Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Monica S. Lam

Why do we have to give up ownership of our data to share?  This talk describes how mobile can open up social so we can share anything with anybody anytime easily, without losing data ownership!   The key idea lies in an open messaging (OM) infrastructure that enables groups to communicate easily based on their human identities rather than TCP/IP addresses.  OM provides an app platform, allowing multi-party apps be built easily.  OM is only a messenger, data are deleted from the infrastructure once they are delivered.  Individuals can designate a cloud service of their choice to host their data.  In this way, we turn social networks inside out, where data can be hosted by different vendors.   This talk describes the research journey of how we derive the solution after three other attempts, and what it takes to take this disruption to market.