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    The Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies in collaboration with the Department of Computer and Information Science cordially invites you to attend the following seminar:

The Future of Peer to Peer (P2P) File Sharing in Large Environments

Thursday, Nov. 18, 4:00pm
Dibner Auditorium, Brooklyn Campus, Polytechnic University

Speaker: Dr. Keith Ross
Leonard J Shustek
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science

Abstract

      Peer to Peer (P2P) file sharing is currently one of the most important Internet applications, with ethical, legal, security and technical ramifications. This technology has had a major impact on the recording industry. The presentation gives current status and future trends on this emerging and growing technology.

Bio

      Prof. Keith Ross is the Leonard J. Shustek Professor of Computer Science and the author (with Jim Kurose) of "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet", the most widely adopted textbook on computer networking in the United States and internationally. Prof. Ross joined Polytechnic in 2003 after appointments at the Institut Eurecom in France and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a leading researcher in the field of computer networking who has made significant contributions in both theory and practice. Prof. Ross is also one of the developers of the CARP protocol for web caching implemented in products by Microsoft and Netscape, and a founder of Wimba, an Internet technology startup in the area of distance learning and multimedia technologies. Prof. Ross received his PhD from the University of Michigan.

      Since joining Polytechnic, Prof. Ross has started an ambitious research program in the emerging area of peer-to-peer systems, involving several faculty and a number of graduate and undergraduate students. His work is supported by several grants from federal agencies, including a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation awarded in Fall 2003.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Ann Lubrano
Associate Director, Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
Director, Honors College
Polytechnic University
6 Metro Tech Center, RH 216
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Phone: (718) 260-3587
Fax: (718) 260-3896
E-mail: alubrano@poly.edu
Web: www.othmerinstitute.poly.edu