{Apologies for cross-posting}
Dear colleagues,
You are invited to AFRINIC's Internet Measurements Workshop scheduled to take
place at Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2019
<https://www.internetsummit.africa/en/agenda/programme> in Kampala, Uganda. The
two-day workshop will hold in the Lake Room, Sheraton Kampala Hotel, on 15th
and 16th of June 2019 between 09:00 and 17:30. The workshop aims to provide
participants with hands-on training on tools and techniques for conducting
large-scale/distributed Internet measurements.
The hands-on training will focus on Ripe Atlas and MLAB platforms, and will be
facilitated by researchers and engineers from AFRINIC, RIPE NCC, and
Measurement Lab (MLAB).
There will also be presentations and discussions on status of Internet
measurement in Africa as well talks related to Censorship, web and mobile
broadband measurements. The workshop will provide opportunities to discuss and
establish collaborations around Internet measurements research in Africa.
The workshop agenda is detailed below:
Day 1
9.00 - 10.30:
- Introduction - State of the Internet Measurement in Africa (Musab Isah -
AFRINIC)
- Measuring Web Latency & Rendering performance: Observations from large-scale
measurement (Alemnew Asrese - Aalto University)
- On the potential of using Google AMP to promote local content in Africa
(Amreesh Phokeer - AFRINIC)
10:30 - 11:00: Tea Break
11.00 - 12.30: RIPE Atlas Tutorial (Jasper, Gerardo - RIPE NCC)
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.30: RIPE Atlas Hands-on
15:30 - 16:00: Tea Break
16.00 - 17.30: RIPE Atlas Hands-on
Day 2
9.00 - 10.30
- Presentation by CIPESA
- Internet shutdown in Benin - an Internet measurement perspective (Yazid
Akanho)
- Measuring Mobile Broadband (Ahmed Elmokashfi - Simula Research Laboratory)
10:30 - 11:00: Tea Break
11.00 - 12.30: Measurement Lab Tutorial (Georgia Bullen - MLAB)
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.30: Measurement Lab Hands-on
15:30 - 16:00: Tea Break
16.00 - 17.30: Preparation for the DNS Measurement hackathon (Willem Toorop -
NLnet Labs)
The agenda is also available online via the link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ZXHCAeqtOX1eXkuHwlbPxAzpp6gjer3SK1JbB6p8Q4/edit?ts=5cde6119#
If you plan to attend the workshop, kindly register via the following link
http://bit.ly/ais2019-imw. Remote participation is also available via
https://zoom.us/j/227241801.
We look forward to meeting you in Uganda.
Kind regards,
Musab Isah
Research Engineer,
African Network Information Centre,
Ebene, Mauritius
Tel: +230 403 5100
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