A world first: the Structured Glossary of Embedded AI is now available in English. Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 07:00 by Natalia Loungou Paris, 15 October 2026. Embedded France and six partner organisations - the Eclipse Foundation, CEA, Leminnov, Quantyss, the European Trustworthy AI Association and Lianeo - today release the English edition of the Structured Glossary of Embedded AI. Produced by Embedded France's Embedded AI Working Group, led by Eliane Fourgeau, CEO of Quantyss, and first published in French in January 2026, the glossary is now available in both languages. It can be read online or downloaded as a PDF, under a Creative Commons licence, from a platform hosted by the Eclipse Foundation. The need for a shared vocabulary. Artificial intelligence is now everywhere, in vehicles, trains and aircraft, in medicine, in industrial equipment, in energy grids, to name only the most familiar. But unlike non-embedded AI, embedded AI operates under strict physical constraints: limited memory, latency constraints, demonstrable safety. These constraints sit at the crossroads of multiple disciplines, blending the expertise of data and AI scientists, software engineers, hardware designers, systems architects, cybersecurity, safety and compliance specialists. Every profession has its own jargon, habits and routines, and when people do not speak the same language, the risk of misunderstanding is high. These gaps are not a matter of style. They cost real money: ambiguous specifications, misread requirements, validation campaigns that have to be run again, certification files that keep growing. In an embedded system, a misunderstood word can turn into a flawed architectural decision, and such decisions are not easily undone. Something had to be done, and quickly, to help these worlds understand one another. That is exactly what Embedded France's Embedded AI Working Group set out to do. A structured reference of more than 300 definitions. When the working group was set up in 2024, its starting point was simple: no real collaboration is possible unless everyone can describe each task and each situation precisely, in terms that every stakeholder understands. Nearly a year of work produced a first French-language glossary, presented in January 2026 at the 18th Assises de l'Embarqué. Today the group is unveiling a bilingual edition. It brings together more than 300 definitions organised in 13 chapters that follow the life cycle of a system: data and acquisition, models and their optimisation, software and tooling, architecture and hardware, emerging paradigms, testing, validation and certification, trustworthy AI, governance and life cycle, regulation and standards, and sector applications. Each term sits within its chapter and is linked to related notions, so readers find not only a definition but where it fits within a system. It is a genuine working guide. The glossary covers the frameworks industry now has to reconcile, from the ISO and DO standards that apply to critical systems through to the AI Act and the Cyber Resilience Act, and includes the field's newest concepts: generative AI, agentic AI and physical AI. A common base, open to all. The glossary was started within Embedded France's Embedded AI Working Group, with the Eclipse Foundation, CEA, Leminnov, Quantyss, the European Trustworthy AI Association and Lianeo, each bringing a complementary perspective, from research and industry to governance and open source. They compared how they use each term and, working collegially, agreed on a first set of common definitions. The glossary does not claim to be exhaustive or prescriptive: it is a common base, open to corrections and contributions from everyone who uses it. "This glossary provides European industry with a shared foundation to master embedded and physical AI. By structuring our vocabulary, we structure our skills," said Eliane Fourgeau, Vice-President of Embedded France. "It is a strategic tool to strengthen technological sovereignty, accelerate talent development and support the emerging physical AI economy across all sectors." Openly published under a Creative Commons licence. Released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, the glossary can be read, downloaded, reproduced, translated and adapted freely, including for commercial use, on one condition: credit the source. Companies can attach it to a specification, schools can build courses around it, and standards bodies can cite it. It is hosted by the Eclipse Foundation within the Eclipse Aidge project and maintained as an open project: corrections, clarifications and new terms are submitted through its public repository. This new release of the glossary will be presented at the Assises de l'Embarqué on 26 January 2027, an edition devoted to physical AI. "A shared vocabulary is an important foundation for collaboration, particularly when AI safety, security, and reliability are at stake," said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. "Making this glossary openly available gives developers, researchers and industry a common reference point, helping them work together more effectively to advance trustworthy embedded AI." The glossary at A glance. | - More than 300 definitions across 13 chapters - Seven initial contributors, open to everyone's contributions - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence - Read the glossary: https://pages.eclipse.dev/eclipse/aidge/embedded-ai-glossary/ - Contribute: https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipse/aidge/embedded-ai-glossary | Embedded France. Embedded France is the French professional organisation dedicated to embedded technologies. It brings together industrial, academic and institutional stakeholders involved in embedded systems, critical software, hardware architectures and embedded AI solutions. Embedded France leads sector-specific working groups, contributes to national and European initiatives, and supports ecosystem structuring to reinforce technological sovereignty and talent development. Eclipse Foundation. The Eclipse Foundation is an international non-profit organisation providing a vendor-neutral home for open source innovation, with more than 450 projects spanning a broad range of technology domains and over 300 member organisations worldwide. Its Sovereign AI Foundation brings members together to strengthen choice and control over AI technologies. The Foundation's growing AI ecosystem includes projects such as Eclipse Aidge, Eclipse Theia AI, and Eclipse LMOS, spanning embedded and industrial AI, AI-assisted development, and agentic AI. Together, these efforts help organisations develop and adopt open AI technologies with greater transparency, flexibility, and control. CEA. The CEA works to promote the scientific, technological and industrial sovereignty of France and Europe in four key areas: low-carbon energy, digital technology, the medicine of the future, and defence and security, drawing on excellence in fundamental research. As a public technological research organisation, the CEA contributes to the scientific, technological and industrial sovereignty of France and Europe. For further information: www.cea.fr Leminnov. Leminnov is a French deep-tech company engineering the trusted digital infrastructure that brings Cloud Native, Edge Computing and AI together. It designs and industrialises secure, resilient and interoperable platforms that enable organisations to deploy and operate AI and distributed workloads from cloud to edge, leveraging open technologies, Platform Engineering and DevSecOps practices. As a member of Embedded France and Numeum, and part of the French Tech ecosystem, Leminnov contributes to building open and trusted technology ecosystems that strengthen interoperability, industrial innovation and European technological sovereignty. Quantyss. Quantyss is a strategy consultancy dedicated to deep-tech growth. It guides startups, SMEs and mid-caps from vision to market traction - aligning technology, investors and industry. European Trustworthy AI Association. The European Trustworthy AI Association is a non-profit organisation established in 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, by industrial leaders, building on the legacy of the Confiance.ai programme. It brings together some thirty European organisations, industrial companies, startups, academic institutions and research centres, with the mission of empowering industry with state-of-the-art open-source methods and tools to engineer AI-based systems that can be trusted and comply with regulations. Lianeo. Lianeo is a consulting company specialising in embedded systems and IoT. Since 2012, it has supported manufacturers in telecoms, automotive, medical, defence and aerospace in developing their embedded and critical software.

Eclipse Qrisp wins Quantum Effects Award 2026 for quantum software. Insider Brief * Eclipse Foundation, an open-source quantum programming framework initiated by Fraunhofer FOKUS, won the 2026 Quantum Effects Award in the Quantum Computing Software & Algorithms category. * The Python-based framework provides higher-level programming constructs and compiles them into optimized quantum circuits for different quantum computing environments. * Qrisp supports hybrid quantum-classical computing, multiple quantum backends and integration with NVIDIA CUDA-Q while contributing to the SecQDevOps project. PRESS RELEASE - The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world's largest open source software foundations, today announced that Eclipse Qrisp, an open source framework for high-level quantum programming initiated by Fraunhofer FOKUS, has won the Quantum Effects Award 2026 in the Quantum Computing Software & Algorithms category. As quantum computing advances, one of the fundamental challenges is making increasingly sophisticated quantum systems practical to program. Developers often work close to the hardware level, constructing algorithms through individual quantum gates, circuits, and qubits. Eclipse Qrisp moves quantum programming up the software stack. Built on Python, it enables developers to express complex quantum algorithms using familiar concepts such as variables, functions, and control flow, then compiles those programs into optimised quantum circuits for execution across different quantum computing environments. "Realizing the potential of quantum computing depends on making increasingly sophisticated systems practical to program," said Michael Plagge, Chief Membership Officer at the Eclipse Foundation. "Developers should not have to think about every individual gate operation any more than modern software developers think about individual processor instructions. Eclipse Qrisp raises the level of abstraction, enabling developers to focus on the algorithm while the compiler manages much of the underlying complexity. This award is tremendous recognition for Fraunhofer FOKUS and the Eclipse Qrisp community." The Quantum Effects Award recognises application-oriented innovation in quantum technologies. An international jury of experts from science, industry, technology transfer, and investment selected the 2026 winners based on innovation, application potential, feasibility, and collaboration between research and industry. The award was presented at Quantum Effects, the international trade fair and conference for quantum technologies taking place 6-7 October 2026 at Messe Stuttgart, Germany. Moving quantum programming up the software stack. Qrisp abstracts much of the complexity of working directly with individual qubits and gates through higher-level constructs such as typed quantum variables, functions, automatic memory management, and control flow. Developers can focus more on what an algorithm should accomplish, while Qrisp handles much of the underlying circuit construction and quantum resource management. By preserving the higher-level structure of a program, Qrisp gives its compiler more information to optimise the resulting quantum circuits. The framework supports hybrid quantum-classical computing through JAX and can target different quantum computing backends, giving developers greater portability across hardware environments. Qrisp's ecosystem is expanding through integration with NVIDIA CUDA-Q, connecting its high-level programming model with CUDA-Q's quantum simulation and hardware backends. Building an open quantum software ecosystem. As quantum hardware and software evolve rapidly, Qrisp provides an open, vendor-neutral platform for building quantum algorithms. Developed openly as an Eclipse Foundation project, it gives researchers, developers, hardware providers, and industry a common environment for collaboratively advancing high-level quantum programming across different hardware environments. Eclipse Qrisp is also contributing to SecQDevOps, a Horizon Europe project exploring how security, testing, compliance, and DevOps practices can be integrated across quantum software and hardware development. Qrisp provides a high-level programming layer that can target different quantum computing backends, supporting this broader effort to make quantum software development more systematic, secure, and scalable. Explore Eclipse Qrisp, try the framework, or contribute to the project at qrisp.eu and GitHub. Mohib ur rehman. Covering quantum and emerging technologies, Mohib explores the intersection of technology, security, and society. His work also frequently examines surveillance infrastructure and the institutions shaping the digital world. In addition to his work at The Quantum Insider, he co-runs SK NEXUS, an independent technology publication that helps readers understand the technologies shaping their lives. Stay Ahead of Quantum Get the latest research, company news, and market intelligence every week. More in Research

Eclipse Foundation releases free toolkit to help SMEs prepare for the EU Cyber Resilience Act. Thursday, September 10, 2026 - 07:00 by Natalia Loungou BRUSSELS - 10 September 2026 - The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world's largest open source software foundations, today announced the availability of a free, open source toolkit developed through the EU-funded OCCTET project to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and open source projects prepare for the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The toolkit translates complex regulatory requirements into practical steps that organisations can incorporate into their software development and security processes. It helps them assess their readiness, identify which open source components are used in their products, manage vulnerabilities, and document how security risks are being addressed. The release comes as the CRA's first obligations take effect. Beginning 11 September 2026, manufacturers must report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents affecting the security of products with digital elements made available in the European Union. The CRA's broader requirements will apply from 11 December 2027. Early use of the OCCTET self-assessment platform has identified a common challenge: many SMEs have security measures in place but lack the visibility, documentation, and consistent processes needed to demonstrate how software risks are being managed. "For organisations with limited compliance resources, preparing for the CRA is a major undertaking," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "OCCTET makes that work more manageable by bringing together tools that help them understand their obligations, identify and address vulnerabilities, and maintain the records needed to support compliance." A practical path from assessment to action. The OCCTET toolkit combines multiple services that support organisations from initial assessment through vulnerability management and documentation. SMEs and open source projects can now access and test the following services: * Assess readiness: The CRA Self-Assessment Portal helps SMEs understand how the CRA applies to them, evaluate their current readiness, and identify areas requiring attention. The free, guided assessment translates CRA provisions into structured questions, scoring, and practical recommendations. * Identify software components: Eclipse Apoapsis (OCCTET instance) identifies open source components, dependencies, and licenses, based on the OSS Review Toolkit and known vulnerabilities. It can also generate a range of CRA-ready reports and compliance artefacts, including Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), which provide a standardised inventory of the software components contained in a product. * Review findings and take action: Bitsea Curator (OCCTET instance) combines automated analysis with human review to help users verify software information, assess whether vulnerabilities affect their products, prioritise issues, and document their decisions. It also supports the creation of Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) reports, which record whether a product is affected by a known vulnerability. * Reuse shared software information: The Federated OSS Assessment Database, vulnerablecode.io, provides information about open source packages, including their origins, licenses, security advisories, vulnerabilities, and reference SBOMs. Its public PurlDB demonstrator supports reference SBOM generation for more than 20 million packages, while its VulnerableCode integration connects vulnerability information with the software packages it affects. The toolkit has been validated against complex, real-world software dependency scenarios across ten different technology ecosystems. Testing has included widely used open source projects, large-scale analysis of the Eclipse Foundation's entire project portfolio, as well as a growing number of real-world SME use cases. This extensive validation demonstrates the toolkit's ability to operate across diverse technologies, project sizes, and software supply chains. This testing has demonstrated its ability to analyse complex dependency structures, identify vulnerabilities, support human review, and monitor security issues over time. Get started with OCCTET. The Open Source Compliance: Comprehensive Techniques and Essential Tools (OCCTET) project brings together industry leaders, cybersecurity experts, SME representatives, and open source organisations to make software security and CRA preparation more accessible, transparent, and cost-effective. SMEs and open source projects can explore the toolkit and available resources at occtet.eu. Organisations interested in testing the services using real products and development workflows, and providing feedback to support their continued improvement, can visit the OCCTET Get Engaged page. OCCTET complements the Eclipse Foundation's broader work to help organisations and open source communities prepare for the CRA. Through the Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Working Group, participants are developing community-driven specifications, guidance, training, and other resources to support CRA implementation across the open source ecosystem. These resources include the free ORC Learning Hub, which provides practical, role-specific training to help open source developers, maintainers, project stewards, product teams, and security and compliance professionals understand how the CRA applies to their work and put its requirements into practice. The community also comes together through Code & Compliance, the flagship ORC event for open source developers, project stewards, legal and compliance professionals, policymakers, and industry leaders. The next event takes place on 27 October 2026 in Brussels, providing a forum to exchange experiences, share practical guidance, and explore how the CRA and other emerging digital regulations are affecting the open source ecosystem. Register now to join the discussion. About the OCCTET project. Open Source Compliance: Comprehensive Techniques and Essential Tools (OCCTET) is an EU-funded initiative focused on helping SMEs and open source projects navigate cybersecurity and compliance requirements under the Cyber Resilience Act. Coordinated by the Eclipse Foundation, the project is developing an integrated suite of free, open source tools for readiness assessment, software dependency analysis, vulnerability management, SBOM generation, and compliance documentation. The OCCTET project has received funding from the Digital Europe Programme under grant agreement No. 101190474. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. The European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained herein. About the Eclipse Foundation. The Eclipse Foundation provides a global community of individuals and organisations with a vendor-neutral, business-friendly environment for open source collaboration and innovation. Eclipse Group host Adoptium, the Eclipse IDE, Jakarta EE, Open VSX, Software Defined Vehicle, and more than 450 high-impact open source projects. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Eclipse Group is an international non-profit association supported by over 300 members. Its events, including Open Community Experience (OCX), bring together developers, industry leaders, and researchers from around the world. To learn more, follow Eclipse Group on X and LinkedIn, or visit eclipse.org. 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