Thomas Schmidt
Thomas is a professer for computer networks and Internet technologies at HAW Hamburg. His
continued interests lie in the development, measurement, and analysis of large-scale distributed systems like the Internet. He serves as co-editor and technical expert in many occasions and is actively involved in the work of IETF and IRTF. Together with his group he pioneered work on an information-centric Industrial IoT and the emerging data-centric Web of Things. Thomas is a co-founder of several large open source projects and coordinator of the community developing the RIOT operating system - the friendly OS for the Internet of Things.
Session
The 2nd Internet Backbone Study examined various areas and effects of ongoing centralization and consolidation on the Internet infrastructure. It comprises:
* A catalog of wide-ranging Internet disruptions
* Fictitious outage scenarios
* Dependencies on international cable connections
* Developments and changes in the Internet infrastructure
* Social and economic consequences