Dear all,
The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund opened its call for applications back
in February and 42 applications from 19 countries were submitted to the
Selection Committee over the 16 week application period.
The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee reviewed all
applications and is happy to announce that the following five projects have
been selected as 2024 recipients of the fund:
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Melchior Aelmans - Open Source Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange
Implementation
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Universidad de Granada - Network Engineering & Security Group - RIPE
Atlas Distributed Network Telescope
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Mulini SRL - Policy Certification and Verification for Cybersecurity in
the Internet of Things (IoT)
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) / Consorci de Serveis
Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC) - GuardXP: From Data Privacy to Improved
Cybersecurity
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Soroush Rafiee Rad - Open Domain Rank: A Community-Developed Measure for
Domain Reputation Ranking Based on Unique Identifiers’ Relationships
Congratulations to all recipients and thanks to everyone who applied for
the Community Projects Fund this year. Your ideas and efforts are a
testament to the innovation and commitment within the Internet community.
We look forward to seeing how the funded projects will develop and while
not all applications could be funded, we appreciate the time and effort put
into every submission.
Read more about the projects at:
https://www.ripe.net/community/community-initiatives/cpf/previous-funding-r…
Looking ahead, the Community Projects Fund will be paused in 2025 as we
undertake a review and gather feedback from the community. This pause will
allow us to better understand the community's needs and ensure that the
fund continues to support impactful and sustainable projects in the future.
Kind regards,
Alastair Strachan
RIPE NCC
Dear colleagues,
RIPE 89 ended with a total of 645 attendees checked in onsite in Prague and 143 checked in online across the meeting week, with more joining in via the livestream and YouTube.
Thank you all for making this RIPE Meeting such a success!
We were happy to see active participation at this meeting from both online and onsite participants.
We would like to thank all the speakers, Working Group Chairs, the Programme Committee, the Code of Conduct team and sponsors for their contributions. Over the past week, we have had many exciting
plenary sessions, lightning talks, Working Group sessions, BoFs and social events.
You can find the highlights from each day in the Daily Meeting Blog at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/ripe-ncc-commsies/ripe-89-daily-meeting-blog/
All presentations from the meeting are archived:
https://ripe89.ripe.net/archives/presentations/
You can already register for RIPE 90, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal from 12-16 May 2025. The call for presentations will open in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for the announcement!
You can get updates via the RIPE Discussion list, social media and the RIPE 90 website:
https://ripe90.ripe.net/
Best regards,
Mirjam Kühne, RIPE Chair, and Niall O’Reilly, RIPE Vice-Chair
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that Andrei Robachevsky has been elected to the
Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) during RIPE 89, held
from 28 October to 1 November 2024. Andrei will serve a three-year term
starting in January 2025 and ending in December 2027.
Details on the NRO NC are available here:
https://www.ripe.net/community/nro-nc/nro-nc/
The voting report is also available here:
https://www.ripe.net/community/nro-nc/nro-nc-nominations-november-2024/
Congratulations Andrei on your election to the NRO NC!
Regards,
Hans Petter Holen,
CEO and Managing Director,
RIPE NCC
