Talk: Monday, February 14, 2011
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1230 WEB
Refreshments 3:20 p.m.
Lecture 3:40 p.m.
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Title: Toward a 21st Century Internet
Abstract:
Computing systems increasingly rely on the Internet as a vital component. The network -- whose basic abstractions and protocols were developed decades ago in a very different environment -- is now a critical part of our society's infrastructure. How can we evolve the Internet to meet the needs of future applications without introducing unmanageable complexity? The main part of this talk will review some past efforts to enhance network functionality through programmability, focusing on architectural characteristics that enhance or limit the Internet's ability to evolve. The talk will conclude with some thoughts about the 21st century Internet, and how we might get there from here.
BIO:
Ken Calvert is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Kentucky. His research deals with the design and implementation of advanced network protocols and services. His current projects include novel approaches to addressing, routing and forwarding, and a collaboration with researchers in HCI investigating problems and solutions for networking in the home. Dr. Calvert is one of the developers of the GT-ITM Internet topology modeling tool, and coauthor of several books on programming with the socket interface. He has been an associate editor of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, a faculty member at Georgia Tech, and a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ. Dr. Calvert holds degrees from MIT, Stanford, and the University of Texas at Austin.
