Eclipse SDV Hackathon Chapter Four

More details here: https://www.eclipse-foundation.events/event/sdv-hackathon-chapter-four/summary

This year, participants can choose between two distinct tracks, designed to support both application-focused innovation and core project development.

Track 1: Hackathon Challenge

Application & Innovation

This track is designed for teams that want to create compelling software solutions on top of the Eclipse SDV ecosystem. Choose between two challenges.

Participants will build on pre-integrated Eclipse SDV technologies and focus on:

• Application development
• User experience and functionality
• Innovative use cases
• Business value and final pitch presentation

Teams will showcase their solutions to a panel of judges, demonstrating both technical excellence and real-world impact.

Challenge 1: Doctor Whodunit!!

Something in the vehicle just failed — whodunit? Travel your system's timeline: inject faults you've seen before or expect in the future, and let the evidence tell the story.

Build a safety evidence factory around the Battery Thermal Guardian — an EV thermal-runaway early-warning service. Regulations require occupants be warned minutes before a battery thermal event turns dangerous, so a stale or stuck cell-temperature signal silently disarms the entire warning chain. Run the Guardian on an AutoSD-based runtime, supervised by Ankaios, exchanging heartbeat, fault, and mitigation events over uProtocol, with diagnostic truth exposed through OpenSOVD. openDuT replays repeatable fault campaigns at three levels — delayed or duplicated messages, stuck or implausible VSS signals, even device-level sensor dropout — while your evidence collector links hazard → safety goal → injected fault → detection → mitigation → verdict for every test, packaged as a reusable SDV Blueprint.

Every fault leaves evidence. Solve the case.

Prerequisites: Basic Rust or Python, Linux/containers, pub/sub messaging

Projects: openDuT, uProtocol, Ankaios, OpenSOVD, KUKSA, AutoSD, S-CORE, SDV Blueprints

Hack Coaches: Naci Dai, Leonardo Rossetti, Frank Märkle, Ramachandran Chakravadhanula, Svante Karlsson, Rakshith Mandya Nanjundaswamy, Shriram Gobichettipalayam Ramalingam

Challenge 2: Hack to the Future

Your DeLorean is waiting. Build an SDV feature that jumps between hardware and virtual setups: develop it against simulated endpoints, then move it onto embedded controllers and real cars without changing your service code. uProtocol keeps services portable across platforms and transports, and openDuT rewires the testbench on the fly, so switching setups means no replugging of cables.

The reference scenario is the Guardian Loop, a child presence detection feature of the kind Euro NCAP now rewards in its safety ratings: a child left in a parked car is at risk as the cabin heats up, so a sensor detects occupancy and rising temperature, a decision service on an AutoSD-built HPC image evaluates the risk, and an OpenBSW-based zonal controller responds by opening a window, running the fan, or sounding the alarm. As a stretch goal, drive the on-site Flux Capacitor and Time Circuits displays from your services.

Where we're going, we don't need cables!

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Rust and C++, Linux/containers, pub/sub messaging

Projects: uProtocol, openDuT, OpenBSW, AutoSD

Hack coaches: Frank Märkle, Christian Schilling, Leonardo Rossetti, Akshai Murukakumar, Svante Karlsson, Shriram Gobichettipalayam Ramalingam

Track 2: Freestyle Track

Integration & Feature Development

The Freestyle Track is for contributors who want to work directly within Eclipse SDV projects and help advance the ecosystem itself.

Participants will:

• Develop new features and capabilities
• Create integrations and interfaces
• Improve existing project functionality
• Contribute directly to Eclipse SDV open source projects

This track is ideal for developers looking to make meaningful technical contributions while collaborating closely with project maintainers and community experts.