Tuesday, March 12, Volen 101, 2:00-3.00 pm
The Internet design started almost 30 years ago. A lot has changed since then, and the original design rules (what we call the Internet architecture) seem less and less able to serve as guidance for new innovation. To many, the Internet seems to be drifting in a sea of random evolution. This talk will describe a current research project to consider what the architecture of the Internet might be if we could somehow design it from scratch today. It will discuss some of the requirements that will shape the Internet of tomorrow.
Bio:
David Clark is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Laboratory for
Computer Science, where he has worked since receiving his Ph.D. there in
1973. Since the mid 70s, Dr. Clark has been leading the development of the
Internet; from 1981-1989 he acted as Chief Protocol Architect in this
development, and chaired the Internet Activities Board. More recent projects
include extensions to the Internet to support real-time traffic, explicit
allocation of service, pricing and related economic issues, and policy
issues surrounding the Internet, such as local loop deployment. He has also
worked on computer and communications security.
His current research looks at new technical and economic models for
deployment of wireless communications in the post-PC device era, and
re-thinking the architectural underpinnings of the Internet.
In addition to his appointment in the Laboratory for Computer Science, Dr.
Clark oversees the Internet and Telecomms Convergence Consortium at MIT This
consortium examines the broader context of the Internet-economics, societal
impact and policy. The goal of this interdisciplinary consortium is to shape
technological innovation and business planning by articulating this larger
context for the Internet.
Dr. Clark is chairman of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
of the National Research Council, and has contributed to a number of studies
on the societal and policy impact of computer communications.
Dr. Clark is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of
the ACM and the IEEE. He received the ACM SigComm award, the IEEE Award in
International Communication, and the IEEE Hamming Award for his work on the
Internet. He received the National Computer Systems Security Award in 1997.
He received the IEEE Communications Society award for Public Service in 2000
for his work in public policy and the Internet.
Host: Liuba Shrira