Lisandro Granville, co-chair of the IRTF’s Network Management Research Group (NMRG) http://irtf.org/nmrg, gave an overview of the RG’s activities:
NMRG meetings held during IETFs gather around 30 participants; that number varies for NMRG meetings held at other conferences.
NMRG projects to date include:
The challenges NMRG faces include:
Lisandro Granville noted that NMRG has received criticism from the research community for a lack of transparency. To address that, the chairs are trying to ensure that meeting topics are discussed on the mailing list prior to the meeting. Erik Nordmark asked if the NMRG was getting the right people to participate. Lisandro replied that for meetings held at conferences they are getting the right people, but that they don’t know all the attendees that come to IETF meetings.
Eliot Lear asked if the focus in NMRG will change now that their most recent documents have been finished, or if work will continue on autonomics. Lisandro Granville replied that there will be more work on autonomics, particularly on the parts that wouldn’t be appropriate for the ANIMA Working Group.
Brian Trammell noted that the topic is large, and that the research community seems very fragmented. Lisandro Granville replied that NMRG is trying to get closer to the research community, and is asking community members to submit papers to conferences. Dave Thaler asked if CodeMatch would help connect the people who write papers and the people who write code. Lisandro replied that most of the code they have is from researchers, but those researchers aren’t producing Internet-drafts.
The IAB discussed creating a role to specifically manage the overall IAB Program structure. Andrew Sullivan will send a refined proposal to the board for review.
Russ Housley recused himself from the discussion and left the room. The IAB discussed the ISOC Board of Trustees Appointment in an executive session.