UK Research Strategy Community Organisation in Communications, Mobile Computing and Networking within the EPSRC ICT Portfolio (CommNet II)

CommNet2将把来自广泛的信息和通信技术领域的英国学者聚集在一起，以得出并提供一个在世界舞台上产生真正影响的连贯的国家研究计划。与5G及以上、边缘和核心网络基础设施、物联网(IOT)、数据分析、联合云交换矩阵和触觉互联网相关的日益复杂的多学科工程挑战要求采用跨学科的方法来研究从基础材料基础知识到设备和子系统到集成系统、架构和协议的知识集。CommNet2寻求在英国全国范围内巩固这一努力，以应对社会面临的新挑战。其中许多挑战与EPSRC不断发展的物联网、大数据分析、机器人和自主系统、朝着集成信息基础设施、复杂系统和认知计算、安全和隐私以及新兴的研究和创新互联网环境的优先事项相对应。根据EPSRC信通技术主题优先事项，拟议了一个三年活动方案，其中包括联网和培训活动；国际研究视野扫描；最佳做法挑战讲习班和会议；以及早期职业研究人员的机会。CommNet2的总体目标是制定一个强有力的框架，以便精简和促进学术创新进程，以提供通信和计算机科学学科共享的连贯和开创性的研究方向，以应对21世纪的信通技术挑战。作为社区推动的回应，该网络将把来自电气工程、电子、通信、网络、数学和计算机科学学科的学者聚集在一起，以加强这些研究人员的协调。具体地说，该网络将创建一个工具，使人们能够协调讨论和制定未来的研究投标、活动和建立国际领先研究活动的世界领先出版物。CommNet2将通过以下方式使英国受益：动员英国信息和通信技术领域的学术界和工业界开展世界领先的研究计划；为年轻的信息和通信技术研究人员提供培训和联网机会，以发展成为未来的领导者；以及在通信和计算机科学领域建立一个强大、充满活力和凝聚力的社区。长期以来，英国在信息通信技术领域一直拥有全球实力。从开拓性的移动运营商到丰富的初创企业和咨询公司，我们几十年来一直站在无线和有线通信的前沿。这一声誉带来了创新、来自全球主要参与者的持续外来投资，并在英国各地建立了重要的集群，如剑桥、肖尔迪奇、布里斯托尔和北爱尔兰、萨里5GIC以及m-VCE的成功阶段。5G、超高速宽带、物联网、云计算和触觉互联网的出现为加强英国在ICT方面的优势提供了机会。通过CommNet2，学术界将通过与相关行业和组织的密切合作，促进信息和通信技术研究的阶段性变革，造福社会。

CommNet2 will bring together UK academics from the broad ICT space in order to derive and deliver a coherent national research programme that makes a real impact on the world stage. The increasingly complex multi-disciplinary engineering challenges associated with 5G and beyond, edge and core networking infrastructure, the Internet of Things (IOT), Data Analytics, Federated Cloud Fabric and the Tactile Internet necessitates a cross-disciplinary approach to research spanning knowledge sets from the underpinning fundamentals of materials through devices and subsystems to integrated systems, architectures and protocols. CommNet2 seeks to consolidate such an effort at the UK national scale to address the new challenges faced by society. Many of these challenges map against evolving EPSRC priorities for the IoT, Big Data Analytics, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Towards an Integrated Information Infrastructure, Complex Systems and Cognitive Computing, Security & Privacy and the emerging Research and Innovation Internet Environment. Mapped against the EPSRC ICT Theme Priorities, a three year programme of activities is proposed that include networking and training events; international research-horizon scanning; best practice challenge workshops and conferences; and opportunities for early career researchers.The overarching aim of CommNet2 is to develop a robust framework in order to streamline and facilitate the academic innovation process towards delivering coherent and ground-breaking research directions shared by the communications and computer science disciplines to tackle 21st century ICT challenges. As a community driven response, the network will bring together academics from the electrical engineering, electronics, communications, networking, mathematics and computer science disciplines to achieve enhanced coordination of these researchers. Specifically, the network will create a vehicle enabling coordinated discussions and formulations of future research bids, activities and world-leading publications that establish internationally leading research activities.CommNet2 will benefit the UK by: mobilising the UK's academic and industrial communities in the ICT space to undertake world-leading research programmes; providing younger ICT researchers with training and networking opportunities to develop into tomorrow's leaders; and building a strong, vibrant and cohesive community across the communications and computer science disciplines. The UK has long had global strength in the ICT arena. From pioneering mobile operators through to a rich heritage of start-ups and consultancies we have been at the forefront of wireless and wireline communications for decades. This reputation has led to innovation, continued inward investment from major global players and the establishment of important clusters around the UK, such as Cambridge, Shoreditch, Bristol and Northern Ireland, the Surrey 5GIC as well as the successful phases of the m-VCE. The advent of 5G, superfast broadband, the IoT, cloud computing and the Tactile Internet provides an opportunity to reinforce the UK's strengths in ICT. Through CommNet2, the academic community, by working closely with the relevant industry and organisations, will catalyse a step-change in ICT research for the benefit of society.