Emerging Web Technologies

Ron Vetter

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Thursday, October 21, 2004
4:00pm - SENSQ 5317

Abstract

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has developed several open recommendations, extending existing Internet standards, to enable full access to the web and its information base. With the rapid introduction of new Internet standards and protocols, the kinds of interactions and applications available over the network are changing. Users of the Internet need to understand these recent advances in order to be able to take full advantage of the new functionality they provide. This lecture will discuss the emerging standards and interfaces for emerging web and grid services.

Biography of Speaker

Ron Vetter is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW). His research interests include mobile and wireless networking, component-based computing, multimedia systems, and distance education. His activities have been supported by the USWEST Foundation, NSF, USDA, NASA, and others.

Vetter received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from North Dakota State University in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and his PhD in computer science from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1992. He has published more than 70 journal, conference, and technical papers. He currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of Communications of the ACM and IEEE Computer Magazine. In addition, he has served as the guest editor for number of publications on computer networking, security, and e-commerce related topics. Dr. Vetter is a member of the ACM and ACM's Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), and a senior member of the IEEE (both the Computer and the Communication Societies).

Vetter was selected as the 2001-2002 ACM Outstanding Lecturer of the Year.

ACM Distinguished Lectureship Program

The ACM Distinguished Lectureer Program is one of the premier technology outreach programs in the computing industry. In the United States, several dozen distinguished computing professionals serve as current ACM Distinguished lecturers each year. These Lecturers give talks to over one hundred ACM chapters and regional magnet events. The Lectureship Series is administered by the Lectureship Advisory Committee as a free-standing project within the ACM Technology Outreach Program which, in turn, operates under the auspices of the ACM Membership Activities Board.