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2019-07-04

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Frank kuo, the first designer of the NSFnet initial program in the United States, and the key figure of the first full-function node of China Internet in 1994.

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【方谈美国】获赠泰德·纳尔逊的奇书——《计算机解放》

深入了解IT历史的人，都知道《计算机解放》是一本神一样存在的奇书。2017年7月19日，我们在旧金山互联网档案总部的会议室做完泰德的口述历史。

IGF Workshop Calls for Power Balance in the Internet Governance Dialogue

PARIS, France – A panel of nine leading internet scholars and experts from the East and West jointly called for power balance of related parties in policy-making concerning internet governance and avoiding politicizing related concepts and terms. They made the statement at a well-attended workshop at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on November 13, 2018.

【OHI】Larry Roberts interview selection

I’ve never been lonely. And I lived and worked at my house and in the evenings, as well as during the day at the Pentagon; I got everything built. I was also managing all of the R&D for computer science. So my program started out at 15 million dollars a year that I was responsible for all the computers science and research. And over time, by careful managing of how the budget process worked in our apartment, I grew it up to 50 million in the years. I stayed about 6 years because that's all I figured I should stay anywhere.

【OHI】Fadi Chehadé interview selection

Entered IT by chance And teacher called me after the class, he said it was class of logic, and he think I am particularly good at subject. I say, thank you. Do you know what computers are? I said I don't know, I didn't know. I just came from Lebanon, I never seen one, So he says you should study computer science, What is this? He said Just go, you don't speak English, So the computer science is good. You can sit behind desk and program, I didn't know what he's talking about. From there I took interest in the subject.

【OHI】Louis Pouzin interview selection

Brought message systems to American colleagues.BZ: I believe like, you know, what you also bring some interesting [sic] to them. Previously, you know, we do not know how French people are thinking and finally, we have a colleague here. So, what, what things you think you bring to Americans, your American colleagues? LP: I think practical, what I brought at that time there was no message...

【OHI】Bertrand de La Chapelle interview selection

I think it is part of the understanding of where you work best and where you contribute the most. You know in business and in policy, there are different roles that people play. There are people who are remarkable managers of a very large company and people who are more of entrepreneurial type and starting things when things are early and I’m clearly more of the second category, I think the world needs both.

【OHI】Vint Cerf interview selection

Well, certainly, getting the TCP designed and, and then developed was a big deal, and, of course, it's turned into this gigantic global internet, Running the internet program for ARPA was a big change for me, one that was a huge opportunity because it gave me much more scope. I ran the packet radio and the packet satellite program, and the package security programs, in addition to the internet program, while I was ARPA for those six years. It’s hard to beat that six years’ experience, especially, because you're writing, the one writing the checks, right, so you could say to people, yes, you can do this and I’ll pay for it. So that was an important part of my career.

【OHI】Robert Kahn interview selection

What is the language computers used to talk to each other? And they came up with an approach called NCP, which worked really fine for the ARPANET, but had certain deficiencies. So, it didn't really extend to an internet environment, which is where the TCP/IP development comes from. Uh, and, so, this group came up with the protocols. And then all these other institutions designated people, mainly DARPA-funded, to actually figure out how to get their computers connected.

【OHI】Jeff Moss interview selection

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, Jeff “started getting exposed to computers” at a very early age. In the 1980s, IBM offered a discounted price for professors and teacher on the newly released IBM PC II. His father “knew he’d be interested.”, thus bought it for 10- year-old Jeff Moss. Advantages like access to Lawrence Livermore’s lab and Exploratori...

【OHI】Leonard Kleinrock interview selection

We were using a telephone network to create a new network which will displace the telephone network. The iron is beautiful. Okay, so we get ready, so we typed the L. Tony said, “You get the L?” Here said, “Yeah, I get the L.” Type O, “You get the O?” “Yep, I get the O.” Type G, “You get G?” Crash. The network is done, so the first observation is what was the first message on the internet. “Hello” as in “lo and behold”. Now we didn't plan that. You know other great communications activities found as the pioneers have really good messages. Alexander Graham Bell and telephone, “I need you”. Samuel Morse, with telegram “What hath God wrought?” Armstrong, “a giant leap for mankind.” They were smart. They understood public relations, they understand PR and the media. We want that's fine, but we came up with the shortest, most powerful, most prophetic message we could. “Hello” as in “lo and behold” by accident and that happened at October 29, 1969 at 10:30 at night.

【互联网口述历史】访法国互联网之父路易斯•普赞

访谈手记意外之意外之喜常会有，今天采访到法国互联网之父普赞就是这次最大的惊喜。上半年和普赞在日内瓦相见，约好了下半年有充裕的时间好好讲述他的互联网历程。这次来欧洲，我们发邮件约时间，始终没有回应，以为这次可能要失之交臂。结果，就在上午的网络金砖国家论坛上，在我发言之前普赞的夫人过来和我们说话，我们才发现普赞也来了。欣喜难以言表。我们就约好下午4点，在联合国日内瓦总部E楼3006房间，开始了普赞的互联网...

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—— Our Team ——

Dr. Fang Xingdong

Founder and President, ChinaLabsin Beijing, China, Dean of Cheung KongSchool of Journalism and Communication, and Dean, International Institute for Internet, Shantou University in Guangdong, China;
Dr. Bu Zhong

Senior Partner of CyberLabs; Associate Editor, Computers in Human Behavior; President of Chinese Communication Association, U.S.A.; and Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Manuel Castells

Principal Consultant of OHI Project. Professor of Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California. Professor of Sociology and Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley.

—— About ——

CyberLabs, China`s first think tank specifically focusing on cyber affairs. CyberLabs has focused offering independent research insights, analysis and advice in the areas of cyber affairs since it was founded as Asia’s first think tank studying the impact of Internet on global communities. It aims to be a leading objective source for Internet devotees who share an avid interest in cyber affairs. CyberLabs regularly publishes research reports and analyses in cyber affairs that are widely cited and used by news media, policymakers and executives in digital economy. We live in the Internet ChinaLabs (renamed as CyberLabs now) has been the earliest and most influential internet-related think tank since it was founded in 1999 when the internet first came to China We Experience CyberLabs experienced China’s first wave of internet development in the 1990s, led the second wave of internet development by introducing blog to China and other Web 2.0 skills. Now we are in the third wave, bringing out an expanded and networked cyberspace. We Converge CyberLabs, upholding the “Open, Sharing and Innovating” principles, has converged China’s leading scholars and think tanks, and team them up with government agencies, academia, tech industries and civil institutes in coping with internet-related challenges. We Study CyberLabs is devoted to studying internet governance, cyber policies and internet development. It has completed over 200 research reports concerning internet governance and policies. We Explore CyberLabs explores new solutions to over 300 clients it consults by offering them recommendation and solutions to cyber issues they encounter in cyberspace. We Bridge Differences CyberLabs bridges the differences between countries, regions, industries, and organizations by building up a platform for better interaction between governments, academia, industries and civil groups.

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