Hi all, 

As an action from today's call, here's a collection of most pertinent M-lab docs. If you're looking for something that doesn't seem to be here, or if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask Stephen and me. 

Cheers,
Meredith 

Documents: 
  • Platform architecture doc. The intended audience is hosting partners (who donate space/power/connectivity/hardware). 
  • Policies and procedures for approval of new experiments. Note that I wrote this, and that it may not be specific enough, but I can answer any questions. Note that OONI has been approved as meeting these criteria per the Steering Committee process. 
  • Server map. Get a look at the global M-Lab footprint. 
  • List of existing M-Lab measurement tools. Code repos and documentation for individual tools should be linked from here. If they're not, let me know and I'll add this. 
  • Access existing M-Lab data, tarballs and BigQuery. 
  • Blog post describing the process to visualize data using BigQuery, a good introduction both to the tool and the data structure. If you'd like whitelisted access to M-Lab data on BigQuery, let me know and I'll make it happen. 
  • Founding document, which will give you background on M-Lab's founding motivations. Many of the facts quoted here have changed (e.g. number of servers), but as history this is instructive. 
  • Existing visualizations, which are fun and may be instructive. 

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Meredith Whittaker
Program Manager, Google Research
Google NYC