
Professorial Lectures
It’s All About Optimization
Aysegul Yayimli, Ph.D. (Department of Computing & Information Sciences)
The Internet. We all use it, but very few of us ask what it takes to keep it all together, what makes it so robust, and what is the science behind it. At the front end, we are connected to this fuzzy cloud with our smartphones, smart TVs, computers, tablets, cars. Behind the scenes, an army of engineers and scientists work to connect people and machines whenever, wherever, however they want, and to make it faster! Preferably, in the blink of an eye. We have the technology to move information at the speed of light, immense capacity to store it, and immense bandwidth to move data around. So why is this page still not loading? This talk will shine a light on some of the complexities in the system. What are they, how do we solve them – or, can we solve them?