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A couple of very interesting research papers that I came across recently...both are looking at cross sections of complex data systems and how they interact and operate. One of these is old (in technology terms), from 1998 and describes the emergence of Google;

One of the authors of the p2p paper I looked at in my last posting emailed me with an update of thier work worth sharing with you..

P2P algorithms can offer robustness and communication efficiency over more centralised GRID methods. So authors compared to p2p algorithms performance searching in large-scale and unreliable networks.

I'm speaking at an event next week at the PM Studio in Bristol on Wed 16th at 4pm and the event is free!

Software Paleontology - Tomas Rawlings (Fluffy Logic & DCRC PhD Student)
Tomas is on a GWR PhD scholarship applying evolutionary theory to peer to peer networks. As part of this research Tomas has developed a unique methodology of ‘software paleontology’ comparing the change logs of P2P software versions to the fossil records of  biological evolution.

I've had a read of 'Robust vote sampling in a P2P media distribution system'.  It is a very interesting research paper.  The idea that grabs me most is the one about using gossip-based network systems to decentralise metadata.  Let me explain; if you think of a book on Amazon,

I had an interesting email discussion with Ernesto (the Editor-in-Chief of TorrentFreak) about my last post on the blog and thought I'd reproduce some of it here (with his permission of course!)...

Am planning to submit a paper to this:

The Inaugural Interdisciplinary Conference of the Virtual Communication, Collaboration and Conflict (VIRT3C) Research Group at the University of Hull

VIRT3C@Hull 2010 Developing the Virtual Society: Conflict in Adoption of Collaborative Networks
19-20 March

Keynote speakers: