This document summarizes the goals and activities of the Center of Expertise in RINA in Armenia. The center was established in 2018 to be the first to systematically deploy the Recursive Internetwork Architecture (RINA) worldwide through research, development, testing and training. Key activities included collaborating with academic institutions to develop RINA courses, testing RINA applications in sectors like telecommunications and IoT, raising awareness of RINA through conferences, and establishing research labs. The center outlined plans for 2020 to further develop use cases, expand private sector collaboration and academic engagement, and address bottlenecks like the lack of a complete RINA product and numbers to demonstrate its benefits to non-telecom audiences.

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Centre of expertise in RINA
training engineers and spreading RINA worldwide
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“High-tech R&D
has become a
national
priority”
“Tech is now
the largest
foreign
investment
in Armenia”
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education
center”
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2010s
2018
RINA pilot incubated as
research project by
Pouzin Society
Armenia to become first
center of excellence in RINA
Launch of laboratory
testing for RINA
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5. Francophonie
Summit
October, 2018
Yerevan
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6. Innovation
in Clouds,
Internet and
Networks
ICIN 2019
February, 2019
Paris
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7. Meeting RINA
International
Experts
February, 2019
Paris
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8. Annie
Voskanian
Samvel
Vardanyan
Santiago
Chabkinian
Andy
Kouyoumjian
Hayk
Mnatsakanyan
Mary
Sargsyan
Virginie
Taverne
Research &
Development
Management &
Administration
Philippe
Poux
Team
Louis
Pouzin
Board
Vahan
Chakarian
Chantal
Lebrument
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9. Testing benefits of
RINA within IT and
telecommunication
sectors
Development
& Deployment
Centre of
Expertise
in RINA
Knowledge
Building
Development of
RINA courses
through academic
institutions and
online platforms
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11. Collaboration with the
Academic Scientific Research
Computer Network of Armenia
Resources Expertise Network
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National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Armenia
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13. Use case 1
Managing load balancing
between containers with RINA
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16. Use case 2
RINA & 5G
Massive MIMO system
See how RINA could enhance their 5G solution
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17. Use case 3
Smart city
Engineering City to be built in Yerevan
Autonomous and connected car
IoT devices
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18. RINA-based application development
RINA application for file transfer
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19. RINA & IoT
Discussions with IoT companies in Armenia
Raising awareness
Establishment of a list of their requirements
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20. Knowledge Building
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Université Française en Arménie

22. National Polytechnic
University of Armenia
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23. Armenian National
Engineering Laboratories
about 30 specialized and universal Educational and Research Laboratories
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Radio Engineering and
Communication Systems Cybernetics
Transportation
Systems
Power Engineering
Mechanics and
Machine Study
Electrical
Engineering

24. TUMO Labs
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Self Learning
Learning Labs
Thesis (Optional)
Projects
Phase 1 Phase 2
3 months 3 - 6 months
Program

25. Gyumri Technology Center
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Business Development
Education
Regional Advancement
Support to local startups
30 companies, 6000 sq m managed workspace
Trainings, internships, advanced research labs
Raising awareness through events, hackathons,
“Empowering regions through high tech” conferences

26. Raising awareness
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27. 1st Press
Conference
April, 2019
Yerevan
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28. Meeting the
President of
Armenia
April, 2019
Yerevan
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29. VivaTech 2019
May, 2019
Paris
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30. Engineering
Week
June, 2019
Yerevan
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31. ArmSec Security
Conference
November, 2019
Yerevan
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32. Meeting
Operators of
Armenia
November, 2019
Yerevan
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33. 2nd Press
Conference
December, 2019
Yerevan
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34. Development strategy 2020 Research labs
Research Resources
Acquisition of human
and capital resources
promoting
engagement and
allowing for the
implementation of a
wider array of
operations.
Development
Mass development
and testing of RINA
in diverse
applications seeking
to demonstrate
significant results in
a variety of fields.
Awareness
Raising awareness
about the innovation
and its absolute
necessity by
capitalizing on the
visibility of RINA and
our
project-RINArmenia.
Research focused
on predominant
areas where RINA
brings most
essential results
and where the
current internet
architecture fails to
prevail.
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35. Development Cycle
Research labs
Testing
Outcome
Formation
R&D
PPP
Universities
Private Companies
Public Sector
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36. Development of Use
Cases
Milestones
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Private Sector
Collaboration
Expansion
2020
2021
Academic Expansion
+ Raising Awareness

37. Bottlenecks
● Lack of a complete “RINA product”
○ Research and development still to be done for lower layers in EFCP
○ No shim layer for many legacy protocols (especially for IoT)
○ No full stack RINA solution
○ Lack of security mechanisms in the existing prototypes
○ Prototypes not supporting non-Linux OSs
○ Lack of user-friendly prototype
● Hard to pitch for non telecom audience
○ Lack of concrete numbers regarding RINA’s benefits (memory usage,
latency…)
○ Lack of user-friendly documents
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38. Help us !
Select the sector with the biggest initiative to deploy RINA
➔ focus the community resources on R&D for that sector
Define the research areas to be done in Armenia
Elaborate a coordinated development plan
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40. contact@rinarmenia.com
rinarmenia.com
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