TAFI project: key messages
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TOWARDS ATOWARDS ATOWARDS ATOWARDS A
Ian BrownOxford Internet Institute
Ian BrownOxford Internet Institute
Final Public Workshop, Brussels, 22 November 2010Final Public Workshop, Brussels, 22 November 2010
Rapid growth & globalisation play a more significant role. Developing countries have greater influence over evolution of Internet (plus key market)
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Expected 7 Bn users 2017 (103% world pop)
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1.5Bn users, 2004
5Bn users, July 2010(74% world pop.)
4Bn users, Jan 2009 (60 % world pop.)
800K users, 2000
Expected 6 Bn users June 2012 (89% world pop.)
Digital participation key to social and economic life, and government interaction - but what about those who decide to opt out?
Security and privacy are key for user trust - but are they tractable?
Need for coherent regulatory and policy approach – Digital Agenda is a good start
Future Internet research must be multidisciplinary – importance of social, economic & psychological factors and Internet Science
Neurology and brain science
Mind as a computational machine using cognitive science
Systems analysis of the neural architecture, its main centres (eg speech) and their inter- operation
Microbiology of cell interactions at neurotransmitter/ receptor level as computing element systems
Grid computing - billion element scale neuronal network simulations and visualisation for main centres and whole cortex
Biochemistryof molecular level neural activity and connections
Activity detection and monitoring at synapse level-Electromagnetic imaging-Other (imaging)??
Psychiatric analysis of disorders and their treatment