The 15th Open Source Development Tools Conference (formerly HelloGCC Workshop) is planned for January 13–14, 2024, with a main venue in Beijing plus online attendance. The conference is the annual developer gathering organized by the OSDT community (formerly the HelloGCC community), where we share our open source development work, research results and lessons learned. Topics mainly target open source development tools, including GCC, Binutils, GDB, glibc, Clang/LLVM, QEMU, gem5, Chisel/FIRRTL, MLIR, TVM, CIRCT and more.

Topics include but are not limited to

  • Work on the GNU toolchain.
  • Work on the LLVM and MLIR compiler frameworks.
  • Derivative work based on GCC/LLVM, such as CIRCT.
  • VM and runtime technologies, such as V8, OpenJDK, etc.
  • Emulator experience sharing, such as QEMU, gem5, etc.
  • Systems software support for new hardware such as RISC-V — e.g. Rust, V8, HotSpot/OpenJ9, etc.
  • Program analysis algorithms and binary analysis tools, such as Valgrind, SOOT, etc.
  • Other open source development tools, such as open source EDA tools, visual teaching tools for compiler theory, etc.

Talk content can be

  • An introduction to your own work on some open source software.
  • An introduction to a development tool plus usage experience.
  • Your experience of participating in open source communities.
  • Other formats, such as lightning talks.

Talk formats and time slots

  • Keynote / Talk: a formal talk, 25 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A, 30 minutes total.
  • Lightning: a lightning talk, 5 minutes presentation, no Q&A.
  • Panel: a roundtable discussion, 4–6 guests, with preset topics, about 50 minutes.
  • BoF: a themed session without preset topics, free discussion, about 30 minutes.
  • Tutorial: a teaching session, 40–50 minutes presentation + 10–20 minutes Q&A, 60 minutes total.

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CFP timeline

  • CFP opens: December 10, 2023
  • CFP closes: January 5, 2024
  • Author notification: January 7, 2024

Sponsors wanted

We welcome your sponsorship — from companies or individuals. Sponsorship can include venue provision, lucky draw prizes, book giveaways/prizes, on-site refreshments, development boards, and more.

If your company is interested in sponsoring, please contact us: Wei Wu, lazyparser@gmail.com

Past conferences

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