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Want to break the barriers of the Internet? Got innovative ideas for P2P applications? Join the SpoVNet Programming Contest!

Coding Contest

2011 SpoVNet Programming Contest 2

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€

Coding Contest

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

Coding Contest

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

Coding Contest

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

Coding Contest

2011 SpoVNet Programming Contest 6

Contest timelineSubmission 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, 2011After 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, 2011After 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, 2011We will announce and notify the winners.

Award Ceremony Oct 4-7, 2011The 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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