Mauro Morales
Open-Source Staff Engineer at Spectro Cloud
Open-Source Staff Engineer en Spectro Cloud
Gent, Belgium
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Hi, I’m Mauro Morales! Born and raised in Guatemala, my tech journey has taken me across the globe—from the scenic Alps of Switzerland to the bustling streets of Berlin, and now to the charming cobblestone lanes of Ghent, Belgium. Since the mid-2000s, I’ve been coding, creating, and sharing my passion for technology.
I work as an Open-Source Staff Engineer at Spectro Cloud, where I help shape Kairos, a groundbreaking operating system for edge computing. You’ll often find me at events like FOSDEM, KubeCon, and Open-Source Summit, geeking out about all things tech and connecting with fellow enthusiasts. I also serve as co-chair of the CNCF Special-Purpose Operating Systems Working Group, collaborating with brilliant minds to reimagine what’s possible in the OS space.
When I’m not coding or presenting, you’ll most likely find me lacing up my running shoes and hitting the streets of Ghent.
¡Hola! Soy Mauro Morales. Nacido y criado en Guatemala, mi trayectoria en el mundo de la tecnología me ha llevado por todo el mundo: desde los paisajes alpinos de Suiza hasta las vibrantes calles de Berlín, y ahora a los encantadores adoquines de Gante, Bélgica. Desde mediados de los 2000, he estado programando, creando y compartiendo mi pasión por la tecnología.
Trabajo como Open-Source Staff Engineer en Spectro Cloud, donde ayudo a dar forma a Kairos, un sistema operativo revolucionario diseñado para la "edge-computing". A menudo me encontrarás en eventos como FOSDEM, KubeCon y Open-Source Summit, compartiendo ideas sobre tecnología y conectando con otros entusiastas. Además, soy co-chair del CNCF Special-Purpose Operating Systems Working Group, donde colaboro con grandes mentes para reimaginar lo que es posible en el mundo de los sistemas operativos.
Cuando no estoy programando o dando charlas, lo más probable es que me encuentres atándome los cordones de mis tenis para salir a correr por las calles de Gante.
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Securing AI at the Edge: Privacy Workshop with Kubernetes
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly pervasive in our lives, driving the need for decentralized processing at the edge. However, this convergence of AI and edge computing poses significant challenges, particularly in privacy and security.
This workshop delves into the crucial intersection of AI deployment at the edge and the imperative need for privacy-centric approaches. Through hands-on exercises and demonstrations, participants will explore how Kubernetes, a robust container orchestration platform, can facilitate the seamless deployment and maintenance of AI models, including large language models (LLMs), at the edge.
Drawing upon real-world use cases and best practices, this workshop aims to empower participants with practical skills and actionable insights to deploy AI securely and responsibly at the edge. Join us to learn how to navigate the complexities of AI deployment while preserving privacy in an interconnected world.
Fort Kairos: A New Dawn for Secure Linux in Untrusted Environments
At the edge, there's one thing we know for sure: it's not to be trusted. But imagine if Kairos could change that, letting you sleep soundly knowing your intellectual property is secure.
Kairos is a CNCF Sandbox Project to run Kubernetes at the edge. As such, we have put Trusted Boot into action. Inspired by Lennard Pottering, the mind behind Systemd, we've leveraged Secure Boot, Trusted Boot, TPM, and disk encryption. The result? A Linux OS that's built tough against the challenges of untrusted environments.
Fort Kairos: A New Dawn for Secure Linux in Untrusted Environments
At the edge, there's one thing we know for sure: it's not to be trusted. But imagine if Kairos could change that, letting you sleep soundly knowing your intellectual property is secure.
Kairos is a fully open source project to run kubernetes at the edge. As such, we have put Trusted Boot into action. Inspired by Lennard Pottering, the mind behind Systemd, we've leveraged Secure Boot, Trusted Boot, TPM, and disk encryption. The result? A Linux OS that's built tough against the challenges of untrusted environments.
Do one thing, and do it well: Special Purpose OSes apply the Unix app philosophy to the whole OS
Our BoF panel features representatives of popular, highly specialized Linux distributions like Kairos, Flatcar, Eve, BottleRocket, Unikraft, SUSE MicroOS, and others. After a brief introduction we will open a discussion with the audience about the purpose, and limits, of special-purpose operating systems, on operational challenges, and on differences to general purpose operating systems. Discussions may include a wide variety of topics our audience is interested in discussing, e.g. opportunities to improve operations reliability and security, developing and operating cloud-native workloads, workload isolation, and trusted/measured boot.
Special Purpose Operating Systems: The Next Step in OS Evolution or One-Trick Ponies?
CNCF’s recently-established special purpose operating system working group focuses on the operations, best practices, and guidance for running cloud native workloads on operating systems including, but not limited to, containers, across orchestrators such as Kubernetes and other cloud-native projects.
Our panel features representatives of popular, highly specialized Linux distributions. We will outline the specifics and the goals of popular specialized operating systems such as base OS immutability, atomic upgrades / rollbacks, and securing deployments / workloads. We will discuss what specialized OSes can provide to improve development and operation of cloud-native workloads, and will outline operational challenges that result from specializations when adopting and operating these OSes.
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Mauro Morales
Open-Source Staff Engineer at Spectro Cloud
Gent, Belgium
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