This Request for Information (RFI) seeks input from the community on the specific needs related to collecting, sharing, and utilizing public or private datasets for networking and computer systems research, and any challenges associated with each. The input could identify requirements for datasets that may include, but are not limited to, spectrum data, physical layer data, network and Internet measurement data, workload data, power/performance data, and other systems data. NSF recognizes that some datasets currently exist but is interested in needs that are not currently met by these existing datasets, conventions or formats that may broaden the usability of the data, and ways in which additional high-quality datasets may be made available to the research community. NSF is interested in assessing where research progress is slowed due to the lack of datasets that may either already exist or can be generated using existing infrastructure (including NSF-funded infrastructure). NSF may use the responses to this RFI to inform and refine future investments.

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* 1. Contact person name and affiliation:

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* 2. Valid contact email address:

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* 3. Additional author name(s) and affiliation(s):

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* 4. Research domain(s), discipline(s)/sub-discipline(s) of the author(s), including either NeTS, NeTS-Wireless, or CSR:

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* 5. Title of the response:

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* 6. Abstract (maximum 200 words) summarizing the response:

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* 7. Question 1 (maximum 1000 words) – Data Needed for Research. State whether or not your research requires datasets. If your research requires datasets, describe whether or not you have access to the needed datasets with sufficient quality; and describe what type of data would address your current need for datasets if it is not being met. NSF is interested in where the lack of datasets and/or the quality of datasets may be holding back research, what datasets would help take research to the next level, and the proportion of researchers that have a need for datasets.

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* 8. Question 2 (maximum 600 words) – Ability to Contribute. Describe the type of datasets you may be able to contribute to the research community and any barriers to making these datasets available to the research community over at least a seven-year period.

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* 9. Question 3 (maximum 600 words) – Privacy. Describe the concerns, either as a user and/or a data provider, that you may have in maintaining and ensuring data privacy, in anonymizing data, and in the effects of data anonymization on data quality. Specific ideas to address data privacy and anonymization concerns are also welcome.

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* 10. Question 4 (maximum 600 words) – Format and Metadata. Describe any suggested formats or standards with which datasets should conform. Describe the types of metadata which should be included with data, as well as particular parameters of concern in the data collection or generation.

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* 11. Question 5 (maximum 600 words) – Other Considerations. Any other relevant aspects that need to be addressed; or any other issues that NSF should consider, such as where such datasets may exist (e.g. Federal agency, industry, service providers, international partners) and intellectual property concerns.

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