[UA-discuss] UASG Podcast interview

Tue Feb 6 10:56:13 UTC 2024

Dear UA members,

It's my pleasure to share with you a recent episode of a podcast dedicated
to domain names and this one was solely on Universal Acceptance.

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From: Andrew Allemann <andrew at domainnamewire.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 18:14
Subject: Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview
To: Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain at icann.org>, NABIL BENAMAR <
n.benamar at umi.ac.ma>

Hi everyone,

The podcast is now live here:
https://domainnamewire.com/2024/01/29/universal-acceptance-dnw-podcast-471/

It turned out great and I hope it helps people understand the importance
(and challenge) of UA.

Thanks,
Andrew

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> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
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> Thanks – and email addresses are below.
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> Sarmad: sarmad.hussain at icann.org
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> Nabil: n.benamar at umi.ac.ma
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> Gwen Carlson
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> ICANN
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> Sr. Director of Communications
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> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 12:44 PM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
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> Hi Andrew,
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> Sarmad has been with ICANN’s Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and
> Universal Acceptance (UA) Programs since 2014. Before joining ICANN, Sarmad
> was a professor of Computer Science at University of Engineering and
> Technology in Lahore, where he held the IDRC Chair in Multilingual
> Computing. His research has focused on developing computing solutions for
> Asian languages, including research in linguistics, localization, language
> computing standards, speech processing and computational linguistics. He
> led the PAN Localization program from 2004-2010, which saw the development
> of local language computing capacity across developing Asia, including
> Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia,
> Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
> His involvement with IDNs commenced in 2006 and has been actively involved
> in IDN country code top-level domain (ccTLD) development for Pakistan. He
> has been an active member of the ICANN community since 2008 and was a
> member of ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) before
> joining ICANN as staff.
> He obtained his doctoral degree in Speech Science from Northwestern
> University, USA in 1997, an M.Phil. In Computer Speech and Language
> Processing from Cambridge University, UK, in 1993, and a BS in Electrical
> Engineering (with specialization in Computer Engineering with honors) from
> University of Texas, Austin, USA, in 1992.
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> UASG Vice Chair / Nabil Benamar
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> Nabil Benamar is a professor of computer sciences and based in Morocco.
> His main research topics relate to the use of AI techniques in different
> fields such as autonomous driving, IoT, TinyML, network automation, and
> healthcare. Nabil is currently serving as the Associate Editor of the IEEE
> Access Journal and the Elsevier Journal of King Saud University – Computer
> and Information Sciences. Nabil is a TPC member of different IEEE Flagship
> conferences (Globecom, ICC, PIMRC, WCNC), as well as a member of the
> Organizing Committee of IEEE WCNC 2019, IEEE MENACOMM’20 and IWCMC’23.
> Furthermore, Nabil is an IPv6 expert and IPv6 trainer with multiple
> international organizations. He became an expert in Internet governance
> after completion of the ISOC next generation e-learning programme and has
> been an ISOC Ambassador to the IGF, a Google panelist at the first
> Arab-IGF, an ISOC fellow to the IETF, and an ICANN fellow. He is also a
> member of the Arabic Generation Panel and Chair of the Task Force for
> Arabic IDNs, as well as Chair of the UASG Measurement WG.
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> Gwen Carlson
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> ICANN
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> Sr. Director of Communications
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> gwen.carlson at icann.org
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> *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew at domainnamewire.com>
> *Date: *Friday, January 12, 2024 at 1:03 PM
> *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
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> domainnamewire.com/guest [domainnamewire.com]
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/domainnamewire.com/guest__;!!PtGJab4!8TwNvOIJi-CeiS6K3Vb8wuAHrE_NYvMLDWuJtPYXI00T9gPbEv6q2Q16AL2yY1jEzClFKvtQNUc3E2LdjTJp36n3FVJBPw$>
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> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:57 AM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
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> Fantastic. From a logistics standpoint, how do you want to set this up?
> I’m sure you have this down to a science, so we will do whatever is best
> for you.
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> Gwen Carlson
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> ICANN
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> Sr. Director of Communications
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> gwen.carlson at icann.org
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> *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew at domainnamewire.com>
> *Date: *Friday, January 12, 2024 at 9:32 AM
> *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview
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> Yes, that works great.
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> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 8:44 AM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
> wrote:
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> Hi Andrew,
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> Does 25 January, 9:00amPT/11:00amCT work for you? Sarmad and Nabil are in
> Pakistan and Morocco, respectively, and that time  works for them.
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> Thanks (and happy Friday!)
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> Gwen Carlson
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> ICANN
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> Sr. Director of Communications
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> gwen.carlson at icann.org
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> *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew at domainnamewire.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 8:52 AM
> *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview
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> Can we get this scheduled for the week of Jan 22?
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> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:12 AM Andrew Allemann <
> andrew at domainnamewire.com> wrote:
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> OK, let's get something on the calendar please.
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> Thanks,
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> Andrew
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> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 11:44 AM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
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> The week of the 22nd will work (Sarmad is out the week of the 14th.)
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> Happy Holidays!
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> Gwen Carlson
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> ICANN
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> Sr. Director of Communications
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> gwen.carlson at icann.org
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> *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew at domainnamewire.com>
> *Date: *Friday, December 22, 2023 at 9:43 AM
> *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview
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> I will be out of town Jan 17-19. Could we do Jan 16 or the week of Jan 22?
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> Amdrew
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> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 2:52 PM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson at icann.org>
> wrote:
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> Hi Andrew
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> I have confirmed Samrad Hussain (ICANN) and Nabil Benamar (UASG) for the
> podcast. Due to travel schedules and the holidays, we are suggesting 17 or
> 18 January (and within your CT timeframe.) Will you be setting up a call or
> would you like me to coordinate a Zoom call?
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> Best,
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> G
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> Sarmad Hussain
> Senior Director IDN and UA Programs Sarmad has been with ICANN since
> 2014. He is currently involved with Internationalized Domain Names and
> Universal Acceptance initiatives at ICANN. He has a background in research
> and development of local language technology, including localization and
> specifically speech and language processing. He has been a professor of
> Computer Science before joining ICANN.
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> *UASG Vice Chair / Nabil Benamar*
>
> Nabil Benamar is a professor of computer sciences and based in Morocco.
> His main research topics relate to the use of AI techniques in different
> fields such as autonomous driving, IoT, TinyML, network automation, and
> healthcare. Nabil is currently serving as the Associate Editor of the IEEE
> Access Journal and the Elsevier Journal of King Saud University – Computer
> and Information Sciences. Nabil is a TPC member of different IEEE Flagship
> conferences (Globecom, ICC, PIMRC, WCNC), as well as a member of the
> Organizing Committee of IEEE WCNC 2019, IEEE MENACOMM’20 and IWCMC’23.
> Furthermore, Nabil is an IPv6 expert and IPv6 trainer with multiple
> international organizations. He became an expert in Internet governance
> after completion of the ISOC next generation e-learning programme and has
> been an ISOC Ambassador to the IGF, a Google panelist at the first
> Arab-IGF, an ISOC fellow to the IETF, and an ICANN fellow. He is also a
> member of the Arabic Generation Panel and Chair of the Task Force for
> Arabic IDNs, as well as Chair of the UASG Measurement.
>
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