Internet-Scale Systems Research Group Eric Brewer David Culler Anthony Joseph Randy Katz Steven McCanne Computer Science Division University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

Mission Statement Lead the evolution of the Internet through fundamental protocol and systems research –Grounded in real-world prototypes that are deployed across diverse user communities –Unify on-going and future research projects –Facilitate technology transfer and standardization –Work closely with industrial partners in an open laboratory environment

Strategy Leverage interdisciplinary systems expertise in network-based applications, scalable services, network-connected computing platforms Work collaboratively across applications, OS, networks, architecture Interact closely with industry, to obtain early access to leading edge technologies and facilitate tech transfer Cultivate ties with Bay Area networking and systems research community

Internet-Scale Systems Extremely large, complex, distributed, heterogeneous, with continuous and rapid introduction of new technologies Feasible architectures –Decentralized, scalable algorithms –Dynamically deployed agents where they are needed –Incremental processing/communications growth –Cross-layer protocol design and optimization Prototyping and deployment-driven

Research Focus Protocols –TCP enhancements –Link-layer protocols –Multicast –Real-time streaming –Web transport Security and E- Commerce Infrastructure Services –Scalability –Availability –Pervasive Computing –Mobility –Proxies/Transcoders/ Network Agents –Active Services Novel Applications and Architectures

Project Synergies BARWAN Wireless Overlay Networks Scalable Proxies MASH Collaboration Applications Active Services RTPGateway Service Discovery vic, vat, wb TranSend TACC Model Wireless Access MASH Toolkit Active Services Model NOW/Millennium Computing Platform NINJA Scalable, Secure Services Computation in the Network “Smart Spaces” as an app Event-Response Programmable Access

Computing and Communications Platform: Millennium/NOW Distributed Computing Services: Ninja Active Services Architecture MASH Media Processing Services Distributed Videoconferencing & Room-scale Collaboration TranSend Extensible Proxy Services ICEBERG Computer-Telephony Services Speech and Location Aware Applications Personal Information Management and “Smart Spaces” Emerging Distributed System Architecture

Network Infrastructure GSM BTS Millennium Cluster WLAN Pager IBM WorkPad CF788 MC-16 Motorola Pagewriter 2000 Text Speech Image/OCR 306 Soda 326 Soda “Colab” 405 Soda Ericsson Smart Spaces Personal Information Management Fax Experimental Testbed

Benefits of Sponsorship Involvement with outstanding Berkeley graduate students Participation in portfolio of large-scale, inter- disciplinary, pre-competitive research efforts with only modest investment Access to all ISRG-developed software, prototypes, simulation tools, and testbeds Early access to group’s research results through on-campus participation and retreats Support the expansion of cadre of researchers with expertise in Internet-scale systems

Intellectual Property Issues All ISRG results placed in the public domain –Widely disseminated and distributed for educational and research purposes »Research reports, Web site –Sponsors can receive non-exclusive, no-fee licenses for commercialization »Only sponsors participate in twice yearly retreats »First ISRG Retreat: January 1999 Sunday, 10 January 1999: Demo Berkeley To encourage an open research environment, ISRG researchers prefer not to sign non- disclosure agreements

Participating Sponsors Service Companies Computer Companies Telecomm Equipment Companies

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