Understanding Internet Resilience to Planetary-Scale Risks

Explore a comprehensive lecture by Prof. Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi from UC Irvine examining the critical challenges facing Internet infrastructure resilience against planetary-scale risks. Delve into the potential impacts of solar superstorms on global Internet connectivity, including scenarios of worldwide outages lasting months, and understand the complex relationship between Internet infrastructure and power grid dependencies. Learn about the cosmic phenomenon of solar superstorms, their potential to disrupt worldwide communications, and discover proposed solutions for enhancing Internet resilience against these natural disasters. Gain insights from an expert recognized as a N2Women Rising Star in Networking and Communications, whose groundbreaking research on Internet resilience under solar superstorms earned the IETF/IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize in 2022. Examine the roadmap for improving Internet infrastructure resilience and explore emerging research challenges in protecting this vital technology against extreme weather events and other planetary-scale threats.