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J O H N D A Y
ADVENTURES on the
EUCLIDEAN PLAINS
(Part II)
A Romance in Cybernetics—at the
Intersection of Control Systems, Network
Theory, Mechanical Engineering, Logic
Modeling, Evolutionary Biology,
Neuroscience, Anthropology, Psychology—and
the History of the Internet
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Cigar Society
member John Day, will present Part II of
his wide-ranging Conversation on Computer
Science, Illinois, and Many Other Things.
Born in Kinmundy, Illinois, Professor Day
is an electrical engineer, internet
pioneer, and historian. He has been
involved in the development of the
communication protocols of the internet
and its predecessor ARPANET since the
1970s. In his talk, Professor Day will
harken back to the days when, in his
words, "‘the university’ was a university,
and one encountered a liberal education,"
and entertain us with An
Autobiographical Story involving the
History of the Internet, the University
of Illinois, and Many Other Things (as
time permits). In the given time, he
may range from the insularity and
isolation of rural Illinois, to particle
physics and big power, mathematics and
cutting-edge computing, big science,
national politics and firebombing,
cybernetics, invertebrate zoology,
neurophysiology, the history and
philosophy of science, similarities
between internet research and 17th Century
Chinese court astronomy, nuclear power and
recycling, John Cage and New Music, the
social ecology of the Amazon basin,
operating systems and networking, and
electro-political engineering. "And don't
shade the corn field," he says, rather
cryptically.
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John
Day has been involved in research
and development of computer networks
since 1970, when his group at the
University of Illinois was the 12th node
on ARPANET (the precursor to the
internet) and he has developed and
designed protocols for everything from
the data link layer to the application
layer. He also made fundamental
contributions to research on distributed
databases. He managed the development of
the OSI reference model, naming and
addressing, and was a major contributor
to the upper-layer architecture. Day was
in industry for 20 years working for
major companies such as Codex, Motorola,
BBN, etc. He was a major contributor to
the development of network management
architecture, working in the area since
1984 and building and deploying LAN
products and a network management
system, a decade ahead of comparable
systems. Mr. Day has published Patterns
in Network Architecture: A Return to
Fundamentals (Prentice Hall,
2008), which has been characterized
(somewhat to his embarrassment) as “the
most important book on network protocols
in general and the internet in
particular ever written.” The book
analyzes the fundamental flaws in the
internet and proposes what appears to be
the only path forward. Mr. Day has also
published articles analyzing the history
and epistemology of networking. Today
Mr. Day splits his time between making
this new path a reality and teaching at
Boston University. Mr. Day is also a
recognized scholar in the history of
cartography, focusing on 17th Century
China, and he is past President of the
Boston Map Society.
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FREE and ONLINE
**WEDNESDAY** May 26, 2021
5:30-7:00 pm CDT
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Sign in 5:00-5:30 pm for
informal cigar and cocktail chatter.
The event will be called
to order at 5:30.
There will be a Q&A session following
the lecture. Audience participation is
invited.
The event will be adjourned 7 pm.
An optional cocktail party and discussion
will continue after the event.
Be sure to have your cocktails and
cigars at ready hand.
After you register
for the event, look for Order
Confirmation email from Eventbrite.
Scroll to the bottom of the message for
a link to the video conference, and
other instructions. From the Order
Confirmation email you can also save the
event to your online calendar and later
join the video conference from the link
automatically provided in the calendar
entry.
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About the
Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST
AND greatest traditions of the
city clubs of Chicago is the
discussion of intellectual,
social, legal, artistic,
historical, scientific, musical,
theatrical, and philosophical
issues in the company of educated,
bright, and appropriately
provocative individuals, all under
the beneficent influence of
substantial amounts of tobacco and
spirits. The Cigar
Society of Chicago
embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal
Smokers, University
Series lectures, and Cigar
Society Dinners, in which
cigars, and from time to time
pipes and cigarettes, appear as an
important component of our version
of the classical symposium.
To be included in the Cigar
Society's mailing list, write to
the secretary at
curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org
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