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SUMMARY:From RPC to Web Apps: Trends in Client-Server Systems - George Cou
 louris (Queen Mary University of London &amp\; University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:Client-server system goals and technology have come a long way
  from their original purpose as an infrastructure for the sharing of netwo
 rked resources. Driven by the demand for widely-available and rich user in
 teraction\, the prevalent client-server infrastructure has evolved to beco
 me the web application environment. We trace the evolution of software des
 ign and technology developments that have led us to this point. RPC\, CORB
 A\, REST and AJAX are salient points that will be visited along the way. O
 ur quest is for an answer to the question: is the web application environm
 ent a satisfactory basis for the development of interactive applications?\
 n\nThe talk slides at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/www/files/publi
 cations/public/gfc22/Finalslides.pdf.\n \nGeorge Coulouris is Emeritus Pro
 fessor of Computer Systems at Queen Mary\, University of London and a Seni
 or Research Associate at the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory.\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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