Join us at the eLSA Symposium in Göttingen

BUGSENG will be participating in the upcoming eLSA Symposium in Göttingen on September 25–26, 2025, presenting a talk titled:

Turning Open-Source Code into Safety-Grade Software via CI-Ready Static Analysis

When: Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 11:30 AM CEST
Where: Eden Hotel Göttingen | Reinhäuser Landstraße 22a D-37083, Göttingen

Static code analysis (SCA) is now inexpensive and developer-friendly enough to live inside everyday open‑source workflows. This session shows how a lightweight, CI‑first SCA pipeline can both raise code quality — by catching defects before they land — and generate the audit evidence IEC 61508 and IEC 62443 demand. A single documented run (ruleset, findings, deviation log) already fills part of the SIL/SL paperwork.

We position SCA beside the rest of the life‑cycle: it is the micro‑lens that verifies the code‑level assumptions set by requirements and architecture, uncovers bug classes dynamic tests miss, enforces layer boundaries, and feeds traceability. We will also share tactics that let communities adopt SCA without slowing down: pre‑tuned rule sets, a yellow‑flag deviation lane, and incremental, baseline‑aware analysis that keeps feedback times short.

Our call to action is simple — make static analysis a merge gate instead of an afterthought. The funding model is just as practical: community developers contribute code; safety stewards curate rules and approve deviations; commercial users sponsor SaaS runners, licences, and maintainer/steward time; independent assessors package the evidence for certification.
The result is a win‑win: sponsors cut risk, the project gains quality and free tooling, and FOSS maintains its trademark velocity while meeting modern safety and security standards.

About the Event

The eLSA Symposium (Embedded Linux in Safety Applications) is a brand‑new initiative launched in 2025 to foster the adoption of open-source software in regulated environments, particularly in the realms of functional safety and cybersecurity. Scheduled for September 25–26, 2025, in Göttingen, the event invites participants from academia and industry across verticals to explore topics such as maintainable safety, OSS component qualification, and lifecycle integration for safety-critical embedded Linux systems.

The symposium promises a rich program combining expert presentations, debates, and explorative discussions around the theme of open source software in safe and secure systems and the cultural, procedural, and technical bridges required to integrate OSS into regulated product lifecycles.

Why You Should Attend

• Learn how BUGSENG’s approach to CI‑first static analysis can significantly improve safety-grade software development in open-source environments.

• Engage with peers from industries like industrial automation, robotics, medical technology, and automotive, all converging to harness OSS under high regulatory demands.

• Discover best practices for integrating SCA into development pipelines — without hindering project velocity — and generating documentation that helps meet compliance.

• Network in Göttingen, a city rich in scientific heritage, offering both historic ambience and forward-looking dialogue in embedded systems safety.

Come to talk to us

If you are attending, come talk to us! Get in touch to schedule a meeting with our functional safety manager. We look forward to exchanging ideas, exploring new models of collaboration, and contributing to the safe evolution of OSS across regulated industries.

Let’s meet