DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE               
                              ODENSE UNIVERSITY                              

                   Core Technologies in the Age of the WEB                   

                               Bruce D. Shriver                              
                   Genesis 2, Inc. and University of Tromsų                  

                    Wednesday, August 26, 1998, at 2:15 PM                   
                               The Seminar Room                              


The  computing  landscape  around  us  is   changing  dramatically  --  from
stand-alone servers to  server clusters, from  fat clients to  thin clients,
and from applets to plug-ins. Much of the change is driven by the relentless
growth in computer  processing power  and communications  bandwidth, due  to
advances in the semiconductor industry.  However, some of the change is also
due to new, effective software technologies.  The result is the way in which
we design,  implement,  package,  distribute,  use,  and  maintain  computer
systems -- both hardware  and software --  is quite different  from what was
done just  some few  years  ago.  This talk  addresses  some of  substantive
technical problems that face  us as WEB technology  becomes increasingly and
widely adapted for  applications ranging  from mission  critical systems  to
edutainment.  A number  of "core  technologies" are  identified and  several
systems related conjectures  are offered both  those in universities  and in
industry.


                                                              Peter Kornerup