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March 27, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

Working Group Spotlight: Medical Devices

To kickoff 2024, ELISA hosted an annual Working Group Update where all of the leads shared a quick overview, milestones achieved and plans for the new year. The update meetings,…
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March 21, 2024 in Blog, Seminar Series

Certifying Linux: State of the Art and Lessons Learned after Eight Years

In 2018, in the course of the SIL2LinuxMP project, we summarized the knowledge gained around research questions and suggested potential solutions using Linux in safety-related systems in the paper "Certifying…
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March 13, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

Working Group Spotlight: Aerospace

To kickoff 2024, ELISA hosted an annual Working Group Update where all of the leads shared a quick overview, milestones achieved and plans for the new year. The update meetings,…
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March 4, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

Using Linux in Safety Scenarios

Written by Igor Stoppa, Senior Software Architect at NVIDIA and ELISA Project contributor The ELISA Project's Open-Source Engineering Process (OSEP) Working Group examines how software engineering processes can be used…
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February 28, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

Working Group Spotlight: Safety Architecture

To kickoff 2024, ELISA hosted an annual Working Group Update where all of the leads shared a quick overview, milestones achieved and plans for the new year. The update meetings,…
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February 22, 2024 in Announcement, Blog, Safety-Critical Software Summit

Safety-Critical Software Summit Schedule Now Live

Last week, the Linux Foundation announced the full schedule for Open Source Summit North America, the premier event for open source code and community contributors. The leading gathering for the global open source…
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February 14, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

Working Group Spotlight: Open Source Engineering Process

To kickoff 2024, ELISA hosted an annual Working Group Update where all of the leads shared a quick overview, milestones achieved and plans for the new year. The update meetings,…
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February 7, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

Working Group Spotlight: Tools

To kickoff 2024, ELISA hosted an annual Working Group Update where all of the leads share a quick overview, milestones achieved and plans for the new year. The update meetings,…
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January 31, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

ELISA Project: Working Groups, Deliverables & More!

Linux is used in all major industries because it can enable faster time to market for new features and take advantage of the quality of the code development processes. Launched in…
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January 24, 2024 in Blog, Linux Foundation Reserch

How to Navigate the Complexity of Open Source License Compliance

Written by Anna Hermansen, Researcher and Ecosystem Manager for Linux Foundation Research In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, the integration of open source software (OSS) has become ubiquitous, fostering…
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January 10, 2024 in Blog, Working Group

ELISA Milestones & What’s next

As Linux continues to be a key component in safety-related applications, Enabling Linux in Safety Applications (ELISA) is an open source project that aims to create a shared set of…
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December 13, 2023 in Blog, Linux Foundation

Unveiling the 2023 World of Open Source: Japan Spotlight

The 2023 World of Open Source: Japan Spotlight report, featuring a foreword by Noriaki Fukuyasu, VP of Operations for the Linux Foundation in Japan, offers a thorough and insightful analysis of the…
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December 4, 2023 in Blog, Seminar Series

ISO-PAS 8926 Overview and ISO 26262 3rd ed. Activity Planning (Video)

ISO PAS 8926 “Road vehicles – Functional safety – Use of pre-existing software architectural elements” has been approved by the ISO community. This achievement represents a recognition of the work…
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November 30, 2023 in Blog

BASIL: the FuSa Spice

Written by Red Hat's Luigi Pellecchia, Senior Software Quality Engineer, and Gabriele Paoloni, Senior Principal Engineer Introduction Most of the safety standards across different industry domains are based on requirements…
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November 29, 2023 in Blog, Workshop

A Recap of the Munich Workshop

Written by Philipp Ahmann, Chair of the ELISA Project TSC, and Kate Stewart, Vice President of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation  On October 16-18, ELISA Project gathered at…
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November 21, 2023 in Ambassadors, Blog, Industry Conference

Putting Linux into Context – Towards a reproducible example system with Linux, Zephyr & Xen 

Last week, developers from around the world traveled to Richmond, Virginia for the annual Linux Plumbers Conference. Hosted at the Omni Richmond Hotel on November 13-15, the event was mostly…
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November 8, 2023 in Blog, Seminar Series

The Road to Safe Space Exploration (Video)

The current stage of space exploration has brought with it an increase in the complexity of systems deployed, in the number of players involved, and in the need for autonomy.…
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October 25, 2023 in Blog, Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation Europe Member Summit Recap (Videos)

This blog originally ran on the Linux Foundation EU Newsroom. For more content like this, click here. Linux Foundation Europe proudly hosted its first annual Member Summit! This milestone event…
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October 18, 2023 in Blog, Linux Foundation, Mentorship

Demystifying the Linux Kernel Security Process (Video)

There is a lot of misunderstanding about how the Linux kernel deals with security vulnerabilities. Greg Kroah-Hartman, Kernel Maintainer & Fellow at the Linux Foundation, presented a complimentary Mentorship Session…
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October 11, 2023 in Blog, Linux Foundation

Lessons from Maintainers of the World’s Most Critical Software

Image: Attendees at Open Source Summit North America 2023 in Vancouver. This blog originally ran on the Linux Foundation website. For more content like this, click here. In our latest…
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October 4, 2023 in Blog, Seminar Series

Introducing Basil (video)

Basil is a tool developed to support Software Specification analysis, testable requirements definition and coverage. It comes with a web user interface and also a simplified view of work item…
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September 27, 2023 in Blog, Seminar Series

Xen Safety Certification: progress so far and plans for the future (video)

The Xen Project is a static partitioning hypervisor for embedded, from aerospace to industrial and automotive. Xen enforces strong isolation between domains so that one cannot affect the execution of…
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September 20, 2023 in Blog, Safety-Critical Software Summit

Advancing Open Source Safety-Critical Systems (video)

The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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September 13, 2023 in Blog, Seminar Series

Automating Adherence to Safety Profiles After Fixing Vulnerabilities (Video)

Creating a critical safe or secure system generally comes down to two aspects. The system has to be able to meet the technical expectations to handle its criticality and there…
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August 31, 2023 in Blog, Safety-Critical Software Summit

Coding Guidelines – to Comply or Not Comply – Some Myth Busting (video)

The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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August 21, 2023 in Blog, Workshop

ELISA Workshop – A Summary of Berlin

Written by Philipp Ahmann, Chair of the ELISA Project TSC and Technical Business Development Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH  In June, the ELISA Project’s core contributors and affiliates came together…
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August 16, 2023 in Blog, Safety-Critical Software Summit

RAFIA – A Roadmap for Certifying Open Source for Use in Safety-Relevant Systems (video)

The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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August 10, 2023 in Blog, Safety-Critical Software Summit

Real Time Linux in Safety-Critical Systems: The Potential and the Challenges (video)

The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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August 2, 2023 in Blog, Safety-Critical Software Summit

Safety Certifying an Open Source Project: The Example of Xen

The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration…
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July 26, 2023 in Blog, Safety-Critical Software Summit, Working Group

Linux in Aerospace: Objections and Paths Forward

The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit, a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration…
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July 19, 2023 in Blog, Seminar Series

A Development Environment for DO-178C Level D Certified Linux

The ELISA Project Seminar Series focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from the ELISA Project and surrounding communities. To view past…
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June 5, 2023 in Blog, Working Group, Workshop

Diving into the Kernel: Introducing ks-nav Tool Set 

Written by Red Hat's Gabriele Paoloni, Alessandro Carminati & Maurizio Papini One of the main challenges in using the Linux Kernel for safety-critical systems is conducting safety analyses in the…
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May 31, 2023 in Blog, Industry Conference

Register for the Safety-Critical Software Summit

The Safety-Critical Software Summit, which takes place on June 27-30, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic, as well as virtually, as part of the new Embedded Open Source Summit conference is…
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May 17, 2023 in Ambassadors, Blog, Working Group

ELISA Safety Analysis Approach

Written By: Paul Albertella, ELISA Project TSC member, Chair for Open Source Engineering Process Working Group and Consultant at Codethink The ELISA Open Source Engineering Process (OSEP) Working Group plans…
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May 3, 2023 in Blog, Technical Update, Working Group

What happens when OpenAPS commands run on Linux?

Written by Shuah Khan, Linux Fellow at the Linux Foundation and member of the ELISA Project TSC Key Points Understanding system resources necessary to build and run a workload is…
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April 12, 2023 in Blog, Industry Conference

ELISA Project at Linaro Connect 2023

We've got a few more weeks to go before Linaro Connect, which takes place on April 26-28 at the Park Plaza London Riverbank in London. Once a year, engineers, developers,…
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April 5, 2023 in Ambassadors, Blog, Working Group

ELISA CI enablement – Automation tools for easier collaboration

Written by Philipp Ahmann, Chair of the ELISA Project TSC (Robert Bosch GmbH) and Sudip Mukherjee, Member of the Tools Working Group (Codethink Ltd) This article describes how the ELISA…
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March 29, 2023 in Blog, Technical Update

Discovering Linux kernel subsystems used by a workload

Written by Shuah Khan, Linux Fellow at the Linux Foundation and member of the ELISA Project TSC, and Shefali Sharma, a senior student at the Meerut Institute of Engineering and…
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March 15, 2023 in Blog, Industry Conference

Join ELISA @ the Safety-Critical Software Summit in June

As open source is found more and more in safety-critical applications, the need to evaluate open source software that meets safety standards has increased. The Safety-Critical Software Summit, sponsored by…
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March 1, 2023 in Ambassadors, Blog, Industry Conference

ELISA at FOSDEM (Video)

FOSDEM aka Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European event centered on free and open source software development that is aimed at developers. FOSDEM…
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February 22, 2023 in Blog, LF Training & Certification

Invest in Yourself With Best in Class Bootcamps – Save 50% Today!

Written by LF Training & Certification Ready to set your career on an award winning path in February? Make the commitment to invest in yourself and your career today with…
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February 1, 2023 in Blog, Mentorship

Trusted Execution Inside Secure Enclaves – LFX Mentorship Report

Işıl Öz, 2022 ELISA Project Mentee and Assistant Professor at Izmir Institute of Technology Hardware Trusted Execution Environment Since remote computation has evolved as the cloud infrastructures offer high-performance and…
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January 25, 2023 in Blog, Mentorship

Why We Need Open Source Mentorship Programs

Written by Jason Perlow, Editorial Director at the Linux Foundation Mentorship programs in open source are critical for the growth and development of the open source community, and the LFX Mentorship program…
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January 11, 2023 in Blog, ELISA Summit, Mentorship

My ELISA Mentorship

Shefali Sharma, a senior student at the Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology in India, was a mentee of the ELISA Project starting in March 2022. Her mentors were Shuah…
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December 7, 2022 in Blog, Working Group

Linux in Aerospace: A Personal Journey

Written by Steven H. VanderLeest, Software Engineering Technical Lead at The Boeing Company and Chair of the ELISA Aerospace Working Group Introduction From the early days of Linux, I was…
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December 2, 2022 in Blog, Industry Conference, Mentorship

What it takes to employ Linux in safety applications : An interview with Shuah Khan

During the Open Source Summit Europe 2022, Shuah Khan, Linux Kernel Fellow at the Linux Foundation and previously the Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee, met with Mike…
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November 28, 2022 in Blog, LF Training & Certification, Linux Foundation

Cyber Monday

With the new year approaching, what better time is there to plan for the future?  Many technology professionals are looking for ways to level up in their career in 2023.…
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November 23, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: Trusted Execution Inside Secure Enclaves (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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November 23, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit, Mentorship

ELISA Summit: Analysis of eBPF for Safety Use Case (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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November 22, 2022 in Blog, Seminar Series

ELISA Seminar: PREEMPT_RT – How not to break it (Video)

In March, the ELISA Project launched the Monthly Seminar Series, which focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from the…
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November 18, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit : Using memory access error detection (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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November 16, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit : AUTOSAR Adaptive Applications in Rust (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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November 11, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit, Working Group

ELISA Summit: Medical Devices Working Group Update (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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November 9, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit, Working Group

ELISA Summit: Kernel Tracing (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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November 4, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit, Working Group

ELISA Summit: Generation of Static Architecture Diagrams for Specific Kernel Images (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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November 2, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit, Working Group

ELISA Summit: Automotive Working Group Update – Tell-tales an Evolution Use Case Towards Driver Assistance ?!(Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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October 28, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: Linux Features for Safety – Critical Systems Working Group (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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October 26, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: OSEP Working Group Update (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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October 21, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: Useful Techniques for Qualifying a Linux Distro for ASIL-B (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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October 19, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: Systems WG – Status and Roadmap (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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October 14, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: Safety Architecture WG Update (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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October 12, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: Call for an ELISA Aerospace Working Group

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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October 7, 2022 in Blog, ELISA Summit

ELISA Summit: Intro & Technical Strategy (Video)

An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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October 5, 2022 in Blog, Technical Update, Working Group

Addressing Space Isolation for Enhanced Safety of the Linux Kernel (Video)

Written by Igor Stoppa, Senior Software Architect at Nvidia For more than two decades, Linux has made inroad in new fields of applications, from data centres, to embedded. We see…
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September 23, 2022 in Blog, Industry Partners

Open Source Automation Development Lab Survey

Written by Philipp Ahmann, an ELISA Ambassador, Chair of the Automotive Working Group, Chair of the Systems Working Group, and Technical Business Development Manager at Bosch  One of ELISA's industry…
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September 14, 2022 in Blog, Linux Foundation, News

Linux Foundation Europe

Live at Open Source Summit Europe today, it was announced that Linux Foundation Europe launches with a dozen founding members that intend to collaborate to form a disruptive inaugural project,…
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August 24, 2022 in Blog, Industry Conference, Working Group

Open Source Summit North America (Videos)

This year, Open Source Summit North America was held as an umbrella conference, composed of a collection of 14 events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open…
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August 17, 2022 in Blog, LF Training & Certification

Gain Skills to Enhance Your Career

It’s the time of year that kids around the world are heading back to the classroom. This is great timing to jump on the opportunity to improve your own knowledge…
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August 10, 2022 in Blog, Industry Conference, News, Working Group, Workshop

Join us at ELISA Project September Events

Launched in February 2019, the ELISA (Enabling Linux in Safety Applications) Project works with Linux kernel and safety communities to agree on what should be considered when Linux is used…
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August 3, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Hazard Analysis Application to Complex Software (Video)

The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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July 20, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Integrity of the Safety Application Address Space (video)

The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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July 13, 2022 in Blog, Working Group, Workshop

Introduction to ELISA (Video)

The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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July 6, 2022 in Ambassadors, Blog

Lund Linux Con (Video)

Recently, Philipp Ahmann, an ELISA Ambassador and member of the Technical Steering Committee and Technical Business Development Manager at Bosch, had the chance to speak at the Lund Linux Con…
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June 29, 2022 in Blog, Working Group

ELISA’s New Systems Working Group

Written Philipp Ahmann, ELISA Ambassador and TSC member and Business Development Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH Many projects share architectural elements, including container technologies, RTOS requirements, or virtualization, but safety…
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June 22, 2022 in Blog, Seminar Series

What is a page table and why should we care about it?(Video)

In March, the ELISA Project launched the Monthly Seminar Series, which focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from the…
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June 15, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Mixed-Criticality Processing on Linux (Video)

The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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June 1, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Safety Monitors Inside the Kernel (Video)

The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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May 18, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Software Supply Chain Integrity Transparency & Trustworthiness and Related Community Efforts (Video)

The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling…
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May 11, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

ELISA Spring 2022 Workshop Recap

Written by Paul Albertella, ELISA Project TSC member, Chair for Open Source Engineering Process Working Group and Consultant at Codethink The ELISA Project hosted its annual Spring Workshop on April…
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April 20, 2022 in Blog, Mentorship, Working Group

ELISA Welcomes 3 Mentees!

The Linux Foundation has had a robust mentorship program for years that invests in new talent and diversity that helps the open source community – no matter what the focus…
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April 13, 2022 in Blog, LF Training & Certification

Apply for a Linux Foundation Training Scholarship by April 30

Written by Dan Brown, Senior Manager, Content & Social Media, Linux Foundation Training & Certification It’s that time of year - Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) Scholarships are here! Since 2011,…
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March 30, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Requirements Traceability using Code Coverage

ELISA Project members will come together for a quarterly Spring Workshop on April 5-7 to learn about the latest developments, working group updates, share best practices and collaborate to drive…
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March 22, 2022 in Blog, Seminar Series

Real-time Linux Analysis Toolset (Video)

On Wednesday, March 16, the ELISA Project  officially launched its Monthly Seminar Series, which focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from…
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March 16, 2022 in Blog, LF Training & Certification

Make Your Voice Heard – 2022 Open Source Jobs Report!

Written by Dan Brown, Senior Manager, Content & Social Media, Linux Foundation Training & Certification The Linux Foundation has once again partnered with edX for the next iteration of the Open Source Jobs…
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March 9, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Deterministic Construction Service

This blog previously ran on the Codethink website. Click here for more content like this. Paul Albertella spoke at the ELISA November 2021 Workshop about how Codethink's Deterministic Construction Service achieved…
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March 2, 2022 in Blog, Working Group, Workshop

Established Working Group Updates

Planning is currently underway for the ELISA Project Spring Workshop, which takes place virtually on April 5-7. If you haven’t yet, you can submit a CFP here (by Friday, March 4) or register…
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February 23, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

Linux in Safety Systems

Planning is currently underway for the ELISA Project Spring Workshop, which takes place virtually on April 5-7. If you haven't yet, you can submit a CFP here (by Friday, March…
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February 16, 2022 in Blog, Workshop

ELISA Spring 2022 Workshop

Today, the ELISA Project is excited to announce the Spring 2022 Workshop will take place virtually on April 5-7 and has opened a Call for Proposals (CFP) as well as…
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February 8, 2022 in Ambassadors, Blog

How can we make Linux functionally safe for automotive?

Written by Jeffrey "Jefro" Osier-Mixon, ELISA Project Ambassador and member of the TSC and Senior Principal Community Architect at Red Hat This blog originally ran on the Red Hat website.…
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February 2, 2022 in Blog, Working Group

Discovery Linux Kernel Subsystems used by OpenAPS

Written by Shuah Khan, Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee, and Milan Lakhani, member of the ELISA Medical Devices Working Group Key Points Understanding system resources necessary to…
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January 12, 2022 in Blog, Working Group

Analyzing Open Source Interactions in Linux Based Medical Devices

Written by Kate Stewart and Jason Smith, ELISA Project Medical Devices Working Group Members The ELISA Project has several working groups with different focuses including Automotive, Linux Features for Safety-Critical…
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January 5, 2022 in Blog, News

2022 Predictions for the ELISA Project

Happy New Year! We hope that everyone in the ELISA ecosystem and community had a wonderful and safe holiday season. As we take a look at the blank slate of…
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December 20, 2021 in Ambassador Spotlight, Ambassadors, Blog

ELISA Ambassador: Elana Copperman

ELISA Ambassadors are technical leaders who are passionate about the mission of the ELISA Project, recognized for their expertise in functional safety and linux kernel development, and willing to help…
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December 16, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

Recap of the ELISA November Workshop

Written by Philipp Ahmann, ELISA Project Ambassador and TSC member The 8th ELISA Workshop, which took place on November 8-10, had 158 registrants that learned more about the various working…
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November 29, 2021 in Blog, LF Training & Certification

Lock in Best Pricing of the Year on Linux Foundation Training & Certification for Cyber Monday

Written by Dan Brown, Senior Manager, Content & Social Media, LF Training As we approach a new year, this is the perfect time to consider what you want your career…
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November 11, 2021 in Blog, Industry Conference

Open Source Summit (Sept 2021) Video: A Maintainable, Scalable, and Verifiable SW Qualification Approach for Automotive in Linux

Open Source Summit and Embedded Linux Conference, held in Seattle, Washington as well as virtually on September 27-30, gathered 1,944 total attendees.  Approximately, 482 of those attended in person from 760 organizations across 68 countries around the globe. Learn more about…
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November 5, 2021 in Blog, Working Group, Workshop

ELISA’s New Linux Features for Safety-Critical Systems Working Group

Written by Elana Copperman, ELISA project ambassador, Chair of the Linux Features for Safety-Critical Systems Working Group and System Safety Architect at Mobileye (Intel) The Linux Features for Safety-Critical Systems…
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November 3, 2021 in Blog, Working Group, Workshop

ELISA’s Open Source Engineering Process Working Group

Written by Paul Albertella, Chair of the ELISA Project Open Source Engineering Process Working Group The ELISA Project's new Open-Source Engineering Process (OSEP) Working Group focuses on the role of…
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October 27, 2021 in Ambassadors, Announcement, Blog

Welcome Jeffrey Osier-Mixon and John MacGregor as new ELISA Ambassadors!

ELISA Ambassadors are technical leaders who are passionate about the mission of the ELISA Project, recognized for their expertise in functional safety and linux kernel development, and willing to help others to…
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October 21, 2021 in Blog, Working Group, Workshop

ELISA Working Groups

Since launch in February 2019, the ELISA Project has created several working groups that collaborate and work towards providing resources for System integrators to apply and use to analyze qualitatively…
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October 13, 2021 in Ambassador Spotlight, Blog

ELISA Ambassador: Philipp Ahmann

ELISA Ambassadors are technical leaders who are passionate about the mission of the ELISA Project, recognized for their expertise in functional safety and linux kernel development, and willing to help…
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September 22, 2021 in Blog, Industry Conference

Updated w/ Video: Where do Security and Safety Meet?

Written by Elana Copperman, ELISA project ambassador and System Safety Architect at Mobileye (Intel) This blog has been updated with the video from the Linux Security Summit (LSS), which took…
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September 16, 2021 in Blog, Industry Conference

Updated w/ Video: ELISA Project @ Linux Plumbers Conference

The Linux Plumbers Conference, which happened virtually on September 20-24, had a packed schedule of microconferences and tracks for the kernel, networking & BPF, GNU Tools, Birds of Feather and…
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September 9, 2021 in Blog, Technical Update

Welcome to the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee!

Written by Shuah Khan, Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee Please join me in welcoming Jason Smith, Paul Albertella and Philipp Ahmann to the ELISA TSC. They have…
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September 1, 2021 in Blog, Working Group

Architecture Working Group: A report on Kernel FFI (Freedom From Interference) and some philosophical musings

Written by Eli Gurvitz,  ELISA Project Ambassador and Functional Safety Architect at Intel (Mobileye) In a functional safety system FFI is required when the system consists of elements of different…
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August 25, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

A Guided Tour Through the PREEMPT RT castle

In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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August 11, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

ELISA and AUTOSAR Adaptive Brainstorm

In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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August 4, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

A Maintainable and Scalable Kernel Qualification Approach for Automotive

In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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July 28, 2021 in Announcement, Blog, Workshop

ELISA Project Launches Call for Papers for November 8-10 Workshop

Since launching in 2019, the ELISA Project has continued to grow in membership, community contributions and working groups. The project’s more than 20 member companies, which include ADIT, AISIN AW…
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July 21, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

Linux in Basic Safety Applications

In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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July 15, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

Open Source Software Safety Concept Tooling in Freeplane

In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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July 7, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

Usability of ISO 26262 2nd Edition for an Open Source Design

In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at…
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June 30, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

Updates for ELISA’s Tooling Investigation and Code Improvement WorkGroup

The ELISA Project has several working groups each dedicated to a focus or use case. In today’s blog, we'll take a look at the Tool Investigation and Code Improvement WorkGroup. The…
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June 23, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

Xen Project: How we do functional safety

In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we'll take a look…
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June 16, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

The Safety Architecture Working Group: Achievements & Plans

The ELISA Project has several working groups each dedicated to a focus or use case. In today's blog, we'll take a look at the Safety Architecture Working Group, which aim's…
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June 7, 2021 in Blog

We invite you to get your hands dirty with the Automotive Working Group!

Written by Philipp Ahmann, ELISA Project Ambassador and Manager at ADIT Where it all started - The automotive WG  The ELISA Project was launched two years ago by the Linux…
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May 28, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

A Recap of the 7th ELISA Workshop

Written by Gabriele Paoloni, Chair of the ELISA Project Governing Board and Lead Software Architect at Intel, and Paul Albertella, Contributor and Member of the ELISA Project and Consultant at…
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May 19, 2021 in Blog

Interview with Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer & Linux Fellow

Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer, Linux Fellow and Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee Jason Perlow, Director of Project Insights and Editorial Content at the Linux Foundation, had an…
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May 11, 2021 in Blog, Workshop

The ELISA Workshop: Functional Safety at Xen Project

Written by George Dunlap, Xen Project Advisory Board Chair Tailored versions of Xen Hypervisor have been used in mission-critical systems for years, but this was never the case for Xen's…
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May 5, 2021 in Blog

ELISA Project Mentorships – Apply Today!

The ELISA Project is sponsoring two part-time summer mentorships, which runs from June 1- November. ELISA Project Ambassador Lukas Bulwahn will be mentoring both projects. Linux Kernel: Checkpatch Documentation Previous…
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April 15, 2021 in Blog

Safety-related Software, Linux, and Certification

Contributed by Jason R. Smith, Principal Engineer, UL LLC and ELISA Ambassador In my nearly 16 years as a certification engineer focusing on safety-related software and functional safety, on many…
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March 21, 2021 in Blog

Making CodeChecker Ready for Kernel Developers

Contributed by Jay Rajput, ELISA 2020-2021 Mentee The following is a brief report of my project carried out as a part of the ELISA/LFX mentorship program.  The primary goal of…
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February 11, 2021 in Blog

A look back at the 6th ELISA Workshop

By Elana Copperman at Mobileye, Philipp Ahmann at ADIT More than 120 registered participants, half of them first time joiners, can look back to 3 days of the 6th ELISA…
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December 7, 2020 in Blog, Workshop

ELISA Workshop #6 Virtual February 2-4, 2021

The ELISA Workshop #6 will be held over 3 days, February 2-4, 2021. Once again the ELISA technical community will gather virtually to continue advancing on topics and work relevant…
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August 31, 2020 in Blog, Workshop

ELISA Workshop #5 Virtual September 29 – October 1

The ELISA community will collaborate virtually September 29 to October 1. Over twenty sessions with topics ranging from Working Group updates to deep dives into linux technologies, follow-ups from Linux Plumber…
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June 16, 2020 in Blog, Workshop

ELISA 1st Virtual Workshop Materials Now Available

The ELISA community had a successful first virtual workshop May 18-20. Missed any sessions? Or wanted to dive deeper into the topics? Listen back to the recordings and review workshop…
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May 22, 2019 in Announcement, Blog

Three Google Summer of Code students accepted to contribute to Linux kernel verification

The project proposals of three Google Summer of Code students contributing to Linux kernel verification have been accepted. The three students, Isaac Avram (Izzy) , Mark Balantzyan, and Himanshu Jha…
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