| MAST: A dynamic language for active network programming | |
| Date | Friday, March 08, 2002 |
| Time | 2-3pm |
| Speaker | Dimitris Vyzovitis |
| Affiliation | MIT Media Lab |
| Abstract | Modern
distributed applications require more than the traditional byte-stream abstraction
of the network. Applications require multiple protocols for actively dealing
with various parts of complex interactions: service location, dynamic configuration
and control, and transport in application dependent data units. On the same
time, these protocols are characterized by common algorithms, object interactions
and data representation within the application domain, calling for a language
that can capture and efficiently express programs in this common framework.
In this talk I informally present MAST, an experimental dynamic language for active network programming, based on a distributed environment model and asynchronous continuations. I present the current language semantics, virtual machine design, and example applications ranging from active unicast and multicast transport protocol implementations to peer-to-peer systems, and discuss the ramifications of this approach. |
| Location | 545 Technology Square (aka "NE43") |
| Room | 8th Floor Playroom |
| Bio | MIT Media Lab graduate student |