IEEE-Madison Webinar: “Creating Opportunity: The Public Packet Infrastructure”

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Talk:  “Creating Opportunity: The Public Packet Infrastructure" -- The age of software and, more to the point, connected software, is upon us. Consumer electronics used to require a new industry for each product and innovation. Today anyone can create products and service by using software and taking advantage of generic connectivity.

 If we are to realize this opportunity, we need the appropriate infrastructure – a Public Packet Infrastructure – as a resource. Combined with evolving software tools the PPI can transform society and take us to the future. In this talk Bob will explain what a PPI is and how it creates opportunity for generative innovation.

Speaker: Bob Frankston is best known for implementing VisiCalc (https://rmf.vc/VisiCalc), the first electronic spreadsheet and enabling home networking (while at Microsoft). Throughout his career he has sought to share the power of software with others by creating enabling technologies. He is currently on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society and writes a column for their magazine.

 


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  • Date: 25 Jun 2020
  • Time: 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
  • All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
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  • Madison, Wisconsin
  • United States 53711
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  • Starts 17 June 2020 11:22 AM
  • Ends 24 June 2020 10:00 PM
  • All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
  • No Admission Charge

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Bob Frankston Bob Frankston of IEEE CES

Topic:

Software + Connectivity => Opportunity and a New Generative Reality

The age of software and, more to the point, connected software, is upon us. Consumer electronics used to require a new industry for each product and innovation. Today anyone can create products and service by using software and taking advantage of generic connectivity.

 If we are to realize this opportunity, we need the appropriate infrastructure – a Public Packet Infrastructure – as a resource. Combined with evolving software tools the PPI can transform society and take us to the future. In this talk Bob will explain what a PPI is and how it creates opportunity for generative innovation.

For background information, see Bob's columns here: "Communities of Things"  and here: "Rewiring my House... and the World"

Biography:

Academic

 While in Junior High School sat in on a class for Hunter College faculty on how to program their new IBM 1620. It was taught by Mary Dolciani. (January 1963)

Stuyvesant High School (1963-1966)

Stuyvesant is one of the Science/Academic schools in New York City. Helped start the computer curriculum. Spent time at New York University's Courant Institute, where I gained experience on larger systems. There is a link back to this site on their Alumni page.

MIT (Undergrad 1967-1970, Grad 1970-1976)

Received BS Degrees in both Computer Science and Mathematics in 1970 and Masters and Engineers Degrees in Computer Science (and EE) in 1974. Did graduate work at Project MAC (renamed Laboratory for Computer Science and now CSAIL) where I was involved in the Multics project. My Master's Thesis was "The Computer Utility as a Marketplace for Computer-Based Services". One area of continuing interest is "federated" systems. These are loosely coupled systems and databases as opposed to the more rigid distributed systems. Also did research in the Clinical Decision Making Group.

Co-founded the Student Information Processing Board, which provided computer access to students.

Business and Professional
2013-present IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
Write a column for the society's magazine
2015-2017, member of the Board of Governors
1998-2013 Member of CommonAngels concentrating on early and seed stage investements.
1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation, where I focused on the consumer use of computers, in particular, home networking. This effort played a central role in today's home networks and repurposing broadband service networks for Internet connectivity. This effort involved assuring that Windows as "Internet-ready" as well as addressing protocol, infrastructure and working with carriers on policy issues to create a coherent "just works" experience.
1990-1992 Slate Corporation, working on mobile and pen-based systems. Slate focused on pen-based and mobile computing.
1985-1990 Lotus Development, where I created the Lotus Express product and a Fax facility for Lotus Notes.
1979-1985 Founded Software Arts in 1979 with Dan Bricklin to develop and sell VisiCalc. VisiCalc was the first electronic spreadsheet program and remained a widely used program for personal computers for many years. (If you're interested in VisiCalc history, please send me mail.)
1977-1978 Consulted for ECD corporation in 1977 and developed a very extended Basic for their multiprocessor 6502-based system. ECD eventually learned the lessons of selling below cost and is no longer with us.
1966-1979 Worked at White-Weld and Company in their computer research division, which later became Interactive Data Corporation, in various roles doing systems design and implementation. White-Weld was one of the earliest financial information services and used the Scientific Data Systems 940 to provide time-sharing services. Later, at IDC, developed tools on their own version of IBM's VM system. These projects included an interactive debugger and a VM-based mail system (predating Profs).

Awards & Honors

Writings

 Click here.

Prehistory

 I was born in 1949 in Brooklyn, New York.

The current Interactive Data Corporation site but it's a very different company from the version I worked for..

The Engineer's Degree is not as common in the United States as in Europe. It is a degree beyond the Master's but not quite a Ph.D. More information about MIT EECS degree's.

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Agenda

12:00 PM -- Webinar Starts

1:30 PM: Webinar Ends

During the meeting use the "Chat" feature to send questions to Bob during his presentation.

Meeting Information

Meeting link:

https://ieeemadison.my.webex.com/ieeemadison.my/j.php?MTID=me2b4a9f6bf47df43eb94931c7d85d568

Meeting number:

126 836 4569

Password:

Jh7WixbGv93 (54794924 from phones and video systems)

Host key:

826693

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NOTE:  The URL for the Webinar will be sent to your email address prior to the event.  PLEASE Register!

Questons for Bob?  Send an email to tjkaminski@ieee.org with your question and he will see them.