[Colloq] Tushar Saxena - Thursday, April 13

[Rachel Kalweit]

College of Computer and Information Science Colloquium

Presents:
Tushar Saxena
Verizon Communications

Who will speak on:
The FiOS Digital Home

Thursday, April 13, 2006
3:30pm
366 West Village H
Northeastern University

Abstract:
As all entertainment and communication services will get delivered over 
a converged ultra-broadband pipe, the home-network becomes the critical 
link in realizing the promise of the new IP enabled experience. The 
proliferation of connected devices such as HDTV-sets, Media Centers, 
phones, PCs, game consoles, Home Gateways and Set-top Boxes in 
combination with the introduction of new services like whole-home DVR, 
networked security, etc, creates a complex network with major 
implications for QoS, manageability, and security.

This new frontier of broadband networking is spawning new ideas and this 
talk will explore the challenges and opportunities in this emerging 
space, especially from a service-provider's perspective.

Biography:
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Tushar Saxena is the Director of Customer Premises Architecture at 
Verizon Communications, where he is responsible for the next generation 
digital home strategy for all broadband services including FiOS and DSL. 
Tushar started his career at GE Global Research in 1996 before joining 
Verizon in 1998, where he has held various positions at the former GTE 
Labs, BBN Technologies and the Verizon Technology Organization. He has 
been involved with developing consumer products and government/military 
solutions using emerging IP networking technologies and was the chief 
architect of VoiceWing, Verizon's
consumer VoIP service. His group represents Verizon on industry and 
standards forums such as the MoCA alliance, DSL Forum, DLNA and CEA.

Tushar holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian 
Institute of Technology, Kanpur, a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the 
State University of New York, Albany and an MBA from the Wharton School.
Host: Ravi Sundaram