« Distinguished Lecture Series on Internet and Grid Computing      The Challenges of Delivering Content and Applications on the Internet Thursday, October 10, 2002 4:00pm-5:30pm ACES 2.402 (seminar room) Robert Blumofe     rdb@akamai.com Chief Architect, Akamai Technologies                Abstract   The Internet's structure and routing algorithms create significant challenges in distributing content and applications to a world-wide audience. In this talk, I will explain some of these problems and show how Akamai's content-delivery network solves them. If you've ever noticed all those "akamai.net" URLs that fly by your browser and questioned what they do or how they resolve to nearby servers regardless of where you are, then this talk will answer those questions.   Biography   Robert Blumofe is Chief Architect at Akamai Technologies. He has been with Akamai since August 1999, from its euphoric rise to today's challenging realism. Before Akamai, Robert was an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. During his 4 years at UT, he did research on algorithms and software for parallel and distributed systems, made some great friends, learned a secret handshake, and generally had a great time. Robert earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT in 1995 and his Sc.B. in Computer Science from Brown University in 1989. 10/14 Vahdat »