US-Middle East: Regional Workshop On Emerging Networking Research

该合作研讨会由波士顿大学的Azer Bestavros博士和埃及亚历山大图书馆的Magdy Nagi博士组织，旨在确定美国-中东在网络基础设施，技术和应用方面的合作机会。本次研讨会将邀请美国和中东地区的网络研究者共同探讨共同感兴趣的领域，并为未来的合作研究制定愿景。学术价值：以下是本次研讨会广泛主题的三个例子：未来的网络研究架构：新兴的网络体系结构正在从一组联合的“自治系统”的模型/视图转向一种模型，共享多国基础设施以支持虚拟化应用。这种共享基础设施的全球性质带来了必须解决的重要研发挑战，包括汇集资源和设计与下一代网络相关的区域试验台和实验基础设施的适当机制。新兴无线和自组织应用的联网技术：智能设备在中东地区的广泛渗透为开发新的服务和应用提供了机会。 这些服务和应用可能会产生重大的经济影响，并对生活质量和应急反应产生影响。可扩展和安全的分布式信息系统的网络支持：越来越多的网络研究人员关注超越传统通信需求的问题（例如，传输和路由）以包括网络测量和表征、网络安全和隐私、信息发现、管理以及新兴社交网络中的挖掘等。本地化（包括多语言和音译问题）将得到解决。 更广泛的影响：该研讨会将作为来自美国和中东的研究人员的同行会议组织，重点是旨在促进切实成果的活动，包括扩大现有合作，促进新的研究伙伴关系，并确定未来研究的优先领域。来自美国和该地区的年轻科学家将参加研讨会。 该奖项由计算机和网络系统部以及国际科学和工程办公室共同资助。

This collaborative workshop is being organized by Dr. Azer Bestavros, Boston University, and Dr. Magdy Nagi, Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, in order to identify opportunities for US-Middle East cooperation on networking infrastructures, technologies, and applications. The proposed workshop will bring together leading US and Middle East networking researchers to discuss areas of mutual interest and to develop a vision for future collaborative research.Intellectual Merit: The following are three examples of broad thematic topics for the workshop:Future Networking Research Infrastructures: Emerging networking architectures are moving away from the model/view of a federated set of "autonomous systems" to a model in which regional, multinational infrastructures are shared in support of virtualized applications. The global nature of this shared infrastructure poses important research and development challenges that must be addressed, including appropriate mechanisms for pooling resources and for designing regional testbeds and experimental infrastructures related to future generation networks.Networking Technologies for Emerging Wireless and Ad-Hoc Applications: The wide penetration of smart devices in the Middle East region presents opportunities for the development of novel services and applications. Such services and applications may have significant economic impacts, as well as impacts on quality of life and emergency response. Networking Support for Scalable and Secure Distributed Information Systems: Increasingly, networking researchers have been concerned with problems that go beyond traditional communication needs (e.g., transport and routing) to include network measurement and characterization, network security and privacy, information discovery, management, and mining in emerging social networks, among others. Localization (including multi-lingual and transliteration issues) will be addressed. Broader Impact: The workshop will be organized as a peer-to-peer meeting of researchers from the US and the Middle East, with an emphasis on activities designed to facilitate tangible outcomes, including expanding existing collaborations, stimulating new research partnerships, and identifying priority areas for future research. Junior scientists from the US and from the region will participate in the workshop. This award is co-funded by the Division of Computer and Network Systems and the Office of International Science and Engineering.