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Ivan Krstić
Director of Security Architecture
One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
TITLE: 100 USD laptop - MIT or reality?!
BIOGRAPHY
Ivan Krstić is a software architect and researcher currently on leave from Harvard University. He is deeply involved in open-source and free software, notably as an administrator of the Ubuntu Server Team and co-author of the best-selling Official Ubuntu Book, and specializes in architecture and security of large distributed systems. He has consulted on both matters for some of the largest websites on the Internet.
Born in Croatia, he received a scholarship to attend a Michigan high school when he was 13. He enrolled at Harvard in 2004 but then took a year's leave to return to Croatia and reengineer the Zagreb hospital's IT system--after a month-long detour to Silicon Valley to help scale up Facebook's software architecture.
Krstić returned to Harvard in 2005 to work on a degree in computer science and theoretical math, but he took another leave last spring to become director of security architecture for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, which is building inexpensive laptops for Third World children. His mandate was to create a secure system that children could use, and that wouldn't need the tech support and continual updates that current antivirus programs require.
So he set about making such software obsolete, building into OLPC's Linux-based operating system a security platform called Bitfrost. Instead of blocking specific viruses, the system sequesters every program on the computer in a separate virtual operating system, preventing any program from damaging the computer, stealing files, or spying on the user. Viruses are left isolated and impotent, unable to execute their code.
It is for Bitfrost that this young innovator has been honored the TR 35 award in 2007.
TR35 is a prestigious award to the remarkable young innovators under the age of 35 that is being awarded annually by Technology Review magazine.
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Heather Boyles
International Relations, Internet 2
TITLE: Internet2
Internet2: a sequel to the Internet or a completely new initiative?
Actually, Internet2 is now over ten years old. Started in 1996 by 34 US universities, Internet2 is:
- a long-term initiative to advance the state of Internet technology and applications– especially for research, teaching and learning;
- the organization that was formed by those initial 34 universities and now includes more than 200 US universities, 60 corporations, 30 state and regional networks and over 50 international partners; and
- the name of the network facility that spans the US and is used by its members and others – providing everything from persistent, reliable, high-performance IP networking for disciplines ranging from astronomy to the performing arts to experimental networks allowing network researchers to deploy entirely new networking protocols.
But what, in those ten years, have researchers, faculty and students been using the network to do? This presentation will focus on how everyone from primary school children to orthopedic surgeons to high-energy physicists to business school classes have been using Internet2 to improve their learning experiences, find new collaborators and fundamentally change the way their work is done.
BIOGRAPHY
Heather Boyles is a Director in the Member and Partner Relations department of Internet2. She has senior management responsibilities for Internet2's relationships with infrastructure-related constituencies, including non-US networking initiatives, US federal research networks and US-based advanced regional networks. As part of these responsibilities, Heather serves as Director, International Relations, overseeing the building of the Internet2 International Relations program from its first partnership in 1997 with Canada's CANARIE organization to over 45 partnerships today with high-performance research and education networking organizations from around the world. She has been involved with numerous global networking initiatives and organizations, including the Coordinating Committee on Intercontinental Research Networking (CCIRN), the Internet Society (ISOC), the G7 Global Interoperability of Broadband Networks (GIBN) initiative and others.
Heather has been with Internet2 since its inception serving in various capacities, including Director of Government Relations and Chief of Staff. She came to Internet2 initially on loan from her previous position as Director of Policy and Special Projects at the Federation of American Research Networks (FARNET). At FARNET, she created and wrote FARNET's Washington Update - a weekly review of policy issues of interest to the network research and education community. She also served at FARNET as co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant.
Heather holds a Master's Degree in International Affairs: International Economic Policy from the American University in Washington, DC and a Bachelor's Degree in International Studies and German from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Greg Butler
Education Industry Director – Microsoft Educations Solutions Group
TITLE: N/A
BIOGRAPHY:
Greg Butler is currently responsible for education industry development for Microsoft International through supporting strategic partnerships and programs that align Microsoft’s Citizenship activities and Sales efforts. Through this role Greg works with key global organizations such as UNESCO, World Bank, European Union, World Economic Forum (WEF) and NEPAD.
After spending 15 years as a teacher, principal, technology consultant and university lecturer, Greg founded two successful companies and a not-for-profit organization. He joined Microsoft in 2001 to lead all academic programs for Microsoft in the US, moving on to the role of Worldwide Director for K12 Strategy, Solutions and Programs. Greg’s most significant accomplishment during this period was playing a leadership role in the design and implementation of Microsoft’s Partners in Learning initiative. This initiative is a major focus of Microsoft’s Citizenship efforts, with an investment of US$250M and 101 dedicated people for worldwide implementation.
After this role Greg was appointed NSW Public Sector Director for Microsoft Australia. In this role he lead Microsoft’s Education, Government and Healthcare teams in NSW, working with government to improve student outcomes and government services through the use of technology.