The Technical and Societal Implications of Networking: A Personal Perspective

Speaker: Dave Farber

15th October 2004 , 2pm , Room 518/519, Claremont Tower

Abstract

Prof Farber has been involved with networking for over 45 years. Starting at Bell Labs and continuing in academia, he has been a key player in many of the US networking activities. He is called by many the Grandfather of the Internet due to his academic children who were among the Fathers of the Internet.

With that background, Prof Farber will examine the impact that networking has had on the world and its citizens -- not all positive. He will comment on the current chaos -- spam and other nasties and what if anything can be done.

The Moore's Law growth of network speeds has challenged the technical field to better understand how the future directions in computer hardware and increases in bandwidth due to all optical networking will impact future systems and applications. Prof Farber will give his thoughts on the directions with a hope of challenging the listeners to explore this area.

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Prof. David J. Farber
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
USA