[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Analyzing Internet with Gene-Scanning Software

[Jeffrey Fisher <jfisher@igc.org>]

actually, combine this with HumanML and we're golden!

http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_08_21_01.shtml

Boston, MA, USA; 21 August 2001 -- OASIS, the XML interoperability
consortium, today announced its members have formed the OASIS HumanMarkup
Technical Committee (TC) to develop and promote a specification for
conveying human characteristics through XML. The Human Markup Language
(HumanML) will embed contextual human characteristics (cultural, social,
kinesic, psychological and intentional features) within information.
Applications include artificial intelligence, virtual reality, conflict
resolution, psychotherapy, art, workflow, advertising, cultural dialogue,
agent systems, diplomacy and business negotiation.

[ . . . ]


perhaps we can have a Molecular Idiosyncracy Systems (Human) Modeling Always
Seems Helpful (MISH MASH) engine. i'm tempted to say something about jim
scott and legibility, but that's too easy.

j


> From: Bruce Sterling <bruces@well.com>
> Reply-To: Bruce Sterling <bruces@well.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 09:59:50 -0500
> To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net
> Subject: <nettime> Analyzing Internet with Gene-Scanning Software
> 
> (((Bruce Sterling remarks:   This is not an "imaginary product"
> in the http://www.futurefeedforward.com vein.   These guys
> are using DNA genome sequencing techniques to improve
> Internet packet flow.  They are a real company and actually trying
> to make money.
> 
> (((The very idea that DNA and Internet traffic have any computational
> commonalities is plenty weird, but it suggests all kinds of new
> biopunk twists...  is spam "junk DNA"?  What about "viruses"?
> Will Monsanto merge with Microsoft?  Where's Jose Bove and
> his men-in-black crop-smashers when we need them, etc etc....)))
> 
> 
> Peribit Announces First Ever Application of DNA-Based Methods to Attack
> Technology Problems
> August 29, 2001 
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001 via NewsEdge Corporation
> - 
> 
> (((huge cut of much corporate chest-pounding)))
> 
> While conducting his PhD research in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford
> University, Peribit's founder, Amit Singh discovered a link between the
> growing volumes of traffic traversing the public and private networks and
> the computational models used to study genomic sequences and DNA. Singh's
> work at Stanford focused on computational molecular biology -- using
> computers to analyze and understand the vast amounts of bio-molecular data
> being generated by projects such as the Human Genome Project.
> 
> During this time, Singh became familiar with using algorithms to find
> patterns within or across bio-molecular sequences and structures. He
> realized that the techniques used to find patterns in DNA could be adapted
> and optimized to identify repetitions in continuous streams of network data.
> 
> Using these ideas as a basis, Singh developed the patent-pending Molecular
> Sequence Reduction engine and set out with Peribit co-founder, Balraj Singh,
> to form Peribit Networks in May 2000. Their mission was to develop products
> that seamlessly integrate in today's networks and instantly and dramatically
> improve network efficiency. Peribit's products deliver this immediate and
> significant improvement in network capacity by eliminating the large number
> of repeated data patterns that waste network resources.
> 
> Peribit Networks is a privately held company. In January 2001, Peribit
> received first-round funding of $10.4 million from top-tier venture capital
> firms Accel Partners and Foundation Capital.
> 
> About Peribit Networks
> 
> Peribit Networks is the creator and developer of patent-pending IP bandwidth
> optimization technologies that dramatically improve network performance. The
> company's Molecular Sequence Reduction (MSR) technology is the first
> application of the repetitive sequence analysis techniques used to examine
> DNA sequences in computational molecular biology. The algorithms that serve
> as the basis of MSR identify data flows and pattern similarities and
> eliminate repetitive data running over wide area networks. By using Peribit
> Sequence Reduction products, the company has discovered that between 70% and
> 90% of WAN capacity is littered with useless, repetitive data.
> 
> Peribit SR products find and eliminate this redundant data, producing
> substantial reduction in wide area network traffic volume, thereby
> increasing network capacity over existing network infrastructures. A
> privately held company, Peribit is fully funded by top tier investors such
> as Accel Partners and Foundation Capital. For more information, please visit
> the company's website at www.peribit.com.
> 
> Note to Editors: Peribit Molecular Sequence Reduction and Peribit Profile
> Mode are registered trademarks of Peribit Networks, Inc.
> 
> 
> 
> CONTACT: K/F Communications, Inc. (for Peribit) | Julie Karbo, 415/255-6505
> | julie@kfcomm.com | David Fonkalsrud, 415/255-6506 | dave@kfcomm.com
> 
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