IP: Dallas Diary 1 of 1

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Last week I had two interesting experiences. The first was in Washington DC 
where I attended the Infrastructure Breakdowns through  Asymmetric Warfare 
workshop. Very educational and challenging. I will report on that in the 
future.

I then flew down to Dallas TX which was in the middle of a big rain event. 
Everything was late arriving.

I was invited down for two events. The first was a visit to the University 
of Texas at Dallas. It is a young campus founded on what was a Institute 
for Advanced Studies. It is a fast growing campus with a young faculty, 
very good undergraduates and one of the largest Masters program in the 
nation. It is right in the midst of a collection of telecommunications 
companies that is bigger than Kista in Sweden or even the valley (for major 
players). UTD is a place to watch in the future!

The second day I gave the First Friday Business Impact Luncheon. There were 
over 300 leaders of the Telecom field. They hold two lunches monthly and 
they attract capacity crowds. (Philadelphia region -- WAKE UP!! There is 
nothing like that around here).

The Title was "Predicting the Unpredictable -- the FCC and the Future of 
Telecommunications and the Internet". Great audience and I was told  great 
speech.

I had a wonderful meal in a great real Italian restaurant in downtown 
Dallas.  One of the young faculty in CS from Italy said it was very authentic.

Dallas was great. Lot less Stetson's than in DC now. The Provost of UTD who 
grew up on a ranch said that real cowboys don't wear Stetsons and boots 
very much at work!!

Anyway I liked Texas People were friendly and interesting.

Dave




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