Future Internet Symposium

Tuesday, February 26
2:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 6A

This symposium aims to create a venue where the optical networking aspects of future Internetworking can be debated alongside computer science, related applications and other future Internet research topics, encouraging significant discussions between different research communities.

The agenda of the symposium is divided into two main parts: In the first two hour session, short presentations are planned describing the areas of research and setting the basis and frame of the following second session, which will be held as a panel discussion.

Confirmed Speakers

From Intelligent Optical Networks towards Optical Intelligent Networks
Piet Demeester, Ghent Univ., Belgium

Piet Demeester is leading the research group on broadband communication networks. His current interests include: multilayer optical networking, resilience, techno-economics, future internet architectures, energy efficient networking, wireless mesh and sensor networks, thin client and grid computing, service oriented architectures. This research resulted in over 600 international publications. He was chair of different conferences (ECOC , DRCN, ONDM, symposia at ICC and Globecom) and participated in numerous TPC's (OFC, Infocom, ICC, Globecom, ECOC, ONDM). Before he started research on networking in 1992, he was heading a research group on epitaxial crystal growth for optoelectronic devices. This resulted in over 300 international publications.

Mobile Augmented Reality Experiences
Blair MacIntyre, Georgia Tech., USA

Blair MacIntyre is an Associate Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture. He received a BMath and MMath in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and an MPhil and PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University. He has been at Georgia Tech since receiving his PhD in 1998.

His current research focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of augmented reality and mixed reality systems. He is particularly interested in understanding the interaction between software toolkits and the design process for experiences that mix physical and virtual worlds. Recently, he has been working on augmented reality games and interactive dramatic experiences, including the AR/Facade interactive drama and handheld AR games using mobile phones. In addition, he continues to work on industrial uses of augmented reality, such as those applied to the poultry processing industry.

Dr. MacIntyre serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies and the journal Virtual Reality. He has been program chair or co-chair for several conferences including the International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC), the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), and the ACM Symposium on User-Interface Software and Technology (UIST).

Why is a “Clean Slate Internet” Activity Needed?
Guru Parulkar, Stanford Univ., USA

Guru Parulkar has been in the field of networking for more than 20 years and has worked in academia, startups, a large company, a top tier venture capital firm, and a federal agency. He joined Stanford University in August 2007 as the Executive Director of its new interdisciplinary Clean Slate Internet Design program and as a Consulting Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Guru joined National Science Foundation (NSF) as a member of its then new Computer and Network Systems Division in October 2003 to work with the broader research community and together make something “significant” happen. He played a critical role in conceiving and championing the GENI Initiative in collaboration with the research community and CISE leadership and served as the primary NSF GENI program director. As a part of GENI Initiative, Darleen Fisher and he championed and created a new research program on Future Internet Design (FIND). He also initiated a new research program on networking of sensor systems (NeTS-NOSS) in 2003 and managed it for three years. He also co-chaired Networking Research Team (NRT) of the inter-agency group called Large Scale Networking (LSN) from 2003 to 2007 and also served on NLR (National Lambda Rail) Network Research Council during FY 2005. He received NSF Director's award for Program Management Excellence in 2006.

Prior to NSF, Guru spent several years in Silicon Valley doing high tech startups. He co-founded Growth Networks and served as its CTO and Director. Growth Networks was acquired by Cisco Systems and provided key technologies for Cisco's flagship router product line, CRS. He also co-founded a multimedia wireless company called Sceos Technologies that was seed funded and incubated at Sequoia Capital. Sceos has evolved to be Ruckus Wireless. He also played a key role in founding of a network security company called Nevis Networks. He also served on the board of a network security company called NetSift that was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2005. He continues to serve as an advisor to high tech startups.

Dynamic Optical Networking to Enable Scalability of the Future Internet
Adel A. M. Saleh, DARPA, USA
Dr. Saleh is a Program Manager at the DARPA Strategic Technology Office, Arlington, Virginia since January 2005, with interest in the area of optical networks. From 2003 to 2004, he was a Founding Partner of Monarch Network Architects. From 2002 to 2003 he was Chief Scientist and Vice President of Network Architecture of Kirana Networks. From 1999 to 2002, he was Vice President and Chief Network Architect of the Corvis Corporation. Between 1991 and 1999 he was a Department Head at AT&T Bell Labs/AT&T Labs, conducting and leading research on the technologies, architectures and applications of optical backbone and access networks. From 1970 to 1991 he was a Member of the Technical Staff of AT&T Bell Labs, Crawford Hill Lab, conducting research on microwave, wireless and optical communications systems, subsystems, components and devices.

Dr. Saleh led the AT&T effort on several cross-industry DARPA consortia on optical networks, including the AON (1992-1996), MONET (1994-1998), ORAN (1997-1998) and ONRAMP (1998-1999) programs, which pioneered the vision and built proof-of-concept testbeds for all-optical networking in backbone, regional, metro and access networks.

Dr. Saleh was the Technical Program Co-Chair of OFC 1999, the General Program Co-Chair of OFC 2001, and a Member of the OFC Steering Committee from 2001 to 2006. He has published more than 100 papers and talks and holds more than 25 patents. He holds Ph.D. and S.M. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.Sc. Degree, First Class Honors, in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alexandria, Egypt. He received the AT&T Bell Laboratories Distinguished Technical Staff Award for Sustained Achievement in 1985, and he is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.

Future Internet Security
Stefan Savage, Univ. of California at San Diego, USA