2023 concludes the first full year of the Eclipse SDV Working Group. It was an active year with new members, projects, events, and working group operations. The working group is ending the year with 41 members and 25 projects. The working group also organised 9 events.
The following are some highlights by quarter.
Q1
Members
- The period January-March saw the addition of five members, bringing the total to 35.
- Cummins, IAV, and SCANOSS joined in January; LG Electronics and General Motors joined in March. GM is the third OEM to join (with Mercedes-Benz and CARIAD), while LG is the first member located in Korea, showing the expansion of the working group's relevance in Asia.
Projects
- The working group also added the following five projects in Q1: Eclipse P3COM (NXP), Eclipse Heimlig (Accenture), Eclipse Developer Console (T-System), Eclipse uProtocol SDK (GM), and Eclipse uProtocol Android (GM).
Events
- In March 2023, the working group participated in the Embedded World Conference with very good attendance and interest.
- At the end of March, we held our first Community Days hosted by Microsoft in Lisbon. There were 75 on-site and 50 online participants. This included strengthened collaborations with EclipseSource, introducing Eclipse Theia as a tooling platform for SDV project development. The 42 Wolfsburg Academy also introduced their Automotive SEA:ME program. In preparation for the CD, we kicked off some special interest topics to focus on technical discussions: SW Orchestration, Testing & Validation, and SDV showcase Distribution.
Operations
Also in March, the working group held its second elections, with candidates from Participant Members for all Committees.
Q2
Members
- The working group gained five new members during Q2 2023 bringing the total to 40. Berylls, Denso, EMQ, Reutlingen University, and Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institut, joined as Supporting Members. Qualcomm Innovation Center joined as a Participant Member.
Projects
- SDV projects began extending their reach outside of the middleware domain (particularly to hardware abstraction layer and communication protocols), giving a broader scope to the working group.
Events
- In June, the first Automotive Open Source Summit was held. This was the first SDV event that went beyond the established community of developers and architects to target a broader audience of business managers and executives. There were close to 100 attendees, and 6 keynote speakers from Bosch/ETAS, Microsoft, OpenForum Europe, European Commission, and the German Federal Ministry of Economics.
- Also in June, we kicked off the Webinar series “Shifting Gears with SDV” with a presentation showing an SDV project developed by Microsoft for an in-vehicle app shop.
- In July, we held the second Community Day hosted by ZF in Friedrichshafen with about 80 participants on-site and a fully packed agenda. This included 3 breakout sessions for open collaboration on key interest topics. The conference was attended by about 80 on-site and 40 online participants.
Operations
- The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) kicked off at the end of April. The TAC has the scope to advise the Steering Committee and technical topics and drive the technical direction of the working group.
- The working group focus began shifting towards cross-project collaboration including the creation of Blueprints to showcase the SDV project capabilities.
- Dana Vede joined the SDV Team as Project Engineer.
Q3
Members
- The number of working group members stayed steady at 40. In Q3, members Valeo, Eteration, ETAS, and Reycom upgraded from Supporting to Participating.
Projects
- As of Q3, 22 projects were under the working group purview, 15 of which had code contributions.
- Q3 continued the trend of onboarding projects in the tooling domain, such as Eclipse BlueChi (SW orchestration), and Eclipse openDuT (framework to automate testing and validation).
- There was more cross-organization collaboration with the continuation of Eclipse SDV Blueprint. The first Blueprint with code showcased a Fleet Management use case provided by ETAS.
Events
- The working group participated in the Women Automotive Summit in September in Ludwigsburg, holding a workshop on community building. The Summit had 362 attendees on-site.
- Also in September was the ETAS Connection and Developers Day.
Operations
- The Maturity Badges began as an initiative to highlight and promote projects with a high level of maturity and quality.
Q4
Members
- In November, Amazon joined the Eclipse Foundation with a focus on software-defined vehicles.
- Working group members Valeo, Eteration, ETAS, and Reycom upgraded their involvement from Supporting Member to Participant.
- Many other members began renewing for 2024.
Projects
- It was announced that Eclipse Foundation will host the backlog of FEDERATE, a EU funded Coordination and Support Action on SDV..
Events
- SDV was a key theme of this year's EclipseCon conference in October. There were over 100 attendees at the Automotive and SDV Community Days and more than 15 automotive-related sessions.
- November was a busy month for conferences. The working group presented at SFCON 2023 conference in Italy and AutoTech: Europe. SDV was present at EdgeTech in Japan, SDVCON (Heilbronn), and Automotive IQ SDV week (part of the Cybersecurity Week).
- Also in November, the Eclipse SDV Hackathon was at Accenture in Munich. The event included over 30 hours of coding with 75 coding participants.
Operations
- 2024 SDV Program Plan was established and approved. The Plan outlines strategic goals and initiatives as well as the associated roadmap and timeline.
- Craig Frayne joined the SDV Team as Technical Writer.
Conclusion
The collective efforts of those involved in the working group have established a foundation for innovation in the SDV ecosystem moving into 2024 and beyond. There is much to look forward to in 2024, with a program plan built around pillars of fostering community, project support, innovation, and thought leadership. Below is a quick summary of what to look forward to:
- Community: regular news posts from projects and members; events, including Community Days and hackathons; and local meet-ups.
- Project Support: project integration; blueprints; documentation creation; maturity badges; best practices.
- Innovation: technical alignment; tech talks; special interest topics; exchanges and training from external experts; demo car.
- Thought Leadership: standard definition in cooperation with ISO; set reference for OSS-flavour ASPICE; promote high maturity projects.
The working group wishes everyone a happy and healthy close to 2023. We hope to see community members in the new year, including at the first Community Days in Graz, Austria, from March 19 to 21. SDV is also attending the CES 2024 as part of the SDV Alliance as well as the COVESA Reception at Bellagio on Jan 9.