Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Amusing Abstracts

The following abstract went out to the CS graduate student mailing list today. I found it highly entertaining. Be sure to read the last line.

EE 298-5
Berkeley Optoelectronics Seminar Series (BOSS)
http://microlab.berkeley.edu/text/298-12.seminar

Friday 28 January 2005
11-12 in the Hogan Room
(521 Cory)

Growth of the Glorious Internet: Technology, Economics & Society

Dr. Ivan Kaminow
EECS/UCB

ABSTRACT

Important new technologies influence society and society, in turn, shapes the technologies. We are in the midst such an interplay as the Internet develops around us. I will review the basics of the technology, and the history of the Internet and efforts of Wall Street and Washington to control it. I end with a discussion of current research on optical packet switching.

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