On December 29th, 2015 IIT Hyderabad will organize a special lecture by Dr. Kilnam Chon, the “INTERNET HALL of FAME” pioneer of Asian Internet, with the following detail.
| Date | December 29th, 2015 |
| Venue | Lecture Hall 2 (LH-2), Academic Block A, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad |
| Map of the Venue | |
| Time | 11:00 AM to 12:40 PM |
| Special Lecture Title | “Internet: Past, Present and Future – Focusing on The Other Billion -” |
| Honorable Speaker | Dr. Kilnam Chon (Professor Emeritus, KAIST / Professor, Keio University) |
Official Biography of Prof. Kilnam Chon at Internet Hall of Fame, Internet Society
Professor Emeritus
, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
Professor, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520, Japan
Education
PhD in Computer Science, UCLA, 1974
M.S. in Computer Science, UCLA, 1967
B.S. in Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1965
Employment
Professor, Keio University, 2008-Present
Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, 2008
Professor, Computer Science Division, KAIST, 1982-Present
(Department Chair from 1985-1987)
(Computer Center Director 1988-1990)
Principal Investigator, ETRI (formerly KIET), 1979-1982
Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech,
1976-1980
Postgraduate Research Associate, UCLA, 1971-1974
System Engineer, Rockwell International (formerly Collins Radio), 1969-1971
Research Interest
Internet
, System Engineering
Award
Jon Postel Internet Award, Internet Society, 2011
World Technology Award – Communication Technology, 2003
Presidential Award – Information Technology, 1998(Korea)
Scientist of the Year, 1997 (Korea)
Presidential Award – Mountain Climbing, 1980 (Korea)
Membership
Fellow of Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2000
Fellow of World Technology Forum, 2003
Honorary Member of World Innovation Foundation, 2005
External Activities
Web Index Science Council, Web Foundation, 2011~
Founding Coordination Committee Chair, Africa Asia Forum on Network
Research and Engineering, 2008~
Founding Steering Group Chair, Asia Future Internet Forum, 2008-2011
Board Member, Asia Future Internet Forum, 2011~
Advisory Board Member, Communications of ACM, 1996-2009
Board Member, Information Retrieval Facility, 2006-Present
Presidential Advisory Board, Asia Institute of Technology, 2003-2006
Governor, International Council of Computer Communication, 1995-2005
Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Advanced Network, 1997-2004
Editorial Board Member, British Computer Society, 1994-2002
Co-Chair, Coordinating Committee on Intercontinental Research Networking, 1993-2001
Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Consortium, 1999-2001
Founding Chair, AP* Retreat, 1996
Program Chair, INET, 1995
Founding Chair, KRNET, 1993-1999 (Korea)
Founding Chair, HCI Conference, 1993-1994 (Korea)
Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Networking Group, 1991-1995
Founding Chair, Joint Workshop on Computer Communications, 1986
Program Chair, Pacific Computer Communications Symposium, 1985
Other Activities
1996: Comittee Chair for National Broadband Plan Development, Korea.
1980s-2000s: Consulted various multinational organizations including the United Nations.
1980s~2000s: Consulted various multinational corporations including
Samsung, Korea Telecomm, and LG.
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