Build an Internet router and learn about clean-slate switches in a 5-day spring school will be held at Cambridge University
Limited Places remaining! email netfpga-2010 at cl.cam.ac.uk for details
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Open to: Academics teaching classes with the NetFPGA, and researchers (postdoc or graduate-student) interested in developing new hardware-accelerated network applications.
Those that have done a previous NetFPGA workshop will still gain from this course; while some parts of the first two days have been presented at past single and two-day workshops, this extended school presents considerably more material and will allow you to get the most as you learn about how to develop in the NetFPGA environment by working alongside those that have experience with the NetFPGA platform.
Location:
Computer Laboratory,
University of Cambridge,
Room FW11, 1st Floor,
William Gates
Building,
15 JJ Thomson Ave, CB3 0FD, UK
Dates: Monday, March 15th - Friday, March 19th, 2010, Time: 9am - 5pm. Breakfast is delivered at 8am. Punt trips and other evening events will be announced here.
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Presented by: the Cambridge NetFPGA Group and friends.
An open platform called the NetFPGA has been developed at Stanford University. The NetFPGA platform enables researchers and instructors to build high-speed, hardware-accelerated networking systems. The platform can be used in the classroom to teach students how to build Ethernet switches and Internet Prototcol (IP) routers using hardware rather than software. The platform can be used by researchers to prototype advanced services for next-generation networks.
By using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), the NetFPGA enables new types of packet routing circuits to be implemented and detailed measurements of network traffic to be obtained. During the spring school, we will use the NetFPGA to determine the amount of memory needed to buffer TCP/IP data streaming through the Gigabit/second router. Hardware circuits within the NetFPGA will be implemented to measure and plot the occupancy of buffers. Circuits will be downloaded into reconfigurable hardware and tested with live, streaming Internet video traffic.
Attendees will utilize a Linux-based PC equipped with NetFPGA hardware. A basic understanding of Ethernet switching and network routing is expected. Past experience with Verilog is useful but not required. This week-long spring school extends the material presented at the shorter workshop events to permit participants to fully develop a NetFPGA project.
Day 1 (Monday, Mar. 15)
Day 2 (Tuesday, Mar. 16)
Day 3 (Wednesday, Mar. 17)
Day 4 (Thursday, Mar. 18)
Day 5 (Friday, Mar. 19)
Saturday, Mar 20
Mark your calendar with the dates of the event
Registration fee covers shared meals (lunches, and most dinners)
Travel Information
Accomodation has not been block booked, it is available on a first-come-first-served basis through any Cambridge hotel.
A list of accommodations is available here, here, and here. Do ensure you book a CITY hotel; all others are some distance from Cambridge.
This map may assist you for hotels.
This map may assist you for Bed and Breakfast establishments.
Additionally, several Cambridge colleges offer accommodation to the general public from a common webpage here. Rooms typically become available two to three months in advance, so please revisit the website within that period if nothing is available now.
Costs including breakfast start at 45 pounds
Cambridge has a modest, but regular, bus service and a comprehensive taxi service.