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WP4 PHASE NUMBERPhase 1WP4 is intended to design and implement the procedures and the overall infrastructure for electronic cooperation and knowledge dissemination within as well as outside the EMANICS Network of Excellence. Tasks T4.1: EMANICS Web site The ultimate goal is to become the leading web site for Internet management worldwide, and to keep the site operational after the end of the NoE. This task is currently structured into the following activities:
T4.2: EMANICS Newsletter The EMANICS newsletter is distributed through the web site as well as via subscription on a quarterly basis. It is public, therefore not only Emanics members but also third parties will be informed on the ongoing Emanics research, new publications and upcoming events. DeliverablesPublic deliverables are available through the Documents section of the EMANICS web site. PartnersThe following EMANICS partners are involved in this work package
Phase 2Objectives
This work-package has three objectives: • Extension of the span of dissemination and new promotion activities. Supported by the EMANICS site, other web sites and other dissemination media (i.e., podcasts) but targeting the public in general • Enhancement of the collaboration environment. Supported by the EMANICS site and other platforms but targeting the EMANICS participants only
Description of work The work within this work-package is structured around three tasks, each task covering one objective:
T4.1: Maintenance and consolidation • Consolidation of integration of local dissemination workflows. The initial steps will consist of collecting and organizing information from partners concerning Ph.D. thesis, papers, and projects. • Maintenance of EMANICS and SimpleWeb sites. Administration tasks on a daily basis and continuing working on extending the site with additional dissemination and collaboration tools. Maintenance of the sites includes the servers, the services and also the update of content structures available at the end of Phase I. • Maintenance of other service/tools. • EMANICS newsletter consisting of 3 Newsletters per year including research oriented content.
T4.2: Extended dissemination and promotion • Creation and integration of other types of content. This includes but is not restricted to Exam Cram type of questionnaires, online courses, Wikipedia enhancement with Network and Service Management related content, etc. • Dissemination through other media. Extension of the RSS feeds with Atoms (and maybe RDF); experimentation with video podcasts (VodCasts). • Improving the visibility of the EMANICS site. This aims at finding, testing and implementing many techniques of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and monitoring the results by available tools. • Production of promotional / informational material of the EMANICS NoE (flyers, posters, …).T4.3: Enhanced collaboration environment • Implementation of different Wiki-based collaborative environments. Envisaged are one as a Joomla module and another one in the SimpleWeb. The apparent administration, security and reliability concerns that could potentially arise will be studied and tackled. • Collaboration database. Consisting of an on-line database of people with their activities. The database can be extended with more sophisticated tools for collaboration like Skype and Skypecasts, forums, blogs etc. It should be agreed among partners what data will be made available for public access and what for private use only. DeliverablesPublic deliverables are available through the Documents section of the EMANICS web site. PartnersThe following EMANICS partners are involved in this work package
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