Re: [Nmlrg] Closedown of the proposed NMLRG and NMLRG mail list

+1 for Autonomic Networking

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David Palma

> On 08 Dec 2016, at 08:30, Pedro Martinez-Julia <pedro@nict.go.jp> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 06:28:43AM +0000, Sheng Jiang wrote:
>> Hi, Pedro,
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> I fully agree that AI is wider than ML although it is more difficult
>> to give a definition or border of AI technologies. We can certainly
>> extend our scope from ML to AI. On other side, our scope is actually
>> wider than network management. We also targeted autonomic network
>> controlling from the very beginning.
> 
> I was tempted to mention "network control" but, from my point of view,
> management is a broader term that can somehow include control. I agree
> that Autonomic Networking (AN) would be a direct beneficiary of AI, and
> therefore it gives more sense to the extended scope of the group.
> 
> Regarding the definition and border, from my point of view, they would
> be naturally derived from the specific application of AI techniques to
> network control and management. In fact, if we start defining the set of
> concepts and relations I mentioned (more specifically, an ontology), it
> would be clear where to establish the specific borders. However, almost
> any AI technique could be useful in this context.
> 
> On the other hand, and maybe a bit against my own proposal, we have to
> face the concerns (fears?) that many people have about AI mechanisms
> taking decisions autonomously. We can begin with the definition of some
> deployment plan (better name, please) that incrementally gives autonomy
> to the final system, together with a set of rules (standard?) that must
> be set to every AI-based management and control system. As a note, it
> can follow the steps of the autonomous cars that are already being left
> driving alone, also taking into account and learning from their flaws
> and problems.
> 
> Finally, if many group members agree on extending the scope to AI, it
> would be good to begin right now, with the creation of the new mailing
> list, and (of course) set a proper name to it :-D.
> 
> Let's be in contact.
> 
> Regards,
> Pedro
> 
> -- 
> Pedro Martinez-Julia
> Network Science and Convergence Device Technology Laboratory
> Network System Research Institute
> National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
> 4-2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
> Email: pedro@nict.go.jp
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