The increasing adoption of Software Defined Networking, and OpenFlow in particular, brings great hope for increasing extensibility and lowering costs of deploying new network functionality. A key component in these networks is the OpenFlow agent, a piece of software that a switch runs to enable remote programmatic access to its forwarding tables. While testing high-level network functionality, the correct behavior and interoperability of any OpenFlow agent are taken for granted. However, existing tools for testing agents are not exhaustive nor systematic, and only check that the agent’s basic functionality works. In addition, the rapidly changing and sometimes vague OpenFlow specifications can result in multiple implementations that behave differently.

This is the kick-off meeting of the iJOIN EU FP7 project. It will consist of a series of presentations of work packages 2-4 intended to shape the first steps of the project. WP2-4 will be presented during 90 minute slots by each Work Package leader. The presentations will include:

On Wednesday, the 13th of November, will take place the next meeting of ESNOG/GORE (España Network Operators Group / Grupo de Operadores de Red Españoles), at the Polytechnic School (Leganés Campus) of the University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M). The meeting is sponsored by the Cátedra Telefónica de la UC3M and ESPANIX (Punto neutro Español de Internet). This is a workshop that will schedule a series of lectures and panel discussions on Internet at the network level.

The future Internet needs to provide enough flexibility to allow the dynamic deployment of new network protocols, support heterogeneous end-systems, provide novel communication abstractions, and exhibit inherent security and manageability. In this talk, I present an overview of various technological drivers that shape current developments in network architecture research. I will discuss how programmable routers and network virtualization provide the basis for adaptability in the network and present some of the related research problems. I will also provide an overview on ongoing research projects that aim to provide novel network architectures that may become the core of the future Internet.

In this talk, I will discuss the complex relationship between the university research lab and the startup community and how it varies in different places. There will be some emphasis on software focused startups as these are quite special in terms of the low capital investment costs required to deliver an initial working product, but the talk will also consider the wider set of high tech startup enterprises, some of which are built on a deep understanding of a problem domain arising from substantial research. The talk will discuss the similarities and differences between the activities and skills of the research lab and the startup.

Under the title La Ciencia es mi Vida (Science is My Life), a roundtable will be held between 19:00 and 21:00 of Friday 28th September 2012 in the Residencia de Estudiantes de Madrid (street Pinar 21-23), moderated by the Professor of Theoretical Physics Mr. Alfredo Poves, gathering a number of researchers from the Madrid Institutes of Advanced Studies (IMDEA, Institutos Madrileños de Estudios Avanzados).

The design, standardization and future deployment of vehicular communications systems have been driven so far by safety applications. There are two more aspects of the vehicular networking that have increased their importance in the last years: Infotainment and traffic efficiency, as they can improve drivers' experience, making vehicular communications systems more attractive to end-users.

Institute IMDEA Networks annually holds a by-invitation-only thematic workshop in Madrid. The workshop accompanies a meeting of our Scientific Council comprised by prominent researchers. In addition to talks by Scientific Council members, the workshop includes invited talks by external experts in the research theme of the workshop. The goal of the 2012 workshop is to foster discussion on a critical aspect of research in networking: data.

Objectives of the meeting: Review status of the internal specifications milestones, synchronization intra and inter work packages and coordination for future work.