[Battlemesh] A call for papers on DIY networking

Mon Feb 20 15:02:50 UTC 2017

On Fri, 2017-02-17 at 08:44 -0500, Greg D wrote:
> Good morning,
> I want to attend your workshop. I am not sure what's entail as far as who can attend, if there are costs, etc? I would be coming from the USA. I would like to implement some of the ideas from the
> conference in the developing world. Please let me know who should I reach out too for details about this event. Thanks

Hi Greg, 

Yes, there is a fee, which depends if you want to attend only to
the workshop or to the whole conference. You can find all the 
details in the second link I put my original email. 

http://networking.ifip.org/2017/

best,
leonardo.

> On Feb 14, 2017 1:53 PM, "Leonardo Maccari" <mail at leonardo.ma> wrote:
> > Hi battlemeshers, 
> > 
> > for those of you that work in (conjunction with) the academia, 
> > but also for those that can afford a scientific conference, there 
> > is this nice workshop we are setting up, the week right after
> > the battlemesh.
> > 
> > http://diynetworking.net/ifipnetworking2017/
> > 
> > The theme of the workshop is exactly what we do in community networks,
> > so, along technical papers we also welcome non strictly technical 
> > contributions to understand what is needed to empower people 
> > to make "the Internet": experiences, architectures, incentives, governance, 
> > success or failure cases are very useful, because normally these things
> > remain under the surface. 
> > 
> > The full CFP is below, and the website of the main conference is here 
> > with all the details: http://networking.ifip.org/2017/
> > 
> > I hope to see papers coming from some of the people of the BM community.
> > leonardo.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > CFP: IFIP Networking 2017 - Interdisciplinary Workshop on DIY and 
> > Community Networking, Stockholm, Sweeden
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Our apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > CALL FOR PAPERS
> > IFIP Networking 2017 Interdisciplinary Workshop on DIY and Community 
> > Networking
> > Place: Stockholm, Sweden
> > Date: June 12, 2017
> > http://diynetworking.net/ifipnetworking2017/
> > 
> > Important Dates
> > Abstract submission:             March 20, 2017
> > Full paper:                            March 30, 2017
> > Notification of acceptance:    April 10, 2017
> > Camera-ready papers due:    April 27, 2017
> > DIY networking Workshop:     June  12, 2017
> > 
> > Submission guidelines
> > http://diynetworking.net/ifipnetworking2017/submission.php
> > 
> > ---------
> > Scope:
> > This workshop is a joint venture of three EU Horizon2020 projects, MAZI, 
> > netCommons, and RIFE, in an effort to join forces around the design and 
> > use of DIY and community networking technologies for the common good, 
> > using a highly interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach. With 
> > DIY and community networking we refer to a diverse set of networking 
> > technologies that range from large-scale community networks to small 
> > scale wireless installations supporting local applications accessible 
> > only to those residing in the coverage area of the network. DIY and 
> > community networking represent two frontier research themes that can 
> > open new and exciting research and application areas. On the one hand, 
> > the locality of DIY networks enables the design of hybrid spaces and 
> > places for social sustainability, collective awareness, and 
> > conviviality. On the other hand, community networking is one of the most 
> > promising approach to overcome digital divide.
> > 
> > What bridges these two themes is the idea that networks are not only a 
> > way to "access the Internet", but they are a way to connect people, and 
> > people make "the Internet". This workshop will contribute to investigate 
> > the way that local applications can influence the creation and the 
> > governance of community networks, and how community networks can 
> > stimulate the creation of novel local applications.
> > 
> > DIY and community networks are embedded with the local social 
> > environment where they grow, so their study cannot be separated from the 
> > understanding of their societal stimuli and societal impact. For this 
> > reason the workshop will be highly interdisciplinary aiming to bridge 
> > the communication gap between those that build the technology (computer 
> > scientists, engineers, and hackers) and those that understand better the 
> > complex urban environment where this technology will be deployed (social 
> > and political scientists, urban planners, and designers). More 
> > specifically, people working on applications and uses of ICT are not 
> > always aware of the capabilities of technology for building local 
> > communication networks, on the other hand, scientists in the field of 
> > networking are often indifferent on the actual use and social 
> > implications of the technical solutions they design. We believe that we 
> > are currently in a moment in history when it is particularly important 
> > to bridge this gap between engineering and social sciences, to create an 
> > alternative to the current trend of centralization of resources and 
> > control that is taking place at a global scale on the Internet.
> > 
> > Some of the themes that we want to be central in the workshop are:
> > 
> > - Technical contributions that render DIY networking technology easier 
> > to understand and use by for less technically savvy people
> > - Theoretical contributions that can facilitate the understanding of the 
> > various inherent trade-offs in the design of DIY networks and the 
> > translation of engineering decisions to constraints and requirements for 
> > applications developers and vice versa.
> > - The integration of community networking with DIY applications, models 
> > of deployment, experiences of success and failure for this combination.
> > - The exploration of the trade-off between Internet access networks and 
> > local networks for experimenters, hackers and citizens.
> > - The way DIY and community networks can be placed in the frame of other 
> > horizontal and bottom-up experiences, such as Peer Production movements.
> > - The links and interrelations between DIY and community networking in 
> > the frame of the models for alternative Internets, such as peer-to-peer 
> > networking, overlay networks, blockchain technologies etc.
> > - Revisit key engineering questions, such as routing protocols, energy 
> > consumption, automation, resiliency in light of the possible practical 
> > uses of DIY networking technologies.
> > 
> > For the special interdisciplinary session we welcome the following types 
> > of contributions:
> > 
> > - Demos of working prototypes of DIY networking applications or systems
> > - Posters or design mock-ups of imaginary applications
> > - Short tutorials on important concepts that can facilitate 
> > interdisciplinary collaborations
> > - Other alternative formats like interviews, testimonies, artistic 
> > treatments
> > 
> > -----
> > Organizing Committee:
> > 
> > Chairs
> > Panayotis Antoniadis (NetHood, CH)
> > Leonardo Maccari (University of Trento, IT)
> > Jörg Ott (Technical University of Munich, DE)
> > Arjuna Sathiaseelan (University of Cambridge, UK)
> > 
> > Programme Committee
> > Ileana Apostol (NetHood Zurich, CH)
> > Roger Baig (Guifi.net Foundation, ES)
> > Bart Braem (University of Antwerp, BE)
> > Dimitris Boucas (University of Westminster, UK)
> > Roberto Caso (University of Trento, IT)
> > Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento, IT)
> > Manos Dimogerontakis (UPC, ES)
> > Melanie Dulong de Rosnay (CNRS, FR)
> > Felix Freitag (UPC, ES)
> > Mark Gaved (The Open University - Milton Keynes, UK)
> > Federica Giovanella (University of Trento, IT)
> > Christian Fuchs (University of Westminster, UK)
> > Ingi Helgason (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
> > Karin Anna Hummel (Johannes Kepler University Linz, AU)
> > George Iosifidis (Trinity College Dublin, IR)
> > Jussi Kangasharju (University of Helsinki, FI)
> > Merkourios Karaliopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business, GR)
> > Thanasis Korakis (University of Thessaly, GR)
> > Matthias Korn (University of Siegen, DE)
> > Iordanis Koutsopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business, GR)
> > William Lieu (Auckland University of Technology, NZ)
> > Anders Lindgren (Swedish Institute of Computer Science  Kista, SE)
> > Maria Michalis (University of Westminster, UK)
> > Leandro Navarro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, ES)
> > Andrea Passarella (CNR - Pisa, IT)
> > Claudio Pisa (CNIT - Roma, IT)
> > Amalia Sabiescu (Loughborough University London, UK)
> > Douglas Schuler (Evergreen State College - Olympia, US)
> > Michael Smyth (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
> > Felix Treguer (CNRS, FR)
> > Andreas Unteidig (UdK Berlin, DE)
> > 
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