openEuler at EuroSys 2026: Exploring the Future of AI and Open Source

From April 27 to 30, 2026, EuroSys, a premier global conference on computer systems, took place in Edinburgh, UK, bringing together leading researchers and technology companies from around the world to explore the latest advances and emerging trends in OSs and foundational software.

The openEuler community was also in attendance, showcasing its distributed serverless computing engine, openYuanrong, and engaging with the global systems community through a Tutorial session, the conference banquet, and a dedicated exhibition booth. The enthusiastic response from attendees highlighted the momentum built through openEuler’s sustained engagement with Europe’s open-source ecosystem.

Event Highlights ​

Tutorial: openEuler Engages with the Global Academic Community ​

On April 27, the openEuler community and Huawei jointly hosted the SysAI Tutorial themed “Systems in the Age of AI”. The sessions showcased openEuler’s latest innovations and explorations for the AI era, attracting nearly 50 academic researchers who registered to attend and sparking lively interaction among participants.

Fang Chuangchuang, Senior Project Manager at SIR Lab of Huawei Technologies R&D (UK) opened the Tutorial with welcoming remarks and a brief overview of the program.

The Tutorial was structured around two key tracks, comprising four sessions in total.

Track 1: System Operations and Optimization Acceleration in the AI Era ​

Liu Yubo, an openEuler kernel and filesystem expert, presented TrIO, a technology designed to address I/O bottlenecks in container image loading. He shared how TrIO, by flattening the data path and introducing a runtime page-cache mechanism, significantly reduces cold-start latency.

Dr. Mohamed Kassem, an expert from Huawei, presented openYuanrong’s elastic scheduling capabilities as a serverless AI engine for the AI era, as well as its out-of-the-box execution environment for AI applications.

Track 2: System and Distributed Scheduling Solutions for AI Workloads ​

Dr. Sheriffo Ceesay, a cloud-native expert from the openEuler community, presented CLYDE, a data transfer acceleration engine developed by his team on openEuler. Designed for cloud-native environments, CLYDE introduces a peer-to-peer data acceleration approach that significantly improves data throughput across large-scale clusters.

Lu Jingxiao, an expert from the openEuler community, presented openEuler AgentOS and how it brings LLMs into the OS ecosystem, exploring new paradigms for AI-driven autonomous diagnostics and intelligent management. The sharing sparked widespread interest and lively discussion among attendees.

The Tutorial concluded with closing remarks from Dr. Yang Ren, Director of Boole Research Centre. He noted that the growing scale, complexity, and real-time demands of AI workloads are driving full-stack evolution across system software, from the kernel and runtime to distributed systems. In the AI era, innovation in systems software can no longer be limited to isolated optimizations; instead, it requires cross-layer collaboration across kernel mechanisms, runtime systems, distributed scheduling, data acceleration, and intelligent operations and management.

Looking ahead, Huawei Technologies R&D (UK) will continue to leverage open platforms such as openEuler to bring together academic innovation, open-source communities, and industry practice worldwide, working with partners to advance the open-source foundational software ecosystem for the AI era.

Conference Banquet: Showcasing openEuler to the European Open-Source Community ​

On April 28, the EuroSys 2026 conference banquet was held at the National Museum of Scotland, bringing together more than 500 researchers, engineers, and industry experts from the global systems community. As the conference’s Diamond Sponsor, Huawei secured prominent brand visibility at the banquet.

As a key member of the openEuler community, Huawei also supported the community’s global outreach by showcasing a themed video that highlighted openEuler’s AI OS innovations and its vision for a global open-source ecosystem.

This high-profile setting provided an opportunity to bring openEuler’s technology vision and ecosystem to the attention of leading figures across the global systems community, further strengthening openEuler’s international brand recognition.

Booth Engagement: openEuler and openYuanrong Showcase New Frontiers for Open-Source Infrastructure in Europe ​

During the conference, the openEuler and openYuanrong booth drew a steady stream of developers, academic researchers, and industry representatives, who stopped by to explore the latest technologies and exchange ideas.

The booth showcased the latest advances of openEuler in OSs, industry applications, and open-source ecosystems. It also highlighted the community’s technology evolution, ecosystem collaboration, and foundational software capabilities for the AI era. The booth also featured exclusive openEuler publications covering the latest community and ecosystem developments, which drew strong interest among attendees.

openYuanrong made its European debut at this conference. The showcase attracted considerable attention from researchers and engineers, sparking exchanges around heterogeneous scheduling, distributed execution, and AI infrastructure.

Looking Ahead ​

The openEuler ecosystem made a strong impression at EuroSys 2026, further expanding its visibility and influence within Europe’s systems research community.

During the conference, each Tutorial session attracted more than 30 researchers on average for technical discussions. The openEuler booth also served as an important hub for technical exchange, bringing together more than 40 attendees, including professors and PhD students from universities in China and around the world, who joined the openEuler community group to continue the conversation. Many developers, researchers, and students from leading universities also shared their contact details and expressed interest in future exchanges and collaboration, marking another meaningful step in the expansion of openEuler’s international academic community.

The momentum extended to social media and open-source communities. Across YouTube, LinkedIn, X, and other platforms, openEuler gained more than 1,000 new followers in total. Since its Tutorial debut, the openYuanrong community also surpassed 100 stars within a single day, reflecting growing international interest in the project.

Looking ahead, the openEuler community will continue to strengthen its global open-source ecosystem, working alongside developers, academic partners, and industry leaders worldwide to advance innovation in open-source OSs and foundational software for the AI era — and to write a new chapter of open source on the global stage.