[Infowarrior] - Invitation to Future Internet Information Meeting

[Richard Forno]

(via IP)

Subject: Invitation to Future Internet Information Meeting July 29, 2009

You are invited to attend an information meeting to hear about plans  
that CISE/NSF has to support research into overarching architectures  
for a Future Internet.

Future Internet architecture encompasses the overarching structure and  
protocol-based interaction of network components with the wide range  
of networked entities, including security and trust, network  
management, the traditional layers 1 and 2 (technology use of and  
support for fiber optics, wireless networks, sensor networks, etc.  
insofar as they impact an overall architecture) and layers 3 and 4  
(network and transport functions).  Applications, web services,  
distributed content networks, real-time social interaction such as  
games, social networks over the digital communication network (as  
opposed to networks of people only), service delivery, etc. make  
difficult demands on the overarching architecture and need to be  
considered as part of the architectural effort.

CISE calls for multidisciplinary research that addresses the question  
of how to design Future Internet architectures, understanding what is  
now known about requirements and mechanisms, considering lessons from  
the past, incorporating what is good, proposing new approaches where  
they are needed, and fitting these ideas into fresh overarching  
architectures that reach beyond core networking. In this respect, the  
process of design has been called “clean slate” in that the research  
is not to be constrained by features of existing networks.

Information about the meeting:

Reception: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm on July 28, 2009
Information Meeting:  9:00 am -4:00 pm on July 29, 2009
Location: Westin Gateway Hotel 801 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA

Registration Site for the meeting: http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/nsf_find09.html

The Westin is holding a block of sleeping rooms for this meeting. You  
may register for a room by clicking on “Hotel” on the registration  
website above and registering for a hotel room. The block of rooms is  
available until July 22, 2009 on a first come, first serve basis. Note  
NSF is not providing attendee travel support.

This information meeting is being jointly sponsored by CISE/NSF and  
IPTO/DARPA.


Who should attend?

	• Researchers from the CISE research community who have a systems  
view with cross-cutting expertise that would be essential for  
designing a viable trustworthy Future Internet
	• Researchers interested in evaluation of Future Internets
	• Experts in security and privacy
	• Experts in economics and other social scientists who have an  
interest in a Future Internet
	• Application designers who want to impact what a Future Internet  
could enable and deliver
	• Individuals, from other domains, such as law, biology, health  
sciences or application designers, and with different perspectives,  
whose knowledge and expertise can be brought to bear on the design and  
development of future Internets in the context of a range of  
scientific, technical, economic and social challenges

Please send this email to colleagues you think would be interested in  
attending this information meeting.

If you are unable to attend, the meeting will be live webcast and the  
webcast will be stored on the CISE homepage.  Instructions for how to  
access the live web cast will be posted on the CISE homepage as well.

For more information about research conducted to date on components of  
a Future Internet as well as papers, slides and activities, please go to
www.nets-find.net