Paul Kish, Director of Systems and Standards of Belden Corporation will be
visiting the College of Computing to give a talk on 10-gigabit cabling
technology. This is in support of the renovation of the second floor in the
College of Computing building that will house the Center for Robotics and
Intelligent Machines (RIM). RIM’s director has requested high-speed cabling in
the Center and we are working to understand the technology and the implications
of its use. I would like to invite anyone that is interested in learning about
the technology to attend.

Paul sits on the standards board for the 10-gigabit
standard and is purported to be one of the industry experts on networking
technologies. He recently wrote an article in CNS Magazine regarding 10-gig that
I found pretty interesting.  Read the article here.

Bio on Paul Kish:

Paul Kish is Director, Belden IBDN Systems and Standards
with Belden. He is the current chairman of the TIA TR-42 engineering committee
responsible for telecommunications cabling standards for commercial and
residential installations. He has been active in the development of cabling
standards since 1989. In 1991, he initiated the work that led to the publication
of additional specifications for Category 3, 4 & 5 cables which, since then,
have had a major impact in the cabling industry.

Paul Kish is also a member of the BICSI TIM Committee that
is responsible for the "Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual". Paul
Kish graduated with an M.A.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1972. He started to work as a cable
design engineer with Bell Northern Research in 1972. He joined Northern Electric
a year later to work on cable development projects. He has held a number of
positions at Northern Telecom including Manager of the Cable Development
Laboratories, Manager of Cable Design and Product Manager for Belden IBDN
Cabling. Paul Kish is recognized in the industry as an expert in "cable
transmission" and for his contribution to the evolution of cabling standards
within TIA, CSA, ISO/IEC and IEEE.