Collision of the Internet Architecture and the Smart Grid

Abstract

Fred Baker, among other activities, is specifying the Internet Architecture for use in the Smart Grid (remote monitoring and control of mains electricity distribution and consumption). In this talk he will discuss the utility of the Internet Architecture, what may have to be changed to apply it to the Smart Grid, and what the Smart Grid can do to become truly "smart".

Biography

Fred Baker was IETF chair from 1996 to 2001. He has been active in the networking and communications industry since the late seventies, working successively for CDC, Vitalink, ACC. He is currently a Fellow at Cisco Systems.

He has chaired a number of IETF working groups, and has co-authored or edited around 40 RFCs and contributed to others. In addition, he has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society 2002-2008, having served as its chair from 2002 through 2006. He is also a former member of the Technical Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission.

Fred currently co-chairs the IPv6 Operations Working Group in the IETF, and is a member of the Internet Engineering Task Force Administrative Oversight Committee.

RSVP

Tea and coffee will be provided after the seminar. Please contact Ms Li Sim Loh (LLoh@groupwise.swin.edu.au) by December 4th if you are planning on joining us.