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RIPE Atlas 10 Years Anniversary Events
by Gergana Petrova 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Dear all, This email is for those of you who use RIPE Atlas - a global network of probes that measure Internet connectivity and reachability. RIPE Atlas turns 10 years old this month! We're excited to share two events to mark this occasion, and we invite you to join us for them: * RIPE Atlas Open House session (18 November): This is a 90 minute long virtual session in which we will celebrate 10 years of RIPE Atlas by sharing use cases, updates and having an open discussion about everything Atlas. https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-10… * Virtual RIPE Atlas Software Probe Deployathon (25 November): Deploying software probes is even more fun if we get together for it! We're aiming to get software probes deployed with mentors and participants logging in from around the world. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/lets-deploy-together-ripe-atlas-softwar… Both these events are free and open to all, but please make sure to register as soon as possible. Feel free to spread the word and invite your local communities too! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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Call for nominations: IRTF ANRP 2021
by Stephen D. Strowes 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

Hi all, At the moment we're half-way through two big events on the calendar, RIPE81 and IMC, which many of you are likely to be participating in. Many of you participate in other related communities. Nominations for the IRTF ANRP are open until November 22nd. If you've seen work that you think would benefit from greater exposure among practitioners, please consider nominating or reaching out to authors/supervisors to encourage *them* to nominate. More information below! Cheers, S. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLIED NETWORKING RESEARCH PRIZE (ANRP) 2021 https://irtf.org/anrp/ ******************************************************************* *** Submit nominations for the 2021 award period of the *** *** Applied Networking Research Prize until November 22, 2020 *** *** *** *** (Please share this announcement with your colleagues.) *** ******************************************************************* The Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) is awarded to recognise the best recent results in applied networking, interesting new research ideas of potential relevance to the Internet standards community, and upcoming people that are likely to have an impact on Internet standards and technologies, with a particular focus on cases where these people or ideas would not otherwise get much exposure or be able to participate in the discussion. We encourage nominations of researchers with relevant research results, interesting ideas, and new perspectives. The award will offer them the opportunity to present and discuss their work with the engineers, network operators, policy makers, and scientists that participate in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and its research arm, the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Both self- and third-party nominations for this prize are encouraged. The Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) consists of: • a cash prize of $1000 (USD) • an invited talk at the IRTF Open Meeting • a travel grant to attend a week-long IETF meeting (airfare, hotel, registration, stipend - COVID-19 permitting) • recognition at the IETF plenary • an invitation to related social activities In addition, prize winners may be offered additional travel grants to attend future IETF and/or IRTF meetings. Such grants are made at the discretion of the award committee, based on community feedback, engagement with the community, and potential future impact. Applied Networking Research Prize awards are made once per calendar year. Each year, several winners will be chosen and invited to present their work at one of the three IETF meetings during the following year. # HOW TO NOMINATE Nominations are for a single author of an original, peer-reviewed, journal, conference or workshop paper that was recently published or accepted for publication. The nominee must be one of the main authors of the nominated paper. Both self-nominations (nominating one’s own paper) and third-party nominations (nominating someone else’s paper) are encouraged. The nominated paper should provide a scientific foundation for possible future engineering work in the IETF, or research and experimentation in the IRTF. It should analyse the behaviour of Internet protocols in operational deployments or realistic testbeds, make an important contribution to the understanding of Internet scalability, performance, reliability, security or capability, or otherwise be of relevance to ongoing or future IETF or IRTF activities. Nominations must briefly describe how the nominated paper relates to these goals. They should describe how involving the nominee in the IETF and IRTF process, and bringing them to an IETF meeting, would help to foster the transition of the results and/or ideas into new IETF engineering work or IRTF experimentation, or otherwise seed new activities that will have an impact on the real-world Internet. The goal of the Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) is to foster the transitioning of research results into real-world benefits for the Internet. Therefore, applicants must indicate that they (or the nominee, in case of third-party nominations) are available to attend at least one of the IETF meetings in the following year. In-person attendance is desirable, where possible, but due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remote participation options will be available for ANRP prize winners at all IETF meetings in 2021. Nominations are submitted via https://irtf.org/anrp/ and must include: • the name and email address of the nominee; • a bibliographic reference to the published (or accepted) nominated paper; • a PDF copy of the nominated paper; • a statement that describes how the nominated paper fulfills the goals of the award and how the nominee would engage with the IETF and/or IRTF community; • a statement of the nominees availability to present their work at the IETF meetings in during 2021; • a statement that the nominee accepts that the IRTF Intellectual Property Rights disclosure rules will apply to their award talk at the IRTF open meeting; • a brief biography or CV for the nominee; and • optionally, any other supporting information (link to nominee’s web site, etc.) All nominees will be notified by email about the decision regarding their nomination. Nominations for the Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) are not considered to be contributions to the IETF or IRTF. However, the invited talks at the IRTF Open Meeting are considered to be contributions and the IRTF Intellectual Property Rights disclosure rules apply. # IMPORTANT DATES Applications close: November 22, 2020 (hard) Notifications: December 18, 2020 # SPONSORS The Applied Networking Research Prize is supported by the Internet Society in coordination with the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Additional corporate sponsorship is kindly provided by Comcast and NBC Universal. If your organisation would like to support the ANRP, please contact anrp(a)irtf.org. sstrowes@sstrowes-pro:/tmp$

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Survey - the costs of authentication rules
by Hazel Murray 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Dear all, I am Hazel Murray, a final year PhD student from Ireland. I am studying password security and authentication. In my research I am measuring the trade-off that exists between the costs and benefits of securing authentication systems. Myself and my supervisor, Prof. David Malone, are carrying out a survey aimed at system administrators, IT services staff and anyone in charge of security and authentication for an organisation. The survey is investigating the time and costs that are associated with enforcing different authentication rules. Would anyone be able to complete this 10 minute survey please: https://www.hamilton.ie/cgibin/admin-survey.pl Also feel free to circulate it to anyone you think might be interested. We do also have a second survey exploring burdens on users which is here if you are interested: https://www.hamilton.ie/cgibin/user-survey.pl If you have any questions, feel free to contact me: hazel.murray(a)mu.ie<mailto:hazel.murray@mu.ie>. Thank you. Kind regards, Hazel Murray Maynooth University Hamilton Institute Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LT8OC4fFg_IoadZyH8rKwhIedsTKJTX9bcDpepTU0…] [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YYS46KmPiqh04fJCkW7QMlivDFw52R4udVesKYsNw…] [1506431306825_irc_logo_hi-res.jpg]

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Academic/NREN Session, 26 Obtober, 14h CET
by Gergana Petrova 20 Oct '20

20 Oct '20

Dear all, True to tradition from the past few years, we're organising a special session for academics and NRENs parallel to RIPE 81. When: Monday, 26 October 2020, 13:00-14:00 UTC / 14:00-15:00 CET Where: I will send the zoom link an hour before the session If you are interested to attend, but you are not registered to RIPE 81, please email me back and I will add you to the list! Agenda: ------- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Internet latency Massimo Candela, University of Pisa Consumer IoT Devices Privacy Implications and Mitigations Anna Maria Mandalari, Imperial College London RPKI Research John Kristoff, University of Illinois RIPE Atlas Measurement Data in BigQuery Stephen Strowes, RIPE NCC DNS, Identity and Internet Naming for Experimentation and Research (DIINER) Robert Story, University of Southern California I hope to see you there! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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Raci list
by favourboroks＠outlook.com 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

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Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms Seeking Two Paid Fellows
by Gergana Petrova 12 Oct '20

12 Oct '20

Dear all, I came upon this opportunity and maybe it would be interesting to some of you. The Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms is seeking two technology fellows to pilot algorithms that foster gender and race equality: https://aplusalliance.org/en/articles/29 They are looking for: - Early career technologists building ML systems and AI - Interested in public interest technology - Interested in gender and racial justice - Happy to work remotely The fellows are expected to dedicate at least 25 hours per week to the project, for six months, with her/his/their own equipment and good connectivity. The stipend for the fellowship is CHF 12,000. If you are interested, apply before 15 October! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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Research Grants for Greening the Internet
by Gergana Petrova 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Hi all, Are you planning to research the future and sustainability of the Internet, how the Internet affects and is affected by the environment, how digital technologies are transforming our economic landscape? The ISOC Foundation has set up grants of up to US$ 200,000 for research lasting up to two years. Applications from all over the world are welcome. You can apply on a rolling basis, in one of two categories: Greening the Internet – how the Internet affects and is affected by the environment The Internet Economy – how digital technologies are transforming our economic landscape More information: https://www.isocfoundation.org/2020/09/announcing-our-new-research-grants-e… Application process: https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/research-grant-programme/ For questions or more information, write to ISOC Foundation Research <research(a)isocfoundation.org>. Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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PhD vacancy
by Aaron Ding 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, there is a PhD position at TU Delft in my Horizon Marie Curie ITN project: https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details/… highly appreciated if you share this vacancy with your MSc interns/graduates (or soon to graduate) who are seeking PhD opportunities. The position is of full-time (4 years) with good supports from a well-recognized university in Europe: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rank… As a full-time employee, TU Delft offers the candidate a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. An International Children's centre offers childcare and an international primary school. Coming to Delft Service organizes diverse events for new international employees and their accompanying partners, like Partner Career Workshops and Dutch Culture Workshops. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. Cheers, Aaron -- http://homepage.tudelft.nl/8e79t/group.html

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[CFP] [TICS] Topics on Internet Censorship and Surveillance 2020
by Vasilis Ververis 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

Hello, We have a new call for papers that may be of interest to some of you. Please feel free to share widely. Thank you! Online version: https://tics.site/cfp/ # TICS 2020 **Co-located with the [2020 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT 2020)](http://wi2020.vcrab.com.au/), to be held online.** ## Introduction Over the past years there has been a greater demand from large-scale players such as governments and dominant media companies for online censorship and surveillance, as an understandable reaction against hate speech, copyright violations, and other cases related to citizen compliance with civil laws and regulations by national authorities. Unfortunately, this is often accompanied by a tendency of extensively censoring online content and massively spying on citizens actions. Numerous whistle-blower revelations, leaks from classified documents, and a vast amount of information released by activists, researchers and journalists, reveal evidence of government-sponsored infrastructure that either goes beyond the requirements and scope of the law, or operates without any effective regulations in place. In addition, this infrastructure often supports the interests of big private corporations, such as the companies that enforce online copyright control. Mobile networks are particularly vulnerable to the above points. Due to the nature of their deployment, few actors can achieve far-reaching results, and end-users are left unprotected; we are interested in tracking developments that, without sacrificing functionality and convenience, allow end-users to get control on the amount and breadth of information generated, stored and processed on them. TICS is a special track the area of Internet censorship, surveillance and other adversarial burdens to technology that bring in danger; to a greater extend the safety (physical security and privacy) of its users. Proposals for TICS 2020 should be situated within the field of Internet censorship, network measurements, information controls, surveillance and content moderation. ## Workshop topics The goal of TICS is to raise awareness around the implications of network interference, by inviting researchers from complementary disciplines to consider the effect of their own domain on online censorship and surveillance. Along those lines, we invite submissions that address the following topics: * Research on technologies and policies that build upon advancements on the field of web intelligence to imply blocking, limitation or distortion of the availability of network services and online content * The application of web intelligence concepts such as behavioral modeling, data mining, and social network analytics to target groups and individuals by law enforcement agencies and private corporations * The implications of algorithmic and AI-assisted user content classification (such as for identification of hate-speech, copyright, or disinformation) * Novel techniques that leverage web intelligence to defend netizens against censorship and surveillance, or privacy enhancements to the existing AI infrastructure to mitigate these threats * Measurement methodologies that detect network interference or content moderation based on crowd knowledge or web analytics * The socio-economic consequences and implementation limitations and fallacies of upload filters and recommendation systems * Business models and amendments to legal frameworks which promote the use of web intelligence in ways that build a pluralistic, private, and human-centric experience without violating user freedoms * Privacy on mobile networks * Network measurements * Radio frequency communications * Data leaks * Surveillance * Backdoors into carrier equipment (base stations, antennas, switches, software) * Law enforcement * Telcos security and advance persistent threats * Network espionage and nation state threats (e.g. "operation Soft Cell") * Middleboxes / DPI * Content regulation * Wiretapping * Net neutrality * Data retention * GDPR * Device/radio blocking (Network IMEI) * Ownership of infrastructure, and community-operated networks * Spectrum sharing * License-exempt spectrum ## Important dates * Paper Submission due: September 15th, 2020 * Notification to authors: October 15th, 2020 * Final, camera ready papers, due: November 15th, 2020 * Workshop date: December 14th, 2020 ## Paper Submission **[Paper Submission Page](https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2020/wi20/scripts/submit.php?subarea=S0… Submitted papers should be limited to a maximum of 8 pages in the standard ACM 2-column format.\ The ACM Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines can be found at: <https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template> ## Committees ### Program Chairs * Vasilis Ververis, Humboldt University Berlin, vasilis(a)tics.site * Marios Isaakidis, University College London, marios(a)tics.site * Gunnar Wolf, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, gwolf(a)tics.site You can contact all of the chairs by addressing your mail to: <chairs(a)tics.site> ### Program Committee * Chrystalenni Loizidou, University of Nicosia * Keith McManamen, Psiphon * Will Scott, University of Michigan ## Past Workshops - [2019 (Valencia, Spain)](https://tics.site/2019) Best regards, ~Vasilis

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ACM MobiCom 2020 Mentorship Program: Call for Applications
by Mandalari, Anna Maria 05 Sep '20

05 Sep '20

SIGMOBILE is launching its second Mentorship Program at MobiCom 2020. The goal of this program is to enable SIGMOBILE student members to get a chance to interact with senior researchers, either one-on-one or as a small team of 2 students. All mentoring sessions will be conducted online. To be eligible for participation, you must be: 1. currently enrolled as a graduate student (M.S. or PhD) 2. a registered attendee at ACM MobiCom’20 3. available on all days of the main conference: Sep 21 - Oct 24 Applications are now open. If you are interested, please fill the Mentorship Program Application Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2RNXyt7ZilLorecdEJCmnjCgFp2yP-9h…> by September 10th, 2020. The application requires you to upload your most recent CV and a Mentorship Statement. The Mentorship Statement must be no longer than one US letter-sized paper (8.5in X 11 in), with font size no smaller than 10 points. Your statement must consist of the following: 1. Research interests 2. Expectations from the program: If you have specific mentoring needs, please specify here. For example, please indicate if you are currently applying to industry and/or academia and are looking for a mentor to guide you in that aspect. 3. Who would you like to meet: If you would like a specific researcher as your mentor, please indicate so. We cannot guarantee that you will be paired with a mentor of your choice. 4. Availability: Please indicate if you are available on Workshop Days in addition to the Main Conference Days. Important Dates: Deadlines Dates Applications Due September 10th 2020 Acceptance Notifications September 15th 2020 Mentoring Schedule September 15th 2020 For further questions, please contact Mariya Zheleva or Shubham Jain at: mobicom2020mentorship(a)gmail.com We hope you will enjoy this wonderful opportunity. We look forward to seeing you at the virtual MobiCom!

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