FIRE slideshow running on the FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) booth, organized by all FIRE Support Action projects (AmpliFIRE, ceFIMS-CONNECT, CI-FIRE, ECIAO and FUSION) at the Net Futures 2015 (former FIA) event on 25-26 March 2015 in Brussels, Belgium.
More information: http://www.ict-fire.eu.
The FORGE project (http://ict-forge.eu/) made the iBook version of the FIRE 2014 brochure. Based on it, the AmpliFIRE project has made a generic “web edition”/eBook including embedded video & HD picture links!
This publication gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE.
The FIRE Facility and Research projects funded by the European Commission under FP7 ICT Objective 1.6 and the FIRE related international projects are presented here, with a focus on giving examples of experimentation that has been undertaken.
More FIRE publications available at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html.
FIRE activities at the ICT2015 summarized: exhibition, networking & other related sessions.
The detailed description of all FIRE and FIRE related activities at the ICT 2015 is available at: http://bit.ly/FIRE-ICT2015 (long link: http://www.ict-fire.eu/events/eventview/article/ict2015-innovate-connect-transform.html).
FIRE slideshow running on the FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) booth, organized by AmpliFIRE / FUSION projects, at the ECFI-2 event on 17-18 September 2014 in Munich, Germany.
More information: http://www.ict-fire.eu.
IETF Tutorial. IETF-LAC (IETF in Latin America and the Caribbean). Bogota, 28 Sep 2015.
This presentation summarizes the objectives of GAIA IRTF Research Group, and talks about some examples of the things being discussed: community networks, alternative networks, new protocol proposals as Simplemux, etc.
Open Access Testbed Facilities Available to Software Companies in EuropeTEST Huddle
Software Managers requiring access to infrastructure to test out and validate their new products in the cloud, mobile, wireless, and wired network space will be interested to hear about the various testbeds and their unique capabilities. Come and hear about the opportunities:
• Testing new software at scale
• Open Access (= Free access) - up to hundreds of servers to conduct scaling experiments
• Some funding available to support tests
• Example software test process:
o write script to deploy 50 servers
o write script to simulate events from 1 million users.
o deploy software under test
o measure key performance indicators over 24 hour period
o upgrade and reiterate
FIRE slideshow running on the AmpliFIRE/Fed4FIRE booth at the EuCNC'2014 event on 23-26 June 2014 in Bologna, Italy.
More information: http://www.ict-fire.eu/news/view/article/fire-at-the-eucnc2014-european-conference-on-networks-and-communications.html
The FORGE project (http://ict-forge.eu/) made the iBook version of the FIRE 2014 brochure. Based on it, the AmpliFIRE project has made a generic “web edition”/eBook including embedded video & HD picture links!
This publication gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE.
The FIRE Facility and Research projects funded by the European Commission under FP7 ICT Objective 1.6 and the FIRE related international projects are presented here, with a focus on giving examples of experimentation that has been undertaken.
More FIRE publications available at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html.
FIRE activities at the ICT2015 summarized: exhibition, networking & other related sessions.
The detailed description of all FIRE and FIRE related activities at the ICT 2015 is available at: http://bit.ly/FIRE-ICT2015 (long link: http://www.ict-fire.eu/events/eventview/article/ict2015-innovate-connect-transform.html).
FIRE slideshow running on the FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) booth, organized by AmpliFIRE / FUSION projects, at the ECFI-2 event on 17-18 September 2014 in Munich, Germany.
More information: http://www.ict-fire.eu.
IETF Tutorial. IETF-LAC (IETF in Latin America and the Caribbean). Bogota, 28 Sep 2015.
This presentation summarizes the objectives of GAIA IRTF Research Group, and talks about some examples of the things being discussed: community networks, alternative networks, new protocol proposals as Simplemux, etc.
Open Access Testbed Facilities Available to Software Companies in EuropeTEST Huddle
Software Managers requiring access to infrastructure to test out and validate their new products in the cloud, mobile, wireless, and wired network space will be interested to hear about the various testbeds and their unique capabilities. Come and hear about the opportunities:
• Testing new software at scale
• Open Access (= Free access) - up to hundreds of servers to conduct scaling experiments
• Some funding available to support tests
• Example software test process:
o write script to deploy 50 servers
o write script to simulate events from 1 million users.
o deploy software under test
o measure key performance indicators over 24 hour period
o upgrade and reiterate
FIRE slideshow running on the AmpliFIRE/Fed4FIRE booth at the EuCNC'2014 event on 23-26 June 2014 in Bologna, Italy.
More information: http://www.ict-fire.eu/news/view/article/fire-at-the-eucnc2014-european-conference-on-networks-and-communications.html
This brochure presents an overview of the current FIRE
landscape by providing a high level description of all
ongoing FIRE projects, which have been grouped into
five main categories according to their technology focus:
-- Federation
-- Data Management
-- Internet of Things
-- Smart Cities
-- Networking
Moreover, the current Coordination and Support Action
projects are also described, highlighting its cross-programme
role in helping ongoing FIRE projects and EC
representatives to maximise the impact of the overall
FIRE framework.
ICT research in the context of European Union
CASE SUMMER SCHOOL ON APPLIED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
APPLIED SOFTWARE PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND TESTING
JULY 6-10, 2009, BOZEN/BOLZANO, ITALY
This presentation gives an oiverview of the Sci-GaIA project, in the context of the CHAIN-REDS workshop at EGI2015 (Lisbon).
Aspects covered are :
1. The Sci-GaIA project: facts, figures and bjectives
2. The legacy of other projects (ei4Africa and CHAIN-REDS
3. The Sci-GaIA work programme
FIWARE Global Summit - POC (Proof of Concept) – Using FIWARE Platform for Mon...FIWARE
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Co-Founder and COO, Helix
Douglas Bellomo Cavalcante
Assistant Researcher, IPT
FIWARE Global Summit
27-28 November 2018
Malaga, Spain
This brochure presents an overview of the current FIRE
landscape by providing a high level description of all
ongoing FIRE projects, which have been grouped into
five main categories according to their technology focus:
-- Federation
-- Data Management
-- Internet of Things
-- Smart Cities
-- Networking
Moreover, the current Coordination and Support Action
projects are also described, highlighting its cross-programme
role in helping ongoing FIRE projects and EC
representatives to maximise the impact of the overall
FIRE framework.
ICT research in the context of European Union
CASE SUMMER SCHOOL ON APPLIED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
APPLIED SOFTWARE PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND TESTING
JULY 6-10, 2009, BOZEN/BOLZANO, ITALY
This presentation gives an oiverview of the Sci-GaIA project, in the context of the CHAIN-REDS workshop at EGI2015 (Lisbon).
Aspects covered are :
1. The Sci-GaIA project: facts, figures and bjectives
2. The legacy of other projects (ei4Africa and CHAIN-REDS
3. The Sci-GaIA work programme
FIWARE Global Summit - POC (Proof of Concept) – Using FIWARE Platform for Mon...FIWARE
Presentation by Alberico de Castro
Co-Founder and COO, Helix
Douglas Bellomo Cavalcante
Assistant Researcher, IPT
FIWARE Global Summit
27-28 November 2018
Malaga, Spain
The Future Internet Research and Experimentation - FIRE - current offer to customers from industry (including SMEs) and research includes access to testbed facilities for the purpose of technology, product and service development and testing, as well as knowledge, methods and tools for experimenters and product and service developers. FIRE’s offer in the next years will transform towards a service-oriented framework where the concept of Experimentation as a Service (EaaS) will be central.
This publication gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE including FIRE success stories and information how to get access to FIRE facilities together with the FIRE project descriptions.
More publications at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html
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FIRE slideshow running on the AmpliFIRE/Fed4FIRE booth at the EuCNC'2014 event on 23-26 June 2014 in Bologna, Italy.
More information: http://www.ict-fire.eu/news/view/article/fire-at-the-eucnc2014-european-conference-on-networks-and-communications.html
Presentation of the paper Creating a distributed mobile networking testbed environment - through the Living Labs approach, Proceedings of 2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom), Barcelona, Spain, March, 2006.
You can SAVE money, efforts and time by re-using already available Future Internet Research and Experimentation - FIRE - test facilities!
This publication gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE.
** Now video & HD picture links enbedded! **
The FIRE Facility and Research projects funded by the European Commission under FP7 ICT Objective 1.6 and the FIRE related international projects are presented here, with a focus on giving examples of experimentation that has been undertaken.
More publications at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html
The Future Internet Research and Experimentation - FIRE - current offer to customers from industry (including SMEs) and research includes access to testbed facilities for the purpose of technology, product and service development and testing, as well as knowledge, methods and tools for experimenters and product and service developers. FIRE’s offer in the next years will transform towards a service-oriented framework where the concept of Experimentation as a Service (EaaS) will be central.
This publication gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE including FIRE success stories and information how to get access to FIRE facilities together with the FIRE project descriptions.
More publications at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html
This publication gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE. FIRE Facility projects funded by the European Commission under FP7 ICT Objective 1.6, are presented here, with a focus on examples of experimentation. The FIRE outcome is open and public for all experimenters who find the facilities offered suited to their R&D needs. The FIRE Facility projects invite you as exploratory users: profit from the experimentation and help shaping the FIRE Facility according to your needs!
FIRE slideshow running on the FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) booth, organized by AmpliFIRE / FUSION projects, at the ECFI-2 event on 17-18 September 2014 in Munich, Germany.
More information: http://www.ict-fire.eu.
The FIRE Forum 2016 will be on 27th September 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia - co-located with the ICT Proposers' Day.
Find here a preliminary announcement.
The registration will be open by the end of July 2016.
Stay tuned on the FIRE website at: http://ict-fire.eu/fire-forum-2016/
The Future Internet Research and Experimentation - FIRE - current offer to customers from industry (including SMEs) and research includes access to testbed facilities for the purpose of technology, product and service development and testing, as well as knowledge, methods and tools for experimenters and product and service developers. FIRE’s offer in the next years will transform towards a service-oriented framework where the concept of Experimentation as a Service (EaaS) will be central.
This 1-pager gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE project FESTIVAL.
More publications at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html
The Future Internet Research and Experimentation - FIRE - current offer to customers from industry (including SMEs) and research includes access to testbed facilities for the purpose of technology, product and service development and testing, as well as knowledge, methods and tools for experimenters and product and service developers. FIRE’s offer in the next years will transform towards a service-oriented framework where the concept of Experimentation as a Service (EaaS) will be central.
This 1-pager gives an insight into what is real and usable today in FIRE projects Evarilos and Fusion.
More publications at: http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/publications.html
The FIRE project CREW is now in a continuous open access phase, offering 2 modes for the use of the CREW futire internet facilities:
1) Best effort access & basic support: CREW offers best effort access to the facilities free of charge for non-commercial use, including basic support (i.e. information from portal, guidelines, tutorials, handbooks, and limited technical support). The CREW portal will guide you to find the most suitable test facility for your experiment along with further information on how to get started.
2) Guaranteed access & advanced support: If more guarantees are required on the availability of infrastructure and more advanced technical support is needed, it is possible to submit a proposal application for an open access experiment with guaranteed availability & support. If the request is granted. CREW commits to provide the necessary facility resources and manpower to the experimenter, free of charge. Both the template for 'request for experimentation' and announcement document are available (since June 2014). Please contact CREW project for more information at: http://www.crew-project.eu/contact.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
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Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
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Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
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We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
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During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
1. Future Internet Research and Experimentation
FIRE in Action
The Net Futures 2015, 25-26 March 2015
AmpliFIRE Project Team
contact(at)ict-fire.eu
2. 1. FIRE introduction
2. FIRE portfolio
3. FIRE federation
4. FIRE services and access
5. FIRE Open Call
6. FIRE and Business/SMEs
2
Content
"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
FIRE = Future Internet Research and Experimentation
4. Systems are too complex, too
heterogeneous to be analysed
or even simulated
We need to test them, i.e.,
experiment in the real world,
under real conditions, with
real traffic/load and real users
No one, even the largest
corporations, can afford to
assemble – much less operate
– the "entire" system to be
able to test/assess their
solutions, developments,
improvements
4
Why FIRE? Why Experimentation?
Requirements
Validation
Research
Large Scale
Experiments
FIRE Research
FIRE
Experimental Facility
6. OpenLab, FIBRE and EINS
involve an Australian Partner
FIBRE is from an EU-Brazil
joint call
TEFIS and MyFIRE involved
Brazilian Partners
An Indian partner
in MyFIRE
OFELIA and CONECT
involve US Partners.
FIRE-GENI cooperation
(Fed4FIRE)
A Chinese partner in
TEFIS, EINS and EAR-IT
A Korean Partner in
EINS and Fed4FIRE.
FIRE STATION involved
in the KOREN event and
AsiaFI Forum)
FELIX and FANTASTIC projects.
FIRE involved through several
EU-Japan events. EU-Japan
common call.
OpenLab and EINS
involve a Canadian
partner.
FIRE Projects International Cooperation
6
MyFIRE involved a
Russian Partner
TRESCIMO project
and joint events
Bolded projects are still ongoing
9. Expanded scope related to
networking and far beyond:
– Service architectures and
clouds
– Sensor Networks
– Networking: cognitive radio,
Open flow
– Increased emphasis on system
level testing
– IoT and Smart Cities
– Immersive environments
Demand-driven open
federation of facilities
Massive stimulation of
users/experimenters:
– Open calls in facility projects
reserved for innovative
experiments - Calls by projects
9
FIRE Project portfolio 03 / 2015
10. FIRE Portfolio – Technology /Working Areas
10* Coordination & Support Action projects typically support all FIRE projects
** ** OneLab projects finished - Open Access continues
FIRE in Horizon 2020 (Call 1):
FIESTA: Integration of IoT
platforms
Organicity: IoT and Smart
Cities
RAWFIE: Federation of
networking testbeds for
unmanned, aereal,
vehicular, maritime domains
WISHFUL: Spectrum issues
in platforms for flexible and
unified radio and network
control
MONROE: Stability and
performance measurement
in mobile broadband
networks
14. Federation of existing testbeds across Europe
The objective of several FIRE projects is to federate existing
testbeds across Europe
Bigger scale
More diversity
Uniform tools
Easy access
Example:
14
16. Wide range of experiments
Seamless use of multiple facilities and facility sites (incl. trust
aspects)
Powerful tool chain covering the whole experiment lifecycle
Systematic experimentation approach
Low entry barrier, also for industry (especially SME)
Professional access (incl. SLA, legal, commercial) and
interaction models (experts <> non-experts)
Shorten time from idea to experiment to market
16
Fed4FIRE – Focus on the experimenters
17. Fed4FIRE – Focus on the service
FOCUS on service offered by the facility!
Broad functionality using de-facto standard platforms (e.g. trust,
experiment control, …)
Documentation, training, support and expert advise
Reduced development and maintenance cost
Offer services to larger customer base using different business
models (incl. industrial access)
Pan-European (and international) federation
Sustainable (technical and financial)
Shorten time from idea to facility to market
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19. • 12 FIRE projects have a large scale facility infrastructure ready that can be
used:
– CONFINE – exploration and advancement of the community networks
– CREW – radio spectrum and measurements of wireless
– Fed4FIRE – a real federation of experimentation facilities:
Wired, wireless, sensor, cellular, Openflow, cloud computing
and/or Smart City testbeds
– FELIX-EU – Software Defined Networking - SDN
– FESTIVAL – IoT experimentation platforms
– FIESTA – IoT
– FLEX – Long Term Evolution (LTE)
– MONROE – Measuring Mobile Broadband Networks
– ORGANICITY – Smart Cities - EaaS
– RAWFIE – Unmanned/robotic networked devices
– SUNRISE – Underwater sensors – IoT
– WISHFUL – Wireless unified radio and network control
• Open Access provided by completed projects:
– OneLab – Core Networking
FIRE Facilities – Available for Future Internet
experimentations
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Open Access - How to get involved?
CREW has entered in a continuous Open Access phase.
CREW offers best effort access to the facilities that is
free for non-commercial use and includes basic
support (consisting of information from portal,
guidelines, tutorials, handbooks, and very limited basic
technical support). If more guarantees are required on
availability of infrastructure and technical support, it is
possible to submit a request for experimentation with
guaranteed availability and support. More information:
http://www.crew-project.eu/opencall.
Through the OneLab portal (portal.onelab.eu), the following testbeds are available:
- IoTLab (https://www.iot-lab.info) – a large numbers of small wireless sensor devices;
- NITOS (nitlab.inf.uth.gr/NITlab), an outdoor platform consisting of Wi-Fi a/b/g/n nodes; and
- PLE (http://www.planet-lab.eu/), the PlanetLab Europe overlay.
If you are a PlanetLab Europe (PLE) member, your PLE account now gives you access to other world-class testbeds,
at no additional cost to you or your institution!
In accordance with the Fed4FIRE project
structure, the two planned Open Calls have
been completed and no further Calls of
this type are planned for the future.
However, the Fed4FIRE will consider organization of
further two additional Calls for experiments originating
from SMEs in the upcoming months.
Moreover, Fed4FIRE has launched a process for Open
Access to the Fed4FIRE testbeds allowing access and
use of the federated testbeds without additional
funding.
To keep informed about the Fed4FIRE SME Calls and
Open Access, please, regularly check the project
website www.fed4fire.eu and/or contact@fed4fire.eu.
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FIRE Facilities - How to get involved?
The testbed portal at http://community-
lab.net;
The documentation at http://wiki.confine-
project.eu and all its code is published at
http://redmine.confine-project.eu.
Open usage of Community-Lab is planned
in the future as enough testbed resources
will become available.
FELIX is currently deploying a framework for
federated SDN Future Internet (FI) testbeds.
This framework will enable its user to:
1. Dynamically request and obtain
resources across different testbed
infrastructures.
2. Manage and control the network
paths which connect the federated
SDN testbed infrastructures.
3. Execute distributed applications on
the federated infrastructure.
4. Moreover, the project is preparing the
EU-JP testbed for large-scale proof-of-
concept experiments to be executed
to validate the novel concepts
developed in the project.
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FIRE facilities - How to get involved?
The FLEX portal can be reached at www.flex-
project.eu where valuable information on how
to conduct experiments and use the
infrastructure is included.
FLEX has already organized one Open Call for
proposals, and a second one is expected in
2015. The goal of these calls is to attract
proposals for innovative usages of the
deployed facilities, sophisticated experiments
or even functional extensions of the LTE
components.
The calls have been planned to take place
early, in order to provide enough time for the
new partners to be integrated in the
consortium and provide meaningful
contributions.
The five SUNRISE facilities should be
accessible at the end of the first year of
project. User participation at any level will
be eased by a user-friendly web interface,
enabling the connection to remote
underwater devices, to request
measurements, and to remotely monitor
the status of marine areas.
The SUNRISE project will also extend its
infrastructure through two Open Calls. The
first one is closed and the selected projects
will start in spring 2015; the second one will
be launched in summer 2015.
http://fp7-sunrise.eu/
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FIRE newer facilities - How to get involved?
The FESTIVAL project will participate in
various national and international events
such as hackatons, meetups and relevant
conferences in order to involve external
experimenters and to offer them access to
the experimentation facilities.
FESTVAL will also launch an Open Call for
experimenters in the project’s second year
(October 2015). Despite the fact that there
will not be a specific funding for those calls,
the experimenters will be able to benefit
from the experimental IoT infrastructure
that will be provided by the project, both in
Europe and in Japan.
http://www.festival-project.eu/
In order to accomplish its goals, the FIESTA-
IoT project will issue, manage and exploit a
range of open calls towards involving third-
parties in the project. The objective of the
involvement
of third-parties will be two-fold:
• To ensure the design and integration
(within FIESTA-IoT) of more innovative
experiments, through the involvement of
additional partners in the project (including
SMEs).
• To expand the FIESTA-IoT experimental
infrastructure on the basis of additional
testbeds.
http://www.fiesta-iot.eu/
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FIRE newer facilities - How to get involved?
MONROE will run a series of Open Calls
where external users can ask for funding to
run experiments. The first MONROE Open
Call will be announced by the end of the
first year and it will target researchers,
innovators and business that depend on
MBB networks.
The second MONROE Open Call will be
announced towards the end of second year
and it will be open to all user groups.
Apart from the Open Calls, the platform will
be available to external users in the
beginning of the third year.
monroe-project.eu
You can get involved in three ways:
1. Start using the already existing Wishful
facilities located at iMinds (w-iLab.t),
TCD (IRIS), TUB (TWIST) and RUTGERS
(WINLAB).
2. Follow our updates for new software
releases, fork the software, try it and
contribute feedback or improved code.
3. Follow the upcoming Open Calls that
will be launched by the project.
http://www.wishful-project.eu/
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FIRE newer facilities - How to get involved?
Users will be able to access
RAWFIE resources and services
through the portal and
experimentation suite. The portal will include a
user-friendly interface to illustrate all the
essential information for the RAWFIE federation
(i.e., authorization, documentation, testbeds
and resources). In addition, the
experimentation suite will provide a number of
functionalities for the definition of experiment
scenarios such as booking, monitoring and
authoring tools. The set of RAWFIE partners will
be supplemented through 2 Open Calls cycles in
the direction of expanding the infrastructure
and allowing a wide spectrum of experiments
to be undertaken prior to the RAWFIE self-
sustainability, resource autonomy phase.
www.rawfie.eu
Communities and organisations are invited
to use the new OrganiCity facility, self-
funded or funded through OrganiCity.
• 2 open calls in 2016 and 2017, with € 1.8
m in funding for third-party experimental
groups (25-35 experiments).
• Communities can co-create the calls in
2015 and 2016.
• Cities can connect to the facility and
become an OrganiCity.
www.organicity.eu
29. Objective for the future
FIRE to become a “platform ecosystem” enabling business innovation on
products and services bringing together developers, users, technology providers
Benefits FIRE
Increase the relevance and
sustainability of FIRE in serving
industry customers
Benefit from industry projects
experience to widen the range of
services
Benefits Business / SMEs
Technical: access to resources and
expertise not currently available.
Reduce technical risks.
Organisational: know-how, support,
partnerships
Commercial: develop demonstrators
close to market
Develop products and services by
exploiting testbed facilities
Current activities to enhance the FIRE offer
Service delivery quality
Sustainability of the testbed facility and services
Contracting issues
Promotion and marketing
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FIRE value proposition towards Business/SMEs
30. All companies developing cloud-based applications, mobile
games, different types of web-services, multimedia
applications and telecommunication services/products can
benefit from leading-edge testbeds
Any company can access and use them for testing its
products/services. Examples include the testing of:
– Cloud-related and web-based applications (e.g. web-based documents
editing service, any social media services, online payment systems,
mobile marketing services, any web-based services, mobile gaming
etc.)
– Wireless and networking equipment (WiFi, LTE, networking protocols,
cognitive radio, OpenFlow, SDN, p2p services, etc.)
– Multimedia applications (augmented reality, 3D environments, etc.)
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Which SMEs may benefit from FIRE and how
31. Instead of building your own Future Internet testbed – you
can SAVE money, efforts and time by re-using already
available FIRE test facilities – concentrate your core R&D&I
right away
– Instead of re-inventing a wheel again –> use your investment much
more efficiently
– Experimentations/testing can start much faster –> SAVE time
– Investments can be used for the R&D&I and for the
experimentations/testing instead of the the building of the testbed(s)
-> SAVE money, efforts
– Test results/products/services available (on market) much faster!
-> SAVE time, win your competitor(s)
• FIRE test facilities are available NOW – Let’s use them!
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FIRE – For the Future Internet Success
32. Thank You –
Testbed access for Future Internet Success
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 318550.
More information: www.ict-fire.eu
Contact E-mail: contact@ict-fire.eu
@ICT_FIRE #ICT_FIRE
http://bit.ly/FIRE_LinkedIn
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Please contact individual facilities
for more information about access
and services