[Quantum-ms] [Seminar] DSI X EE: 3/27 2:30pm, EE Conference Room

[Columbia EE Events]

* “Sense, Collect and Move Data” Data Science Institute Center *

*X*

* Electrical Engineering Department Seminar*



*Speaker: *Henning Schulzrinne

*Title:* "Internet For All - Lessons in Trying to Bring High-Speed
Broadband to Every Home in the United States"

*Time: *2.30 pm, Thursday, March 27

*Location:* EE Conference Room, Mudd 1300

*Host*: Debasis Mitra


*Abstract:* Since 2010, the U.S. government has created a number of
programs to build out internet access in high-cost areas, along with
attempts to make internet access available to low-income households,
schools, libraries and health clinics. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated $42.5 billion for broadband deployment as the
BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment), with the goal of providing
100 Megabit or faster high-quality internet access to every household and
small business in the 56 states and territories within four years of
selecting providers. (This amount is roughly four times the total NSF
budget.) NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration),
located within the Department of Commerce, administers the BEAD project. I
served two years on the BEAD policy team. In this talk, I will discuss:


* Why subsidize rural broadband? What has been tried before?

* What are the difficult policy choices in getting to 100% deployment?

* What roles do bespoke software, "big data," and data analysis play in
administering complex grant programs?

* How do government teams work in practice?



*Bio:* Henning Schulzrinne is a faculty in the Departments of Computer
Science and Electrical Engineering. Since 2010, he has served in various
roles at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including CTO, worked
as a Technology Fellow for Senator Ron Wyden in 2019-2020, and as a
Broadband Advisor from 2022 to 2024 for NTIA. He is currently a member of
the FCC Technological Advisory Council and the NAE Computer Science and
Technology Board.
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