FIRE Future Internet Research and Experimentation Expert Group

In February 2007, two complementary groups of experts, the Future Internet Research and Experimentation Scientific and Future Internet Research and Experimentation Industrial Preparatory Groups, have been set up by the Commission Services, Directorate General Information Society and Media, Unit F4 "New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities" to define a long term vision for Future Internet Research and Experimentation activities in Europe. The scientific group was constituted by visionary researchers from multiple disciplines, whereas the industrial Group included representatives from relevant technology platforms, as well as from other industrial stakeholders. The objective of the groups was to define a long term vision for European Future Internet Research and Experimentation activities and give recommendations for its implementation. In their second meeting in April 2007, the groups decided to publish a joint report.

Relevant meeting and workshop

• 14/15 February 2007, Brussels: First FIRE Future Internet Research and Experimentation Preparatory Expert Groups Meeting
• 6/7 March 2007, Zurich: FIRE Future Internet Research and Experimentation Open Workshop
• 23-24 April 2007, Brussels: Second FIRE Future Internet Research and Experimentation Preparatory Expert Groups Meeting
• 12 February 2008, Brussels: FIRE expert consultation meeting
• 4-5 March 2008, Torino, SAC-FIRE Workshop: Advance research and experimentation in networking

Reports

• The European FIRE Future Internet Research and Experimentation Activities - recommendations prepared by the FIRE Scientific and Industrial Preparatory Expert Groups, June 2007
• Report of the expert consultation meeting, April 2008
  

Future Internet Conference

FIRE is taking the opportunity to participate at the Future Internet Conference in Bled, Slovenia and invites all Future Internet related projects of Challenge 1 to a workshop session in order to discuss the relationship of the FIRE initiative with the research community. In detail, the goal is to discuss the configuration and offering of the FIRE facility versus the requirements and expectations of the research community, as well as to discuss the concept of experimentally-driven research towards the Future Internet in Europe.

More information about the outline and outcome of the breakout session on Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE) at Bled is available at the Future Internet web site.

Future activities

The future activities of the FIRE expert group will be reported through the FIREworks support action web site.