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SUMMARY:[ Facebook Research - Networking request for proposals | Research 
 Funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTSTAMP:20260502T060632Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: Networking is fundamental to the large-scale\, distribute
 d systems that power the family of Facebook applications that are used by 
 billions of people. Facebook focuses on making innovative and scalable net
 working technology by rethinking traditional approaches and designs and co
 llaborating with research and open source communities to develop an ecosys
 tem of open hardware and software.\n\nOver the years\, Facebook has develo
 ped and shared the details of numerous networking systems such as FBOSS\, 
 Robotron\, Edge Fabric\, Data Center Fabric\, Express Backbone\, Open/R\, 
 Proxygen\, Katran\, and many more. To foster further innovation in network
 ing and to deepen our collaboration with academia\, Facebook is pleased to
  invite faculty to respond to this call for research proposals pertaining 
 to the topics below.\n \n\n	Host Networking: Innovation of host networkin
 g stack\, such as NIC architectures\, rate limiting\, multi-tenant applica
 tions\, low-latency/high-performance applications\, and congestion control
 .\n	Transport Security: Scaling encryption for very large quantities of da
 ta\, formal verification of TLS\, transparent encryption\, and enforcement
  of encryption policies.\n\n\nAwards will be made as unrestricted gifts to
  the principal investigator’s host university.\n\nFunding:       
   USD $50’000\n\nEligibility:  Applicants must be current full-time fa
 culty at an accredited academic institution that awards research degrees t
 o PhD students\, and they must be the Principal Investigator on any result
 ing award. Awards must comply with applicable U.S. and international laws\
 , regulations\, and policies.\n\nAward recipients will be listed on the Fa
 cebook Research website and will also be invited to an annual faculty summ
 it in August\, co-located with SIGCOMM’20 in New York City.\n\nHow to Ap
 ply: Proposals should include a summary of the project (1-2 pages) \, a dr
 aft budget description (1 page)\, CVs of all involved researchers\, admini
 strative information about the institution\, and a list of 1-2 keywords. F
 or any assistance on the organizational details or tax information\, pleas
 e contact the Research Office. Budgets should be formulated to include 5% 
 overhead (the maximum allowed in the program guidelines).\n\nDeadline:  
       21 May\, 2020 (5:00 pm AOE) (extended from 20 April 2020)\n\nFu
 rther information\n\n\n	More details on the call can be found on the RFP w
 ebsite.\n	For any other questions\, contact the Research Office.\n
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