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Next-Generation Information Systems
Avi
Silberschatz
Department of Computer Science
Yale
University
Friday, December 3, 2004, 4:00
PM
Volen 101, Brandeis
University
(preceded by a wine and cheese reception at 3:00 pm)
Abstract:
Next generation information systems will blend leading-edge technologies from networking, storage systems, and computing. They will seamlessly combine communications, software, and contents. They will incorporate the best features of today's voice and data networks. They will support fully distributed secure 7x24 storage systems that utilize IP-based network technology and provide Quality-of-Service access to multimedia data. They will provide users with support for content-based retrieval, queries with approximate answers, data mining capabilities, and full data interoperability.
This talk will present a grand tour of a wide variety of next generation information systems, highlight their characteristics, and introduce a number of new research projects that address these challenges.
Speaker Bio:
Avi Silberschatz is a Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale, he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Prior to that, he held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include operating systems, database systems, real-time systems, storage systems, network management, and distributed systems. In addition to his academic and industrial positions, Silberschatz served as a member of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Panel on President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, as an advisor for the National Science Foundation, and as a consultant for several private industry companies. Professor Silberschatz is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow. He received the 2002 IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award, the 1998 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, the 1997 ACM SIGMOD Contribution Award, and the IEEE Computer Society Outstanding Paper award for the article "Capability Manager," which appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. His writings have appeared in numerous ACM and IEEE publications and other professional conferences and journals. He is a co-author of two well known textbooks -- Operating System Concepts and Database System Concepts
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