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Ian BrownOxford Internet Institute

Ian BrownOxford Internet Institute

Final Public Workshop, Brussels, 22 November 2010Final Public Workshop, Brussels, 22 November 2010

Rapid growth & globalisation play a more significant role. Developing countries have greater influence over evolution of Internet (plus key market)

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Expected 7 Bn users 2017 (103% world pop)

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1.5Bn users, 2004

5Bn users, July 2010(74% world pop.)

4Bn users, Jan 2009 (60 % world pop.)

800K users, 2000

Expected 6 Bn users June 2012 (89% world pop.)

Digital participation key to social and economic life, and government interaction - but what about those who decide to opt out?

Security and privacy are key for user trust - but are they tractable?

Need for coherent regulatory and policy approach – Digital Agenda is a good start

Future Internet research must be multidisciplinary – importance of social, economic & psychological factors and Internet Science

Neurology and brain science

Mind as a computational machine using cognitive science

Systems analysis of the neural architecture, its main centres (eg speech) and their inter- operation

Microbiology of cell interactions at neurotransmitter/ receptor level as computing element systems

Grid computing - billion element scale neuronal network simulations and visualisation for main centres and whole cortex

Biochemistryof molecular level neural activity and connections

Activity detection and monitoring at synapse level-Electromagnetic imaging-Other (imaging)??

Psychiatric analysis of disorders and their treatment