March 16, 2006: Seminar: Yechiam Yemini ''IS THERE LIFE AFTER THE INTERNET?''

The University of Illinois at Chicago

Department of Computer Science

2005-2006 Distinguished Lecturer Seminar Series

IS THERE LIFE AFTER THE INTERNET?

Yechiam Yemini
Columbia University
Thursday, March 16, 2006
11:00 a.m., Room 1000 SEO

Abstract:

Technology advances have been radically transforming the fundamentals of traditional computing paradigms. Of particular importance are three concomitant inversions:

(a) Emerging wire-speeds have been inverting the classical speed hierarchy, with I/O rates outstripping CPU speeds;

(b) Tagged XML software is inverting the classical sequential-code/random-access-data computing into sequential-data/random-access-code; and

(c) Storage abundance is inverting the assumptions underlying client-server roles in processing and distributing content.

Similar radical changes have resulted in disruptive paradigm transformation from mainframe-computing to desktop-computing then to Internet-computing. It is thus not unreasonable to ask, whether the Internet-computing paradigm may be similarly transformed, and if so, what might be the characteristics of post-Internet computing. This presentation will consider these questions, focusing on their research implications.

Brief Bio:

Yechiam Yemini (YY) is a Professor of computer science at Columbia University. His current research interests include computational biology and biological networks (for his previous networking research and the DCC lab visit http://www.cs.columbia.edu/dcc ). Professor Yemini has also been a co-founder of Comverse Technology (1983), an S&P500 and NASDAQ100 company, and of System Management Arts (SMARTS) (1993) http://www.smarts.com, acquired by EMC in 2005. He has served as a director and advisory board member of several high-tech companies and as a member of several government technology commissions and working groups; his spare time is devoted to eclectic activities ranging from gourmet cooking to sand sculpturing (see http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~yemini/charleston ).

Host: Professor Ouri Wolfson