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Seeking Nominations for the 2017 Vietsch Foundation Medal of Honour
by secretary 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Dear RIPE members The Vietsch Foundation was created during 2014 in memory of Karel Vietsch, former Secretary General of the Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association. (TERENA). Each year the Vietsch Foundation will award a Medal of Honour to individuals who have contributed to the development of a service, technology or approach that will be of enduring value to the community. Since RARE and subsequently TERENA has had a close relationship with RIPE and some of you may remember Karel, I am writing on behalf of the Vietsch Foundation board of Trustees to invite you to consider nominating a recipient for the 2017 Vietsch Foundation Medal. More details including how to nominate someone can be found in the attached PDF document. -- secretary Sent with Airmail

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Introducing the Rob Blokzijl Foundation
by Mirjam Kuehne 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Dear colleagues, Exactly one year ago, on 1 December 2015, our beloved and esteemed colleague Rob Blokzijl passed away. The RIPE NCC marked his passing with a tribute on RIPE Labs, which received many heartfelt expressions of condolence and respect from the community: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/tribute-to-dr-robert-blokzij-1943-2015 To continue Rob’s legacy, we’re proud to announce the creation of the Rob Blokzijl Foundation. The Rob Blokzijl Foundation is part of the RIPE NCC’s Good of the Internet Initiative, which was outlined by RIPE NCC Executive Board Member Salam Yamout during the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 73: https://ripe73.ripe.net/archives/video/1479/ The objective of the foundation is to recognise and reward individuals who: - made substantial and sustained technical and operational contributions to the development of the Internet in the RIPE NCC Service Region, or - supported or enabled others with the development of the Internet in the RIPE NCC Service Region. The foundation will strive to realise this objective at least every two years. A Board and an awards committee will soon be established to ensure the effective running of the foundation. The foundation’s initial reserve of 25,000 EUR will be donated by the RIPE NCC. We intend for the foundation to thereafter become self-sustaining. We hope to receive many donations from community members to support this good cause and to keep the memory of Rob Blokzijl alive. If you would like to contribute, please contact me at mir(a)ripe.net. More information, including clear instructions on the application process, will be available shortly on the Rob Blokzijl Foundation webpage: http://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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CFP: [2 Days Left] - ICC'17 Workshop - 5th IEEE SCPA 2017 - May 21-25, 2017. Paris, France
by Sandra Sendra 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Apologies for crossposting -------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE EXTENDED) ----------------- 5th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Communication Protocols and Algorithms (SCPA 2017) May 21-25, 2017. Paris, France In conjunction with IEEE ICC 2017 http://scpa.it.ubi.pt/2017/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Selected papers will be invited to the Special Issue on Smart Protocols and Algorithms of the International Journal Network Protocols and Algorithms (ISSN: 1943-3581) or to the Special Issue on Recent Advances on Communications and Networking Technology Journal (ISSN: 2215-082X (Online); ISSN: 2215-0811 (Print)). Communication protocols and algorithms are needed to communicate network devices and exchange data between them. The appearance of new technologies usually comes with a protocol procedure and communication rules that allows data communication while taking profit of this new technology. Recent advances in hardware and communication mediums allow proposing new rules, conventions and data structures which could be used by network devices to communicate across the network. Moreover, devices with higher processing capacity let us include more complex algorithms that can be used by the network device to enhance the communication procedure. Smart communication protocols and algorithms make use of several methods and techniques (such as machine learning techniques, decision making techniques, knowledge representation, network management, network optimization, problem solution techniques, and so on), to communicate the network devices to transfer data between them. They can be used to perceive the network conditions, or the user behavior, in order to dynamically plan, adapt, decide, take the appropriate actions, and learn from the consequences of its actions. The algorithms can make use of the information gathered from the protocol in order to sense the environment, plan actions according to the input, take consciousness of what is happening in the environment, and take the appropriate decisions using a reasoning engine. Goals such as decide which scenario fits best its end-to-end purpose, or environment prediction, can be achieved with smart protocols and algorithms. Moreover, they could learn from the pas! t and use this knowledge to improve future decisions. In this workshop, researchers are encouraged to submit papers focused on the design, development, analysis or optimization of smart communication protocols or algorithms at any communication layer. Algorithms and protocols based on artificial intelligence techniques for network management, network monitoring, quality of service enhancement, performance optimization and network secure are included in the workshop. We welcome technical papers presenting analytical research, simulations, practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, and papers addressing the key problems and solutions. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, standards, deployments, implementations, running experiments and applications. Topics of interest: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal, including, but are not limited to, the following topic areas: - Smart network protocols and algorithms for multimedia delivery - Application layer, transport layer and network layer cognitive protocols - Cognitive radio network protocols and algorithms - Automatic protocols and algorithms for environment prediction - Algorithms and protocols to predict data network states - Intelligent synchronization techniques for network protocols and algorithms - Smart protocols and algorithms for e-health - Software applications for smart algorithms design and development - Dynamic protocols based on the perception of their performance - Smart protocols and algorithms for Smartgrids - Protocols and algorithms focused on building conclusions for taking the appropriate actions - Smart Automatic and self-autonomous ad-hoc and sensor networks - Artificial intelligence applied in protocols and algorithms for wireless, mobile and dynamic networks - Smart security protocols and algorithms - Smart cryptographic algorithms for communication - Artificial intelligence applied to power efficiency and energy saving protocols and algorithms - Smart routing and switching protocols and algorithms - Cognitive protocol and algorithm models for saving communication costs - Any kind of intelligent technique applied to QoS, content delivery, network Monitoring and network management - Smart collaborative protocols and algorithms - Problem recognition and problem solving protocols - Genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and neural networks applied to communication protocols and algorithms Important Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: 2nd December, 2016 (Extended deadline) Acceptance Notification: 17th February, 2016 Camera Ready Deadline: 10th March, 2016 Submission guidelines: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All submissions must be full papers in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS: (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22957&track=82208) All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Chairs: Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universitat Politecnica Val�ncia, Spain Joel Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil; Instituto de Telecomunica��es, Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal TPC Chairs: Sandra Sendra, Universidad de Granada, Spain Kashif A. Saleem, Kind Saud University, Saudi Arabia Bruno Silva, Instituto de Telecomunica��es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Keynote Chairs: Danda B. Rawat, Georgia Southern University, USA Panel Chairs: Raimir Filho, University of Fortaleza, Brazil Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France Industry Chair: Antonio S�nchez-Esguevillas, Telefonica R&D, Spain Publicity Chairs: Sofiane Hamrioui, University of Haute Alsace, France Jose M. Jimenez, Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia, Spain Web Chair: Jo�o N. Isento, Instituto de Telecomunica��es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

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RIPE Accountability Task Force
by Athina Fragkouli 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Dear colleagues, At RIPE 73 there was support for a review of the RIPE community's accountability, by looking at its current procedures, documentation and structures. An Accountability Task Force has been established to carry out this work and will have its first meeting in the coming weeks, after which a charter and additional information will be published. A mailing list will also be created for the Task Force’s discussions and the archives will be publicly available. You can find the accountability presentation at RIPE 73 here: https://ripe73.ripe.net/archives/video/1248/ If you have feedback or would like to join the Task Force, please send an email to <athina.fragkouli(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Athina Fragkouli Head of Legal RIPE NCC

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Migration Datacenter
by Angel Martinez Sanchez 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Hello, We are going to migrate from our actually datacenter to another one. We have /22 IPs block and not have AS number, our datacenter announce them. Our plan is as follows: - We already add new route objects before migration and will remove old after migration. - At dawn on Sunday, November 27 about 3:00 AM, we will shut down all our servers from the current data center. - At that point we will delete the current route ASXXXX in RIPE DB from inetnum XXX.XXX.XX.0/22 and only the route object corresponding to new datacenter will remain. - We will contact new datacenter to activate our IP block on their router and configure the requested gateway. - We will dismantle the entire rack from old datacenter and move it to the new datacenter where we will start up all our servers again. We need to know if the procedure is correct and very important, the time it takes to propagate the new route of our IP block since we delete the current ASXXXXX and the new ASXXXX is activated by new datacenter. We also need to know if we depend on any action by the current data center to complete this procedure. For example, if they have to remove our block from their AS or their router and that would happen in case they refused to do so on the date indicated for the migration. Thanks and regards. Angel Sent via RIPE Forum -- https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum

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New on RIPE Labs: Measuring Gender Diversity at RIPE Meetings
by Shane Kerr 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Colleagues, As a follow-on to the lightning talk that I did at RIPE 73 about gender diversity at RIPE, I just published an article on RIPE Labs about this topic, with some more details, some feedback from the talk, a look at some other Internet communities, and finally some information about steps that have been taken since. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/shane/measuring-diversity-at-ripe-meetings Cheers, -- Shane

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CFP: (Deadline Ext.) - ICC'17 Workshop - 5th IEEE SCPA 2017 - May 21-25, 2017. Paris, France
by Sandra Sendra 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Apologies for crossposting -------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE EXTENDED) ----------------- 5th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Communication Protocols and Algorithms (SCPA 2017) May 21-25, 2017. Paris, France In conjunction with IEEE ICC 2017 http://scpa.it.ubi.pt/2017/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Selected papers will be invited to the Special Issue on Smart Protocols and Algorithms of the International Journal Network Protocols and Algorithms (ISSN: 1943-3581) or to the Special Issue on Recent Advances on Communications and Networking Technology Journal (ISSN: 2215-082X (Online); ISSN: 2215-0811 (Print)). Communication protocols and algorithms are needed to communicate network devices and exchange data between them. The appearance of new technologies usually comes with a protocol procedure and communication rules that allows data communication while taking profit of this new technology. Recent advances in hardware and communication mediums allow proposing new rules, conventions and data structures which could be used by network devices to communicate across the network. Moreover, devices with higher processing capacity let us include more complex algorithms that can be used by the network device to enhance the communication procedure. Smart communication protocols and algorithms make use of several methods and techniques (such as machine learning techniques, decision making techniques, knowledge representation, network management, network optimization, problem solution techniques, and so on), to communicate the network devices to transfer data between them. They can be used to perceive the network conditions, or the user behavior, in order to dynamically plan, adapt, decide, take the appropriate actions, and learn from the consequences of its actions. The algorithms can make use of the information gathered from the protocol in order to sense the environment, plan actions according to the input, take consciousness of what is happening in the environment, and take the appropriate decisions using a reasoning engine. Goals such as decide which scenario fits best its end-to-end purpose, or environment prediction, can be achieved with smart protocols and algorithms. Moreover, they could learn from the pas! t and use this knowledge to improve future decisions. In this workshop, researchers are encouraged to submit papers focused on the design, development, analysis or optimization of smart communication protocols or algorithms at any communication layer. Algorithms and protocols based on artificial intelligence techniques for network management, network monitoring, quality of service enhancement, performance optimization and network secure are included in the workshop. We welcome technical papers presenting analytical research, simulations, practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, and papers addressing the key problems and solutions. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, standards, deployments, implementations, running experiments and applications. Topics of interest: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal, including, but are not limited to, the following topic areas: - Smart network protocols and algorithms for multimedia delivery - Application layer, transport layer and network layer cognitive protocols - Cognitive radio network protocols and algorithms - Automatic protocols and algorithms for environment prediction - Algorithms and protocols to predict data network states - Intelligent synchronization techniques for network protocols and algorithms - Smart protocols and algorithms for e-health - Software applications for smart algorithms design and development - Dynamic protocols based on the perception of their performance - Smart protocols and algorithms for Smartgrids - Protocols and algorithms focused on building conclusions for taking the appropriate actions - Smart Automatic and self-autonomous ad-hoc and sensor networks - Artificial intelligence applied in protocols and algorithms for wireless, mobile and dynamic networks - Smart security protocols and algorithms - Smart cryptographic algorithms for communication - Artificial intelligence applied to power efficiency and energy saving protocols and algorithms - Smart routing and switching protocols and algorithms - Cognitive protocol and algorithm models for saving communication costs - Any kind of intelligent technique applied to QoS, content delivery, network Monitoring and network management - Smart collaborative protocols and algorithms - Problem recognition and problem solving protocols - Genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and neural networks applied to communication protocols and algorithms Important Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: 2nd December, 2016 (Extended deadline) Acceptance Notification: 17th February, 2016 Camera Ready Deadline: 10th March, 2016 Submission guidelines: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All submissions must be full papers in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS: (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22957&track=82208) All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Chairs: Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universitat Politecnica Val�ncia, Spain Joel Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil; Instituto de Telecomunica��es, Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal TPC Chairs: Sandra Sendra, Universidad de Granada, Spain Kashif A. Saleem, Kind Saud University, Saudi Arabia Bruno Silva, Instituto de Telecomunica��es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Keynote Chairs: Danda B. Rawat, Georgia Southern University, USA Panel Chairs: Raimir Filho, University of Fortaleza, Brazil Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France Industry Chair: Antonio S�nchez-Esguevillas, Telefonica R&D, Spain Publicity Chairs: Sofiane Hamrioui, University of Haute Alsace, France Jose M. Jimenez, Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia, Spain Web Chair: Jo�o N. Isento, Instituto de Telecomunica��es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

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[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - November Update
by Marco Schmidt 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Dear colleagues, Here is our monthly overview of open policy proposals and their stage in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). If you wish to join the discussion about a particular proposal, please do so on the relevant working group mailing list. The RIPE Forum provides an easy access to all working group mailing lists https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ Proposals Open for Discussion: NEW: 2016-04, “IPv6 PI Sub-assignment Clarification” Proposals Awaiting Input: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" Proposal Withdrawn: 2016-03, “Locking Down the Final /8 Policy” Proposal Overview: NEW PROPOSAL: 2016-04, “IPv6 PI Sub-assignment Clarification” OVERVIEW: The goal of this proposal is to define sub-assignments in IPv6 PI assignments as subnets of /64 and shorter. STATUS: Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 21 November 2016 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-04 ===== The following proposal is awaiting input before they can go any further in the PDP. PROPOSAL: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" OVERVIEW: Aims to create a single transfer policy with all relevant information on the transfer of Internet number resources, replacing text in several RIPE Policies. The proposal also introduces a 24-month holding period for IPv4 addresses and 16-bit ASNs after any change of holdership. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Describes how the 24-month holding period for scarce resources will be applied. STATUS: Review Phase – Awaiting decision from working group chair FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-04 ===== The following proposal has been withdrawn. PROPOSAL: 2016-03, “Locking Down the Final /8 Policy” OVERVIEW: This proposal aimed to ban transfers of allocations made under the final /8 policy. STATUS: Withdrawn. The proposer decided to abandon the proposal as he felt that the ongoing discussion was damaging the RIPE community’s reputation. As nobody stepped forward to take over the authorship of this proposal, the proposal was withdrawn. FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-03 The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-… We look forward to your involvement in the PDP. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt RIPE Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC Sent via RIPE Forum -- https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum

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RACI: Call for Applications for Spring 2017
by Gergana Petrova 14 Nov '16

14 Nov '16

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is now opening a call for applications for the upcoming meetings in spring 2017. --------------------- Application Deadlines --------------------- MENOG 17 (19-20 April, Muscat): apply by 19 February 2017 RIPE 74 (8-12 May, Budapest): apply by 5 March 2017 ENOG 13 (23-24 May, St Petersburg): apply by 19 March 2017 SEE 6 (12-13 June, Budva): apply by 9 April 2017 If you are working on interesting research or know someone in your network who is, please find more information and the application form here: https://www.ripe.net/raci/ ---------------------- Examples of Relevant Topics ---------------------- - Network measurements and analyses - IPv6 deployment - BGP routing - Network security - Internet governance - Peering and interconnectivity - Internet of Things ------------- Stay involved ------------- - Mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list - Twitter: @RACI_RIPE - LinkedIn group: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin Please let me know if you have any questions about RACI or about applying. And thank you in advance for your help in spreading the word to your networks! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE Network Coordination Centre Singel 258, 1016 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands T: +31 20 535 4444 www.ripe.net

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BoF follow-up: Creation of IoT-Discuss mailing list
by Marco Hogewoning 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Dear colleagues, During the Internet of Things BoF in Madrid, several participants commented on the need to strengthen the information exchange on this topic. Noting the wide variety of the topics and concerns that would fall under such a broad term as the Internet of Things, while it the same time too specific for any existing mailing list, it was concluded that the creation of a dedicated mailing list would be a feasible way forward in centralising the information available, while leaving open the option to take specific topics to specialist working groups or other venues. As we announced during the meeting, we have now set up this dedicated mailing list called “IoT Discussion”. The aim of this list is to facilitate the exchange of information concerning the Internet of Things, particularly as it may have impact on the RIPE NCC, RIPE or our stakeholders' operations. The list is also a platform to inform each other about proceedings in other relevant standards bodies or governance structures, and may be used to discuss and formulate common positions among participants on IoT-related topics. If you take interest in this topic or participate in other discussions surrounding the IoT, we would encourage you to subscribe to this mailing list. To subscribe to this list, please visit https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/iot-discussion. The same webpage also gives access to the public archives of this mailing list. Regards, Marco Hogewoning On behalf of the RIPE NCC’s External Relations department.

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