[ecrea] PhD course on governance and economics of Internet

Announcement of PhD course

Governance and economics of Internet

18-20 November 2015

Organizer: CMI, ES, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark

Venue: Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark

Deadline for registration: 28 October 2015

The topic of the course is governance and economics of Internet. In the
introductory part of the course, a historical perspective will be
provided in order to facilitate and understanding of the different
phases of the developments of Internet and path dependent structures
affecting Internet developments. The course provides an insight into
Internet developments on an international scale comprising not only the
economically richer but also poorer countries. Moreover, the course
examines the latest and prospective developments of Internet including
technology and market aspects such as the conversion to IPv6,
Information Centric Networking, Content Distribution Networks, and the
relationships between telecommunication infrastructures and Internet
overlays.


The course is addressed to PhD students from social as well as technical
sciences. It is an inter-disciplinary course examining techno-political
as well as techno-economic elements of Internet developments. The course
is addressed to PhD students studying Internet developments as well as
students in other fields of study where Internet plays an
infrastructural role seeking an insight into the structural working
mechanisms of Internet.

Topics of the course:

·History of Internet

·Internet governance and organizations

·The economics of interconnection on Internet

·Telecom and Internet

·IPv6

·Broadband

·Net neutrality

·Capacity requirements


Lecturers: Wolter Lemstra, Reza Tadayoni, Morten Falch, Anders Henten

3 ECTS point course

Registration:

·https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/?lang=en

·If you are from outside Aalborg University and you wish to enroll in
one of our PhD courses, you must create a profile. This is done by
clicking on “create new account
<https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/login/signup.php>” and filling out the form.

Contact: Morten Falch ((falch /at/ cmi.aau.dk) <mailto:(falch /at/ cmi.aau.dk)>) or
Anders Henten ((henten /at/ cmi.aau.dk) <mailto:(henten /at/ cmi.aau.dk)>)

Best regards

Anders Henten



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