------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B O S T O N U N I V E R S I T Y Computer Science Department C O L L O Q U I U M Wednesday April 26, 1995 3:00pm (Coffee served at 2:45pm) Seminar Room / MCS 135 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Information Mesh: The case and problems of network longevity Dr. Karen R. Sollins Laboratory for Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Traditionally, distributed computing has been provided by three simple models, informa transfer via streams, remote computation, and communication. The aspect of distributed computing that must remain distributed is long-lived information. In this talk, I will address how distributed information is different from the original three models, why it is important, and a set of goals for a long-lived information infrastructure. I will describe the information model we are engineering to support those goals and how it achieves those goals, focussing specifically on naming, location, and a new model for abstract typing. I will compare this work with the standards work in the Internet Engineering Task Force, and the World Wide Web efforts. Host: Prof. Abdelsalam Heddaya ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For colloquium info, including directions, see http://cs-www.bu.edu/colloquium For more information contact Prof. Mark Crovella -------------------------------------------------------------------------------