University of Kaiserslautern Department of Computer Science Integrated Communication Systems ICSY Engaging Current and Prospective Internet Users in Building and Shaping the Future of the Internet 25 th October 2011 Rahamatullah Khondoker

2 Rahamatullah Khondoker, University of Kaiserslautern Outline  Motivation  Research Proposal  Conclusion

3 Rahamatullah Khondoker, University of Kaiserslautern Whose Demands Need to be Considered for FI? Source: Source: ICE department, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh Source:

4 Rahamatullah Khondoker, University of Kaiserslautern Whose Demands Need to be Considered for FI? Source:

5 Rahamatullah Khondoker, University of Kaiserslautern Research Proposal: Engaging the User User Req. Engaging the User

6 Rahamatullah Khondoker, University of Kaiserslautern How to Engage Them in Building FI?  How to differentiate different types of users? Age group, interest, sex, …  How to obtain their demands from the current Internet? Survey, interview, track usage pattern, eye tracking, face recognition, …  How to obtain their expectations of the future Internet? Survey, interview, track usage patterns, eye tracking, face recognition, …  How to motivate them so that they will contribute to the development of the future Internet? Summer schools, magazines for different users, innovation awards, …  How to collect research challenges from users in different countries? Involve them in a common project, research visit, …  How to engage users from different cultural and infrastructural backgrounds? Educate, exchange, …

7 Rahamatullah Khondoker, University of Kaiserslautern How to Educate Them?  Are there available tools to teach the evolution of the Internet? Software tools, hardware tools, testbeds, simulation softwares, books, documents, …  What to teach different user groups? Privacy, security, software development, hardware development, …  Are there available tools to teach and evaluate the performance of the Internet? Simulation softwares, testbeds, …  What are the collaborative network/software development tools? How to use them?  Are there available tools to provide the feedback to the responsible community like FIA in Europe, ITU-T, and other organizations?  Can the users educate themselves by using the tools?  Can the users access these tools easily?  How many future Internet forums are available? Can new forums be made based on the interest of different types of users?  How to teach users privacy and security? Mandatory school lessons, adult education, distance learning, …  Who is responsible for teaching the users? Governments, schools, colleges, universities, companies, service providers, …  Who pays for teaching the users? Governments, service providers, citizens, …

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