[TYPES/announce] Fwd: NSF -- Open Call for Participation in Future Internet Architectures Summit

[David Walker]

Many US-based researchers will likely have seen this call, but I figured I would draw some extra attention to it.  One possible future vision for the Internet involves a platform that is both more secure and more programmable.  Naturally, I am inclined to believe that types, proofs and programming language design can play a very important role in this.  If we want to impress upon the NSF the important kinds of contributions our community can make, it may well behoove us to try to have some presence at meetings such as the one below.

Dave

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Taieb B. Znati" <tznati at nsf.gov>
To: dpw at CS.Princeton.EDU
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:26:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: NSF -- Open Call for Participation in Future Internet Architectures Summit


Call for Participants 

Future Internet Architectures 

Summit 

October 12-15, 2009 



Waterview Conference Center 
Arlington , VA 

Closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest (EoI): 

4pm, Submitter’s Local Time , September 16, 2009 

This is an open call, so please alert and distribute this call to experts who may be interested in participating in the Summit 

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has a long-standing commitment to support groundbreaking research in network science and engineering. CISE is particularly interested in stimulating the multidisciplinary exploration of Future Internet architectures that are informed not only by technological opportunities and challenges, but also by the legal, ethical and other societal dimensions of their use, considering factors such as security, privacy, trust, openness, and economic viability . 

In FY 2010, CISE plans to establish several (2-4) multi-million dollar, multidisciplinary research projects aimed at the exploration of overarching Future Internet architectures, with a specific focus on the coalescence or integration of promising research outcomes already demonstrated by the research community, as well as new concepts and ideas that are only now emerging. To help the community design Future Internet architectures and to guide NSF in the development of an associated call for proposals, CISE will host a Future Internet Architectures Summit on October 12-15, 2009 in Arlington, VA. Participation in the Summit will be by invitation only. 

The majority of Summit participants will be researchers with scientific expertise and/or interest in Future Internet architectures, including, but not limited to, those with expertise in the computing domain, including networking and communications, security, and privacy, in the social and economic sciences, and in engineering, as well as application developers. At the Summit, participants will interact with each other to define compelling Future Internet architectures whose properties are responsive to societal priorities and needs, and which capitalize on ongoing advances in networking technologies and systems. The Summit will also include professional facilitators and mentors with Internet and other relevant expertise whose roles are to both nurture creative scientific thinking in this highly collaborative environment and to provide real-time feedback to the Summit participants. NSF and other agency program officials will also attend the event. 

If you are a researcher interested in participating in the Summit, you must submit an Expression of Interest. You will find the submission instructions and a description of the Summit participant selection process at http://www.nsf.gov/cise/news/2009_app_fut_intrnt_summit.cfm . Please note that Expressions of Interest must be submitted by 4pm submitter’s local time on September 16, 2009 . 

If you are one of the approximately 120 researchers selected to attend, CISE will support permissible costs associated with: travel to the Summit, accommodations, and Summit meals. However, you will be responsible for meeting the incidental costs you incur while travelling to or participating in the event. 

For more information about CISE’s interest in Future Internet architectures, please see the webcast of the CISE Future Internet Architecture Information Meeting available at: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=60947 . 

For more information about current research funded by the CISE Future Internet Design (FIND) effort, visit www.nets-find.net , and for more information about CISE Cross-Cutting Programs, please visit http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13451&org=CISE&from=home . 

For further information, advice or queries regarding the format of the Summit or about other Summit operational matters, please contact: 

Dr. Darleen Fisher or Dr. Victor Frost 

CNS/CISE Room 1175 

National Science Foundation 

4201 Wilson Boulevard 

Arlington 

VA 22230 

Phone: 703 292 8950 

Email: dlfisher at nsf.gov or vsfrost at nsf.gov 

Sincerely yours, 

Taieb Znati, Director 
Division of Computer and Network Systems