The Early Internet and Beyond

The Jon Postel Distinguished Lecturer Series

The Early Internet and Beyond

Leonard Kleinrock, Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 4:15 – 6 pm

Abstract

Fifty five years ago tonight, a team of UCLA students led by Prof. Leonard Kleinrock successfully sent the first message over the ARPANET from 3420 Boelter Hall to the Stanford Research Institute.
This presentation traces both the early history of the science and infrastructure that emerged as the ARPANET, as well as the trajectory of development it set for the even broader construct that we now call the internet. The factors that motivated the appearance of these data networks along with the early technology that provided their underpinning will be described.

Prof. Kleinrock will share insights on i) early research in packet switching and dynamic resource allocation, ii) the institutional environment created with ARPA in the post-war U.S. and iii) the internet trajectory from an engineering research experiment to the commercial internet of today.

Lecture will be preceded by a reception.
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Date/Time:
Date(s) - Oct 29, 2024
4:15 pm PDT - 6:00 pm PDT

Location:
Mong Auditorium – Engineering VI
404 Westwood Blvd Los angeles California 90095