Gdansk Open Source Meetup #10

Gdansk Open Source Meetup #10 is here!

We are celebrating a double-digit milestone, and we want to do it together with you.

Save the date - 22nd October, 18:00. As always, we have prepared two presentations, two Q&A sessions, and an afterparty where you can meet fellow tech enthusiasts and socialize with like-minded professionals.

Most importantly, we are looking forward to meeting you! Our team will be there, ready to chat, answer your questions, and share our passion for open source.

Agenda:

1. Analyzing traces, resources and execution of AI models in applications running in Zephyr RTOS; Eryk Szpotanski, Antmicro

In this talk we’ll focus on analyzing Zephyr RTOS applications in terms of used resources and execution flow. We will demonstrate how we can analyze the built binary, how we can use the tracing subsystem to generate traces for selected functions and parts of code and how traces are collected and delivered to the host device in Zephyr RTOS.
We will also demonstrate our recent contributions to Zephyr RTOS - the instrumentation subsystem allowing us to generate fine-grained traces of functions with help of compiler’s features, Zephelin library and Trace Viewer. We will show how Zephelin can be used to generate and collect traces from Zephyr applications, with additional analysis of CPU Load, memory usage and AI runtimes such as TensorFlow Lite Micro or microTVM. We will also show how to visualize all of the above data using Trace Viewer.

2. Abstracting The Hardware: Bridging Renode and Ghidra for Embedded Vulnerability Research; Dawid Pietrykowski, Antmicro

Physical hardware is the biggest bottleneck in embedded vulnerability research. No exposed JTAG, long boot sequences, risk of bricking your board and the challenge of actually getting your hands on a target device make reverse engineering of those platforms a painfully slow process. But what if you could leave the physical board behind entirely? What if you could go from unknown firmware binary to a full exploit without leaving your computer?
In this presentation we'll talk about how to use Renode, a simulation framework developed by Antmicro, together with the Ghidra Software Reverse Engineering (SRE) tool that was developed by the National Security Agency (NSA). We'll demonstrate how using these tools enables advanced research techniques, allowing you to trace execution, manipulate memory, and weaponize vulnerabilities in software.

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Registration:

Attending the event involves a registration at the entry based on the meetup attendee list. You will be asked to provide your name, surname and affiliation. You have to be an adult to attend. Upon entering the venue, you agree that you might be photographed/filmed.

Schedule:

18:00-18:30 - Registration & coffee
18:30-20:15 - Talks and Q&A
20:15-22:00 - Afterparty

Afterparty:

After the presentations, stay with us for socializing and more discussions at the evening afterparty sponsored by Antmicro with a delicious cold and hot dinner menu, and a selection of regional craft beer and drinks!

Venue:

European Solidarity Centre, Multifunction Hall, 1 Solidarity Square, Gdansk