Viral Communications Working Group
Led by: Andrew Lippman (MIT)
Contact Deb Widener at dw@media.mit.edu
Viral communication is about building scalable, user-designed communications systems that need no centralized infrastructure or management. The objective of this working group is to invent and prototype viral networking technologies. Much of the research addresses a fundamental rethinking of radio in a context of inexpensive, programmable parts that scale though cooperation. This working group serves as a steering committee for the research, and also suggests or develops applications.
Research topics include:
- Structures and protocols for P2P, edge and social networks
- Connectivity in both physical and virtual spaces
- Scalable radio technology
- Cognitive networking
