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- [Extended]
- Jun. 17, 2008, 9:00 PM PST
- Full Paper Submission
- [Extended]
- Jun. 24, 2008, 9:00 PM PST
- Notification of Acceptance
- Aug. 25, 2008
- Camera-Ready Copy
- Sept. 7, 2008
- Conference Date
- November 5-7, 2008
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Invited Lecture:The Geo-Internet and How We May Use it
Dr. Vinton Cerf, VP of Google, and 2004 ACM Turing Award Winner
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15-10:15 |
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Abstract:
It is becoming increasingly apparent that geographically indexed
information has value. Associating information of all kinds with geographic
location allows for the correlation and synthesis of information that would
otherwise be incommensurate. The value shows up in scientific circles,
social networking applications, commercial settings, command and control
systems and a wide range of other uses. The incorporation of a large number
of devices on the Internet contributes to this trend. These values will
also be realized in space exploration applications and this talk will
finish with a brief summary of the state of the art of space networking.
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Biography: Dr. Vinton G. Cerf is vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for
Google. He is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies
and applications on the Internet and other platforms for the company.
Widely known as a "Father of the Internet," Dr. Cerf is the co-designer
with Dr. Robert Kahn of TCP/IP protocols and basic architecture of the
Internet. In 1997, President Clinton recognized their work with the
U.S. National Medal of Technology. In 2005, Dr. Cerf and Dr. Kahn
received the highest civilian honor bestowed in the U.S., the
Presidential Medal of Freedom. It recognizes the fact that their work
on the software code used to transmit data across the Internet has put
them "at the forefront of a digital revolution that has transformed
global commerce, communication, and entertainment."
From 1994-2005, Dr. Cerf served as Senior Vice President at MCI. Prior to
that, he was Vice President of the Corporation for National Research
Initiatives (CNRI), and from 1982-86 he served as Vice President of
MCI. During his tenure with the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from 1976-1982, Dr. Cerf played a key
role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data
packet and security technologies.
In 2000-2007, Dr. Cerf served as chairman of the board of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and he has been a
Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1998. He
served as founding president of the Internet Society (ISOC) from
1992-1995 and was on the ISOC board until 2000. Dr. Cerf is a Fellow of
the IEEE, ACM, AAAS, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the
International Engineering Consortium, the Computer History Museum and
the National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Cerf has received numerous awards and commendations in connection with
his work on the Internet, including the Marconi Fellowship, Charles
Stark Draper award of the National Academy of Engineering, the Prince
of Asturias award for science and technology, the Alexander Graham
Bell Award presented by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the
Deaf, the A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computer
Machinery, the Silver Medal of the International Telecommunications
Union, and the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, among many others.
He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA and more than a dozen
honorary degrees.
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