.cn</a>> </div></div></div>