Dr. Adolfo Rodriguez
Senior Software Engineer and Lead Architect

IBM WebSphere
Durham, N. C.

Friday, November 16, 2007
4:00 p.m., Manchester Hall, Room 241

Challenges in Service Oriented Networking Application-aware networks are rapidly becoming a core component in the development and deployment of emerging network services. However, previous attempts at enabling application-awareness in the network have failed due to issues with security, scalability, resource allocation, performance, robustness, and cost of deployment. The emergence of the Extensible Markup Language (XML), an open standard that enables data interoperability, along with advances in hardware, software, and networking technologies, serves as the catalyst for the development of service-oriented networking (SON). SON enables network components to become application-aware so that they are able to understand data encoded in XML and act upon that data intelligently to make routing decisions, enforce QoS or security policies, or transform the data into an alternate representation. This talk describes the motivation behind service-oriented networking, the potential benefits of introducing application-aware network devices into service-oriented architectures, and the research challenges in the development and deployment of SON-enabled network appliances.

About the speaker:  Adolfo Rodriguez is a Senior Software Engineer and Lead Architect for IBM WebSphere where he is a member of  the WebSphere Technology Institute.  He is also an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Duke University where he teaches networking courses. At IBM, he works on novel technologies that drive emerging applications, architectures, and distributed systems. Dr. Rodriguez's recent contributions include projects in the areas of XML processing, middleware appliances, and application-oriented networking. His interests primarily consist of large-scale networking and distributed systems, application middleware, network overlays, and J2EE architecture. He has written 12 books and numerous research articles. Dr. Rodriguez holds four degrees from Duke University: a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, a Master of Science in Computer Science, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (Systems).

Refreshments at 3:30  p.m. in Manchester Hall, Room 241

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