A History of International Research Networking
Written by the People who Made it Happen
(Sprache: Englisch)
The first book written and edited by the people who developed the internet.
Vast amount of insider knowledge not available through any other source.
Of interest to every scientist and a must have for all network developer as well as agencies dealing with the internet.
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The first book written and edited by the people who developed the internet.
Vast amount of insider knowledge not available through any other source.
Of interest to every scientist and a must have for all network developer as well as agencies dealing with the internet.
Klappentext zu „A History of International Research Networking “
The first book written and edited by the people who developed the Internet, this book deals with the history of creating universal protocols and a global data transfer network. The result is THE authoritative source on the topic, providing a vast amount of insider knowledge unavailable elsewhere.Despite the huge number of contributors, the text is uniform in style and level, and of interest to every scientist and a must-have for all network developers as well as agencies dealing with the Net.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „A History of International Research Networking “
ContentsForewordPrefaceEarly DaysThe Role of Funding BodiesOrganized CooperationDifferent ApproachesThe InterviewsThe Bandwidth BreakthroughSupport for ApplicationsRegional PerspectivesTransatlantic ConnectionsA European AchievementAcknowledge to the Contributors List of NREN ManagersList of Network NamesList of AcronymsList of TermsList of UnitsFurther Reading
Autoren-Porträt
Beatrice Bressan is responsible for the outreach of the TOTEM experiment at CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics in Geneva, and is also a science writer. She has more than ten years of experience in the field of scientific and technological communication with extensive experience in journalism, media publishing and public relations. She is a Member of the European Union of Science Journalists' Associations (EUSJA). After her University studies in mathematical physics and science communication, she completed her Ph.D. research and carried out a postdoctoral fellowship on knowledge management and knowledge transfer inside CERN for the Department of Physical Sciences at Helsinki University. She has worked within the Technology Transfer group at CERN, taking care of the production of promotional material, at SIB (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics) as Head of Communications, and at the Department of Physics at Geneva University, being responsible for their communications. Through her work, she aims to give a better understanding of complex scientific and technological topics for politicians, industrialists and the general public.Howard Davies has a First Class Honours degree in Engineering Science and a D.Phil from the University of Oxford. From 1964 to 1977, he worked in the DD (Data Handling) Division of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, initially as a Scientific Programmer, later as a Group Leader and Project Manager for CERNnet. Between 1977 and 1993, he was Director of the Computer Unit at the University of Exeter, responsible not only for the provision of computing services to all academic department within the University but also for the development of network-based services based on the use of JANET and its successors. During this period, he spent six months sabbatical leave in 1986 as a Visiting Computer Specialist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California; he acted as (part-time) Director of the
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Interim COSINE Project Management Unit from 1989 to 1991 and from 1992 to 1994 was Vice-President of RARE. He was appointed Joint General Manager of DANTE in 1993. He retired at the end of 2001.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- 2010, XXVIII, 317 Seiten, 16 farbige Abbildungen, 36 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 17,9 x 24,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Howard Davies, Beatrice Bressan
- Verlag: Wiley-VCH
- ISBN-10: 352732710X
- ISBN-13: 9783527327102
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.02.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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