[Mesh] Fwd: CWN-Summit Digest, Vol 93, Issue 1

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "cwn-summit-request" <cwn-summit-request(a)lists.chambana.net> Date: Sep 10, 2013 5:07 AM Subject: CWN-Summit Digest, Vol 93, Issue 1 To: <cwn-summit(a)lists.chambana.net> Cc: Send CWN-Summit mailing list submissions to cwn-summit(a)lists.chambana.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/cwn-summit or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cwn-summit-request(a)lists.chambana.net You can reach the person managing the list at cwn-summit-owner(a)lists.chambana.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CWN-Summit digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Confine Open Call for participation: experiments and extension (Leandro Navarro) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:40:56 +0200 From: Leandro Navarro <leandro(a)ac.upc.edu> To: International Summit for Community Wireless Networks Participant E-mail List <cwn-summit(a)lists.chambana.net> Subject: [IS4CWN] Confine Open Call for participation: experiments and extension Message-ID: <33705F19-B89B-4845-915F-274B23319EB3(a)ac.upc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi, we presented our ongoing work in Barcelona last year. Now we have a mechanism to bring in new ideas and community networks to the project. Funding is available for participation through this competitive open call. You're welcome to apply. Best regards, Leandro. Open Call 2: Connected communities: A future internet, built by the people for the people CONFINE - Community Networks Testbed for the Future Internet http://confine-project.eu The CONFINE FP7 Integrated Project is designing, building and operating a distributed testbed to support experimental research in community networking: http://community-lab.net/. Open call for participation: Funding is available for i) experiments relevant to community networks that make use of the existing Community-Lab testbed. ii) expansion of the Community-Lab testbed over other community networks that bring added value to the testbed. The deadline for applications is Saturday October 19, 2013, at 17:00h Brussels time. Details at: http://confine-project.eu/open-call-2/ Topics of interest for this open call are around community networking, on aspects such as but not limited to: * Wireless mesh networks * Wireless MAC and routing protocols * Services and applications for community networks * Cross-layer designs * Hybrid networks with wireless and optical fibre links * Tools for bootstrapping and running community networks * Performance modelling and evaluation * Quality of service provisioning * Quality of experience in community networks * Community network security and privacy * Large-scale management and data collection infrastructures * Incentive models for encouraging users and businesses to participate in community networks * Socio-technical-economic experiments for community networks * Legal aspects of community networks * Increasing public awareness about the potential of community networks * Engaging citizens and local administrations in community network developments Summary of the call: * Budget available: up to EUR 750 K? Commission funding. The requested funding per proposal should normally be in the order of EUR 50 to 100 K?. * Total number of proposals: up to 8-15 proposals. * Number of partners per proposal: usually 1 but can be up to 2. * Duration of the participation: minimum duration is 12 months from February 2014, and the maximum duration is 20 months, until end of the project in September 30, 2015. * Submissions: Proposals should be submitted in English and the submission is accepted only electronically, in a single PDF file, to the following email address: confine-oc-submission(a)ac.upc.edu. * Deadline: Saturday October 19, 2013, at 17:00h Brussels time. * Contact: Felix Freitag, UPC, phone: +34 934011609, Email (preferably) for information (not submissions): opencall2(a)confine-project.eu -- Leandro Navarro http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro http://dsg.ac.upc.edu -- Leandro Navarro http://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro http://dsg.ac.upc.edu ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ CWN-Summit mailing list CWN-Summit(a)lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/cwn-summit http://www.wirelesssummit.org ------------------------------ End of CWN-Summit Digest, Vol 93, Issue 1 *****************************************