Re: [smartpowerdir] planned workshop on IOT

[Hannes Tschofenig <[e-mail]>]

Hi Geoff, 

the reason for the order is was the following: We want to restrict participation at the workshop. Hence, there is a requirement for a position paper (as an expression of interest). Then, the workshop organizers will read through the papers and invite some of the authors. We want to limit the participants to 40-50 persons to have a manageable group (to have discussions).

For the tutorial session we do not have the same restrictions. It is open for everyone who registers in time. I would therefore expect a punch of IETF folks to show up.

If we do the tutorial session on Friday then we require a punch of folks to arrive earlier and we do not allow them to show up at the workshop on Saturday. That feels a bit strange. 

We should nevertheless think about your suggestion.

Ciao
Hannes

On Dec 24, 2010, at 7:03 PM, Geoff Mulligan wrote:

> Why not put the tutorials on Friday and the workshop on Saturday.
> 
> 	geoff
> 
> On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 18:23 +0200, Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
>> Hi Geoff, 
>> 
>> the suggestion was to have the workshop on Friday and tutorials on Saturday. 
>> 
>> Recently, we organized a privacy workshop in Boston and it was not attached to any other event. Hence, everyone had to travel without any ability to optimize. 
>> 
>> Ciao
>> Hannes
>> 
>> On Dec 22, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Geoff Mulligan wrote:
>> 
>>> Jari,
>>> Is there any way to make this workshop on Saturday?  Putting it on
>>> Friday means that we have to leave the US at the latest by Thursday and
>>> in reality on Wednesday.  Personally this makes it very unlikely that I
>>> will be able to attend.
>>> 
>>> Not sure about all the others traveling from the US.
>>> 
>>> 	geoff
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 17:20 +0200, Jari Arkko wrote:
>>>> Hannes, me, Zack, and a few others have been talking about organizing a 
>>>> workshop right before the next IETF on IOT. Thoughts? Good idea/bad 
>>>> idea? Sufficient participation can be drummed up?
>>>> 
>>>> ----
>>>> 
>>>> Internet Scale Machine-to-Machine Networking
>>>> 
>>>> Background
>>>> 
>>>> Today's Internet is experienced by users as a set of applications,
>>>> such as email, instant messaging, and social networks. While these
>>>> applications do not require users to be present at the time of service
>>>> execution in many cases they are. There are also substantial
>>>> differences in performance between the various end devices, but in
>>>> general end devices participating in the Internet are considered to be
>>>> of higher performance.
>>>> 
>>>> As we move forward with the interconnection of all kinds of devices to
>>>> the Internet, these characteristics will change. "Internet of Things"
>>>> is a vision where a large number of devices benefit from the
>>>> communication services offered by the Internet. Many of these devices
>>>> are not directly operated by humans, but exist as stand-alone
>>>> components in buildings, vehicles, and the environment. There will be
>>>> a lot of variation in the computing power, available memory, and
>>>> communications bandwidth between different types of devices.
>>>> 
>>>> Many of these devices provide new services or provide more value for
>>>> our previously unconnected devices. Some devices have been connected
>>>> in various legacy means in the past but are now migrating to the use
>>>> of the Internet Protocol, sharing the same communications medium
>>>> between all applications and enabling rich communications services.
>>>> 
>>>> Much of this development can simply run on existing Internet
>>>> protocols. For instance, home entertainment and monitoring systems
>>>> often offer a web interface to the end user. In many cases the new,
>>>> constrained environments can benefit from additional protocols that
>>>> help optimize the communications and lower the computational
>>>> requirements. Examples of standardization efforts targeted for these
>>>> environments include the "Constrained RESTful Environments (core)",
>>>> IPv6 over Low power WPAN (6lowpan)", Routing Over Low power and Lossy
>>>> networks (roll)" working groups.
>>>> 
>>>> This workshop aims to explore the experience and approaches taken by
>>>> developers of Internet technology, when considering the
>>>> characteristics of constraint devices. Engineers know that many design
>>>> considerations need to be taken into account when developing protocols
>>>> and architecture. Balancing between the conflicting goals of computing
>>>> performance, code size, economical incentives, and security is often
>>>> difficult, as illustrated by Clark, et al. in "Tussle in Cyberspace:
>>>> Defining Tomorrow's Internet", see
>>>> http://groups.csail.mit.edu/ana/Publications/PubPDFs/Tussle2002.pdf
>>>> 
>>>> This workshop aims to discuss the experience and approaches taken when
>>>> designing Internet of Things into protocols and architectures. To
>>>> frame the discussion we suggest, as examples, to investigate the area
>>>> of integration in the following categories:
>>>> 
>>>> * scalability
>>>> * power usage
>>>> * interworking between different technologies and network domains
>>>> * usability and manageability
>>>> * security
>>>> 
>>>> "To make the Internet work better" is the goal of the IETF and the
>>>> workshop organizers are interested in receiving contributions and in
>>>> having discussions that support this goal. Results may lead to
>>>> guidelines and recommendations, the development of standards, further
>>>> need for research, or implementation and configuration best current
>>>> practices.
>>>> 
>>>> Workshop Style
>>>> 
>>>> The workshop’s main focus will be on the discussions. In order to keep
>>>> the group at a manageable size, participants are required to submit a
>>>> position paper as an expression of interest. Submitters of accepted
>>>> position papers will be invited to attend the workshop. Active
>>>> participation will be expected.
>>>> 
>>>> The workshop will be structured as a series of working sessions
>>>> punctuated by invited speakers who will present relevant background
>>>> information or controversial ideas that help participants reach a
>>>> deeper understanding of the subject. The organizing committee may ask
>>>> submitters of particularly salient papers to present their ideas and
>>>> experiences at the workshop. For each slot, there will be one or two
>>>> invited controversial speakers, and group work on the problem that’s
>>>> identified, hopefully reaching either a deeper understanding of the
>>>> problem or some means of approaching it.
>>>> 
>>>> Important Dates
>>>> 
>>>> Position papers must be submitted at latest February, 11th, 2011.
>>>> 
>>>> Submitted position papers will be reviewed immediately by the program
>>>> organizers and an invitation to the workshop will be sent to one of
>>>> the paper authors. At latest, invitations will be distributed by
>>>> February, 25th.
>>>> 
>>>> This one-day workshop will take place on Friday, 25th March, 2011,
>>>> right before the 80th IETF meeting in Prague, which starts on Sunday,
>>>> 27th March. Independently of this workshop but relevant for the
>>>> participants are tutorial events on Saturday, 26th March 2011. These
>>>> tutorials will focus on ongoing IETF efforts related to the IETF CORE,
>>>> ROLL, and 6LOWPAN working groups.
>>>> 
>>>> Position Papers Requirements
>>>> 
>>>> Interested parties must submit a brief contribution describing their
>>>> work or approach as it relates to the workshop theme. We welcome
>>>> visionary ideas for how to tackle the integration of constraint
>>>> devices, as well as write-ups of deployment experience, and
>>>> lessons-learned from successful or failed attempts at integrating
>>>> these constraint devices with the Internet. Contributions are not
>>>> required to be original in content.
>>>> 
>>>> We solicit brief write-ups with 1 or 2 pages, formatted in HTML, PDF,
>>>> or plain text. We encourage paper authors to focus on the most
>>>> important challenge. A focused message will be key! Accepted position
>>>> papers will be published (in addition to meeting minutes, slides, and
>>>> a workshop report).
>>>> 
>>>> Please send your position paper to [e-mail].
>>>> 
>>>> Venue
>>>> 
>>>> The planned date and location for the workshop is Friday, March 25th,
>>>> in Prague. Details about the meeting venue will be provided to the
>>>> invited workshop participants. During the breaks coffee and tea will
>>>> be served.
>>>> 
>>>> There are no plans for remote participation. Minutes of discussions
>>>> will be available, and offers to organize audio recording would be
>>>> gladly appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Workshop Organizers
>>>> 
>>>> We look forward to your input. The workshop organizers are Jari Arkko
>>>> (Internet Area Director), Hannes Tschofenig (IAB), Bernard Aboba
>>>> (IAB), Carsten Bormann (core and 6lowpan WG Chair), David Culler (ROLL
>>>> WG Chair), Lars Eggert (Transport Area Director, and upcoming IRTF
>>>> Chair), JP Vasseur (ROLL WG Chair), Stewart Bryant (Routing Area
>>>> Director), Adrian Farrel (Routing Area Director), Ralph Droms
>>>> (Internet Area Director), Geoffrey Mulligan (6lowpan WG Chair), Alexey
>>>> Melnikov (Applications Area Director), Peter Saint-Andre (Applications
>>>> Area Director), Marcelo Bagnulo (IAB), Zach Shelby (protocol
>>>> author/editor), Isidro Ballesteros Laso (European Commission).
>>>> 
>>>> More detailed information about the workshop is available at:
>>>> http://www.iab.org/about/workshops/iot/
>>>> 
>>>> Feel free to contact us at [e-mail].
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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