All seminars are held in Room 337 Towne from 11:00am - 12:00pm.
Date: September 27, 2004
Name: Ambassador David Gross
Institution: United States State Department
Title: International Telecommunications in Transition:
Challenges and Opportunities
Abstract and Biography
Date: November 01, 2004
Name: Prof. Dan Rubenstein
Institution: Columbia University
Title: To Be Announced
Date: November 08, 2004
Name: Prof. Zygmunt Haas
Institution: Cornell University
Title: To Be Announced
Date: November 15, 2004
Name: Prof. Edward Knightly
Institution: Rice University
Title: An Architecture and Protocols for a
High-Performance Multi-Hop Wireless Infrastructure
Date: December 06, 2004
Name: Prof. Richard La
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: To be announced
Ambassador David Gross (U.S. State
Department)
International Telecommunications in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
Abstract:
The fast-paced telecommunications industry is continually evolving with new technological developments and paradigms. Ambassador Gross will address "hot" topics in international telecommunications policy today, including Internet Governance, broadband, wireless communications, spam, VoIP, and the development of global telecommunications standards - issues of vital importance to U.S. equipment manufacturers, service providers, consumers and academics. He will also describe how the State Department promotes business opportunities for U.S. telecommunications companies abroad, such as advocating for freedom of technology choice, negotiating allocation of spectrum resources, ensuring market access, and promoting regulatory frameworks that promote competitiveness and innovation. Ambassador Gross will share his insights into future trends in telecommunications, ways to promote innovation, and the important role that the Internet plays regarding not only commerce, but also to promote social and political progress.
Biography:
David A. Gross has served since August 2001 as the U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. State Department. In that role, he leads the U.S. government's activities regarding all international communications and information policy activities. Appointed to his position by President Bush and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, Ambassador Gross has addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, led the U.S. delegation to the recent UN "Heads of State" World Summit on the Information Society (attended by more than 10,000 delegates), and led U.S. delegations to many major international telecommunications conferences. He has also led bilateral discussions at senior levels with more than 60 countries. Ambassador Gross began his career in communications more than twenty years ago. Ambassador Gross graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 (BA in Economics) and received his law degree from Columbia University in 1979. Ambassador Gross was a partner at the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, specializing in communications and telecommunications issues. In, 1994, Ambassador Gross was named Washington Counsel for AirTouch Communications. AirTouch was the world's largest wireless telecommunications company.
Prof. Dan Rubenstein (Columbia
University)
To be announced
Abstract:
To be announced.
Prof. Zygmunt Haas (Cornell University)
To be announced
Abstract:
To be announced.
Prof. Edward Knightly (Rice
University)
An Architecture and Protocols for a High-Performance Multi-Hop Wireless
Infrastructure
Abstract:
While high-speed wireless access is easy to achieve in an enterprise network via low-cost IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) access points, wireless technology in public spaces is in its infancy. ``Hot spots'' provide high- speed wireless access, but do so in very few isolated ``islands'' at immense costs. Likewise, while fixed wireless and 3G can provide ubiquitous coverage and 3G can support mobility, throughputs can often be two orders of magnitude slower than WiFi. In this talk, I will make the case for the requirement of a fundamental new architecture based on beamforming antennas deployed on fixed, Transit Access Points (TAPs) that form a multi-hopping wireless backbone with a limited number of wired ingress/egress points. Moreover, I will describe a number of research issues including opportunistic and coordinated resource management and challenges in achieving fairness.
Biography:
Edward Knightly is an associate professor in the ECE and CS Departments at Rice University. He received the B.S. degree from Auburn University in 1991 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and 1996 respectively. He is an associate editor of the Computer Networks Journal and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, and previously, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia and IEEE Network Magazine. He served as co-chair of IWQoS 1998 and on the steering committee for IWQoS from 1999-2001. He served as finance chair for ACM MOBICOM 2002 and 2003, tutorial co-chair for IEEE ICNP 2001 and MOBIHOC 2003, and on the program committee for numerous networking conferences including ICNP, INFOCOM, IWQoS, MOBICOM, and SIGMETRICS. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 1997 and the Sloan Fellowship in 2001. He is the technical co-chair of INFOCOM 2005. His research interests are in the areas of mobile and wireless networks, high- performance protocol design, quality of service, and performance evaluation.
Prof. Richard J. La (University of Maryland)
To be announced
Abstract:
To be announced.