Speaker
Jaejin Lee
Professor, Seoul National University, Korea
- Director, April 2009 − present
Center for Manycore Programming
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Professor, September 2002 − present
School of Computer Science and Engineering
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Assistant Professor, January 2000 − August 2002
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Visiting Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Associate, August 1999 − December 1999
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, August 1995 − October 1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- M.S. in Computer Science, September 1993 − June 1995
Stanford University, CA, USA
- B.S. in Physics, March 1986 − February 1991
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Title: Emerging Infrastructures for African NRENs
Abstract:
The growth of African NRENs has been slowed by access to affordable highspeed broadband connectivity. There has however been dramatic change in recent years and the presentation is an overview of the ICT infrastructure and connectivity options now available. It describes some exciting initiatives aimed at closing the gap that has stymied productivity and kept Africa outside the mainstream of knowledge and information production.
