IEEE CCNC-FI4D - The 2nd International Workshop on Future Internet Architecture for Developing Regions

(IEEE-FI4D6)

January 8, 2017

Las Vegas, USA

The organising committee is delighted to invite you to the second international workshop on Future Internet Architecture for Developing Regions (FI4D). This workshop will be held in conjunction with the 14th IEEE CCNC in Las Vegas, USA January 8, 2017.
FI4D provides an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to present original and innovative work on the applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computing in developing regions. All accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and on IEEE Xplore.

In most emerging regions, broadband residential Internet access is considerably less affordable than in developed regions due to depressed economies, i.e., most citizens’ income far from being enough to pay for an Internet service. People living in rural communities of these regions either suffer from lack of Internet access or poor Internet connectivity. This is one of the symptoms of the so-called digital divide that has led to limited opportunity for rural communities to properly connect to the Internet. The advantages offered by ICN along with wireless access and distribution technologies (TV White Spaces, satellite communications or Wi-Fi based long distance networks) offer a great potential to improve the Internet connectivity in developing regions. These technologies aim at minimizing the cost of Internet deployment, potentially also allowing commodity hardware to be an alternative. Furthermore, the recent arising of localized communication approaches, e.g., alternative network deployments and do-it-yourself networking (DIY) also bring benefits on providing a low-cost solution for improved connectivity. With the efficient content delivery in ICN and practical low-cost solutions, these capabilities will leverage affordable broadband Internet for the developing regions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Important dates:

• Submission: September 7, 2016
  
• Acceptance: October 12, 2016
  
• Camera ready: November 2, 2016