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Hi, Natalie, Do you know if this recording will be available for viewing after the event? Thank you. Best, Amy _________________________________ Amy Nurnberger, Research Data Manager Center for Digital Research and Scholarship Columbia University / 212.851.2827 E-mail: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> ORCID: 0000-0002-5931-072X <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5931-072X> Twitter: @DataAtCU <https://twitter.com/DataAtCU> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Natalie Harrower <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear RDM community: > > The Research Data Alliance is holding an interview with internet and data > pioneer Bob Kahn in the form of a webinar. It is free and open to join, but > you must register in advance. Time: 6th December 3:00pm UTC / 4:00pm CET. > > This is a rare opportunity to have a small audience with this Turing Award > winner, where you can listen in the background, or ask questions. The > interview will be focused on digital objects and Persistent Identifiers - > key backbone elements of data management. > > To register, visit https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-can-we-learn-internet > > Kind Regards, > Natalie > > - - - > > Webinar with Bob Kahn - What can we learn from the Internet? > > Description: > > The introduction of the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite> and its worldwide > acceptance has created significant momentum, as we are now able to network > our computers seamlessly across country borders. The Turing Award winner Bob > Kahn <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kahn> was not only one of the > inventors of TCP/IP, but he was also one of the driving forces within the > internet community that created completely new opportunities, new > technologies and new aspirations that we are all familiar with today. > > However, Bob did not only look at computer networking. By 1995, Bob, > together with Robert Wilensky > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilensky>, wrote a visionary paper > on Digital Objects which offered first directions about how we would have > to organise our data landscape. These ideas led to the Digital Object > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_artifact> architecture which Bob > has been optimising in recent years, assuming that all Digital Objects > (data, software, knowledge, etc.) need to have Persistent Identifiers > (PIDs) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_identifier> associated > with some core attributes. Consequently, the Corporation for National > Research Initiatives (CNRI) <http://cnri.reston.va.us/>, the institute at > which Bob is director, started working on a solid and powerful PID > resolution system which is now the basis of the services behind DOI > (Digital Object Identifiers) > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier> and many other > services for the registration and resolution of PIDs, such as ePIC > (European Persistent Identifier Consortium) <http://www.pidconsortium.eu/> in > Europe. The view that Digital Objects need to have persistent identifiers > and metadata associated with them is now widely accepted by the domain of > data professionals worldwide, and new applications are continuously > emerging, indicating the power of such a solution. > > In 2005 the Max Planck Society understood that PIDs would be crucial for > managing increasing volumes of data, and sought to offer a PID solution for > all its scientists. The Handle System > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handle_System> was chosen as favoured > system, developed by CNRI. Bob worked hard to create the DONA Foundation > <https://www.dona.net/> in Geneva and gradually transfer management of > the Handle System to this foundation. The DONA Foundation is governed by an > international board. In addition, the single node root system behind the > Handles has been moved to a multi-root system making Handles even more > reliable – if one root server breaks down, others will take over the job > seamlessly. > > These advancements indicate that Bob Kahn is one of the key visionaries > working in the areas of computer and data networking in recent decades. > > In this interview Peter Wittenburg from RDA will discuss with Bob about > these developments, and also raise questions about how the increasing > application of new technologies such as cyber-physical systems will create > even more challenges for connecting internet devices and managing data. > > Presenter: > > Bob Kahn <http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/bios/kahn.html> – a pioneer in > Computer Networking interviewed about Data Networking > > Robert E. Kahn is Chairman, CEO and President of the Corporation for > National Research Initiatives (CNRI), which he founded in 1986 after a > thirteen year term at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency > (DARPA). CNRI was created as a not-for-profit organization to provide > leadership and funding for research and development of the National > Information Infrastructure. Among many other awards, Bob Kahn was awarded > the SIGCOMM Award <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGCOMM_Award> in 1993 > for "visionary technical contributions and leadership in the development of information > systems <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_systems>technology", > and shared the 2004 Turing Award > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award> with Vint Cerf, for > "pioneering work on internetworking > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetworking>, including .. the > Internet's basic communications protocols > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_protocols> .. and for > inspired leadership in networking." > > > _________________ > > *Dr. Natalie Harrower | Director (Acting),* > > * Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy | 19 Dawson St. Dublin > 2 [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> | @natalieharrower | @dri_ireland > | www.dri.ie <http://www.dri.ie> * > > *To subscribe to our newsletter list, send an email > to [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> with SUBSCRIBE > DRI-FRIENDS FirstName LastName in the body of the message* > > _________________ > > *Dr. Natalie Harrower | Director (Acting),* > > * Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy | 19 Dawson St. Dublin > 2 [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> | @natalieharrower | @dri_ireland > | www.dri.ie <http://www.dri.ie> * > > *To subscribe to our newsletter list, send an email > to [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> with SUBSCRIBE > DRI-FRIENDS FirstName LastName in the body of the message* > > > The Royal Irish Academy is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 2014 > and is compliant with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 & > 2003. 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