Re: [smartpowerdir] planned workshop on IOT

[Geoff Mulligan <[e-mail]>]

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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