ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions
The ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR) will be held with ACM SIGCOMM 2007 at Koyoto, Japan, 27-31 August, 2007 (exact date to be decided).
The purpose of NSDR 2007 is to provide a venue for researchers to propose and discuss ideas and to participate in the sustainable development and deployment of Internet and communication technologies specifically aimed at developing third world countries.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Delay Tolerant Networking: delay-tolerant Internet access in developing regions, DTN routing over wireless rural links, etc.
- Rural Wireless: long-distance 802.11, WiMaX solutions, directional antennas, etc.
- Low-cost Computing Devices: low-cost end-user devices which constitute the network, mobile phones as primary computing devices, task-specific devices, etc.
- Sensor Networks: sensor-nets designed specifically for developing regions
- Power-Efficient Systems: power-efficient computing architectures, power-efficient network infrastructure, power-efficient mobile systems, etc.
- Sustainable Deployment: pricing models for sustainable deployment of communication infrastructure etc.
- Applications: healthcare, disaster management, education etc.
More info here.
