> SpoVNet Programming Contest
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Want to break the barriers of the Internet?
Got innovative ideas for P2P applications?
Join the SpoVNet Programming Contest!
Develop cool apps at Internet scale!
• SpoVNet: Spontaneous Virtual Networks
– Internet-wide communication that just works
– Server-less and self-organizing out of the box
– Easy development over variety of platforms
• Why participate?
– Fun! Realize your own, innovative ideas
– Learn! Develop distributed applications
– Win! Overall prize money of 10 000€
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Introducing: the SpoVNet libraries
• Provides connectivity that
“just works”
• Server-less and self-organizing
• Handles network troubles like
NAT or mobility
• Does not rely on IP multicast
• Scalable dissemination of
messages to groups
• Dynamically adapts to network
conditions
• Distributed publish/subscribe
system
• Peers can register and receive
events of interest
• Distributed complex event
processing
• Detection of situations based
on event patterns
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Example App 1: multiplayer game
• Build a multiplayer game without servers!
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– use
for basic communication
– use
for distributing player information
– use
for signaling game events
– use
for statistics and system observation
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Example App 2: telco conference
• Build a distributed telco conferencing system!
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– use
for basic communication
– use
for audio distribution
– use
for signaling of new users
– use
for statistics and system observation
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Contest timeline
Submission of Project Proposal
May 15, 2011
Briefly describe the application you want to build. How does it employ
SpoVNet? Find more information and the submission guidelines at
www.spovnet.de/contest.
Notification of Acceptance
After reviewing the proposals, we notify all submitters about the
acceptance of their proposal. Proposals are selected according to their
originality, novelty, innovation, and how they plan to use the SpoVNet
framework.
Final Software Submission
May 22, 2011
coding
period
Aug 15, 2011
After final submission a jury will decide on the software according to
usability, design, documentation, novelty, originality and creative use of
SpoVNet.
Announcement of Results
Aug 31, 2011
We will announce and notify the winners.
Award Ceremony
2011
The winners will be invited to attend the award ceremony co-located with
the 36th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) 2011 held
in Bonn, Germany.
SpoVNet Programming Contest
Oct 4-7, 2011
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Join the contest. Now!
www.spovnet.de