Hi Matt, I currently writing a position paper but I'm travel tomorrow and over the weekend and am not sure if I will be able to finish the paper today. Is it maybe possible to submit the paper a couple days later?
Mirja On Friday 14 June 2013 10:42:43 Matthew Ford wrote: > Possibly of interest. (Short) Position paper deadline is 23rd June. > > Regards, > Mat > > Workshop on Reducing Internet Latency > ===================================== > 25 - 26 September 2013 > London, England > > Latency tends to have been sacrificed in favour of headline bandwidth in > the way the Internet has been built. This two-day invitation-only workshop > aims to galvanise action to fix that. All layers of the stack are in scope. > Latency is an increasingly important topic for networking researchers and > Internet practitioners alike. Data from Google, Microsoft, Amazon and > others indicate that latency increases for interactive Web applications > result in less usage and less revenue from sales or advertising income. > Whether trying to provide platforms for Web applications, high-frequency > stock trading, multi-player online gaming or 'cloud' services of any kind, > latency is a critical factor in determining end-user satisfaction and the > success of products in the marketplace. Consequently, latency and variation > in latency are key performance metrics for services these days. > > But latency reduction is not just about increasing revenues for big > business. Matt Mullenweg of WordPress motivates work on latency reduction > well when he says, "My theory here is when an interface is faster, you feel > good. And ultimately what that comes down to is you feel in control. The > [application] isn’t controlling me, I’m controlling it. Ultimately that > feeling of control translates to happiness in everyone. In order to > increase the happiness in the world, we all have to keep working on this." > > Invitations to attend the workshop will depend on receipt of a position > paper. In a spirit of co- ordination across the industry, submissions are > encouraged from developers and network operators as well as the research > and standards communities. > > A wide range of latency related topics are in scope including, but not > limited to: - surveys of latency across all layers > - analyses of sources of latency and severity/variability > - the cost of latency problems to society and the economy, or the value of > fixing it - principles for latency reduction across the stack > - solutions to reduce latency, including cross-layer > - deployment considerations for latency reducing technology > - benchmarking, accreditation, measurement and market comparison practices > > Submissions > ----------- > This is an invitation-only workshop. Prospective participants must submit > short (up to 2 pages) position papers outlining their views on a specific > aspect of the overall scope. The emphasis here is on relevance and brevity > - you do not need to write a lot of text, just demonstrate that you have > thought about the problem space and have something interesting to say on > the topic. > > Please send position papers in PDF format to: late...@isoc.org > > Participant numbers will be limited to focus on discussion and identifying > actions rather than slideware. Accepted position papers will be made > public. A report on the workshop will be published after participants have > agreed the content. Therefore, it will be possible to state views during > the workshop without them being publicly attributed. > > Important Dates > --------------- > Position paper submission deadline: 23 June 2013 > Paper acceptance notification: 28 June 2013 > Workshop dates: 9am, Wednesday 25th – 5pm, Thursday 26th September 2013 > > Program committee > ----------------- > Mat Ford, Internet Society, co-chair > Bob Briscoe, BT, co-chair > Gorry Fairhurst, University of Aberdeen > Arvind Jain, Google > Jason Livingood, Comcast > Andrew McGregor, Google > > Workshop venue and other details > -------------------------------- > Venue: Hilton London Paddington Hotel, 146 Praed Street, LONDON W2 1EE, UK > Registration fee: There is no registration fee for the workshop. > Recommended accommodation: Hilton London Paddington, registration link will > be supplied to accepted participants. > > The workshop is sponsored by the Internet Society, the RITE project, Simula > Research Labs and the TimeIn project. The Internet Society will host a > workshop dinner on the Wednesday evening.
