I thin the LiMe network architecture is a topic that may fit into a research paper. Maybe this workshop would be a nice place to send it. Is there someone here able working on the academa and able to participate on this? I might participate but not as a first author. Cheers. -------- Missatge Original -------- De: Leonardo Maccari <mail(a)leonardo.ma> Enviat: 14 de febrer de 2017 15:53:22 GMT-03:00 A: battlemesh <battlemesh(a)ml.ninux.org> Assumpte: [Battlemesh] A call for papers on DIY networking Hi battlemeshers,  for those of you that work in (conjunction with) the academia,  but also for those that can afford a scientific conference, there  is this nice workshop we are setting up, the week right after the battlemesh. http://diynetworking.net/ifipnetworking2017/ The theme of the workshop is exactly what we do in community networks, so, along technical papers we also welcome non strictly technical  contributions to understand what is needed to empower people  to make "the Internet": experiences, architectures, incentives, governance,  success or failure cases are very useful, because normally these things remain under the surface.  The full CFP is below, and the website of the main conference is here  with all the details: http://networking.ifip.org/2017/ I hope to see papers coming from some of the people of the BM community. leonardo. CFP: IFIP Networking 2017 - Interdisciplinary Workshop on DIY and  Community Networking, Stockholm, Sweeden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IFIP Networking 2017 Interdisciplinary Workshop on DIY and Community  Networking Place: Stockholm, Sweden Date: June 12, 2017 http://diynetworking.net/ifipnetworking2017/ Important Dates Abstract submission:             March 20, 2017 Full paper:                            March 30, 2017 Notification of acceptance:    April 10, 2017 Camera-ready papers due:    April 27, 2017 DIY networking Workshop:     June  12, 2017 Submission guidelines http://diynetworking.net/ifipnetworking2017/submission.php --------- Scope: This workshop is a joint venture of three EU Horizon2020 projects, MAZI,  netCommons, and RIFE, in an effort to join forces around the design and  use of DIY and community networking technologies for the common good,  using a highly interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach. With  DIY and community networking we refer to a diverse set of networking  technologies that range from large-scale community networks to small  scale wireless installations supporting local applications accessible  only to those residing in the coverage area of the network. DIY and  community networking represent two frontier research themes that can  open new and exciting research and application areas. On the one hand,  the locality of DIY networks enables the design of hybrid spaces and  places for social sustainability, collective awareness, and  conviviality. On the other hand, community networking is one of the most  promising approach to overcome digital divide. What bridges these two themes is the idea that networks are not only a  way to "access the Internet", but they are a way to connect people, and  people make "the Internet". This workshop will contribute to investigate  the way that local applications can influence the creation and the  governance of community networks, and how community networks can  stimulate the creation of novel local applications. DIY and community networks are embedded with the local social  environment where they grow, so their study cannot be separated from the  understanding of their societal stimuli and societal impact. For this  reason the workshop will be highly interdisciplinary aiming to bridge  the communication gap between those that build the technology (computer  scientists, engineers, and hackers) and those that understand better the  complex urban environment where this technology will be deployed (social  and political scientists, urban planners, and designers). More  specifically, people working on applications and uses of ICT are not  always aware of the capabilities of technology for building local  communication networks, on the other hand, scientists in the field of  networking are often indifferent on the actual use and social  implications of the technical solutions they design. We believe that we  are currently in a moment in history when it is particularly important  to bridge this gap between engineering and social sciences, to create an  alternative to the current trend of centralization of resources and  control that is taking place at a global scale on the Internet. Some of the themes that we want to be central in the workshop are: - Technical contributions that render DIY networking technology easier  to understand and use by for less technically savvy people - Theoretical contributions that can facilitate the understanding of the  various inherent trade-offs in the design of DIY networks and the  translation of engineering decisions to constraints and requirements for  applications developers and vice versa. - The integration of community networking with DIY applications, models  of deployment, experiences of success and failure for this combination. - The exploration of the trade-off between Internet access networks and  local networks for experimenters, hackers and citizens. - The way DIY and community networks can be placed in the frame of other  horizontal and bottom-up experiences, such as Peer Production movements. - The links and interrelations between DIY and community networking in  the frame of the models for alternative Internets, such as peer-to-peer  networking, overlay networks, blockchain technologies etc. - Revisit key engineering questions, such as routing protocols, energy  consumption, automation, resiliency in light of the possible practical  uses of DIY networking technologies. For the special interdisciplinary session we welcome the following types  of contributions: - Demos of working prototypes of DIY networking applications or systems - Posters or design mock-ups of imaginary applications - Short tutorials on important concepts that can facilitate  interdisciplinary collaborations - Other alternative formats like interviews, testimonies, artistic  treatments ----- Organizing Committee: Chairs Panayotis Antoniadis (NetHood, CH) Leonardo Maccari (University of Trento, IT) Jörg Ott (Technical University of Munich, DE) Arjuna Sathiaseelan (University of Cambridge, UK) Programme Committee Ileana Apostol (NetHood Zurich, CH) Roger Baig (Guifi.net Foundation, ES) Bart Braem (University of Antwerp, BE) Dimitris Boucas (University of Westminster, UK) Roberto Caso (University of Trento, IT) Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento, IT) Manos Dimogerontakis (UPC, ES) Melanie Dulong de Rosnay (CNRS, FR) Felix Freitag (UPC, ES) Mark Gaved (The Open University - Milton Keynes, UK) Federica Giovanella (University of Trento, IT) Christian Fuchs (University of Westminster, UK) Ingi Helgason (Edinburgh Napier University, UK) Karin Anna Hummel (Johannes Kepler University Linz, AU) George Iosifidis (Trinity College Dublin, IR) Jussi Kangasharju (University of Helsinki, FI) Merkourios Karaliopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business, GR) Thanasis Korakis (University of Thessaly, GR) Matthias Korn (University of Siegen, DE) Iordanis Koutsopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business, GR) William Lieu (Auckland University of Technology, NZ) Anders Lindgren (Swedish Institute of Computer Science ­ Kista, SE) Maria Michalis (University of Westminster, UK) Leandro Navarro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, ES) Andrea Passarella (CNR - Pisa, IT) Claudio Pisa (CNIT - Roma, IT) Amalia Sabiescu (Loughborough University London, UK) Douglas Schuler (Evergreen State College - Olympia, US) Michael Smyth (Edinburgh Napier University, UK) Felix Treguer (CNRS, FR) Andreas Unteidig (UdK Berlin, DE) _______________________________________________ Battlemesh mailing list Battlemesh(a)ml.ninux.org http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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