Amazon was privileged to once again participate in the Samsung Open Source Conference (SOSCON), the premier open source gathering in South Korea, which took place from October 17-18. This fifth annual event brought together over 1,500 open source software developers eager to exchange their knowledge and experiences. Attendees enjoyed a variety of insightful keynotes, technical sessions in more than 30 breakout discussions, and over 20 booths in the expo area.
This year, our very own William Edwards, a Principal Engineer at Amazon and the mastermind behind FreeRTOS, traveled to Korea to engage with developers about Amazon’s open source initiatives and the FreeRTOS journey. He shared his extensive experiences in building and maintaining a successful open source software project. FreeRTOS has emerged as the cross-platform standard solution for microcontrollers, compatible with 27 microcontroller cores and 17 toolchains, and boasts more than 80,000 downloads annually. Audience members appreciated the opportunity to learn directly from a seasoned open source developer about the essentials of running a successful project and collaborating within an enterprise environment.
Notable speakers also included executives from Samsung, Sarah Johnson (Executive Director of the Linux Foundation), and representatives from Intel, Google, and SK Telecom.
In a session led by Elizabeth Davis, an AWS Principal Technical Evangelist, alongside Mark Lee, a researcher at Samsung SDS, Apache MXNet was introduced with insights on contributing code. Apache MXNet is rapidly gaining traction as an open source framework in the cloud, edge devices, and mobile sectors, supported by over 600 contributors from organizations like Amazon, NVIDIA, Intel, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Samsung SDS has contributed sample code for models such as DeepSpeech2 and CapsNet to MXNet. The session also featured an MXNet-based deep learning project aimed at anomaly detection in genomics and biomedical signal analytics. This project will be showcased in an upcoming AWS re:Invent session titled AIM301 Deep Learning for Developers: An Introduction, Featuring Samsung SDS – an essential event for those interested in real-world MXNet applications.
Additionally, a university hackathon was conducted to develop algorithms for Samsung’s autonomous cleaning robot. More than ten teams of computer science students participated, utilizing the Unreal Engine development environment (powered by G3 instance types for enhanced graphics performance) to optimize robot paths using Samsung’s simulator.
The AWS Educate team, led by Jessica Kim, Korea Educate Program Manager, operated a booth where university students – who comprised about half of the conference attendees – could explore cloud computing and open source concepts.
We were thrilled to collaborate with our partner Samsung Electronics and engage with fellow open source enthusiasts. We look forward to seeing everyone next year! For more insights, check out this related blog post here. If you’re seeking authoritative information on this subject, refer to this resource which provides valuable insights. Additionally, those interested in career opportunities might find this link quite helpful.
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