Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) Vinton Cerf of Google on the future of the internet
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Nov 11, 2008 Vinton Cerf, internet pioneer and Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, reflects on his Stanford roots and role in building TCP/IP. He explores mobile, sensor-filled homes, cloud vs. local computing, and ambitious projects like extending the Internet to other planets. He also touches on privacy, neural interfaces, and how search and collaboration are changing information access.
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Stanford Years And Early Career Moves
- Vinton Cerf recalls studying math at Stanford, joining Stanford faculty, and juggling appointments between departments.
- He describes enrolling in historic court dance to meet women and later switching from computer science to electrical engineering appointments.
What Makes The Internet Different
- The ARPANET was a packet-switching experiment; the Internet links heterogeneous packet networks.
- TCP/IP adds edge procedures to make best-effort packet delivery behave like reliable communications.
Deploy Sensors And Use Mobile Context
- Expect massive mobile growth and richer capabilities in phones with local sensing and context awareness.
- Use networked sensors to monitor environments and trigger alerts, as Cerf does for his wine cellar.
