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Speaker:        Professor Lionel M. Ni
                Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
                Michigan State University

Topic:          Internet Technology: Trends and Issues

Date:           Thursday, 15 November 2001

Time:           2:00pm - 3:00pm

Venue:          Room 2404
                (Phase I, via lift nos. 17/18)
                The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

ABSTRACT:

The impact of the Internet is so deep. What we have seen is only the
beginning.  The purpose of this talk is to give an overview of trends
and some practical issues in the Internet. This talk will first
address the evolution of the Internet architecture. Then we will talk
about ISP networks and billing models followed by the impact of higher
link speed. ATM switch was a hot issue a few years ago.  We will talk
about the role of ATM switches in the Internet. Two important
QoS-related issues: MPLS and traffic engineering will be addressed.
Practical supports of QoS will be discussed. Some new technologies,
such as optical switches, wireless networks, and sensing networks will
be briefly described.


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Biography:

Dr. Ni is a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan
State University.  He has directly supervised over 26 Ph.D. students
and has published one book and over 170 technical articles in refereed
journals and proceedings in the areas of parallel architectures,
distributed processing, high-speed networks, VLSI design automation,
operating systems, software tools, fault tolerant computing, parallel
compilers, and benchmarking techniques. Dr. Ni was an editor of IEEE
Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and
Distributed Systems, and Journal of Parallel and Distributed
Computing. He was the program director of the US National Science
Foundation Microelectronic Systems Architecture Program.  A fellow of
IEEE, he chaired many conferences and received many outstanding paper
awards.  He won the Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty
Award in 1994. In 1998, his paper "The Turn Model for Adaptive
Routing" was selected as one of the 41 most significant impact papers
in the last 25 years in computer architecture area.


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