The 707th Mita Public Speaking Event: "An Outline of a Theory of Internet Civilization" by Jun Murai (Dean, Graduate School of Media and Governance / Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)
Event Date
Event Venue
2018/11/07
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Date | Thursday, December 13, 2018, 14:45–16:15 (Doors open at 14:00) |
Venue | Mita Enzetsukan (Public Speaking Hall), Mita Campus |
Eligibility | Open to everyone |
Advance Registration | Not required |
Notes |
Free admission
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Lecture Outline
If we define civilization as a state in which human knowledge has advanced and life has become richer, both spiritually and materially, through developments in technology and machinery and the accompanying establishment of social systems, then we have already embarked on an "Internet Civilization." We will examine this new civilization from various perspectives, including science, tools, culture, society, geography, and the conflicts and clashes within civilization.
About the Speaker
He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Graduate School of Keio University in 1987.
In 1984, he established JUNET, Japan's first inter-university network. In 1988, he founded the WIDE Project, an Internet research consortium, and has been instrumental in the development and dissemination of the Internet. He led the internationalization of the early Internet to support multiple languages, including Japanese. He has served on numerous government committees, including as a member of the Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society (IT Strategic Headquarters), a member of the Cybersecurity Strategic Headquarters at the Cabinet Cyber Security Center, and Chairman of the IoT Acceleration Consortium, and is also active in international academic societies. In 2013, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in the Pioneer category. He is known as the "Father of the Internet in Japan."
Author of "Internet," "Internet II," and "Internet New Generation" (Iwanami Shoten, Publishers); author of Volume 1 of the "Kadokawa Internet Koza" series, "The Basics of the Internet: The Infrastructure Supporting the Information Revolution" (Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan); supervising editor for all 15 volumes of the "Kadokawa Internet Koza" series (Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan), and many others.
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