[Hackathon-list] Funding Opportunity: Open Call for M-Lab Research Fellows - due December 6

https://bit.ly/325L1OT

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From: *Lai Yi Ohlsen* <laiyi at measurementlab.net 
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Date: Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 2:38 PM
Subject: [Network-quality-workshop-pc] Funding Opportunity: Open Call 
for M-Lab Research Fellows - due December 6
To: <network-quality-workshop-pc at iab.org 
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Hi everyone,

My name is Lai Yi Ohlsen, Director of Measurement 
<https://www.measurementlab.net/>Lab <https://www.measurementlab.net/> 
at Code for Science & Society <https://codeforscience.org/>.

I'm writing to excitedly share a new research funding opportunity from 
M-Lab that I hope will be of particular interest to this group and your 
networks. M-Lab is seeking three Research Fellows for a six-month 
fellowship starting in January 2022. The program is directly inspired by 
the conversations that took place during the most recent IAB workshop on 
Network Quality and we hope it will provide the resources needed to 
carry forward the momentum generated throughout the sessions.

You can read more about the Fellowship below, but the tldr; is that 
we're looking for projects that will utilize M-Lab’s longitudinal, open 
dataset and/or platform to identify under-recognized Internet 
performance metrics that can be used to improve end user performance and 
expand Internet performance research beyond the measurement and 
optimization for bandwidth.

We are open to working with students, post-docs, and independent 
researchers. Each Fellow will be awarded 30,000 USD each and funds will 
be paid directly to the researcher. Applications are due December 6th. 
For more information see below or visit our website. If you have any 
questions, please feel free to reach out directly to me or to 
apply at measurementlab.net <mailto:apply at measurementlab.net>.

Please also share with any colleagues who might be interested!

Link to share: https://bit.ly/325L1OT <https://bit.ly/325L1OT>

Tweet to share: 
https://twitter.com/MeasurementLab/status/1460306745578995712 
<https://twitter.com/MeasurementLab/status/1460306745578995712>

Best,
Lai Yi Ohlsen
Director, Measurement Lab <http://www.measurementlab.net/>
Code for Science & Society <https://codeforscience.org/>

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Open Call for M-Lab Research Fellows - due Monday, December 6


How can M-Lab’s data and platform be used to improve the experience of 
the Internet for the end user?


Measurement Lab is seeking three Research Fellows to expand Internet 
performance research beyond the measurement and optimization for 
bandwidth. Fellows will utilize M-Lab’s longitudinal, open dataset 
and/or platform to identify under-recognized Internet performance 
metrics that can be used to improve end user performance.


Each fellow will be awarded 30,000 USD, paid directly to the researcher, 
and will be responsible for documenting the process and outcome of their 
research as well as sharing their work at a workshop at the end of the 
fellowship. The fellowship will begin in January 2022 and complete in 
May 2022. The M-Lab team will provide data analysis support, research 
guidance and community networking opportunities.


Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

   *

     Relation between QoE and network metrics like bandwidth/latency/loss

   *

     Novel metrics that can be computed on existing NDT data

   *

     New measurements/experiments that could be deployed on M-Lab to
     diagnose network bottlenecks

   *

     Characterizing paths measured by M-Lab clients; stability of paths,
     relation to paths of interest (eg., paths to content) or network
     characterization

   *

     Proposals for new experiments to be hosted on the M-Lab platform

   *

     Identification of biases in M-Lab data

   *

     Implementing ideas introduced during M-Lab’s Community Call on
     Latency, Bufferbloat and Responsiveness
     <https://youtu.be/GW5C24YKAh8>and/or the IAB workshop on Network
     Quality <https://www.iab.org/activities/workshops/network-quality/>


Eligibility:

Students, post docs and independent researchers are welcome to apply.


Important dates:

Proposal due: December 6, 2021

Fellowship start: January 1, 2022

Mid-fellowship progress check-in: March 15, 2022

Fellowship end: May 30, 2022

Workshop: May 2022, exact date TBD


To apply please provide:

  1.

       a two page (12pt single space) description of the research
     project, including a brief timeline for completing the work,

  2.

       the applicant’s CV

  3.

     a brief summary of the applicant’s experience & background.

Applications will be reviewed for feasibility of the project plan, 
qualifications of the researcher and demonstrated understanding and 
relevance to the stated goals of the fellowship.


*Applications should be sent to apply at measurementlab.net 
<mailto:apply at measurementlab.net> by December 6, 2021 23:59 in the 
applicant’s local time zone.
*


The M-Lab Research Fellowship is made possible by the generous support 
of Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/>.

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