Hi Rik, [I'll reply here, it's on topic for this thread]
I've no involvement or inside knowledge of CloudFlare, but I've connected up a number of websites in the past year or so, one of which uses their paid services. It may not be clear from an initial look at their site, but they're a lot more than just another CDN. Their service (which is free) also does significant rewriting of content as well as detection and prevention of DDoS and other attacks. There's a lot of AI behind the scenes, which is why I thought it might be worth talking to them about looking at the CLA, and also about the CCN concepts discussed in the video. Regards, Fergal Byrne On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Rik <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Fergal, > > Thanks for writing. From the looks of CloudFlare's web site they provide > CDN services like Akamai, Amazon etc. Not that there's anything wrong > with that, HTM can potentially help a lot there, but from CDN to a > content-centric internet (CCN) it's still a long way. Unless you have > inside knowledge beyond what's being advertised there? Are you involved > with CloudFlare in any way? > > Email me instead of replying here if you want or I'm blue2 on the IRC > channel, too. > > Cheers > > Rik > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, at 06:26 AM, Fergal Byrne wrote: > > This is very interesting. You should perhaps reach out to the guys in > > CloudFlare about this. They're essentially volunteering to make the > > content-centric Internet a reality. > > > > Regards, > > > > Fergal Byrne > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Erik Blas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This is something some of us were jamming on during the hackathon > event. > > > I've been chewing on this idea since, and have been hung up on how I'd > > > setup the experiments, but didn't even consider the idea of self > > > organization! > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Rik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I would like to check the NuPIC community's interest in researching > the > > >> use of HTM for 'intelligent' networking -- self-organizing networks > that > > >> autonomously learn and optimize routing behavior by analyzing and > > >> predicting traffic flow patterns and as such are able adapt to > > >> fast-changing topologies. This is both on the physical/data layer > > >> (LANs/SDN, mobile ad-hoc, IP/internet scale) as well as the > > >> application/content layer, e.g. peer-to-peer/overlay networks, CDNs, > more > > >> speculative things like multi-agent systems. > > >> > > >> In the presence of a feedback mechanism at the routing level, routers > > >> could inspect properties of the data being routed and correlate it > with the > > >> success or failure of routing decisions -- i.e. whether and which way > to > > >> forward data -- and as such optimize the routing behavior on an > ongoing > > >> basis, adapting to changing usage patterns of where data originates > and > > >> where it is consumed. As such existing networks can be improved for > higher > > >> throughput on the backbone and higher 'SNR' at the endpoints. An > assembly > > >> of such learning routers could even self-organize a network from > scratch > > >> starting with gossip and opportunistic forwarding and building from > there. > > >> > > >> In particular, the idea of content-centric networking -- a > hypothetical > > >> general-purpose internet-scale store-and-forward mechanism, promoted > here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCZMoY3q2uM>, > > >> that seeks to logically detach content items from any particular > physical > > >> location and instead constantly rearrange their spread over the 'net > for > > >> optimal reach by an ever-fluctuating set of consumers and producers > -- may > > >> turn out to be feasible with HTM-like learning mechanisms. > > >> > > >> As an experiment, HTMs located at each network node could build and > > >> evolve a world model of all content passing through the node by > forming SDR > > >> representations of its atomic constituents and higher-level beliefs > about > > >> the nature of the content seen. Some beliefs would overlap with those > of > > >> neighboring HTM-based nodes, making them a preferred choice of > forwarding > > >> newly arriving content of the same nature that way. What large-scale > > >> phenomena would emerge from this? > > >> > > >> Jeff mentioned "uber-HTMs" in some of his talks without going into > > >> specifics -- might this be along those lines? > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> > > >> Rik > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> nupic mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > > >> > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > nupic mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Fergal Byrne > > > > ExamSupport/StudyHub [email protected] > > http://www.examsupport.ie > > Dublin in Bits [email protected] http://www.inbits.com +353 83 > > 4214179 > > Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie > > _______________________________________________ > > nupic mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > -- Fergal Byrne ExamSupport/StudyHub [email protected] http://www.examsupport.ie Dublin in Bits [email protected] http://www.inbits.com +353 83 4214179 Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie
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