Internet Society
ISOC Fellowships to the IETF Bring Local Perspectives to Global Forum
The Internet Society (ISOC) awarded fellowships to support
participation in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings by 22
technologists from 15 countries in developing regions around the
world. The Internet Society is the organizational home of the IETF,
the Internet's premier technical standards body. Twelve fellowship
recipients from this round of awards will attend next week's IETF
meeting in Hiroshima, Japan on 8-13 November.
The latest round of Internet Society Fellowship to the IETF awards
garnered 199 applications, with recipients coming from Argentina,
Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Fiji,
India, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Pakistan, Uganda, and Togo. The
program pairs recipients with an experienced mentor at IETF meetings
to support their participation.
"The high level of interest and participation is not only a testament
to the Internet Society's Fellowship to the IETF itself, but also to
the growing prominence of the Internet as a platform from economic
development and innovation around the world," said Karen Rose,
Director of Access and Development Initiatives for the Internet
Society. "ISOC Fellowships to the IETF are a tangible demonstration of
the Internet Society's commitment to foster technical leadership and
increased participation in Internet standards development by
technologists in emerging economies."
The Internet Society's Fellowship program helps skilled technologists
from the developing world to experience the Internet standards
development process in person. While much of the IETF's work takes
place over mailing lists, the in-person experience promotes a stronger
understanding of the standardisation process, encourages active
involvement in IETF work, and facilitates personal networking with
others that have similar technical interests.
Internet Society members Afilias, Google, Intel, Microsoft and the
Nominet Trust each provide significant support for the ISOC Fellowship
to the IETF:
"Afilias is both proud and pleased to support the Internet Society's
IETF Fellowship program. We are committed to the open and
consensus-driven process of the IETF's development of DNS and all
Internet standards, which we know is enhanced with broad
participation," said Dr. James Galvin, Director Strategic
Relationships and Technical Standards at Afilias. "The Internet is
necessarily inclusive of all people and it is appropriate that all
people should have the opportunity to contribute to the development of
standards that affect their inclusion."
"Google continues to be an enthusiastic sponsor of the ISOC Fellowship
to the IETF program," said Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist for
Google. "Bringing colleagues from around the world to meet with IETF
participants is an important way to establish long-lasting
relationships that promote the spread of the Internet."
"Microsoft believes that there is the need for all communities
affected by standards to have a voice in their creation, that's why
we're excited to participate in ISOC's important initiative to enable
talented technologists from developing regions to benefit from these
opportunities to participate in the standards dialogue," said Nasser
Kettani, regional standards officer, Middle East and Africa,
Microsoft.
Jonathan Welfare, Chairman of Nominet Trust Board comments: "The
objectives of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF align with the Nominet
Trust's aims and reinforce our ongoing efforts to assist in the global
development and innovation of the Internet, which will make a positive
difference to society as well as advance education. The funding
enables fellowships to be awarded so that discussions around Internet
standards and policy development can be held with those with the
appropriate experience, allied with a creative approach. Ultimately
this will strengthen the global Internet community."
As part of ISOC's Next Generation Leaders programme's efforts to
prepare professionals from around the world to become the next
generation of Internet technology, policy, and business leaders, the
ISOC Fellowship to the IETF has made 84 awards to technologists from
30 developing countries to participate IETF meetings since its
inception in 2006. For more information about ISOC's Fellowship to the
IETF and Next Generation Leaders programme, see:
InternetSociety.org/leaders
The selected ISOC Fellows to the IETF for the IETF meeting 76 in
November 2009 and IETF 77 meeting in March 2010 are:
IETF 76, Hiroshima, Japan
Hassan Zaheer (Pakistan) is interested in the transition from IPv4 to
IPv6 as part of his responsibilities managing a large ISP that
delivers broadband through wireless and cable (Worldcall Telecom Ltd).
Gargi Bag (India) is pursuing her PhD at Ajou University in South
Korea. Her thesis is based on designing lightweight mobility-related
protocols for IPv6 in wireless networks.
Muhammad Yousaf (Pakistan) researches areas including mobility and
security issues in wireless networks at the M. A. Jinnah University,
Islamabad.
Fernando Gont (Argentina) has contributed to several Working Group
RFCs on the extension and maintenance of the core Internet protocols
and security capabilities in network infrastructure.
Ali Tufail (Pakistan) is a PhD student at Ajou University in South
Korea with his research focusing on reliability and security in sensor
networks.
Zartash Afzal Uzmi (Pakistan), a professor at Lahore University of
Management Sciences, is pursuing research encompassing data center
operations, inter-domain routing, and wide area Ethernet provisioning.
IETF 77, Anaheim, CA, USA
A. Palanivelan (India) technical interests lie in the Bidirectional
Forwarding Detection (BFD), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and
IS-IS for IP Internets (ISIS) Working Groups.
Jean-Robert Hountomey (Togo) works on issues covering backbone and
network design, security, access and mobility solutions, and routing
as the CEO and CTO of IServices Group.
Sakaio P. Manoa (Fiji) is interested in IP over IEEE 802.16 Networks
and is an ICT advisor with the South Pacific Applied Geoscience
Commission.
Kondwani Masiye (Malawi) is a network architect for the IP and data
communication network of Malawi Telecommunications Limited and is
interested in a range of routing issues.
Idris A. Rai (Uganda) is at Makerere University conducting networking
research and is particularly interested in performance analysis and
design of protocols, packet scheduling, wireless mesh networks, and
overlay networks.
Gustavo Rodrigues Ramos (Brazil) is a network engineer actively
following Secure Inter-Domain Routing and Inter-Domain Routing Working
Groups. He is also heavily active in local and regional Internet
forums.
Ten alumni of the program were selected to receive the Returning
Fellows award, which supports their participation in an additional
IETF meeting. Returning fellows are able to leverage their initial
IETF experience to provide additional contributions into the IETF
standards processes, while helping to build engagement by their local
technical community in standards tracks that have important
implications for regional Internet growth. Their attendance at the
meetings also increases the visibility of the IETF in developing
countries. The selected Returning Fellows for the 76th and 77th
meetings are:
IETF 76, Hiroshima, Japan
Carlos Watson Carazo (Costa Rica)
Joao Marcelo Ceron (Brazil)
Sandra Cespedes U. (Colombia)
Terry Rupeni (Fiji)
Hugo Salgado (Chile)
IETF 77, Anaheim, CA, USA
Mohibul Hasib Mahmud (Bangladesh)
Afaf El Maayati (Morocco)
Dessalegn Yehuala (Ethiopia)
Subramanian Moonesamy (Mauritius)
Noah Sematimba (Uganda)
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