Re: topics and objectives

[Lixia Zhang <[e-mail]>]

we also need to identify potential candidate(s) that may be interested in leading the effort -- this seems to me as important (if not more) as identifying topics.

any name suggestions?

The nearest big network conference is INFOCOM (end of April), that can be  a place to look for candidates (Lars, give you another incentive to attend;)

Lixia


On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Pierre Francois -X (pifranco - IMDEA networks at Cisco) <[e-mail]> wrote:

> 
> Hello Roland, 
> 
> Maybe we could try and discuss potential topics on the list and see
> if a set of reasonable items pop up?
> 
> I'll make a round of ISPs usually interested in research and
> post on the list if anything comes up. I guess others on the list will
> take similar
> actions.
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Pierre.
> 
> On 3/6/14 5:49 PM, "Roland Bless" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> IMHO first, we need to sort out what kind of problems we want to
>> work on, pick a few topics and define the objectives. Thus, a
>> first step would be to have a workshop(?) for collecting problems/topics.
>> Operator/Provider input would be also good to get some insight
>> into practical problems. Finally, it could be important to distinguish
>> between clean slate and incremental solutions...
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Roland