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seL4 Summit 2020 - Call for Presentations *extended* to Sep 15.
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

The deadline for abstracts for the 2020 seL4 Summit Call for Presentations has been extended to September 15, 2020. Correspondingly, the Author Notification date has also been extended to September 30, 2020. A copy of the Call for Presentations with the revised dates is include below. Dear colleagues, You are cordially invited to submit an abstract for consideration for presentation during the 3rd Annual seL4 Summit (supported by DARPA and AFRL), to be held virtually on November 15-18, 2020. seL4 is the first formally verified microkernel, which offers fundamental software separation properties and provides new opportunities to build assured computer systems. The seL4 Summit is part of an effort to establish a Center of Excellence (COE) focused on seL4 ecosystems, aiming to mature the seL4 technology, stabilize the software distribution, train and expand the user base, and develop needed capabilities. The development of seL4, originally developed by NICTA and now supported by CSIRO’s Data61 in Australia, and the development of the COE supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), share a common focus where both efforts aim to create technology for the construction of high-assurance cyber-physical systems, where high assurance is defined to mean functionally correct and satisfying appropriate safety and security properties. For information about the First and Second seL4 Summit, please visit the Summit website at https://www.sel4-us.org/summit2020. The Organizing Committee invite researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present work of interest to the seL4 community during the Third Annual seL4 Summit. The abstract should include a title, name of the presenter, organization, a brief description of the work (or work in progress), and its relevance to seL4 and building assured systems. Interested topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - OS Kernel Design - Building Assured Systems - seL4 Center of Excellence and Ecosystem - Government Efforts - Capabilities and Applications based on a Microkernel - Embedded and Cyber Physical System - Formal Verification and Tools - Trusted Execution Environment - Correctness by Construction - Secure and Resilient Systems - Maturity, Assurance, and Transition - Artifacts and Certification Important Dates - Call for Presentation Submissions Due: originally 08/28/2020 extended to 09/15/2020 - Author Notification Due: originally 09/18/2020 extended to 09/30/2020 - Final Video (with sound) Presentation Due: 10/23/2020 Extended Abstracts for Presentation should be sent to Summit2020(a)sel4-us.org. seL4 Center of Excellence Organizing Committee - Douglas, Schafer AFRL - Jason Li, Siege Tech - Jerry Dussault, Griffiss Inst. - June Andronick, Data61 - Raymond Richards, DARPA I2O - Robbie VanVossen, DornerWorks - Renato Levy, IAI - Todd Carpenter, Adventium Labs

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UNSW seL4 teaching videos available
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 02 Aug '20

02 Aug '20

Dear seL4 community, I’m pleased to announce yet another contribution of UNSW Sydney to the seL4 community: This year I’m making the seL4-related videos from my UNSW Advanced Operating Systems class freely available. You’ll find them at the UNSW CSeLearning COMP9242 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbSaCpDlfd6qLbEsKquVo3--0gwYBmrUV At present there are the first two modules, which provide some background on microkernels and seL4, and discuss the seL4 API. More material will show up over the next two months. The complete course material, including all lecture slides, the project spec and code, are available, as always, from the COMP9042 web site: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9242/current/ Enjoy, Gernot

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seL4 Summit 2020 - Call for Presentation
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

Dear colleagues, You are cordially invited to submit an abstract for consideration for presentation during the 3rdAnnual seL4 Summit (supported by DARPA and AFRL), to be held virtually on November 15-18, 2020. seL4 is the first formally verified microkernel, which offers fundamental software separation properties and provides new opportunities to build assured computer systems. The seL4 Summit is part of an effort to establish a Center of Excellence (COE) focused on seL4 ecosystems, aiming to mature the seL4 technology, stabilize the software distribution, train and expand the user base, and develop needed capabilities. The development of seL4 is supported by NICTA in Australia, and the development of the COE is being supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), both efforts aim to create technology for the construction of high-assurance cyber-physical systems, where high assurance is defined to mean functionally correct and satisfying appropriate safety and security properties. For information about the First and Second seL4 Summit, please visit the Summit website at https://www.sel4-us.org/summit2020. The Organizing Committee invite researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present work of interest to the seL4 community during the Third Annual seL4 Summit. The abstract should include a title, name of the presenter, organization, a brief description of the work (or work in progress), and its relevance to seL4 and building assured systems. Interested topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * OS Kernel Design * Building Assured Systems * seL4 Center of Excellence and Ecosystem * Government Efforts * Capabilities and Applications based on a Microkernel * Embedded and Cyber Physical System * Formal Verification and Tools * Trusted Execution Environment * Correctness by Construction * Secure and Resilient Systems * Maturity, Assurance, and Transition * Artifacts and Certification Important Dates * Call for Presentation Submissions Due: 08/28/2020 * Author Notification Due: 09/18/2020 * Final Video (with sound) Presentation Due: 10/23/2020 Extended Abstracts for Presentation should be sent to Summit2020(a)sel4-us.org<mailto:Summit2020@sel4-us.org>. seL4 Center of Excellence Organizing Committee Douglas Schafer AFRL Jason Li Siege Tech Jerry Dussault Griffiss Inst. June Andronick Data61 Raymond Richards DARPA I2O Robbie VanVossen DornerWorks Renato Levy IAI Todd Carpenter Adventium Labs

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The seL4 Foundation Welcomes Adventium Labs!
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 22 Jul '20

22 Jul '20

Dear seL4 community, We’re happy to announce the newest member of the seL4 Foundation: Minneapolis-based company Adventium Labs. Adventium Labs develops solutions for safe and secure software-intensive complex systems, with specialties in separation architectures, model-based system engineering, and mathematical analysis technologies. They are leveraging these capabilities to extend seL4 into safety and security critical industries, including medical devices, defense and commercial avionics, and industrial control. Gernot seL4 Foundation Chair

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RISC-V (RV64) is the third ISA with verified seL4
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Dear seL4 community, I’m extremely pleased to announce that we have completed the functional correctness proof of seL4 on the RV64 ISA. Congratulations to our awesome Proof Engineering Team on achieving this major milestone for seL4! And many thanks to HENSOLDT Cyber for making it possible. My blog discusses provides a bit more context for this announcement: https://microkerneldude.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/sel4-is-verified-on-risc-v/ What we have now is the refinement proof from the seL4 formal spec to the C implementation, putting RV64 on the same level as x64 in terms of seL4 verification. The binary verification, which extends this refinement to the binary code of the kernel is progressing, stay tuned for more news on that in the foreseeable future. Gernot for the Trustworthy Systems team and the seL4 Foundation

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seL4 Whitepaper Released
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 25 May '20

25 May '20

Dear seL4 community, I’m pleased to announce the seL4 Foundation whitepaper: The seL4 Microkernel – An Introduction This white paper provides an introduction to and overview of seL4. We explain what seL4 is (and is not) and explore its defining features. We explain what makes seL4 uniquely qualified as the operating-system kernel of choice for security- and safety- critical systems, and generally embedded and cyber-physical systems. In particular, we explain seL4’s assurance story, its security- and safety-relevant features, and its benchmark-setting performance. We also discuss typical usage scenarios, including incremental cyber retrofit of legacy systems. You can download it at https://sel4.systems/About/ Feedback welcome. Gernot PS: Some of you may have seen a pre-release version that was up on the Foundation web site since the Foundation launch. This is the complete version.

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The seL4 Foundation Welcomes Breakaway Consulting!
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 22 May '20

22 May '20

Dear seL4 community, We’re happy to announce the first new member since the launch of the seL4 Foundation: Sydney-based company Breakaway Consulting. Through Founder and Managing Director Ben Leslie, Breakaway comes with 20 years of experience in L4 microkernels and systems based on various L4 kernels. Prior to founding Breakaway, Ben was a student with what is now the TS Group, and then VP Engineering of Open Kernel Labs. Breakaway offers consulting services on architecture, design and implementation of seL4-based systems. Gernot seL4 Foundation Chair

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The seL4 Foundation Welcomes Breakaway Consulting!
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 22 May '20

22 May '20

Dear seL4 community, We’re happy to announce the first new member since the launch of the seL4 Foundation: Sydney-based company Breakaway Consulting. Through Founder and Managing Director Ben Leslie, Breakaway comes with 20 years of experience in L4 microkernels and systems based on various L4 kernels. Prior to founding Breakaway, Ben was a student with what is now the TS Group, and then VP Engineering of Open Kernel Labs. Breakaway offers consulting services on architecture, design and implementation of seL4-based systems. Gernot seL4 Foundation Chair

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The seL4 Foundation is set up and open for business
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

The Trustworthy Systems group is excited to announce the creation of the seL4 Foundation: https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2020/seL4-developers-create-open… Its aim is to provide a neutral and independent organisation to ensure the longevity of seL4, and grow its ecosystem of adopters and contributors. It is set up under the Linux Foundation, which provides a mature and well-known framework for us. My blog provides a detailed explanation of why we are taking this step and what we expect the Foundation to achieve, as well as how community engagement will work: https://microkerneldude.wordpress.com/2020/04/07/the-sel4-foundation-what-a… The seL4 Foundation has a high-profile Board, consisting of individuals with a strong track record of supporting seL4. Besides Gernot Heiser (Chair), June Andronick and Gerwin Klein from Trustworthy Systems, members are: • Dr John Launchbury from Galois, who as Program Manager and later I2O Director at DARPA funded seL4's development and real-world adoption • Sascha Kegreiß, CTO of HENSOLDT Cyber, the company funding the RISC-V port of seL4 and its verification, to protect their highly secure RIC-V based platforms • Dr Daniel Potts, who has over 20 years experience with L4 microkernels, served as VP Engineering of Open Kernel Labs, then CEO of Cog Systems, now Engineering Director at Ghost Locomotion, who use seL4 to protect the safety of self-driving cars. The seL4 Foundation already has a number of members, including major adopters HENSOLDT Cyber and Ghost Systems, and providers of services for seL4, Cog Systems and DornerWorks. Please check the membership page for details and how to join: https://sel4.systems/Foundation/Membership/ We specifically encourage developers to help extend the seL4 ecosystem. If you want to contribute, we suggest looking at the list of userlevel components, and add/enhance/adopt: https://docs.sel4.systems/projects/available-user-components.html Looking forward to working with all of you to take the world's most secure, most advanced, and fastest microkernel OS to the next level! Gernot on behalf of Trustworthy Systems

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The seL4 Foundation is coming!
by Announcements about seL4 -- low volume list 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Dear seL4 community, With great excitement we announce that we are in the process of setting up an seL4 Foundation, similar to foundations for other open-source projects, such as Linux and RISC-V. This will form an open, transparent and neutral organisation tasked with growing the seL4 ecosystem. It will bring together developers of the seL4 kernel, developers of seL4-based components and frameworks, and those deploying seL4-based systems. Its focus will be on coordinating, directing and standardising development of the seL4 ecosystem in order to reduce barriers to adoption, raising funds for accelerating development, and ensuring clarity of verification claims. This was originally announced at the seL4 Summit in the US last month. I apologise for the delay in this posting (side-tracked with various issues). Gernot on behalf of the Trustworthy Systems team

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