Title: History & Development of the Internet
Speaker: Nigel Linge
Date: Tue 18th November 2014
Time: 17:30 Room open in advance (from 17:00) meet up with society members.
Location:

The Conference Centre. Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Road, Manchester. M3 4FP

 

>

About the seminar

The Internet is now 45 years old and the web has been with us for a quarter of a century. Both have truly transformed the way we live our lives but what have been the key advancements that have allowed this to happen? This lecture will trace the history of the Internet and web, looking at the people and technology that have made it possible.

About the speaker

Nigel Linge is Professor of Telecommunications at the University of Salford with over 25 years experience as a member of academic staff. He is an electronic engineer by profession who specialises in computer networks and their applications and has research interests that cover location and context based services, communication protocols, the delivery of multimedia applications, network design and the use of networks for sensing. He also takes a keen interest in telecommunications heritage. Nigel is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of both the Institution and Engineering and Technology and British Computer Society and a member of the Institute of Telecommunication Professionals..