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Given by Professor Xiaoming Li Peking University at Computational Science Panel on November 12 1998. Foils prepared November 19 98
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| Theme:New Directions in Computational Science and Internetics as Academic Disciplines |
Moderator: Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University and Panelists:
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| This presentation summarizes the case for Internetics as a discipline and describes Prof. Xiaoming Li's experience in introducing it at Peking University |
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Is there going to be "Internetics" ?
Internetics: a derivation
Internetics: a derivation (continued)
Internetics: a derivation (continued)
Infrastructure -- whatever below TCP/IP
Software technologies -- above TCP/IP, but not application
Services -- the applications
Internetics --- practices
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| Xiaoming Li |
| Peking University, Beijing, China |
| lxm@arch.cs.pku.edu.cn http://arch.cs.pku.edu.cn |
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| Needs for `Internet professionals', those who play technological roles in the development and maintenance of the Internet, e.g. Webmaster |
| `Axiom': hundreds of thousands of such people are needed |
| What knowledge do they need to have ? |
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| Internetics: a system of knowledge that one must acquire to be an `Internet professional' |
| Is it only a subset of computer science (or some other established discipline) ? |
| Is it big enough to stand alone ? |
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| Let's say `No' and `Yes' to the above two questions, respectively. |
| Then, what's inside of it, namely how do we properly formulate such a system of knowledge ? |
| Communication, computing, and content, or |
| Infrastructure, software technologies, and services |
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| Various types of lines (connections), Ethernet, ATM, Frame relay, .... |
| Routers and switches |
| Access equipment: PC, NC, thin client, NetPC, WebTV, ... |
| General purpose middleware: TCP/IP, DNS, LDAP, DCE, ... |
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| Basic protocol suite: HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, .... |
| Enablers: plug-in, Java, JavaScript, VRML, .... |
| Distributed component technologies: CORBA/IIOP, DCOM, JavaBean/RMI |
| `Capturing' technologies: GIF, MPEG, Real, ... |
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| Information service: static and dynamic, passive and active, .... |
| Transaction service: security, reliability, privacy, .... |
| Collaboration service: chatting, gaming, conferencing, education, .... |
| Computation service: metacomputing, webflow, .... |
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| Spring, 1996 --- Syracuse University and Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Spring, 1998 --- A graduate course in Peking University |
| A certificate program under the ICWU umbrella is being planed |