Knowledge sharing - SASG

System Architecture Study Group

Introduction
The System Architecture Study Group (SASG), initially a Philips initiative, is an active group of over 160 system architects. Members exchange their experiences during regular meetings on system / software architecture.

Goal
The SASG goal is to disseminate system / software architecture knowledge and best practices between the members, particularly for embedded systems and software or technology intensive systems, and to provide a platform for individual contacts between the members.

Activities
Three times a year SASG meetings (one full day, normally from 9:30 to 17:00) are organized, sometimes in collaboration with other parties. These meetings are highly interactive, in such a way that is called upon everyone's experience / education etc. Members act as local hosts, so the meetings are organized at various locations, mostly in the southern part of the Netherlands, because most of the SASG members are employed there.

The topic of the meeting will be mailed to members roughly 1 month before the meeting. After this mailing the members can apply for attending the meeting. To ensure that the meetings can be highly interactive, the maximum number of attendees per meeting is set to ca. 35 (usually but not always excluding speakers and host). In case of over-application, the SASG steering committee determines a fair representation for each company (where the 'first come, first served' principle is used per organization). 

Presentations
An overview of presentations from previous meetings that can be made publicly available can be found here.
 
Schedule
The SASG meetings are as a rule always on the first Tuesday of February, June and October. So the next meetings are scheduled for:
  • 1 June 2010
  • 5 October 2010
  • 1 February 2011
  • 7 June 2011
  • 4 October 2011

Membership
The requirements for becoming a SASG member are that the person in question:
  • is professionally active in the field of system architecture (of embedded systems);
  • is willing to share his/her knowledge in an active setting;
  • is willing to help organize the meetings, occasionally.

The ambition is an even distribution on members over various companies. People interested to become an SASG member are invited to join if they fit in the profile above. If you are interested in the SASG membership, please send your personal details (resume / CV of about ½ A4), why you want to join and what you can contribute and, if possible, a reference to rolandsasg.nl.
Note that membership is a prerequisite but not a guarantee to be able to join an SASG meeting (see 'Activities').

LinkedIn
The SASG community can also be found on LinkedIn.
Only SASG members are allowed as group member on LinkedIn.

More information
Roland Mathijssen
Knowledge Manager
Embedded Systems Institute
040 - 2478216
rolandsasg.nl