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Amity (Updated 4/25/2019).

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Amity (Updated 4/25/2019).

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Android progress:

• Instructions from Aayush to load the application are at ePingER Functional prototype (for Androids only)
  • They sent a new copy of the app 4/6/2019, see ePingER Functional prototype
    • The information has been passed to Topher, who plans to install on an Android. The ball is now in our court
    • There is a discussion between Les and Aayush on how to format the raw data records, in particular with respect to the lat/long. Sent a reminder 4/18/2019.
    • We (SLAC) an email to Aayush asking how we gather the raw data from the cloud. Sent reminder 4/18/2019.
      • Aayish responded 4/18/2019: 
        Yes, we have modified the app to write the semi-colon to the file as a separator.
        However, at this point we suggest you to not make any changes to the pinger project yet. 
        
        
        Let us see and run in this parallel to what is already setup at Amity MA. This will allow us to compare the quality of results by both the systems – one at present which does not utilize the app, and the new one which requires an app for data collection.
        We send the data from the app to the firebase cloud service as JSON objects via a REST API. 
        On the cloud-server side, we intend to build a compute-service that automatically converts the json data to a txt format, for consumption by data researcher team at amity (because they are already used to running analysis on the txt files; but seem to be open to working with JSON data as well). [For the SLAC gatherer we would at least initially prefer the data to be retrieved/available in txt form. This way the changes to the gatherer are minimized and more consistent with current practice.]
        
        
        So once the team finds that the results are significant enough, then we can formally propose to include lat/long data in the Pinger gathering, archiving and analysis.
        For now, it would be best that we do not disturb the current Amity MA, and that the android project runs parallel to this."

• Topher is back, Bebo is contacting him. Bebo's thoughts were that:
  •  If the Amity app is robust  (i.e. it does not noticeably impact the other services, power, networking, security etc) make it part of the standard Rainforest installation;
  • Topher's package knows the GPS location, so it should be available to PingER for recording.
• PingER will need a fixed name for each Android MA.  Since the Android may be mobile the IP address may be dynamic. There is a DNS name to dynamic IP address service that may be useful. Maybe there is another unique fixed identifier in an Android that could be used such as a serial number or SIM ID.

Adib (Updated 3/3/2019)

• Adib is wondering about 
  1. Journal of Computer Information Systemshttps://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=ucis20
  2. The Information Societyhttps://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=utis20

Bebo reviewed and responded to Adib suggesting the second one is a better choice. Adib  submitted it to the 2nd journal. He sent email 4/20/2019: "we received an unfavorable response from the information society. So sad that this paper does not get enough attention from journal editors. But I will keep trying, let's pray for the best." 

Saqib joined the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad. He plans to pursue the blockchain paper.

Thailand, Charnsak

UNIMAS

Need to add Umar Kalim to http://pinger.unimas.my/pinger/contact.php. From the 7/5/2018 meeting: Johari can't ssh into the server so he will go to it on Monday.  He will also upload the new UNIMAS PingER website next week.

Email from Johari 4/21/2019:  I am still very much interested in the project but I have to manage my time better. Will try to join the next meeting and probably get someone from my side to monitor the equipment and make use of the data collected

SLAC (Updated 4/25/2019) 

Also they shut down (since it did not support SSL) a web server (www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu) I was using which is causing some PingER web cronjobs to fail. Nothing too serious at the moment, I am working to see if the problem can be fixed.  Also tighter security was imposed on https which broke some links to get the pinger.xml configuration file. Les believes most of the problems have been discovered and fixed. www-wanmon has been shut-down.

Les has been working with FNAL to migrate the MA to a new FNAL host, hopefully pretty seamlessly.

Les has read the documents on PingER Metrics Motion Chart and updated the PingER measurement data, the country populations, the Human Development Index and ICT Development Index for the Pinger Motion Charts (see https://www-iepm.slac.stanford.edu/pinger/pinger-metrics-motion-chart.html using Firefox and enabling Flash.

State of MAs.

• Topher is back, Bebo is contacting him. Bebo's thoughts were that:
  •  If the Amity app is robust  (i.e. it does not noticeably impact the other services, power, networking, security etc) make it part of the standard Rainforest installation;
  • Topher's package knows the GPS location, so it should be available to PingER for recording.
• PingER will need a fixed name for each Android MA.  Since the Android may be mobile the IP address may be dynamic. There is a DNS name to dynamic IP address service that may be useful. Maybe there is another unique fixed identifier in an Android that could be used such as a serial number or SIM ID.

Adib (Updated 3/3/2019)

• Adib is wondering about 
  1. Journal of Computer Information Systemshttps://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=ucis20
  2. The Information Societyhttps://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=utis20

Bebo reviewed and responded to Adib suggesting the second one is a better choice. Adib  submitted it to the 2nd journal. He sent email 4/20/2019: "we received an unfavorable response from the information society. So sad that this paper does not get enough attention from journal editors. But I will keep trying, let's pray for the best." 

Saqib joined the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad. He plans to pursue the blockchain paper.

Thailand, Charnsak

Charnsak is looking at a host in Champasak University, Chan Parsa province in Laos as a potential site for a PingER MA. Charnsak just got approved to make contact with the Champasak University. He expects to set up the MA in the next 4-5 months (say towards end 2018). It also depends on the partner university, and there may be a lot of paperwork. 4/9/2019 Charnsak said we need to drop this.

UNIMAS

Need to add Umar Kalim to http://pinger.unimas.my/pinger/contact.php. From the 7/5/2018 meeting: Johari can't ssh into the server so he will go to it on Monday.  He will also upload the new UNIMAS PingER website next week.

Email from Johari 4/21/2019:  I am still very much interested in the project but I have to manage my time better. Will try to join the next meeting and probably get someone from my side to monitor the equipment and make use of the data collected

SLAC (Updated 4/25/2019) 

Umar fixed up the PingER deployment map at http://wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/wan-mon/viper/pinger-coverage-gmap.html by updating the Google map key. Also they shut down (since it did not support SSL) a web server (www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu) I was using which is causing some PingER web cronjobs to fail. Nothing too serious at the moment, I am working to see if the problem can be fixed.  Also tighter security was imposed on https which broke some links to get the pinger.xml configuration file.

State of MAs.

pinger.isra.edu.pk 121.52.154.228 pinger.fsktm.um.edu.my 103.18.2.152 100 1548633600 31 0

Umar compare ICMP and TCP Ping

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