Register for June IPNSIG Academy Keynote

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 IPNSIG Keynote: Doreen Bogdan on ITU Governance and Prospects on SSI

 

Date & Time: Jun 28, 2023 7:00 AM–8:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

 

Description:

 

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has been a key player in space communications since the beginning of the space era. ITU Secretary-General  Doreen Bogdan-Martin will join Vint Cerf for a fireside chat exploring space’s potential as a driver of sustainable development. They will discuss promising opportunities in the space economy, striving for “Space for All,” and balancing space-based benefits with risk management to ensure space sustainability. Bogdan-Martin will share insights from ITU’s extensive experience managing the international treaty governing global radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbit management. 

Doreen Bogdan-Martin took office as Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023. Ms Bogdan-Martin has held leadership positions in the field of international telecommunications policy for over two decades, with a track-record of brokering innovative partnerships to expand digital inclusion and connectivity for everyone around the world. Following her historic election by ITU Member States in September 2022, she became the first woman ever to head the organization, which was first established in 1865 and became a UN specialized agency in 1947.

 

The event is free, but you must register to attend. Register here.

Speaker Bios for AWG Conference

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Here are bios and photos of your Panelists and Moderator for the May 30th AWG Conference IPNSIG Academy presentation.

Your Panelists

Marc Blanchet

Marc Blanchet is an Internet network engineer from Quebec who contributed over the last 30 years to the engineering of new Internet technologies such as IPv6, Internationalized Domain Names (idn), RDAP and Delay-Tolerant Networking. He has co-authored 17 RFCs, has co-chaired more than 15 IETF working groups, including the dtn working group, was member of the Internet Architecture Board and has been IANA transition working group co-chair, and as such received the ICANN leadership award. Marc likes to keep his hands dirty by developing applications in various languages and platforms.  Recently, he proposed and implemented ways to reuse Internet protocols and applications over DTN networks in space. On his Fridays, to give back, Marc volunteers in a local food bank and a homeless shelter.

Vint Cerf

Vint is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist with Google

At Google, Vint Cerf contributes to global policy and business development and continued spread of the Internet. Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. He has served in executive positions at the Internet Society, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the American Registry for Internet Numbers, MCI, the Corporation for National Research Initiatives and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and on the faculty of Stanford University. Vint Cerf sat on the US National Science Board and is a Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Cerf is a Foreign Member of the Royal Society and Swedish Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, American Association for the advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British Computer Society, Worshipful Companies of Information Technologists and Stationers and is a member of the National Academies of Engineering and Science. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet, including the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, US National Medal of Technology, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Japan Prize, the Charles Stark Draper award, the ACM Turing Award, the Legion d’Honneur and 29 honorary degrees.

Yosuke Kaneko

Yosuke Kaneko currently serves as the President of the Interplanetary Chapter of the Internet Society (also known as IPNSIG), an
international non-profit organization that envisions expanding networking to interplanetary space. Under his dedication and along with the entire membership, in June 2022, the IPNSIG successfully became a standing chapter of ISOC, known as the Interplanetary Chapter to promote its vision and to enhance the goals of the Internet Society.

Since he assumed leadership in September 2020, he has been leading efforts toward creating a common vision shaping the future of the interplanetary network and promoting activities including the establishment of six working groups and the publication of the “Strategy Toward a Solar System Internet for Humanity” in July 2021.

 With his engineering background in avionics and communications, he has about 20 years of experience in the space field.  At the national space agency in Japan, JAXA, he has contributed to the development and operations of the International Space Station (ISS), including establishing a bi-directional communication link using Internet Protocol between the ISS and the Japanese ground system. He also led the Japanese flight control team as Flight Director between 2009 – 2010.

From April 2020 to March 2022, he had served at the Strategic Planning and Management Department of JAXA, where he had led the overall coordination of JAXA’s human spaceflight, space science and exploration programs. 

Today, he serves at the Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center to promote research and development of innovative technology with non-space private sectors to enable future space explorations.

Your Moderator

Jim Schier

Jim Schier is currently the Chief Architect for NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation Program at NASA Headquarters. He leads NASA-wide and international studies defining the evolution of space communications networks including NASA’s Near Space Network and Deep Space Network, and the emerging international lunar network, LunaNet. He co-chairs the international Committee to Study LunaNet Governance. He joined NASA in 2004 after 25 years in industry where he worked on civil, defense, intelligence, and commercial space systems. He worked for Northrop Grumman supporting the National Reconnaissance Office where he was responsible for system-of-systems architecting for America’s network of reconnaissance satellites. He developed avionics on the MILSTAR communication relay satellites and led system engineering tasks on commercial satellite systems including Iridium. Mr. Schier was Avionics Manager and Chief System Engineer on the International Space Station at Grumman. He received a NASA Exceptional Service Medal for his work on space communications and navigation, a NASA Administrator’s Group Award on behalf of the team that redesigned the Space Station, a Silver Snoopy award for his work on Spacelab 3, and numerous other corporate and NASA awards. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. In his spare time, he is a docent giving public tours at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Announcing 2023 Board Election Candidates

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Your 2023 Board Election Candidates

Ronny Bull

 

Dr. Bull is an active researcher and educator in the areas of systems automation, challenged/contested network
communications, high performance real-time Linux computing systems, virtualization platforms, network emulation, and
neuromorphic/cognitive systems.  He has served as a consultant and subject matter expert in these areas on multiple Department of Defense contracts with the U.S. Air Force Research Labs (AFRL). Recently his company Adirondack IT Solutions, LLC (now TCT Networks Corporation) received a NASA Small Business innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to investigate applying cognitive routing approaches to delay/disruption tolerant space network communications.   

Dr. Bull also serves as an adjunct professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Clarkson University with a focus in
Networking and Systems. He has been an active member of the Interplanetary Chapter (IPNSIG) of the Internet Society since 2018, and is one of the original members of the Pilot Projects Working Group (IPNSIG-PWG). Dr. Bull is passionate about involving his students in his research, and over the past few years has developed special topics Computer Science courses dedicated to IPNSIG PWG project work. The students in these courses became very active in the PWG, and made many contributions in the early
stages. Some of them are still active members today.

My goals as a board member of the Interplanetary Chapter of the Internet Society are:

1. Increase academic outreach and awareness of IPNSIG, its mission, and opportunities for student involvement and research.

2. Develop and organize an academic event that allows colleges and universities to form teams to compete and solve challenges related to Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking and Space Communications.

3. With #2 comes the development of a large scalable emulation platform to run the challenges on, and essentially emulate
the Interplanetary Internet.

4. Continue to advise and support members of the board in regards to IPNSIG related IT solutions and services.    

 

Felix Flentge

Felix Flentge is a software engineer in the Ground Segment Engineering and Innovation Department at ESA’s Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. He is an expert in space communication protocols and architectures, such as the CCSDS File Delivery Protocol and Disruption Tolerant Networking. Felix is actively supporting and promoting these technologies across all space mission families – from Earth Observation up to interplanetary missions. He is managing a wide range of activities from operational implementation and deployment of communication protocols and systems, inter-agency DTN demonstration activities up to academic cooperation in the areas of real-time DTN services, bundle routing and bundle protocol extensions. Felix is actively contributing to standardization and international coordination in these areas at CCSDS, IOAG and various international working groups including the IPNSIG Architecture & Governance WG.

 

As a member of the IPNSIG Board, Felix would like to contribute to the realization of the long-term vision of an interoperable and open Solar System Internet by ensuring a coherent and harmonized approach towards the SSI across the various international bodies and working groups based on input from all stakeholders. Towards the establishment of the SSI, he is convinced that we must follow an evolutionary approach where we need to start deploying DTN to space missions and space communication infrastructure (such as Moonlight and LunaNet) now but with maybe initially limited capabilities. At the same time, we need to stay flexible and open to allow these initial small-scale networks to grow into a true SSI within the next decades as technology develops.

Juan Fraire

My name is Juan Fraire. I am a researcher and professor at INRIA (France) and CONICET-UNC (Argentina) and a guest professor at Saarland University (Germany), where I teach a unique course about space informatics. For more than 15 years, I have been investigating near-Earth and deep-space networking and informatics. I have published more than 70 papers in international journals and leading conferences and a book about Delay-Tolerant Satellite Networks co-authored with Scott Burleigh (former with JPL and an IPNSIG Board Member). I am the founder and chair of the Space-Terrestrial Internetworking Workshop (STINT), and I participate in diverse joint projects with space agencies (e.g., NASA, ESA, CONAE) and companies in the space sector (e.g., D3TN, Spatiam, Skyloom). I am currently the coordinator of a French national project called STEREO, where academic and industrial partners join efforts to develop a space-terrestrial integrated Internet of Things, with exciting prospects of realizing new interplanetary exploration concepts based on IoT.
 
I have recently contributed to IPNSIG with my graphical design skills, which I developed as a hobby. I am the creator of the current IPNSIG logo, including the primary and IPNSIG academy logos. These logos were developed in coordination with Yosuke Kaneko (IPNSIG President). Also, I created the winning 100-year IPNSIG vision video, a powerful, eye-catching story-telling animation that conveys IPNSIG’s interplanetary network vision. To render the 3D material, I developed a realistic and interactive solar system and line-of-sight communication model in Unity. This 3D game engine can serve multiple future purposes for IPNSIG: a) it can be compiled for mobile devices and provided as an educational tool where users can interact and navigate over a solar system network; b) researchers could export realistic interplanetary network topologies from the tool; and c) it can be evolved into a strategy game where users can play and create resource-efficient solar system network systems. If I join the IPNSIG board, I will push toward professional-looking images and videos and keep supporting the development of interactive applications to boost the impact of IPNSIG.
 
On the academic side, I have contributed to IPNSIG by jointly organizing the STINT workshops in 2021, 2022, and 2023. This event brings together some of the most influential thought leaders in the field of data transfer, data exchange, routing, management, and security between and amongst space-based, terrestrial, and planetary network nodes via delay-tolerant networks (e.g., Yosuke Kaneko was our keynote speaker in 2022, and Vint Cerf was our keynote speaker in 2021, both are IPNSIG Board Members). I have also participated in IPNSIG’s Pilot Projects Working Group (PWG) by deploying μD3TN nodes to the test network and successfully testing interoperability with ION in cooperation with Spatiam. Furthermore, I supported IPNSIG’s Architecture and Governance Working Group (AWG) by discussing probabilistic routing schemes in the Routing Workshop Series. If I join the IPNSIG board, I will extend my participation with lectures in the IPNSIG academy events, keep organizing future STINTs workshops, and further support IPNSIG connections with related space industries such as D3TN and Skyloom.

Supporting material:
Link to IPNSIG logo design: link
Link to IPNSIG Academy logo design: link
Link to proposed IPNSIG 100-yr vision video: https://youtu.be/_VIRDvASuZ0
Link to STINT website: www.stintworkshops.org

 

 

AWG Conference Coming May 30th

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Date: May 30, 2023

Time: 1700—1830 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

 

The webinar is free, but you must register to attend. Register here.

 

IPNSIG will be hosting a workshop to discuss Architecture and Governance of the Interplanetary Network.

As we look around the globe, we are witnessing a significant thrust in space exploration. We are on the cusp of an exciting re-entry into human and robotic space exploration and commercialization, and the deployment of an Interplanetary Network is the key to enable such efforts.  

Today, there are several initiatives including the Government, Space Agencies and the private sector that expand communication capabilities off the planet, to the Moon, Mars and beyond.  Such capabilities will provide significant opportunities to  explore, gain new knowledge, and expand more businesses in Space. They all bring benefit back to Earth.

As the venture of expanding the Interplanetary Network are remarkable steps for humanity, it is also the time to discuss how a “Common Interplanetary Network Infrastructure” could be realized, which entails the need of Governance – a management structure to support the operation of the infrastructure itself.

The Architecture and Governance Working Group (AWG) has tackled these important subjects by reflecting on the lessons learned from the Internet’s evolution and from the remarkable insights provided by our past Academy speakers.

We are happy to share our progress within AWG and are looking forward to some lively discussions. We hope to see you all soon!

More information, including a speaker bio and photo page will be published soon.

Election Update & Event of Interest

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Election Update & Upcoming Event of Interest

Election Update

We’ve received submissions from six potential candidates. We are working to coordinate schedules and set up vetting interviews next week. After the vetting interviews complete, an election page will go up on the website, with photographs and summaries from the candidates about their backgrounds and how they plan to contribute to the Interplanetary Chapter/IPNSIG’s mission.

MadQCI in World Quantum Day

This web conference will focus upon the Madrid Quantum Computing Infrastructure (MadQCI) program is part of the European Quantum Computing Infrastructure Initiative (EuroQCI).

MadQCI is the largest Quantum Network in Europe ever.  Real world network installed in production facilities. It is part of an integrated satellite and terrestrial system spanning the whole of Europe for ultra-secure exchange of cryptographic keys (Quantum Key Distribution—QKD), as part of a secure space connectivity system. Quantum communication infrastructure (QCI) is part of the European Cybersecurity Strategy

Madrid Quantum Network: The OpenQKD project

•              Considered the “EuroQCI Ramp up”

•              European Open QKD Network

•              Testbeds to demonstrate the feasibility and maturity of Quantum Communications technologies.

The webinar will start April 21st at 0900 Eastern Daylight Time (US/Canada). Register for the webinar here: https://upm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItd-ytqzgrGddaDRN7fXNwmuVZFUJyUyIG#/registration

Announcements for April, 2023

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Important Announcements for April

1)     The IPNSIG Academy presentation, “Architecture and Governance of IPN Conference”, originally planned for April has been postponed to no earlier than May 5th, 2023.

2)     IPNSIG member Juan Fraire submitted the winning proposal and demonstration video illustrating our 100 year vision for a Solar System Internet. He will be working with Board members to refine the concept of the video and agree upon any finishing elements to be added. Thanks much to Juan for this work product. The video will be published when completed and reviewed
by the full Board.

3)     We want to draw your attention to a video of a conference presented by the Universities Space Research Association and the
Space Policy Institute of George Washington University. The theme of the conference was “Cis-Lunar Space: Research for Today, Training for Tomorrow”. It included sections presented by NASA, private industry and academia. Our own Vint Cerf participated in a panel discussion about the challenges and opportunities for commercialization of cis-lunar space. His presentation focused on the complexities of the policy, jurisdiction and governance space for the Solar System Internet. Vint’s talk starts at 3:34:00 in the video.     We found this to be a pretty comprehensive look at NASA’s plans for space exploration and exploitation of cis-lunar space with ties to Martian exploration. The work underway and being planned by the space industry was really encouraging. Very engaging stuff, and worth a look. The video can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZF66gZFNJM&t=4s  


Announcing Board Elections

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Announcing Board Elections 2023

Members—

We will be holding elections to increase the number of IPNSIG/Interplanetary Chapter Board Members to the maximum number allowed by our By-laws (9). This election will result in the addition of two members to the Board. Rules for the election, and a timeline are posted at: https://ipnsig.org/elections-2023/

An email to the membership soliciting candidates will go out soon. Eligible members will be invited to submit resume’s, references bio information and a head shot to the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee will hold vetting interviews and will produce a list of approved candidates. A web page will be created with the list of candidates, their bio information and head shots, and an announcement sent to the membership. Moredetails can be found on the Elections 2023 web  page: https://ipnsig.org/elections-2023/. If you have questions, drop a note to elections@ipnsig.org. 

Thanks much,

Mike Snell

IPNSIG/Interplanetary Chapter Secretary/Treasurer

Speaker & Moderator Bios for March IPNSIG Academy Webinar

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YOUR SPEAKER: Dr. Scott Pace is the Director of the Space Policy Institute and a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.  He is also a member of the faculty of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.  His research interests include civil, commercial, and national security space policy, and the management of technical innovation.  Dr. Pace rejoined the faculty of the Elliott School in January 2021 after serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council from 2017-2020. 

 

From 2005-2008, he served as the Associate Administrator for Program Analysis and Evaluation at NASA. Prior to NASA, Dr. Pace was the Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).  From 1993-2000, Dr. Pace worked for the RAND Corporation’s Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI).  From 1990 to 1993, Dr. Pace served as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Office of Space Commerce, in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Harvey Mudd College in 1980; Master’s degrees in Aeronautics & Astronautics and Technology & Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982; and a Doctorate in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School in 1989. 

 

Dr. Pace received the Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Stars from the Government of Japan in 2021, the Office of the Secretary of Defense Group Achievement Award in 2020, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2008, the US Department of State’s Group Superior Honor Award (GPS Interagency Team) in 2005, and the NASA Group Achievement Award (Columbia Accident Rapid Reaction Team) in 2004.  He has been a member of the US Delegation to the World Radiocommunication Conferences in 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2007.  He was also a member of the US Delegation to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications Working Group, 1997-2000.  More recently, he has served as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in 2009, 2011-17, and 2022.  Dr. Pace was a member of the NOAA Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) from 2012-2017 and was the Vice-Chair.  Dr. Pace is a former member of the Board of Trustees, Universities Space Research Association, a Member of the International Academy of Astronautics, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, and a member of the Board of Governors of the National Space Society.

 

YOUR MODERATOR: Vint Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist with Google. 

At Google, Vint contributes to global policy and business development and continued spread of the Internet. Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. He has served in executive positions at the Internet Society, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the American Registry for Internet Numbers, MCI, the Corporation for National Research Initiatives and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and on the faculty of Stanford University. Vint Cerf sat on the US National Science Board and is a Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Cerf is a Foreign Member of the Royal Society and Swedish Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, American Association for the advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British Computer Society, Worshipful Companies of Information Technologists and Stationers and is a member of the National Academies of Engineering and Science. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet, including the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, US National Medal of Technology, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Japan Prize, the Charles Stark Draper award, the ACM Turing Award, the Legion d’Honneur and 29 honorary degrees.