Develop cool apps at Internet scale!:
2011 SpoVNet Programming Contest 2 Develop cool apps at Internet scale! SpoVNet : Spontaneous Virtual Networks Internet-wide communication that just works S erver-less and self-organizing out of the box E asy development over variety of platforms Why participate? Fun! Realize your own, innovative ideas Learn! Develop distributed applications Win! Overall prize money of 10 000€
Introducing: the SpoVNet libraries:
2011 SpoVNet Programming Contest 3 Does not rely on IP multicast Scalable dissemination of messages to groups Dynamically adapts to network conditions Provides connectivity that “just works” Server-less and self-organizing Handles network troubles like NAT or mobility Introducing: the SpoVNet libraries Distributed complex event processing Detection of situations based on event patterns Distributed publish/subscribe system Peers can register and receive events of interest
Example App 1: multiplayer game:
2011 SpoVNet Programming Contest 4 Example App 1: multiplayer game Build a multiplayer game without servers! use for basic communication use for distributing player information use for signaling game events use for statistics and system observation
Example App 2: telco conference:
2011 SpoVNet Programming Contest 5 Example App 2: telco conference Build a distributed telco conferencing system! use for basic communication use for audio distribution use for signaling of new users use for statistics and system observation
Contest timeline:
2011 SpoVNet Programming Contest 6 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 May 22, 2011 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 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 Oct 4-7, 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. coding period
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