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What and Who
Technology for Developing Regions
Eric Brewer
UC Berkeley
SWS Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. Brewer focuses on all aspects of Internet-based systems, including technology, strategy, and government. As a researcher, he has led projects on scalable servers, search engines, network infrastructure, sensor networks, and security. His current focus in (high) technology for developing regions, with projects in India, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda among others, and including health care, education, and connectivity.
In 1996, he co-founded Inktomi Corporation with a Berkeley grad student based on their research prototype, and helped lead it onto the Nasdaq 100 before it was bought by Yahoo! in March 2003. In 2000, he founded the Federal Search Foundation, a 501-3(c) organization, which created the official US government portal with President Clinton, www.FirstGov.gov (now www.usa.gov).
He was named a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum, by the Industry Standard as the "most influential person on the architecture of the Internet", and by Forbes as one of their 12 "e-mavericks", for which he appeared on the cover.
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Expert Audience
English
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Date, Time and Location
Friday, 28 September 2007
11:00
60 Minutes
G26
bldg. 42, HS 110
Kaiserslautern
Abstract
Moore's Law and the wave of technologies it enabled have led to tremendous improvements in productivity and the quality of life in industrialized nations. Yet, technology has had almost no effect on the other five billion people on our planet. In this talk I argue that decreasing costs of computing and wireless networking make this the right time to spread the benefits of technology, and that the biggest missing piece is a lack of focus on the problems that matter. After covering some example applications that have shown very high impact, I present some our own results, including the use of novel low-cost telemedicine to improve the vision of real people, with over 20,000 patients examined so far. I conclude with some discussion on the role of EECS researchers in this new area.
Contact
Brigitta Hansen
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Brigitta Hansen, 09/20/2007 14:42
Brigitta Hansen, 09/14/2007 13:55 -- Created document.
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