[CFP] Free Software Radio DevRoom 2022

[Andrej Rode]

Dear friends and fans of software-defined radio and free/open-source radio 
topics in general,
 
FOSDEM 2022 (the free and open-source developer's meeting usually in Brussels, 
Europe but **repeatedly virtual**) will again feature a track on Software 
Defined Radio and any other radio-related topics in the **Free Software Radio** 
devroom. Therefore, we invite developers and users from the free software radio 
community to join us for this track and present your work, ideas and/or demos.
 
Given the current circumstances and the virtual nature of this event in 2022, 
we are asking the presenters to pre-record the talks, which will then be 
gathered by us and streamed during the event. Presenters are also asked to be 
present online during their timeslot for live Q&A. 
 
Software Radio is an important tool for educators, tinkerers and industry to 
implement signal processing and communication algorithms in software while 
still allowing for easy access to real signals. This allow anyone to access the 
EM spectrum out of curiosity, for research or for profit. At FOSDEM we want to 
foster collaboration and exchange of ideas between different projects in the 
field of SDR. We hope to network all these projects, and improve collaboration, 
bring new ideas forward and get more people involved.
 
The track's website resides at the link below. The final schedule will be 
available through Pentabarf and the official FOSDEM website. Notice that the 
reference time will be Brussels local time (CET).
 
https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/free_software_radio/
 
Additional Information will be also available at: 
https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/FOSDEM_2022
 
** Submit your presentations
To suggest a talk, go to https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22 and 
follow the instructions (you need an account, but can use your account from 
last year if you have one. Please do NOT create a new account if you already 
have one). You need to create an 'Event'; make sure it's in the Free Software 
Radio track! Your submission should have the following information:
 
* Your contact Email
* A descriptive title and subtitle of your talk
* A short abstract
* Links related to the project
* [Optional] A longer description of the content of your talk. 
 
Lengths aren't fixed, but give a realistic estimate, and please don't exceed 30 
minutes unless you have something special planned (in that case, contact one of 
us). We will typically go for 30-minute slots -- shorter talks, unless they're 
really short, usually tend to screw up the schedule too much. Please take into 
account some live Q&A at the end of your presentation, going for 25 minutes 
presentation plus 5 minutes for Q&A will provide a more lively conference 
experience for everyone.
 
You aren't limited to slide presentations, of course. Be creative. However, 
FOSDEM is an free software conference, therefore we ask you to stay clear of 
marketing presentations and present something relevant to free/open software. 
We like nitty-gritty technical stuff.
 
Topics discussed in this devroom include (but are not limited to):
* SDR Frameworks + Tools
* Cellular/telecoms software
* Free/Open SDR hardware
* Wireless security
* Random fun wireless hacks
* SDR in education
* Satellite/spacecraft communication
* Ham radio related topics

 
** Important Dates
* Submission deadline: 26 December 2021
* Announcement of selected talks: 31 December 2021
* (preliminary) Pre-recorded presentation submission deadline: 23 January 2022
* Conference dates 5 & 6 February 2022 online
* Free software radio devroom date: Sunday 6 February 2022 online
 
In the last years we were always full to the brim with presentations, so if you 
want to present, please make sure to submit your abstracts soon!

(It might be possible to get our allotted time extended to Saturday - given 
enough volunteers and high quality presentations to cover two days, but that's 
only an option as last resort)
 
** Following steps for accepted talks
When your talk is accepted, you will be contacted by a deputy who will help you 
with the pre-recording of your talk. Together you will make sure that the 
content has the required quality and is stream-ready. When complete, the 
recording will be located into the streaming system, and Bob's your uncle. 
 
Don't forget that you **must** be available during the allocated timeslot of 
your talk for live Q&A.
 
** Steering Committee
The track committee consists of:
 
* Phil Balister - "Crofton"
* Derek Kozel - "dkozel"
* Andrej Rode - "noc0lour"
* Martin Braun - "mbr0wn"  
 
Hope to hear from you soon! And please forward this announcement.

Cheers
Andrej