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Distinguished Lecture in conjunction with the Computer
Science Department and the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department Seminar Series The Economics of Networks Speaker: Henning Schulzrinne, Julian Clarence Levi Professor, Computer Science Department, Columbia University When: 4:00PM ~ 5:00PM, Monday April 29, 2019 Where: 328-330 Lory Student Center Contact: Anura Jayasumana (Anura.Jayasumana@colostate.edu) Abstract: Internet infrastructure is a multi-hundred billion dollar business in the United States alone, but researchers generally ignore the economic aspects of networks. I will discuss the economic models for different types of networks, and how the research community may want to focus on the 85% of the expenses caused by operations rather than capital investment. Network neutrality can be partially explained by the desire of carriers to retain more of the value generated by applications, as the user-perceived value of bits differs by orders of magnitude. The cost of building networks also makes "natural", rather than government-mandated, competition as a remedy for network neutrality concerns less likely. The historical origins of network technology dating back to the 1960s largely explain the competitive landscape both in the United States and other countries. Bio: Prof. Henning Schulzrinne, Levi Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was an MTS at AT&T Bell Laboratories and an associate department head at GMD-Fokus (Berlin), before joining the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments at Columbia University. He served as chair of the Department of Computer Science from 2004 to 2009, as Engineering Fellow, Technology Advisor and Chief Technology Officer at the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2010 to 2017. He has published more than 250 journal and conference papers, and more than 70 Internet RFCs. Protocols co-developed by him, such as RTP, RTSP and SIP, are used by almost all Internet telephony and multimedia applications. He is a Fellow of the ACM and IEEE, has received the New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, the VON Pioneer Award, TCCC service award, IEEE Internet Award, IEEE Region 1 William Terry Award for Lifetime Distinguished Service to IEEE, the UMass Computer Science Outstanding Alumni recognition, and is a member of the Internet Hall of Fame. |