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Vint Cerf to Chair INET 2001 Panel on Interplanetary Internet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 22 May 2001
Washington, DC -- INET 2001, the eleventh annual Internet Society Global Summit to be held in Stockholm from 5-8 June 2001, will this year feature a plenary panel discussion of issues related to extending the Internet to space-based applications.
This session, chaired by Dr. Vint Cerf, will be held under the umbrella of the "Interplanetary Internet" task of the U.S. Next Generation Internet initiative. The panel brings together experts from the terrestrial Internet and space communications communities to present a top level overview of the challenges associated with taking the Earth's Internet "off-planet" to support the highly mobile expansion of human intelligence throughout the Solar System.
The panel chair will describe the overall concept and rationale for the project and key members of the Interplanetary Internet Research Group will discuss challenges associated with infusing the technologies into future space missions.
Presentations are scheduled from Adrian J. Hooke and Scott Burleigh of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on "Future Space Mission Scenarios" and "Interplanetary Backbone," respectively; Mr. Robert Durst of The MITRE Corporation U.S.A. on "In-situ Internets;" and Eric Travis of Global Science and Technology, Inc, on "An Interplanetary Dialog."
The plenary session is intended to be an executive summary of a highly focused INET 2001 Technical Tutorial also to be held at INET on the same subject. At this tutorial, experts from the terrestrial Internet and space communications community come together discuss the challenges associated with taking the Earth's Internet "off-planet" to support the highly mobile expansion of human intelligence throughout the Solar System. Speakers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the IRTF Interplanetary Internet Research Group (IPNRG) will outline the technology challenges of off-planet internetworking and how those solutions may have applicability to the next generation Internet requirements here on Earth.
The tutorial session will be held on 5 June from 14:00 - 17:30. The Plenary session will take place on 6 June from 09:15 to 10:30. Registration for, and more information on, both events is available online at http://www.isoc.org/inet2001.
INET 2001 tutorials include several new topics in addition to the "Interplanetary Internet" tutorial. "Introduction to Grids and Grid Technologies" will cover the technologies at the heart of "Peer-to-Peer" systems, "Introduction to Streaming Media" will focus on wireless delivery of streaming media, and "Building Community Fiber Networks for High Performance Internet Access" will highlight the business and technology factors underlying the growth in private fiber network deployment. The tutorials line-up also includes updated versions of the "best of" previous INET tutorials offerings including last year's top-rated "DNS Security Toolbox," expanded from a half-day to a full-day of material, and primers on IPv6, MPLS, XML, and Java and Database Connectivity. Detailed information on selected tutorials will be provided shortly.
About the Plenary
Session Chair:
Vinton G. Cerf is
senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for WorldCom.
Cerf's team of architects and engineers design advanced networking frameworks
including Internet-based solutions for delivering a combination of data,
information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. Widely
known as a "Father of the Internet," Cerf is the co-designer
of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. In December
1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology
to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the
Internet.
During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies.
Vint Cerf currently serves as chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and in 1999 served a term as chairman of the Board. He completed his term as founding chairman and continues to serve as a member of the Internet Societal Task Force and its steering group that focuses on making the Internet accessible to everyone and analyzing international, national and local policies surrounding Internet use. In addition, Cerf is honorary chairman of the IPv6 Forum, dedicated to raising awareness and speeding introduction of the new Internet protocol.
Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In addition to his work on behalf of WorldCom and the Internet, Cerf has served as a technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict.," He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf has appeared on television programs NextWave with Leonard Nimoy and on World Business Review with Alexander Haig and Casper Weinberger. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet.
About INET:
INET is the premier
event in the Internet industry, providing an international forum for advancing
the development and implementation of Internet networks, technologies,
applications, and policies.
The world's Internet leaders meet at INET conferences to exchange experiences and shape the future of the Internet. INET attendees examine strategic issues emanating from the Internet's impact on commerce and finance, education, technologies and societies. INET 2001 presents a strong technical program with all papers peer reviewed by industry experts from around the world.
INET 2001 is the eleventh annual Internet Global Summit, and will be held in Stockholm from 5-8 June 2001. This year's theme is "A Net Odyssey - Mobility and the Internet." More information is available from the conference web site at http://www.isoc.org/inet2001.
About ISOC:
The Internet Society
http://www.isoc.org/ is a non-profit, non-governmental, open membership
organization whose worldwide individual and organization members make
up a veritable "who's who" of the Internet industry. It provides
leadership in technical and operational standards, policy issues, and
education. ISOC hosts two annual Internet conferences http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/,
trains people from all over the world in networking technologies, conducts
workshops for educators, and publishes an award-winning magazine, OnTheInternet.
ISOC provides an international forum to address the most important economic, political, social, ethical and legal initiatives influencing the evolution of the Internet. This includes facilitating discussions on key policy decisions such as taxation, copyright protection, privacy and confidentiality, and initiatives towards self-governance of the Internet. ISOC created the Internet Societal Task Force as an on-going forum for discussion, debate, and development of position papers, white papers, and statements on Internet related societal issues.
ISOC is the organizational home of the International Engineering Task Force, the Internet Architecture Board, the Internet Engineering Steering Group, and the Internet Research Task Force - the standards setting and research arms of the Internet community. These organizations operate in an environment of bottom-up consensus building made possible through the participation of thousands of people from throughout the world.
Contact:
Lance Laack
Manager, Public Affairs and Communications
Internet Society
11150 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 100
Reston, VA 20190-5108 USA
Tel: +1 703 326 9880 Fax: +1 703 326 9881
Email: lance@isoc.org
