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A Workshop Participants and Agenda
Participants
Duane Adams, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Robert J. Aiken, Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Robert C. Atkinson, Teleport Communications Group
David J. Barram, Department of Commerce
Tora K. Bikson, RAND Corporation
Alan R. Blatecky, MCNC
Robert J. Bonometti, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Cynthia H. Braddon, The McGraw Hill Companies
Lewis M. Branscomb, Harvard University
Vito Brugliera, Zenith Electronics Corporation
James H. Burrows, National Institute of Standards and Technology
James A. Chiddix, Time Warner Cable
Yi-Tzuu Chien, National Science Foundation
Melvyn Ciment, National Science Foundation
David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Corbitt, Federal Communications Commission
Michael Corrigan, General Services Administration
George Cotter, National Security Agency
D. Joseph Donahue, Thomson Consumer Electronics
H. Allen Ecker, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated
Joseph A. Flaherty, CBS Incorporated
Howard Frank, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Bernard R. Gifford, Academic Systems Corporation
Paul E. Green, Jr., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Richard R. Green, Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
Michael D. Greenbaum, Bell Atlantic Corporation
Allen S. Hammond, New York Law School
Daniel Hitchcock, Department of Energy
Sally E. Howe, National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications
Paul E. Hunter, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Laura M. Jennings, Microsoft Corporation
Brian Kahin, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Richard T. Liebhaber, MCI Communications Corporation
Robert W. Lucky, Bell Communications Research
Marina M. Mann, Electric Power Research Institute
Eric K. Marcus, Commerce Clearing House Incorporated
Michael J. Marcus, Federal Communications Commission
Clement J. McDonald, Regenstrief Institute for Health Center
James C. McKinney, Advanced Television Systems Committee
David G. Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley
Avram C. Miller, Intel Corporation
Graham Mobley, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated
Mahal Mohan, AT&T Corporation
Lloyd N. Morrisett, John and Mary Markle Foundation
Michael R. Nelson, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Richard E. Ottinger (retired), Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
Michael A. Papillo, Houston Associates Incorporated
Stewart D. Personick, Bell Communications Research
Anthony M. Rutkowski, Internet Society
Lawrence Seidman, Hughes Telecommunications and Space Sector
Richard S. Sharpe, John A. Hartford Foundation
Donald W. Simborg, KnowMed Systems
J. Marty Tenenbaum, Enterprise Integration Technologies Corporation (EIT)/CommerceNet
Shukri Wakid, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Marvin I. Weinberger, Infonautics Corporation
Stephen S. Wolff, Cisco Systems Incorporated
Agenda
Monday, January 16, 1995
5:30 p.m. |
Reception with Project Liaisons |
6:00 |
Dinner |
6:45 |
Welcome: Lewis Branscomb, Workshop Chair |
Tuesday, January 17, 1995
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Participants-at-large (all discussion panels): Tora Bikson, RAND Corporation; Michael Greenbaum, Bell Atlantic Corporation; Allen Hammond, New York Law School; Brian Kahin, Harvard University; David Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley |
9:00 |
Introduction and Charge to Workshop: Lewis Branscomb |
9:15 |
TPWG and Its Sponsorship of the NII Technology Deployment Project: Howard Frank, Advanced Research Projects Agency |
9:30 |
Technology Deployment Scenarios |
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Discussion Leader: Robert Lucky, Bell Communications Research |
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Steering Committee Participants: James Chiddix, Time Warner Cable; Joseph Flaherty, CBS Incorporated; Richard Liebhaber, MCI Communications Corporation |
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Invited Participants: Robert Atkinson, Teleport Communications Group; Marina Mann, Electric Power Research Institute; James McKinney, Advanced Television Systems Committee; Mahal Mohan, AT&T Corporation; Richard Ottinger, Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (retired); Stewart Personick, Bell Communications Research; Lawrence Seidman, Hughes Telecommunications and Space Sector |
1:00 p.m. |
End-user Hardware/Software Issues |
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Discussion Leader: James Chiddix, Time Warner Cable |
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Invited Participants: Vito Brugliera, Zenith Electronics Corporation; Joseph Donahue, Thomson Consumer Electronics; Allen Ecker, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated; Richard Green, Cable Television Laboratories Inc.; Laura Jennings, Microsoft Corporation; Avram Miller, Intel Corporation |
3:00 |
Domain-Specific Applications: Specialized vs.; Common Conditions |
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Discussion Leaders: Cynthia Braddon, The McGraw-Hill; Companies, and Donald Simborg, KnowMed Systems |
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Invited Participants: |
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Education Alan Blatecky, MCNC; Bernard Gifford, Academic Systems Corporation; Marvin Weinberger, Infonautics Corporation |
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Health care; Clement McDonald, Regenstrief Institute; Richard Sharpe , John A. Hartford Foundation |
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Publishing; Eric Marcus, Commerce Clearing House Inc. |
5:00 |
Day One Concludes |
5:15 |
Reception |
6:30 |
Dinner |
7:30 |
Remarks: Lewis Branscomb, Workshop Chair |
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Speech: David Barram, Deputy Secretary; Department of Commerce |
Wednesday, January 18, 1995
9:00 |
The Internet as an NII Model |
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Discussion Leader: Richard Liebhaber, MCI Communications |
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Steering Committee Participant: David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Invited Participants: Anthony Rutkowski, Internet Society; Marty Tenenbaum, EIT/CommerceNet; Stephen Wolff, Cisco Systems Incorporated |
10:45 |
Dueling Definitions |
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Discussion Leader: David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1:00 p.m. |
Capstone—NII Technology Deployment; Barriers and Drivers |
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Discussion Leader: Joseph Flaherty, CBS Incorporated |
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Members of the Steering Committee and Designated Participants |
2:45 |
Springing Forward: Next Steps, White Papers, and the; May 23-24 Forum |
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Members of the Steering Committee; Plenary Discussion |
4:30 |
Adjourn |
B Forum Participants and Agenda
Participants
Alden Abbott, Department of Commerce
Mike Abel, NEC America
Duane A. Adams, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Robert J. Aiken, Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Paul Allison, North Communications
Allan J. Arlow, Attorney at Law, Washington, D.C.
Eric M. Aupperle, Merit Network Incorporated
Donald M. Austin, National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications
Henriette D. Avram, Library of Congress (retired)
Wendell B. Bailey, National Cable Television Association
Jonathan Band, Morrison and Foerster
John Baras, University of Maryland
Carol Barnes, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Bruce Barrow, Defense Information Systems Agency
Richard Barth, Motorola Incorporated
Herbert Becker, Library of Congress
Scott Behnke, DynCorp
Louis Berger, BBN Systems and Technologies
Henry Bertoni, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
Kul Bhasin, NASA Lewis Research Center
Charles Billingsley, Information Technology Association of America
Alan R. Blatecky, MCNC
Robert T. Blau, BellSouth Corporation
Robert Bonometti, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Jane Bortnick Griffith, Library of Congress
Heather Boyles, FARNET Incorporated
Cynthia H. Braddon, The McGraw-Hill Companies
George Brandenburg, Harvard University
Anne Wells Branscomb, Harvard University
Lewis M. Branscomb, Harvard University
Tim Brennan, UMBC/Resources for the Future
Charles Brownstein, Corporation for National Research Initiatives/Cross-Industry Working Team
Donald P. Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School
James H. Burrows, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Daniel F. Burton, Council on Competitiveness
Aubrey M. Bush, National Science Foundation
Ty Carter, American Bankers Association
Deborah Castleman, Department of Defense
Lynn Chapman, Raychem Corporation
Nim Cheung, Bell Communications Research
James A. Chiddix, Time Warner Cable
Yi-Tzuu Chien, National Science Foundation
Eliot J. Christian, U.S. Geological Survey
David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Whit Clay, Capitoline/MS&L
Tim Clifford, DynCorp
Guy Copeland, Computer Sciences Corporation
Mark Corbitt, Federal Communications Commission
Robert R. Cordell, Bell Communications Commission
Michael L. Corrigan, EDS
George Cotter, National Security Agency
Robert W. Crandall, Brookings Institution
John C. Davis, Department of Defense
John Deferrari, U.S. General Accounting Office
Paul Detering, Raychem Corporation
Gilbert Devey, National Science Foundation
D. Joseph Donahue, Thomson Consumer Electronics Incorporated
Norman Douglas, National Communications System
Don Dulchinos, Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
Lammot du Pont, National Institute of Standards and Technology
H. Allen Ecker, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated
Dennis W. Elliott, ALOHA Networks Incorporated
Joel Engel, Ameritech
Erik Fair, Apple Computer Incorporated
Maria Farnon, Tufts University
Gerald Faulhaber, University of Pennsylvania
David Feldmeier, Bell Communications Research
Francis Dummer Fisher, University of Texas
Joseph A. Flaherty, CBS Incorporated
Howard Frank, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Barbara Y. Fraser, CERT Coordination Center
Richard B. Friedman, University of Wisconsin Medical School
Cita Furlani, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Donald Fye, GTE Personal Communications Services
Bernard R. Gifford, Academic Systems Corporation
Warren Gifford, Bell Communications Research
John Gilsenan, Department of State
Joseph Gitlin, John Hopkins Medical Institutions
Ross S. Glatzer, Prodigy Services Company (retired)
Norman Glick, National Security Agency
Gayle F. Gordon, Department of the Interior
Diana Gowen, MCI
Paul E. Green, Jr., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Richard R. Green, Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
Michael D. Greenbaum, Bell Atlantic Corporation
Marjorie Greene, First Washington Associates
Irene Greif, Lotus Development Corporation
David Gross, AirTouch Communications Incorporated
Daniel Grulke, Department of Defense
W. Ed Hammond, Duke University Medical Center
Kathryn Hanson, Silicon Graphics
John Harrald, George Washington University
Frank Hartel, National Institutes of Health
Ted Hartson, Post Newsweek Cable
Stephen Haynes, WESTLAW
John Hestenes, National Science Foundation
Jenifer Hill, Capitoline/MS&L
Terence Hill, International Monetary Fund
Lincoln Hoewing, Bell Atlantic
Lee Holcomb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Eric S. Hood, NorthwestNet
Edward Horowitz, Viacom Incorporated
Ellis Horowitz, University of Southern California
Sally E. Howe, National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications
Kathleen Huber, Bay Networks
Peter W. Huber, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Paul E. Hunter, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lionel S. Johns, Office of Science and Technology Policy
David Johnson, CTA Incorporated
Elizabeth Johnston, General Accounting Office
Anita K. Jones, Department of Defense
Charles N. Judice, Bell Atlantic
Brian Kahin, Harvard University
Kevin Kahn, Intel Corporation
Ellen S. Kappel, Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated
James H. Keller, harvard University
Leonard Kleinrock, University of California at Los Angeles
Ken Klingenstein, University of Colorado at Boulder
Marilyn Kraus, Defense Information Systems Agency
Richard Kuhn, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Henry Lai, General Services Administration
Larry Landweber, University of Wisconsin
Carl E. Landwehr, Naval Research Laboratory
Barry M. Leiner, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Ted Leventhal, Business Research Publications
Martin Libicki, Institute for National Strategic Studies
Richard T. Liebhaber, MCI Communications Corporation
Andrew Lippman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fred Scoresby Long, National Weather Service
Jonathan Low, Department of Labor
Robert W. Lucky, Bell Communications Research
Daniel Lynch, Interop Company and Cybercash Incorporated
David Lytel, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Mary Madigan, Personal Communications Industry Association
John Major, Motorola Incorporated
Marina M. Mann, Electric Power Research Institute
Robert Mason, Case Western Reserve University
Alan McAdams, Cornell University
Lois Clark McCoy, National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue
Jack McDonald, MBX Incorporated
Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
James McKinney, Advanced Television Systems Committee
Milo Medin, @Home
Michael Melas, IBM Research Division
David G. Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley
Jennifer Miller, International Communications Industry Association
Gary J. Minden, Advanced Research Projects Agency
Graham Mobley, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated
Mahal Mohan, AT&T Corporation
Tracie E. Monk, DynCorp
Frank R. Moore, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Lloyd N. Morrisett, John and Mary Markle Foundation
Sushil G. Munshi, Sprint Corporation
Michelle Muth, U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs
Tassos Nakassis, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Paul Narula, AG Communication Systems
Michael North, North Communications
Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries
Michael A. Papillo, Houston Associates Incorporated
Gregory L. Parham, Department of Agriculture
Stewart D. Personick, Bell Communications Research
Lawrence P. Petak, Federal Communications Commission
Eugene T. Phillip, National Communications Agency
Ronald W. Piasecki, General Services Administration
Robert S. Powers, MCI Telecommunications Incorporated
Arati Prabhakar, National Institute of Standards and Technology
April Ramey, Department of Treasury
Gordon Ray, NEC America Incorporated
John C. Redmond, GTE Laboratories
Ira Richer, MITRE Corporation
John Philip Riganati, David Sarnoff Research Center
Carl Ripa, Bell Communications Research
Linda G. Roberts, Department of Education
Michael M. Roberts, EDUCOM
Robert Roche, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
Thomas C. Rochow, McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Quincy Rodgers, General Instrument Corporation
Jeffrey H. Rohlfs, Strategic Policy Research
Tom Rowbotham, Technology Strategy, BT Centre, London
Jashojit Roy, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Deborah Rudolph, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
John Ryan, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Nora H. Sabelli, National Science Foundation
Damian Saccocio, America Online
Pamela Samuelson, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Allan M. Schiffman, Terisa Systems/CommerceNet
Gail Garfield Schwartz, Teleport Communications Group
Mary Anne Scott, Department of Energy
Molly Shaffer, Department of Commerce
Richard S. Sharpe, John A. Hartford Foundation
Robert Shepherd, Defense Information Systems Agency
M. Wayne Shiveley, MITRE Corporation
Edward H. Shortliffe, Stanford University School of Medicine
Curtis A. Siller, Jr., AT&T Bell Laboratories
Donald W. Simborg, KnowMed Systems
Karen Sollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas Spacek, Bell Communications Research
Padmanabhan Srinagesh, Bell Communications Research
Gilbert Staffend, Allied Signal Automotive
Mark Stahlman, New Media Associates Incorporated
Ross Stapleton-Gray, D.C. Charter, Internet Society
Robert Steele, Boeing Information Services
Rupert Stow, Rupert Stow Associates
Edmond Thomas, NYNEX Science and Technology Incorporated
Jack Thompson, Gnostech Incorporated
Suzanne P. Tichenor, Council on Competitiveness
Frank Tong, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
John C. Toole, National Coordinating Office for High Performance Computing and Communications
William Turnbull, National Coordinating Office for High Performance Computing and Communications/National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Leslie L. Vadasz, Intel Corporation
Hal Varian, University of California at Berkeley
Shukri Wakid, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Stuart Wecker, Symmetrix Incorporated
Stephen B. Weinstein, NEC USA Incorporated
Allan H. Weis, Advanced Network and Services Incorporated
Thomas E. Wheeler, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
Walter Wiebe, Federal Networking Council
Steven S. Wildman, Northwestern University
Roxanne Williams, Department of Agriculture
Michael Winter, Department of Transportation
Hank Wolf, IEEE-USA Committee on Communications and Information Policy
Stephen S. Wolff, Cisco Systems Incorporated
Ronald Zellner, Texas A&M University
Stephen Zilles, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Forum Agenda
Monday, May 22, 1995
6:00 p.m. |
Reception |
7:00 p.m. |
Dinner Speech: Mark Stahlman, New Media Associates |
Tuesday, May 23, 1995
8:30 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks: Suzanne Woolsey, National Research Council |
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Overview: Lewis M. Branscomb, Forum Chair |
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Keynote Address: Arati Prabhakar, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
9:00 a.m. |
NII 2000: Is the Future Now? |
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Moderator: Robert W. Lucky, Bell Communications |
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Research |
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Participants: Edward D. Horowitz, Viacom Incorporated; Peter W. Huber , Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; David G. Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley; Quincy Rodgers, General Instrument Corporation |
10:40 a.m. |
Reaching the End User |
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Moderator: Leslie L. Vadasz, Intel Corporation |
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Participants: Paul E. Green, Jr., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; Irene Greif, Lotus Development Corporation; Leonard Kleinrock, University of California at Los Angeles; J. Graham Mobley, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated; Michael North, North Communications; Hal Varian, University of California at Berkeley |
1:00 p.m. |
Technology Deployment: Investment and Experimentation |
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Wireline Communications |
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Moderator: James A. Chiddix, Time Warner Cable |
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Participants: Wendell B. Bailey, National Cable Television Association; Tim Clifford, DynCorp (formerly with Sprint Corporation); Joel Engel , Ameritech; Richard R. Green, Cable Television laboratories Incorporated; Mahal Mohan, AT&T Corporation |
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Stewart D. Personick, Bell Communications Research; Robert S. Powers , MCI Telecommunications Corporation; John C. Redmond, GTE Laboratories; Gail Garfield Schwartz, Teleport Communications Group; Edmond Thomas , NYNEX Science and Technology Incorporated |
2:45 p.m. |
Wireless Communications |
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Moderator: Joseph A. Flaherty, CBS Incorporated |
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Participants: D. Joseph Donahue, Thomson Consumer Electronics Incorporated; Mary Madigan, Personal Communications Industry Association; John Major, Motorola Incorporated; James C. McKinney, Advanced Television Systems Committee; Robert Roche, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association |
4:00 p.m. |
Emerging Architecture |
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Moderator: David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Participants: Jonathan Band, Morrison and Foerster; Robert T. Blau , BellSouth Corporation; Kevin Kahn, Intel Corporation; Andrew Lippman , Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Padmanabhan Srinagesh, Bell Communications Research |
Wednesday, May 24, 1995
8:30 a.m. |
Recap of Tuesday Session: Lewis M. Branscomb, Forum Chair |
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Perspectives from the TPWG: Duane A. Adams, Technology Policy Working Group |
9:00 a.m. |
Doing Business on the NII |
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Technical Requirements (Application-Related Standards and Beyond) |
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Moderator: Donald W. Simborg, KnowMed Systems |
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Participants: W. Ed Hammond, Duke University Medical Center; James H. Keller, Harvard University; Lois Clark McCoy, National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue; Linda G. Roberts, Department of Education; Thomas C. Rochow, McDonnell Douglas Corporation |
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Business and Protection Issues |
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Moderator: Cynthia H. Braddon, The McGraw-Hill Companies |
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Participants: Robert W. Crandall, Brookings Institution; Michael D. Greenbaum, Bell Atlantic Corporation; Allan M. Schiffman, Terisa Systems/CommerceNet; Donald W. Simborg, KnowMed Systems; Steven S. Wildman, Northwestern University |
1:00 p.m. |
The Internet: A Model |
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Moderator: Richard T. Liebhaber, MCI Communications Corporation |
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Participants: Ross S. Glatzer, Prodigy Services Company (retired); Daniel C. Lynch, Interop Company and Cybercash Incorporated; Milo Medin, @Home; Allan H. Weis, Advanced Network and Services Incorporated; Stephen S. Wolff, Cisco Systems Incorporated |
2:30 p.m. |
Forks in the Road: Private Sector Uncertainties/Public Policy Realities |
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Moderator: Irene Greif, Lotus Development Corporation |
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Questions From the Audience: Q & A Finale |
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Where are the inconsistencies? |
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Where is the best business case? |
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Is all the technology here yet? |
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What more would you like to hear? |
4:30 p.m. |
Adjournment with Request for Additional White Papers and Comments |
C Call for White Papers (Abridged)
The NII 2000 Steering Committee—a group of high-level executives and distinguished academicians—seeks white papers from academia, businesses, foundations, industry, interest groups, trade associations, and other interested parties on topics relevant to NII technology deployment. The steering committee is charged by the Technology Policy Working Group (TPWG) of the federal Information Infrastructure Task Force with a year-long course of activities to develop a baseline understanding regarding what technologies are to be deployed when, where, and by whom. The project is being coordinated by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) and is drawing upon inputs from multiple industries, sectors, organizations, and individual experts. A list of NII 2000 Steering Committee members is attached.
All white papers will be made available to federal NII decision makers and be considered for discussion at a Spring Forum in Washington, D.C., May 23–24, 1995. White paper authors will have the opportunity to revise their papers after the Spring Forum. All papers—regardless of whether they are selected for discussion at the Spring Forum—will be presented to the government and will contribute to the Steering Committee's final NII 2000 report to the TPWG and the public.
Responding To The Call
In keeping with its charge, the NII 2000 Steering Committee seeks properly documented discussions with quantitative evidence/analysis on
technical, financial, and economic aspects of technology deployment issues and prospects for the next 5 to 7 years. Issues of particular interest to the steering committee include the following:
- Architecture and Facilities
- Bandwidth capacity available to and from government (all levels), corporations (domestic and international), small businesses, and residences; also mobile users of portable platforms
- Interoperability and openness: dimensions, barriers, and facilitators
- Interactivity and symmetry (i.e., relative support for two-way communication)
- Internetworking and interconnection regarding different kinds of networks and services
- Public networks, private networks, virtual private networks
- Expected capabilities for digital libraries, distributed collaboration, software agents, ''smart cards," telecommuting, video delivery (on-demand and near-on-demand), multimedia services
- Expected attributes and implementation of electronic kiosks/public access facilities
- Technology deployment issues affecting a particular domain (e.g., education, finance, manufacturing, transportation), which may have implications for other domains (e.g., establishing standards in health care)
- Critical hardware and/or software interface features, requirements, and standards
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. Research and Development (i.e., critical areas for future projects in device, software, and systems research; also private sector trends and priority areas for government-funded research) |
Format Requirements Summary
- Papers should begin with a brief statement of a problem and concentrate on analysis and forecast (5- to 7-year horizon) of deployment issues and key factors, including sources of uncertainty, contingencies, barriers, and facilitators. Conclusions should concisely state the business case for a given deployment effort and any implications for public policy.
- Submissions should be double-spaced and should not exceed 6,250 words (approx. 25 pages).
- All papers must be signed by a principal and accompanied by a signed NRC copyright release agreement.
- Statistics must be referenced; cites should be formatted as endnotes.
Computer Science And Telecommunications Board
Established by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916, the National Research Council (NRC) is the federal government's principal advisor on science and technology issues. The NRC conducts its work primarily by convening experts (serving pro bono) on a given issue. Within the NRC, the CSTB oversees technology and policy projects related to information infrastructure and similar topics.
White Paper Criteria And Format
Criteria
To the degree relevant, each paper should:
- Distinctly frame a problem/issue related to NII technology deployment;
- Make a projection regarding that problem/issue over the next 5 to 7 years;
- Provide a comprehensive baseline and status report of key developments related to that problem or issue;
- Assess the interaction between technical and nontechnical (legal/regulatory, economic, social) factors;
- Identify contingencies and uncertainties related to investment and deployment of new technologies;
- Identify key applications, enabling technologies, and capabilities;
- Identify classes of users to be served, noting (a) which users may be served most easily or quickly, (b) which users are more difficult to serve (and why), and (c) market ramp-up expectations and determinants;
- When using terms such as "interactive," "open," ''scalable," provide a short definition or context for understanding how those terms are being used; and
- Identify possible public, private, or public/private sector responses.
Format
A. Statement of the Problem
Each paper should provide a 1 to 2 paragraph statement of the particular technology deployment issue.
B. Background (approximately 4 to 5 pages)
This section should provide a baseline understanding of the technology, service, industry, domain, or issue in question, and define terms. A picture of the current "state-of-play" should emerge from the section.
C. Analysis and Forecast (approximately 12 to 15 pages)
This third section is the heart of the paper and as such, should look at some of the broad factors (economic, legal/regulatory, social, technical) influencing deployment decisions. In particular, authors should (to the extent relevant) (a) identify contingencies and uncertainties affecting investment decisions, (b) discuss factors used by the industry/domain in making the business case for a new technology, and (c) make projections regarding the next 5 to 7 years. This section should also include a discussion of barriers to resolving any outstanding problems/issues.
D. Recommendations (approximately 3 to 4 pages)
In this final section, authors should state whether and how the problem(s) identified can best be addressed by the private sector, the public sector, or by a cooperative effort between the two.
E. Additional Resources (optional)
A listing of relevant documents, analyses, forecasts is welcome. Authors may attach these source materials as appendices.
D White Papers Received
Mark R. Abbott (Oregon State University), "The National Information Infrastructure and the Earth Sciences: Possibilities and Challenges"
Robert J. Aiken and John S. Cavallini (U.S. Department of Energy), "Government Services Information Infrastructure Management"
Allan J. Arlow (telecommunications consultant, Annapolis, Md.), "Cutting the Gordian Knot: Providing the American Public with Advanced Universal Access in a Fully Competitive Marketplace at the Lowest Possible Cost"
Wendell Bailey (National Cable Television Association) and James Chiddix (Time Warner Cable), "The Role of Cable Television in the NII"
Jonathan Band (Morrison and Foerster, Washington, D.C.), "Competing Definitions of 'Openness' on the GII"
Richard C. Barth (Motorola Incorporated), "Communications for People on the Move: A Look into the Future"
Robert T. Blau (BellSouth Corporation), "Building the NII: Will the Shareholders Come (And If They Don't, Will Anyone Really Care?)"
Gregory Bothun (University of Oregon), Jim Elias (U S West Communications), Randolph G. Foldvik (U S West Communications), and Oliver McBryan (University of Colorado), "The Electronic Universe: Network Delivery of Data, Science, and Discovery"
Jill Boyce, John Henderson, and Larry Pearlstein (Hitachi America Ltd.), "An SDTV Decoder with HDTV Capability: An All-Format ATV Decoder"
Lewis M. Branscomb and Jim Keller (Harvard University), "NII and Intelligent Transportation Systems"
Hans-Werner Braun and Kimberly Claffy (San Diego Supercomputer Center), "Post-NSFNET Statistics Collection"
Charles N. Brownstein (Cross-Industry Working Team), "NII Roadmap: Residential Broadband"
Vito Brugliera (Zenith Electronics), James A. Chiddix (Time Warner Cable), D. Joseph Donahue (Thomson Consumer Electronics), Joseph A. Flaherty (CBS Inc.), Richard R. Green (Cable Television Laboratories), James C. McKinney (ATSC), Richard E. Ottinger (PBS), and Rupert Stow (Rupert Stow Associates), "The NII in the Home: A Consumer Service"
Donald P. Brutzman, Michael R. Macedonia, and Michael J. Zyda (Naval Postgraduate School), "Internetwork Infrastructure Requirements for Virtual Environments"
John S. Cavallini and Mary Anne Scott (U.S. Department of Energy) and Robert J. Aiken (U.S. Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), "Electric Utilities and the NII—Issues and Opportunities"
David D. Clark (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), "Interoperation, Open Interfaces, and Protocol Architecture"
Tim Clifford (DynCorp), "Service Provider Interoperability and the National Information Infrastsructure"
Robert W. Crandall (Brookings Institution), "Funding the National Information Infrastructure: Advertising, Subscription, and Usage Charges"
D. Joseph Donahue (Thomson Consumer Electronics), "NII in the Home"
H. Allen Ecker and J. Graham Mobley (Scientific-Atlanta Inc.), "The Evolution of the Analog Set-Top Terminal to a Digital Interactive Home Communications Terminal"
Dennis W. Elliott and Norman Abramson (ALOHA Networks Inc.), "Spread Aloha Wireless Multiple Access: The Low-Cost Way for Ubiquitous, Tetherless Access to the Information Infrastructure"
Joel S. Engel (Ameritech), "Plans for Ubiquitous Broadband Access to the National Information Infrastructure in the Ameritech Region"
Maria Farnon (Tufts University), "How Do Traditional Legal, Commercial, Social, and Political Structures, When Confronted with a New Service, React and Interact?"
Charles H. Ferguson (Vermeer Technologies Inc.), "The Internet, the World Wide Web, and Open Information Services: How to Build the Global Information Infrastructure"
Francis Dummer Fisher (University of Texas at Austin), "Organizing the Issues"
Richard Friedman and Sean Thomas (University of Wisconsin), "The Argument for Universal Access to the Health Care Information Infrastructure: The Particular Needs of Rural Areas, the Poor, and the Underserved"
David A. Garbin (MITRE Corporation), "Toward a National Data Network: Architectural Issues and the Role of Government"
Oscar Garcia (submitted for the IEEE Computer Society), "Statement on National Information Infrastructure Issues"
Joseph Gitlin (Johns Hopkins University), "Proposal for an Evaluation of Health Care Applications on the NII"
Ross Glatzer (Prodigy Services, retired), "The Internet: A Model: Thoughts on the Five-Year Outlook"
Jiong Gong and Padmanabhan Srinagesh (Bell Communications Research), "The Economics of Layered Networks"
Marjorie Green (First Washington Associates), "As We May Work: An Approach Toward Collaboration on the NII"
Paul E. Green, Jr. (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), "Making Fiber Optic Bandwidth Available to End Users"
Richard R. Green (Cable Television Laboratories Inc.), "Cable Television Technology Deployment"
Michael D. Greenbaum (Bell Atlantic) and David Ticoll (Alliance for Emerging Technologies), "Privacy, Access and Equity, Democracy, and Networked Interactive Media"
W. Ed Hammond (Duke University Medical Center), "The Use of the Social Security Number as the Basis for the National Citizen Identifier"
Peter W. Huber (Manhattan Institute), Boban Mathew (Yale University), and John Thorne (Bell Atlantic), "Estimating the Costs of Telecommunications Regulation"
Kevin C. Kahn (Intel Corporation), "Residential PC Access: Issues with Bandwidth Availability"
Randy H. Katz (University of California at Berkeley), William L. Scherlis (Carnegie Mellon University), and Stephen L. Squires (Advanced Research Projects Agency), "The National Information Infrastructure: A High Performance Computing and Communications Perspective"
Leonard Kleinrock (University of California at Los Angeles), "Nomadic Computing and Communications"
Mary Madigan (Personal Communications Industry Association), "NII 2000: The Wireless Perspective"
Robert M. Mason, Chester Bowling, and Robert J. Niemi (Case Western Reserve University), "Small Manufacturing Enterprises and the National Information Infrastructure"
Lois Clark McCoy and Douglas Gillies (National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue) and John Harrald (NIUSR and George Washington University), "Architecture for an Emergency Lane on the NII: Crisis Information Management"
John C. McDonald (MBX Inc.), "Aspects of Integrity in the NII"
David G. Messerschmitt (University of California at Berkeley), "What the NII Could Be: A User Perspective"
Avram Miller and Ogden Perry (Intel Corporation), "Role of the PC in Emerging Information Infrastructures"
Mahal Mohan (AT&T Corporation), "NII Evolution—Technology Deployment Plans, Challenges, and Opportunities: AT&T Perspective"
Reagan W. Moore (San Diego Supercomputer Center), "Enabling Petabyte Computing"
Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone Companies (OPASTCO), "Private Investment and Federal National Information Infrastructure (NII) Policy"
Tom Perrine (San Diego Supercomputing Center), "Thoughts on Security and the NII"
Stewart D. Personick (Bell Communications Research), "Trends in Deployments of New Telecommunications Services by Local Exchange Carriers in Support of an Advanced National Information Infrastructure"
Robert S. Powers (MCI Telecommunications Inc.), Tim Clifford (DynCorp), and James M. Smith (Competitive Telecommunications Association), "The Future NII/GII—Views of Interexchange Carriers"
J.C. Redmond, C.D. Decker, and W.G. Griffin (GTE Laboratories Inc.), "Technology in the Local Network"
Robert F. Roche (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association), "Recognizing What the NII Is, What It Needs, and How to Get It"
Thomas C. Rochow, George E. Scarborough, and Frank David Utterback (McDonnell Douglas Corporation), "Electronic Integrated Product Development as Enabled by a Global Information Environment: A Requirement for Success in the Twenty-First Century"
Quincy Rodgers (General Instrument Corporation), "Interoperability, Standards, and Security: Will the NII Be Based on Market Principles?"
Russell I. Rothstein and Lee McKnight (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), "Technology and Cost Models of Connecting K-12 Schools to the National Information Infrastructure"
David Schell, Lance McKee, and Kurt Buehler (Open GIS Consortium), "Geodata Interoperability—A Key NII Requirement"
Daniel Schutzer (Citibank), "Electronic Commerce"
Gail Garfield Schwartz and Paul E. Cain (Teleport Communications Group), "Prospects and Prerequisites for Local Telecommunications Competition: Public Policy Issues for the NII"
John W. Thompson, Jr. (GNOSTECH Incorporated), "The Awakening 3.0: PCs, TSBs, or DTMF-TV: Which Telecomputer Architecture Is Right for the Next Generations' Public Network?"
Gio Wiederhold (Stanford University), "Effective Information Transfer for Health Care: Quality versus Quantity"
Ronald D. Zellner, Jon Denton, and Luana Zellner (Texas A&M University), "Integrating Technology with Practice: A Technology-enhanced Field-based Teacher Preparation Program"
Ziebarth, John P. (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), W. Neil Thompson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), J.D. Nyhart (Massachussetts Institute of Technology), Kenneth Kaplan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Bill Ribarsky (Georgia Institute of Technology), Gio Wiederhold (Stanford University), Michael R. Genesereth (Stanford University), Kenneth Gilpatric (consultant to National Performance Review NetResults.Regnet; formerly with Administrative Conference of the United States), Tim E. Roxey (National Performance Review RegNet.Industry, Baltimore Gas and Electric, and Council for Excellence in Government), William J. Olmstead (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Ben Slone (Finite Matters Ltd.), Jim Acklin (Regulatory Information Alliance), "REGNET: An NPR Regulatory Reform Initiative Towards NII/GII Collaboratories"
Stephen N. Zilles and Richard Cohn (Adobe Systems Incorporated), "Electronic Document Interchange and Distribution Based on the Portable Document Format, an Open Interchange Format"
E NII 2000 Liaisons
Andrew Blau, Benton Foundation
Michael Borrus, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
Fiona Branton, Computer Systems Policy Project
Charles N. Brownstein, Corporation for National Research Initiatives/Cross-Industry Working Team
Daniel F. Burton, Council on Competitiveness
Ty Carter, American Bankers Association
Ed Fouhy, Pew Center for Civic Journalism
Paul Hart, United States Telephone Association
Ted Heydinger, Information Technology Industry Council
Lincoln Hoewing, Bell Atlantic
Suzanna Hoppszallern, American Hospital Association
Laurie Itkin, National Conference of State Legislatures
Mary Gardiner Jones, Alliance for Public Technology
Jeffrey Joseph, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Robert Kahn, Corporation for National Research Initiatives
Linda Laskowski, U S West Communications
Doug Miller, Software Publishers Association
Jennifer Miller, International Communications Industry Association
William Morin, National Association of Manufacturers
Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information
David Peyton, Information Technology Association of America
Carol Risher, Association of American Publishers
Michael M. Roberts, EDUCOM
Deborah Rudolph, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Ellen Schned, Viacom International
Robert Smith, Jr., Interactive Services Association
Roger Smith, American Electronics Association
Casmir Skrzypczak, NYNEX Corporation
Suzanne P. Tichenor, Council on Competitiveness
Frederick Weingarten, The Computer Research Association
Eric Wolferman, Newspaper Association of America
Mark Zalewski, X.9 Financial Services
F Letter from Vice President Albert Gore March 6, 1995
Dear Dr. Branscomb:
On behalf of the Administration, I want to thank you for the work that you and your colleagues are doing in connection with the National Research Council's "NII 2000" Committee.
There is one issue that the Administration is particularly interested in that I hope the Committee can shed some light on. Although the Administration's NII policy is technology neutral, we would like to see an NII that allows individuals to be producers as well as consumers of information, that enables "many to many" communication, and that provides a "general purpose" infrastructure capable of supporting a wide range of services.
The NRC's previous report on the NII, Realizing the Information Future , concluded that some U.S. companies may invest in an infrastructure that is capable of providing one-way video delivery but not a broader range of services. For this reason, it would be very helpful to have an objective assessment of the capabilities of different residential broadband architectures (e.g., hybrid fiber-coax, fiber-to-the-curb, wireless alternatives) being deployed by the private sector. The NRC could select a representative sample of applications and services (videoconferencing, high-speed access to the Internet or other on-line services, telecommuting, distance learning, grassroots electronic publishing) and determine whether the
broadband architectures under consideration will be capable of supporting these applications.
Clearly, market considerations will drive the technology and architectural decisions of U.S. telecommunications providers. Futhermore, a network that may originally support a limited range of services can be incrementally upgraded in response to consumer demand. The Administration has absolutely no interest in mandating a particular technology. This would be completely contrary to the Administration's NII philosophy.
However, we are interested in working cooperatively with industry and academia to promote a shared vision of a versatile, general purpose infrastructure with a "Jeffersonian" architecture. We would welcome any concrete suggestions the Committee may have for advancing these goals.
Thank you again for your work on this important NRC Committee.
Sincerely,
(signed)
Al Gore
G Acronyms and Abbreviations Used
ACS
access control and security
ADSL
asymmetric digital subscriber line
ARDIS
Advanced Radio Data Information Service
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ATIS
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
ATV
Advanced Television
BDSL
broadband digital subscriber line
BTA
basic trading area
CAT
Committee on Applications and Technology
CDMA
code-division multiple access
CDPD
cellular digital packet data
CIC
Committee on Information and Communications
CNRI
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
COC
Council on Competitiveness
COMPLEC
competitive local exchange carrier
CPU
central processing unit
CSPP
Computer Systems Policy Project
CSTB
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
CTIA
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
DBS
direct broadcast satellite
DET
digital entertainment terminal
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DOS
Disk Operating System
EDI
electronic data interchange
EIA
Electronic Industries Association
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FTTC
fiber to the curb
Gbps
gigabits per second
GII
global information infrastructure
GILS
Government Information Locator Service
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
GSSI
government services information infrastructure
GUI
graphical user interface
HCT
home communications terminal
HDSL
high-bit-rate digital subscriber line
HDTV
high-definition television
HFC
hybrid fiber coaxial cable
HPCCI
High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative
HTML
Hypertext Mark-up Language
IC
integrated circuit
IEEE
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IISP
Information Infrastructure Standards Panel
IITF
Information Infrastructure Task Force
IMA
Interactive Multimedia Association
IP
Internet Protocol
IS
information systems
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP
Internet service provider
ITS
Intelligent Transportation System
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
IXC
interexchange carrier
kbps
kilobits per second
LAN
local area network
LATA
local access and transport area
LEC
local exchange carrier
LEO
low earth orbit
LMDS
local multipoint distribution service
MAN
metropolitan area network
Mbps
megabits per second
MIS
management information systems
MMDS
multichannel multipoint distribution service
MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group
MSO
Multiple System Operator
MTA
major trading area
NAP
network access point
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATA
North American Telecommunications Association
NCTA
National Cable Television Association
NII
national information infrastructure
NIM
network interface module
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NSF
National Science Foundation
NTIA
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTSC
National Television System Committee
ODN
Open Data Network
OTA
Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress; closed 1995)
PAL
phase alternation by line
PC
personal computer
PCIA
Personal Communications Industry Association
PCS
personal communication service
PDA
personal digital assistant
POP
point of presence
POTS
''plain old" telephone service
QAM
quadrature amplitude modulation
QOS
quality of service
R&D
research and development
RBHC
regional Bell holding company
RBOC
regional Bell operating company
RTIF
Realizing the Information Future (CSTB, 1994b)
SDTV
standard definition television
SECAM
sequential couleur avec memoire
SMDS
switched multimegabit data service
SME
small manufacturing enterprise
SONET
Synchronous Optical NETwork
SQL
Structured Query Language
STB
set-top box
STT
set-top terminal
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TDMA
time-division multiple access
TPWG
Technology Policy Working Group
TV
television
URL
universal resource locator
VAN
value-added network
VBI
vertical blanking interval
VPN
virtual private network
VSAT
very small aperture terminal
VSB
vestigial side band
WAN
wide area network
WINF
WINForum; Wireless Information Networks Forum
WWW, Web
World Wide Web