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Stream processing applications such as algorithmic trading, MPEG processing, and web content analysis are ubiquitous and essential to business and entertainment.

Ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) devices are increasingly used for performing high-speed packet classification, one of the most challenging tasks in router design today.

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the keystone among Internet routing protocols as it maintains connectivity in the entire global Internet. BGP has evolved into a rather mysterious beast.

Communication technology has advanced significantly over the last decade enabling people to communicate anytime from anywhere using a multiplicity of devices. However, the power of this advancement in communication technology has hardly been leveraged in traditional services industry.

Operators of data centers want a scalable network fabric that supports high bisection bandwidth and host mobility, but which costs very little to purchase and administer.

Today, mobile phones are increasingly used for content-centric communication, whereby users access and share content with each other (e.g., pictures on Facebook).

Reception immediately following 3rd Floor Atrium

The MIT Center for Future Civic Media is a multidisciplinary research group that develops sociotechnical systems to strengthen geographic communities.

Hellenic Studies has invited Professor Christos Papademetriou, Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley, to give a lecture entitled "Logicomix" with a reception to follow in the gallery. Hosts: Dimitri Gondicas and Ken Steiglitz

The European Union's recent legislation on data retention is highly controversial and perceived as threat to an array of individual freedoms. Its technical provisions cover all kinds of communications providers, including proxy servers.

Common wisdom is that the way to scale networks to large size is hierarchy: routing is performed on higher level aggregates across domains, separately from routing within domains.