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Discover
Roundtable:
How
Can We Make Wireless Work?
| Date: |
Monday,
March 31, 2003 |
| Time: |
3:00PM
- 5:00PM |
| Rooms: |
Bayview
A |
| Moderator: |
Eric Haseltine, Former Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Panelists: |
Cindy Christy, Vice President/COO of Mobility Solutions at Lucent |
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Donna Dubinsky, Co-Founder and CEO at Handspring |
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Greg Joswiak, Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing, Apple |
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James Kardach, Principal Engineer, Mobile Products Group at Intel and Co-Founder of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group |
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Robert Lucky, Former Corporate Vice President of Applied Research at Telcordia |
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Pete Shinyeda, Vice President and General Manager of Wireless and Broadband Systems
Group at Motorola |
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Marisa Viveros, Director of Worldwide Wireless e-business services for IBM |
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Abstract:
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Bluetooth has been around since 1998, but most of us are still dealing with enough cables to tie ourselves in knots. Cell phones, arguably the biggest wireless success story, still don't
work very well and uses different standards on most continents. Wireless technology has such vast potential, and so much money
is being pumped into the industry, there has to be a pool of bright individuals who can show us a map home. Discover Magazine has assembled a panel of experts to jumpstart the process. Bring your own ideas, but don't miss our panelists secrets. |
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Panel
1:
Betting on the Future: Wireless LAN or 3G Technologies
| Date: |
Tuesday,
April 1, 2003 |
| Time: |
10:30AM
- 12:00PM |
| Rooms: |
Ballroom
BC |
| Moderator: |
Kin K. Leung, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies |
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Organizers:
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Zhimei
Jiang, Stanford University |
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Sayandev
Muhkerjee, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
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| Panelists: |
Phil Belanger, Vice President of Marketing, ViVato |
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Markku
Hollstrom, Head of Network Solutions, Nokia Networks System |
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David
Lindert, Director of Engineering, Mobile Wireless Group, Cisco Systems |
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Arogyaswami
Paulraj, Professor of Stanford University and co-founder of IOSpan Wireless |
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Gee Rittenhouse, Director of Wireless Technology Research, Bell
Labs, Lucent Technologies |
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Abstract:
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The success of wireless local-area networks (WLANs)
is increasingly evident, and contrasts sharply with the continuing delays in deployment of 3G networks
worldwide. One may even start to question if cellular architectures using 3G technologies are the most
effective way to deliver high-speed wireless services that will be desired by subscribers accustomed to
ubiquitous wired broadband networks. On the other hand, WLANs are limited to serve hot-spot areas and
service providers continue to struggle with significant roaming and security issues, which might hinder their
future prospects. This panel will address a broad set of issues and tradeoffs pertinent to using WLAN and
3G technologies for providing future wireless services. |
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Panel
2:
Future of Research: Industry or Academia?
| Date: |
Tuesday,
April 1, 2003 |
| Time: |
1:30PM
- 3:00PM |
| Rooms: |
Bayview
AB |
| Moderator: |
Kazem Sohraby, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies |
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Panelists: |
Christophe Diot, Sprint Advanced Technology Laboratory |
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Mario Gerla, UCLA |
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Douglas Leland, Microsoft |
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Taieb Znati, NSF |
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Abstract:
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The issues to be discussed in this panel include research directions in industry and academia, and role of government with respect to directions and funding. Topics may include (but are not restricted to) the impact of VC investment during the boom years, impact of economic downturn, and possible actions by industries, academia, and government agencies. Relevant factors include outsourcing of research, short- and long-term implications of research investment by the industry, federal government, and other institutions, and issues of collaborative research. The panelists will express their views and elaborate them with examples, and case studies. |
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Panel
3:
Open
Web Services: How Open Are They Really?
| Date: |
Tuesday,
April 1, 2003 |
| Time: |
3:30PM
- 5:00PM |
| Rooms: |
Bayview
AB |
| Moderator: |
Daniel Pitt |
| Panelists: |
Michel Burger, Embrace Networks |
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Sailesh Chutani, Microsoft |
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Simon Crosby, CPlane |
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Drew Engstrom, Sun Microsystems |
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David Orchard, BEA Systems |
| Abstract:
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Application, network, middleware, and device providers are all counting on the creation of lucrative new services to kickstart their businesses. Many pay at least lip service to openness and open standards for these services, but their definition of openness often means "if you
adopt my protocols at only slightly exorbitant licensing rates." In this panel we examine some different and often
contradictory approaches to enabling open services and we challenge the panelists to justify their claims or definitions of openness. |
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Panel
4:
Optical Networking: What is Its Future?
| Date: |
Wednesday,
April 2, 2003 |
| Time: |
10:30AM
- 12:00PM |
| Rooms: |
Ballroom
BC |
| Moderator: |
Biswanath Mukherjee, University of California, Davis |
| Panelists: |
Chris Rust, CEO Mahi Networks and Former VC Sequoia Capital |
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Rajiv Ramaswami, CTO Optical Networking, Cisco |
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Hui Zang, Sprint Advanced Technology Lab |
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Young-Chon Kim, Chonbuk National University, Korea |
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Abstract:
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Today's unsettled telecom business climate provides us a timely
opportunity to debate the reasons behind its past glory, present difficulties, and its future outlook. Many people believe that it
is a very important time to continue to invest in telecom research
and develop appropriate technologies and engineering solutions to meet and manage the (expected) growing bandwidth needs of our
information society over the next decade and beyond. Optical networking--using wavelength-division multiplexing
(WDM)--is believed to be the technology of choice for meeting these demands.
In the years ahead, it is believed that there will continue to be a strong need for optical network architectures and switching
equipment (including subsystems, devices, and materials) for efficiently managing high-capacity optical signals. This panel
will address a wide range of technical and business issues for optical networks. |
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Panel
5:
Network security: How good does it have to be?
| Date: |
Thursday,
April 3, 2003 |
| Time: |
10:30AM
- 12:00PM |
| Rooms: |
Ballroom
BC |
| Moderator: |
Catherine Rosenberg, Professor, School of ECE, Purdue University |
| Panelists: |
Fred Cohen, Research Professor, University of New Haven and Fred Cohen & Associates |
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Brian Neil Levine, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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S. Felix Wu, Associate Professor, University of California at
Davis |
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Abstract:
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Network security has become a central concern for individuals, commercial enterprises and government agencies, all of whom depend on the Internet for communications and business. This panel will try to answer some of the following questions:
 | What are the emerging technologies in network
protection and how will they impact your network (or your research)? |
| How good are things like firewalls and intrusion detection systems really? |
| What threat actors are there really out there and what consequences are likely to result? |
| What do terrorists actually do with computer networks? |
| What is the role of government in information protection? |
| What kinds of network surveillance are out there and how can they impact your use of the network? |
| How much privacy is left - what can you reasonably expect? |
| Why don't we just encrypt everything and end all these security problems? |
| Are there good security standards you can use as guidance? |
| What would constitute due diligence? |
| How should network incidents be handled? |
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