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SUMMARY:Implementing a Distributed Event Processing Network - Alex Kozlenk
 ov\, Betfair Research
DTSTART:20110119T141500Z
DTEND:20110119T151500Z
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CONTACT:Stephen Clark
DESCRIPTION:I will present the lessons learnt and vision derived from desi
 gning and\nimplementing a general purpose distributed Event Processing Net
 work (EPN)\nproject at Betfair. Event Processing (EP) is a field that prom
 ised a lot but\nhas so far delivered in a limited way\, with pragmatism an
 d narrow\napplication domains dominating the commercial landscape. I will 
 argue that for\nit to truly realise its potential\, EP should flow back in
 to the mainstream of\ncomputer science\, combining the best in distributed
  heterogeneous systems\,\nworkflows\, reactive agents and functional progr
 amming. We are implementing a\nsystem capable of supporting a variety of d
 ifferent use cases as opposed to\nsingle use\, distributed as opposed to a
  "box in the corner" solution\,\nexpressive and accessible to end users as
  opposed to controlled by a closed\nhighly-skilled group. The motto of the
  day is distributed innovation in the\nenterprise.\n\nBIO: Alex Kozlenkov 
 studied theoretical physics at Moscow State University with\nemphasis on u
 nified field theories and gravitation\, and started his research\ncareer i
 n Space Research Institute working in theoretical astrophysics and\nspace 
 instruments with papers on quantum effects in extremely high magnetic\nfie
 lds and gamma-ray bursts\, including publications in Soviet Physics Journa
 l\,\nAstronomy and Astrophysics\, and Nature. He then worked at P.N. Lebed
 ev Physics\nInstitute focusing on applications of algebraic topology metho
 ds to signal\nanalysis problems in aperture synthesis imaging. Further shi
 fting into computer\nscience\, he then worked in a startup company Greente
 ch in Sweden\, working on\ncomputational non-search approaches to NP-compl
 ete problems\, and developed\nproprietary algorithms that solved a number 
 of challenge SAT problems including\nfirst solution to parity problems. In
  2001\, he joined the School of Informatics\nat City University\, focusing
  on specification inconsistency\, abduction\, macro\ntree transducers\, bi
 oinformatics\, and reactive agents. He also pioneered an\narea of ontology
 -driven search (eventually resulting in the product GoPubMed\n(www.gopubme
 d.com) used widely in bioinformatics). He published papers and\nworked on 
 practical implementation of the Vivid Agents model\, the open source\nlang
 uage Prova (www.prova.ws)\, that is still actively developed. For the last
 \nfive years\, he has been a Senior Researcher at Betfair\, focusing on\ne
 vent-driven distributed systems\, in particular\, the in-house Event Proce
 ssing\nNetwork\, serving as a W3C representative\, working in the Rule Int
 erchange\nFormat group\, serving as a member of the Steering Committee of 
 RuleML\,\nco-authoring the Reactive RuleML specification\, contributing to
  Event\nProcessing Technical Society\, and co-chairing the industrial trac
 k of the\nupcoming DEBS 2011 conference in Yorktown Heights.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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