CIS Colloquium - David J. Farber - Tuesday, 10 October 95

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

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        The Convergence of  Computers and Communications --  Part II


                             David J. Farber
       Alfred S. Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunications Systems
                        University of Pennsylvania
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Twenty Five years ago, an experiment at the UC, Irvine
showed the ability of the new distributed systems
technology to create large a virtual computer system out of
individual computers and  telecommunications systems.


During the following years, research in systems and
advancements in telecommunications has given us the
potential for extending those ideas to allow for the
creation of a National Backplane Computer.


This talk, taken from the 1995 SIGCOMM Award Keynote will
explore this line of research and will project where this
further blending of communications and computer technology
will lead.


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                        Tuesday, 10 October 95
                          Moore School - 216
                              3:00 - 4:30
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