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SUMMARY:IET/BCS talk: The Internet - Where it came from &amp\; where it is
  going - Roger Scantlebury (Consultant)\, Paul Shreve (Cisco)
DTSTART:20071115T190000Z
DTEND:20071115T203000Z
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CONTACT:Prof Simon Moore
DESCRIPTION:Synopsis\n\nThe Internet was born about 40 years ago out of ea
 rly attempts to switch and route data. The first of two talks will look at
  those early steps\, covering the evolution of the various elements such a
 s packet switching\, the ISO 7 layer model\, Internet Protocols and the wo
 rld wide web. The second talk will describe the Internet we know today\, a
 nd conclude with some ideas on its future direction.\n\nRoger Scantlebury 
 - Consultant\n\nFrom 1966 to 1977 Roger Scantlebury was in charge of the N
 PL Data Communication research team\, reporting initially to DLA Barber an
 d later directly to D W Davies\, Superintendent of Computer Science Divisi
 on. D W\nDavies is generally regarded as the father of Packet Switching\, 
 and Roger's team built the pioneering network at the NPL. Their ideas were
  adopted (and expanded upon) by the ARPA network project (Department of De
 fence\, USA). The ARPA network expanded to cover the USA during the 1970s\
 , and ultimately connected to other research networks internationally (inc
 luding the NPL network). It was during this period that the idea of connec
 ting together computers\, attached to different\nnetworks\, was pioneered\
 , and the term 'an inter-network' was coined.\n\nPaul Shreve - Cisco\n\nHa
 ving been in the Internet business for 20 years\, Paul joined Cisco in 199
 4 as a consultant to Cisco's European organisation.  In this role Paul was
  responsible for designing major European Internets and the supervision of
  Systems Engineering on a project basis. Currently Paul is on the Universi
 ty of Texas Engineering Advisory Board (EAB).  The council meets twice a y
 ear to review Engineering curriculum and advice\nthe University on technol
 ogy trends and developments.\n\nPrior to joining Cisco Paul spent nine yea
 rs with Advanced Computer Communications (ACC) whom he joined in 1984.  In
 itially holding the role of Principle Systems Engineer working on a number
  of projects ranging\nfrom IP and IBM implementation to IP satellite techn
 ology\, Paul became Director of Marketing before leaving in 1994. Paul gra
 duated from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1978\, becoming 
 the Technical\nManager for the University working with the implementation 
 of IP protocols throughout the campus.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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