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Published April 5, 2004; Category: EVENTS
Michael K. Powell, the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will be on campus April 13 and 14. He will participate in a public "fireside chat," where he'll discuss the Internet, wireless networks and voice-over IP (VoIP) and take questions from the audience.
 Michael K. Powell
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The public talk will be held on Tuesday, April 13, at 5 p.m. in Cooke Auditorium at the Tuck School of Business.
During his visit, Powell will learn about Dartmouth's many projects in mobile computing, including the expected upgrade of the wireless network over the next several months, the analysis of the College's wireless network usage patterns, and research initiatives in network and wireless security.
"We want the FCC to think of Dartmouth as a resource," says David Kotz, Professor of Computer Science, the Director of Research and Development at Dartmouth's Institute for Security Technology Studies (ISTS), and the Coordinator of the Dartmouth Center for Mobile Computing. "We hope the FCC will tap our expertise when considering Internet and wireless policy or when they need technical advisors with real world experience outside of government and industry."
Powell's interest in Dartmouth's mobile computing initiatives was sparked after Robert Pepper, the FCC's Chief of Policy Development, attended last fall's Unleashed conference. At Unleashed, information technology professionals from higher education and business joined industry experts to discuss the growth of wireless technology and how it's used on campuses nationwide. According to Kotz, who was one of the organizers of Unleashed, Pepper wanted Powell to visit Dartmouth to see first hand what the future could look like in the realm of wireless networking, VoIP, wireless classroom applications, and other new deployments.
According to its Web site, the FCC "is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions."
For more information about Powell's public talk, call or email Nicole Hall Hewett at 646-0714.
By SUSAN KNAPP
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