AirJaldi will be the proud host of the second ExtremeCom workshop here in our Dharamsala abode between September 4-10, 2010. The Extreme Workshop on Communication (ExtremeCom) will bring together researchers and practitioners in areas related to unique networks for a week of hiking, work and discussions.

These activities will all contribute to participants' experience and insight into the special challenges that such environments pose for the network and the users. We are sure they will also be fun

Our perch up here in the Himalayas offers a unique masala (mix in Hindi) of mountainous terrain, remote locations, diverse cultural habitation and of course an insight into AirJaldi's work. Our experiences in designing and deploying rural networks will be a centeral feature of many of the Extremecom 2010 activities. 

The workshop will start with a four-day trek into the mountain regions around Dharamsala. During this time, participants will have the opportunity to view our networks as well as participate in creating new links. The trek would also provide opportunities for informal research discussions. Those with their own solutions to the various challenges of setting up networks in such environments will be encouraged to test and demonstrate their ideas.

ExtremeCom is sponsored by Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, and co-organised by TU Berlin and Swedish Institute of Computer Science.

You can find more information and registration details on the ExtremeCom website .

More details will be posted soon - stay tuned!

As always, please feel free to contact us with questions, comments, and/or just to say Hello!

For specific questions please contact the AirJaldi coordinator – Arti Sinha (arti@airjaldi.net).