Michael Starch

The PROVES Five mission is a lean, low-cost, multi-satellite CubeSat program that developed and tested open software for five spacecraft in five months. We will walk through the development, management, and triaging process that enabled rapid development across many institutions.  Finally, we will present our lessons-learned and show how Open Source both enabled this project and is the result of this project. Attendees will learn about management, development, and testing of projects built on NASA’s F Prime and The Linux Foundation’s Zephyr Real Time Operating System bound for space!

GLIBC has been a boon to Linux but comes with a toll when attempting to cross-compile code for embedded Linux systems. In this talk, we’ll explore the idea of cross-compiling and why it is important in embedded systems. We’ll then introduce problems caused by GLIBC when cross-compiling, and why these problems arise. Finally, we’ll cover several different techniques we can use when cross-compiling for embedded Linux to mitigate or avoid these issues. This talk is intended for users who have some experience with embedded Linux and embedded C/C++ development.

In this talk, we will discuss open project management through the lens of NASA's F´ flight software framework. Starting with an understanding of a project's open-source goals, we’ll analyze the paths to open management, cover management practices, discuss common problems, and dive into the dilemma of community engagement. This talk will close with a look toward future potential challenges. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how to manage their open-source projects, and a better understanding of the challenges faced by those who manage the projects we have all come to love.

F Prime, developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been used to control cubesats, instruments, and other spaceborne systems at NASA. This talk will walk through the basics of F Prime, its architecture, and how it is used to develop embedded flight software. Attendees should expect to leave with an understanding of how F Prime can be used to further their own embedded software projects both in space and on Earth.

This talk will demonstrate Streaming-OODT, a data processing platform powered by open-source technologies including: Apache Spark, Apache Mesos, Hadoop, and Apache Kafka. Funded by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Streaming-OODT combines state-of-the-art big-data technologies into a powerful and easy-to-use platform providing in-memory mapreduce processing for application to any big-data problems. It is based on OODT, an open-source data processing framework, and fills the niche for an end-to-end data processing system that encapsulates powerful technologies in a simple package.

Women have historically been underrepresented in technology fields leading to an increased need for mentorship tailored to female students. At San Marino High School, we have been running a club with the goal of inspiring female students to understand technology and pursue careers in technology. Through success and failure we have learned a number of strategies to teach female students. This talk will present these strategies and detail lessons-learned useful to all mentors teaching all students.