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    March
    12
    2024
    P4 Joins Google Summer of Code 2024
    We are excited to announce our participation in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2024! GSoC is a global program that connects anyone interested in open-source contributions with open-source project maintainers.  We are mentoring a variety...
    January
    11
    2024
    2024 P4 TST Election Results
    We are delighted to announce the results of the recent 2024 P4 Technical Steering Team (TST) Elections. Nate Foster (Cornell), Steffen Smolka (Google) and Hari Thantry (Google) have been elected to 2-year terms on the...
    January
    4
    2024
    P4 Becomes an Independent Project, Hosted by the Linux Foundation
    From its humble academic origins, P4 has grown into a vibrant open-source project, with a dedicated community of researchers and practitioners united by a shared mission: to create a deeply programmable platform that puts network...
    August
    21
    2023
    New P4 Education Working Group Co-Chair
    We are pleased to announce that Muhammad Shahbaz, Purdue University, has taken on the role of co-chair of the P4 Education Working Group. Muhammad Shahbaz is a Kevin C. and Suzanne L. Kahn New Frontiers...
    August
    11
    2023
    Building a Rack-Scale Computer with P4 at the Core
    During a recent P4.org open source developer days Ryan Goodfellow was invited to give a talk and demo about an independently developed open source P4 compiler built by a team at Oxide Computer Company. This...
    July
    14
    2023
    New P4 API Working Group Co-Chair
    We are pleased to announce that Chris Sommers, Keysight Technologies, was nominated in April 2023 to co-chair of the P4 API Working Group.  Chris Sommers has a degree in Electrical Engineering and is a Distinguished...
    June
    28
    2023
    New P4 Language Working Group Co-Chair
    We are delighted to announce that Jonathan DiLorenzo, Google, has accepted the role of P4 Language Design Working Group Co-Chair. He has been an active contributor in the P4 community since 2021. Check out this...
    June
    5
    2023
    P4 Language Design Working Group Releases P4 Language Specification v1.2.4
    Authors: P4 Language Design Working Group Co-Chairs - Nate Foster & Mihai Budiu  The P4 Language Design Working Group is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2.4 of the P4 Language Specification. The new...
    May
    31
    2023
    Community Member Profile: Daniel Lazkani Feferman
    In this community member profile we highlight Daniel Lazkani Feferman, a Telco Cloud Senior Architect at CPqD, who is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has been an active contributor in both the P4...
    May
    16
    2023
    2023 P4 Workshop Wrap-up
    The annual 2023 P4 Workshop took place April 24-25th and was hosted in-person at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California. It was a great opportunity for exchange of insights and ideas and included 28 talks...