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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Research Focus Protocols Security and E-Commerce
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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Participating Sponsors
Service
Companies
Computer
Companies
Telecomm
Equipment
Companies

12. Invitation to Participate?