Open Source Academics (OSA)and other 96Boards Initiatives

Robert Wolff

@sdrobertw & @96Boards

The OSA Org, what is it?● OSA = Open Source Academics

● A new 96Boards initiative

● Open Source Org, currently hosted on Github - digital file cabnet

● Four components○ University, Training, Workshops, Bounties.

● Three groups:○ Industry, Academia, Community.

● Facilitate and Expand the Educational Experience with industry tech● Provide scalable curriculum & standardized course materials● Close gap between industry and academia● Incentivize academic participation in industry initiatives

Following Open Source methodology

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Some OSA Goals● Open Source consumption and contribution of educational, training &

workshop curriculum and course materials

● Practical, hands-on Open Source training

● Built by University Professors, students, community and industry

● University and Industry assigned steering committee

● Hardware and Software Independent

● Potential for IEEE/ACM certified contributions

● Foundation and Maintenance initially provided by 96Boards

● https://github.com/osacademics

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OSA Repositories● Home

● Training

● Workshops

● University

● Bounties

● More…?

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Home● To serve as OSA backend landing page

● Index to all other repositories and general resources

● Home to the following sections:○ about, guidelines, instructions, and roadmap.

● Primary hub for big picture issue tracking

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https://github.com/osacademics/home/

Training● Focus on lightweight curriculum and training materials

● Templates will include the following:○ Syllabus○ Presentation(s)○ Assessment(s)○ Certificate(s)

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https://github.com/osacademics/training

Workshops

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● Focus on lightweight curriculum and training materials

● Templates will include the following:○ Syllabus○ Presentation(s)○ Assessment(s)○ Certificate(s)

https://github.com/osacademics/workshops/

University

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● Focus on robust curriculum and training materials

● Templates will include the following:○ Syllabus○ Presentation(s)○ Assessment(s)○ Certificate(s)

● Separated into three parts○ Industry, academia, & community.

● Subject to extensive review

https://github.com/osacademics/university/

Bounties

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● Focus on enabling communication channel between…○ Academia, Industry and Community

● Platform to incentivize technology specific engagement and content

● Platform will include the following:○ Bounty Board

● Bounties must include the following:○ Title, description, checklist of expectations, due date(s), contact medium, incentive.

https://github.com/osacademics/bounties/

Other 96Boards Initiatives...

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● 96Boards OpenHours

● Community Mezzanine Initiative

● Project Org and web page

● Website and documentation Repos

● Standardized Libraries

● Women in STEM

● Open Source Academics

● Influencer program

● Events & support

● 96Boards AI

OpenHours

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● Real time chat / video

● Podcast / Livestream (YouTube and Facebook)

● Linaro and 96Boards developers

● Coffee (or beer) hour - fun and informative

● Interactive

● Weekly countdown!

● YouTube Channel

Mezzanine Community

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A community based initiative to facilitate discussion, design and development of 96Boards Mezzanine.

GOALS:

● Provide Open-Source templates and examples to serve as starting point in order to accelerate the mezzanine ecosystem.

● Host Open-Source design files for mezzanines.

● Host Ideas.

● Discuss and collaborate on mezzanine ideas suggested by the 96Boards Community.

Mezzanine Community

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● Hosted at: https://github.com/96boards/mezzanine-community/

● Lead Maintainer: Michael Welling, founder of QWERTY Embedded Design.

● Bi-Weekly community meeting for updates on on-going projects and discuss new ideas.https://github.com/96boards/mezzanine-community#meeting-notes

● Each mezzanine has individual License to the contributors choice.Contribution Policy: https://github.com/96boards/mezzanine-community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTE.md

Mezzanine Community

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Projects (Org and Website)

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● Developer Workstation● Crypto Node● PoS (Point of Sale)● Magic Mirror● Flick3d● Smart Portal● Photo Booth● Carbon Robert● Patient Monitoring System● Home Surveillance● AGL (Automotive Grade Linux)● Sensor Cluster● Zephyr Multithread Blinky● VU Meter● AOSP VR● Self Balancing Bot● Magic 8 Ball● Google Assistant● Game Emulator● More...

Projects (Org and Website)

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Projects (Org and Website)

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● Projects Org: https://github.com/96boards-projects○ Submit your project to the “Staging” area○ After approved, you are granted a repository and maintainership

under the 96Boards umbrella

● Projects Page: https://www.96boards.org/projects/○ Submit your project to the Projects page via web UI○ Or Submit your project via back end Github website repository

Website and Documentation

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Website and Documentation

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● 96Boards Website: https://github.com/96boards/website○ Fork, commit, submit PR○ After approved, you are granted a repository and maintainership under

the 96Boards umbrella

● 96Boards Documentation: https://github.com/96boards/documentation○ Fork, commit, submit PR○ After approved, you are granted a repository and maintainership under

the 96Boards umbrella

Women in STEM - Growth & Retention

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https://www.96boards.org/openhours/https://www.96boards.org/go/wistem-2018/

96Boards AI

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● Latest SoCs with AI acceleration capability

● Multiple world-leading silicon vendors

● Advanced development and prototyping platforms for intelligent products.

● Empower algorithm developers, researchers, product designers and SoC vendors to focus on their own, unique value-added differentiation.

Other 96Boards Initiatives...

@sdrobertw & @96Boards

● 96Boards○ Homepage: https://96boards.org/○ OpenHours:

■ https://www.96boards.org/openhours/○ Forum: https://discuss.96boards.org/○ Newsletter: https://www.96boards.org/digest/○ IRC: #96Boards, #OpenHours and #Linaro○ Slack: http://link.linaro.org/96Boards-slack

● Social Media○ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/96boards○ Twitter:

■ https://twitter.com/96Boards○ Facebook:

■ https://www.facebook.com/96Boards/○ Linkedin:

■ https://www.linkedin.com/company/96boards/

● General

○ Specification

■ https://www.96boards.org/specifications/

○ 96Boards-Projects Org

■ https://github.com/96boards-projects

○ Documentation

■ https://github.com/96boards/documentation

● Initiatives

○ Mezzanine-Community Initiative

■ https://github.com/96boards/mezzanine-community

○ Unified Libraries

■ https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/mraa

■ https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/upm