Due to multiple requests, we have decided to extend the deadline for
ExtremeCom 2010 by one week until May 7.
Please note that the workshop is held the week after Sigcomm 2010
(which is in Delhi), so if you plan to attend Sigcomm, the extra
travel expenses for ExtremeCom will be small.
Please also note the exciting opportunity offered to the recipient of
the best student paper award (a paid internship at Deutsche Telekom
Laboratories in Berlin).
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
/Anders and Ben
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Call for Papers and Demos for The 2nd Extreme Workshop on Communication -
The Himalayan Expedition (ExtremeCom 2010)
http://www.extremecom.org
In cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM.
The Extreme Workshop on Communication (ExtremeCom) intends to bring
together researchers and practitioners in areas related to challenged
networks in order to gain experience and insight into the challenges
that such environments pose for the network and the users. Such
networks include delay and disruption tolerant networks, sparse sensor
networks, power-efficient networking, as well as other networking
paradigms for rural and remote areas.
We aim to do this through a real-life experience in the Indian
Himalayan region. Dharamsala, where the workshop will take place, is a
well-frequented and loved destination for visitors. This mountainous
town presents a unique mix of cultures and spiritual traditions and is
also a starting point to a number of spectacular trekking trails.
Dharamsala is also the place where Dharamsala Community Network came
to life in February 2005, following the deregulation of WiFi for
outdoor use in India. Built and operated by AirJaldi, a social
enterprise, the network grew from 8 campuses in 2005 to over 2,000
computers spread in campuses, offices and homes within a radius of
70Km. in and around Dharamsala. AirJaldi is building additional
networks in other rural locations in India.
The ExtremeCom 2010 workshop is planned around AirJaldi's Dharamsala
network's locations and facilities, thereby giving participants a
great opportunity to be involved in a real-life network deployment.
The workshop will start with a four-day field trip into the mountain
regions around Dharamsala. During this time, participants will be
given the opportunity to hike along the trails in the mountains, visit
local villages and Tibetan settlements and meet the local population
and users of the network. The combination of trekking and meetings
will give participants a better idea of both the technical and user
requirements of the network, as well as provide opportunities for
informal research discussions between the participants.
Participants who have their own solutions for scenarios like this will
also, to as great an extent as possible, be encouraged to test and
demonstrate it within this environment. (We are currently planning the
mountain-based part of the workshop and some details are subject to
change.) During the field trip, participants will be given the chance
to work with AirJaldi to set up more relays, for example in schools
along the hiking trail (details to be provided at a later stage).
Upon reaching the end of the hike, we will conduct a two-day technical
session in a more traditional conference venue with paper
presentations and demos. The focus will still be on informal research
discussions, with the hope that the recent field experience they have
gone through together will give participants the ability to view and
discuss the topics presented with additional insights.
Authors should submit a 6-page paper outlining ideas and visions about
the topics of the workshop or alternatively a 2-page proposal for a
demo to be shown during the workshop. Visionary and thought-provoking
papers that are likely to generate much discussion during the workshop
are especially solicited. The aim of the workshop is to maintain an
informal environment, where new research ideas can be discussed and
developed.
Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:
* Testbeds for large-scale sustainable testing of DTN systems
* Real deployments of networks in extreme environments
* Business and service models for networks in rural, remote, and other
challenging environments
* User experience research
* Delay tolerant networking
* Low-power and intermittent-power protocols
* Mechanisms for emergency and urgent communications
* Networked applications and services
Due to logistics and the need to conduct the workshop in harmony with
the local population and the environment, the number of participants
may be limited. Priority will be given to authors of papers.
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Important dates
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Submission deadline: May 7, 2010
Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2010
Registration deadline: June 30, 2010
Workshop dates: September 4-10, 2010
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Organizers
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General co-chairs:
Anders Lindgren, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden
Pan Hui, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories and TU Berlin, Germany
Hosts:
AirJaldi.Org
Local arrangements chair:
Michael Ginguld, AirJaldi, India
Web chair:
Fehmi Ben Abdesslem, University of St. Andrews, UK
Technical Program Committee:
Bengt Ahlgren, Swedish Insitute of Computer Science, Sweden
Elizabeth M. Belding, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK
Elwyn Davies, Folly Consulting, UK
Avri Doria, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Kevin Fall, Intel Research Berkeley, USA
Stephen Farrell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Michael Ginguld, AirJaldi, India
Tristan Henderson, University of St. Andrews, UK
S. Keshav, University of Waterloo, Canada
Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK
Jörg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Aaditeshwar Seth, IIT Delhi, India
Steering Committee:
Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK
Avri Doria, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Tristan Henderson, University of St. Andrews, UK
Pan Hui, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories and TU Berlin, Germany
Anders Lindgren, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden
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