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Task Force (IRTF)' class='img-fluid' src='img/irtf.png'> </a> </div> </div> <h2>Current Research Groups</h2> <p>These 15 Research Groups are currently chartered:</p> <div class="row"> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="cfrg.html"> CFRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="cfrg.html"> Crypto Forum Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="coinrg.html"> COINRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="coinrg.html"> Computation in the Network Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="dinrg.html"> DINRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="dinrg.html"> Decentralization of the Internet Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="gaia.html"> GAIA </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="gaia.html"> Global Access to the Internet for All Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="hrpc.html"> HRPC </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="hrpc.html"> Human Rights Protocol Considerations Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="iccrg.html"> ICCRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="iccrg.html"> Internet Congestion Control Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="icnrg.html"> ICNRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="icnrg.html"> Information-Centric Networking Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="maprg.html"> MAPRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="maprg.html"> Measurement and Analysis for Protocols Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="nmrg.html"> NMRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="nmrg.html"> Network Management Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="panrg.html"> PANRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="panrg.html"> Path Aware Networking Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="pearg.html"> PEARG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="pearg.html"> Privacy Enhancements and Assessments Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="qirg.html"> QIRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="qirg.html"> Quantum Internet Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="rasprg.html"> RASPRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="rasprg.html"> Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="t2trg.html"> T2TRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="t2trg.html"> Thing-to-Thing Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-4 text-center bg-light text-dark"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="ufmrg.html"> UFMRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="ufmrg.html"> Usable Formal Methods Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="mt-3">New Proposed Research Groups</h2> <p> The <a href="https://ietf.org/">IETF</a> datatracker lists research groups that are under consideration for chartering on the bottom of the <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/chartering/"> “chartering or re-chartering groups” </a> page. Additionally, the IRTF wiki has a section on <a href="https://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/irtf/trac/wiki"> “pages for potential new IRTF activities” </a> that may have additional information. </p> <h2 class="mt-3">Concluded Research Groups</h2> <p> These 29 Research Groups were chartered in the past and have since concluded their activities: </p> <div class="row"> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/aaaarch.html"> AAAARCH </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/aaaarch.html"> AAA Architecture Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/asrg.html"> ASRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/asrg.html"> Anti-Spam Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/buds.html"> BUDS </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/buds.html"> Building Differentiated Services Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/dtnrg.html"> DTNRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/dtnrg.html"> Delay-Tolerant Networking Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/eme.html"> EME </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/eme.html"> End Middle End Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/end2end.html"> END2END </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/end2end.html"> End-to-End Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/gsec.html"> GSEC </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/gsec.html"> Group Security Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/hiprg.html"> HIPRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/hiprg.html"> Host Identity Protocol Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/idrm.html"> IDRM </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/idrm.html"> Internet Digital Rights Management Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/iiarg.html"> IIARG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/iiarg.html"> Information Infrastructure Architecture Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/imrg.html"> IMRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/imrg.html"> Internet Measurement Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/ipnrg.html"> IPNRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/ipnrg.html"> Interplanetary Internet Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/ird.html"> IRD </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/ird.html"> Internet Resource Discovery Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/mobopts.html"> MOBOPTS </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/mobopts.html"> IP Mobility Optimizations Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/ncrg.html"> NCRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/ncrg.html"> Network Complexity Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/nfvrg.html"> NFVRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/nfvrg.html"> Network Function Virtualization Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/nsrg.html"> NSRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/nsrg.html"> Namespace Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/nwcrg.html"> NWCRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/nwcrg.html"> NetWork Coding for Efficient Network Communications Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light text-muted"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-body"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="concluded/p2prg.html"> P2PRG </a> <p class="card-text"> <a class="link-underline-light text-secondary" href="concluded/p2prg.html"> Peer-to-Peer Research Group </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card col-sm-2 text-center bg-light 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