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  • čas přidán 22. 11. 2022
  • The internet is the most technically complex system humanity has ever built. Jim Kurose, Professor at UMass Amherst, has been challenged to explain the internet to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert.
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  • @allthingstoallmen8912
    @allthingstoallmen8912 Před rokem +368

    I like how as he moves up the levels it's less of him explaining and more asking questions and listening.

    • @ghostmist6
      @ghostmist6 Před rokem +48

      I picked up on this too and it is the sign of an ever-learning and humble person. Inspirational man.

    • @MrJoegotbored
      @MrJoegotbored Před rokem +46

      For other readers who may be interested, this is described by some as a Socratic teaching method. It's a practice widely employed in professional programs of study, such as law, medicine, and computer science, but also by some schools at the undergraduate level. The idea is to teach the student how to learn by using a series of ever more precise questions to guide them to an inescapable conclusion. It's extremely effective, especially at higher levels where students may know quite a bit, sometimes more than the professor in certain areas of the subject.

    • @nicoleraheem1195
      @nicoleraheem1195 Před rokem +3

      His body language changed with each level too. Just look at his legs and feet.🙂

  • @blaze556922
    @blaze556922 Před rokem +940

    As a Dad of a youngster I have to say this guy is an amazing teacher when dealing with the first young lady. She was so bright

    • @danceswithdirt7197
      @danceswithdirt7197 Před rokem +52

      When she was talking about routing and getting around broken/messed up links it made me so very happy.

    • @pinolskun8764
      @pinolskun8764 Před rokem +32

      i have seen 25 year olds struggle with coming up with the "one of the nodes may break" answer, she is very intelligent

    • @vectoralphaAI
      @vectoralphaAI Před rokem +8

      always surprised by asians, theyre always so smart.

    • @pinolskun8764
      @pinolskun8764 Před rokem +54

      @@vectoralphaAI why bring in her race? Just talk about the person...

    • @dfgaJK
      @dfgaJK Před rokem +22

      You could see he was enthralled and slightly astounded by the acuteness of her response.

  • @kaanefe4266
    @kaanefe4266 Před rokem +487

    Mr. Kurose's textbooks are legendary. He taught for millions. A good man.

    • @tannerblake7745
      @tannerblake7745 Před 6 měsíci +5

      I just stumbled on this video and was blown away that he in in it... I'm currently taking a computer networking course in Texas an we're using Kurose's material for most of the class.

  • @maximiliankuechen
    @maximiliankuechen Před rokem +474

    I’m a UMass Amherst student and I’ve taken classes with Jim. He’s a amazing professor!

    • @arbaran01
      @arbaran01 Před rokem +1

      I'm a prospective student and that's so cool to hear! :)

    • @patriciamb90
      @patriciamb90 Před rokem +7

      *an
      ahhhh it felt good to correct a smarty pants :P

    • @brodynwilson4589
      @brodynwilson4589 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ⁠​⁠@@patriciamb90how are they a “ smarty pants” all they did was say they want to attend a college. Also they were right, you only use an if the word after it starts with a vowel and p is a Constant

    • @metzli5797
      @metzli5797 Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​@brodynwilson4589 I assume he was talking to the original poster. "A amazing". Still shows some insecurity on his part that he feels that a random college student is a "smarty-parts". Inferiority complex much?

    • @brodynwilson4589
      @brodynwilson4589 Před 9 měsíci

      @@metzli5797 oh lmao, that makes more sense.

  • @basslin3r
    @basslin3r Před rokem +296

    I'm a network engineer and I wanted to put here a cool little bit of information for you all.
    The internet mostly runs on a protocol called TCP (transmission control protocol)
    This protocol is part of the 7 layers of the OSI (open systems interconnect) model.
    the layers are 1. physical 2. data 3. network 4. transport 5. session 6. presentation 7. application
    When I was first learning about these layers I came up with the perfect acronym to remember it and i've never forgotten 25 years on.
    "People Don't Need To See People Anymore"
    Physical data network transport session presentation application
    PDNTSPA
    Because of the internet - people don't need to see people anymore.

    • @TheBiscuitFactory
      @TheBiscuitFactory Před rokem +8

      I’ll remember this. Thank you

    • @pranavps851
      @pranavps851 Před rokem +3

      That is great. Thank you

    • @ben_car_8115
      @ben_car_8115 Před rokem +12

      I wish I had learned that (or a similar) acronym when I was learning those layers

    • @nikethanavattikunta6147
      @nikethanavattikunta6147 Před rokem +3

      Wow, the acronym really suits it!

    • @Syv_
      @Syv_ Před rokem +7

      You should be hired at NASA for your acronym making skills.

  • @_tim____
    @_tim____ Před rokem +176

    I don't know about you but that Knock Knock joke was such a nice analogy and really stresses what a good communication skill this Prof has.

  • @ParaPanos
    @ParaPanos Před rokem +260

    I have Mr. Kurose's textbook as an electrical engineering student and it is excellent. He is an amazing teacher.

    • @funkygecko
      @funkygecko Před rokem +7

      Me too dude! Thanks for bringing that up I wouldn't have realized.

  • @SALESPRODUCTIONS
    @SALESPRODUCTIONS Před rokem +124

    Skylar ( the 1st girl ) already understands the internet - on her own - and is very bright. She deduced the point of it right away - ( multiple nodes in case of one not working ) and even understood conservation of energy / time and productivity goals. She likely understands the internet WAY better than the majority of the population. ( I will also point out that one of the original goals was to create something that had so many nodes on it that people could still communicate in the event of a catastrophe ) See DARPA etc . . You could also see the interviewer laughing and being a bit shocked at her deep level of understanding she worked out on her own and mentioned right away.

  • @DonovanPresents
    @DonovanPresents Před rokem +65

    I love how I learned the most at level 1 with the child for some reason 🤯

  • @paulshi2821
    @paulshi2821 Před rokem +47

    LETS GOOOOOO THAT'S MY NETWORK PROFESSOR

  • @smalldog1
    @smalldog1 Před rokem +28

    Used Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach in my networking course in college. Great book written by Dr. Kurose, thank you!

  • @pagemaestro
    @pagemaestro Před 8 měsíci +14

    I took a course in uni where I read Kurose's book "Computer Networking". It's so heartwarming to see him so passionately break down the complex procedures that go into understanding the internet on a level that non-tech savvy people can understand. I have respect for people at the top of their field, but an immensely larger respect for people who have the capacity to educate even the least knowledgable people about their field. Way to be, Jim, way to be

  • @MustafaBerkeGureltol
    @MustafaBerkeGureltol Před rokem +70

    He was my professor. The class was awesome.

    • @herxsie
      @herxsie Před rokem

      you lucky guy! may I ask you which class he imparted?

    • @MustafaBerkeGureltol
      @MustafaBerkeGureltol Před rokem +3

      @@herxsie Computer Networks. I took it last summer and got an A on it!

  • @quanleanh6548
    @quanleanh6548 Před rokem +22

    The core CS fundamentals: Networking, OS and basic DataStructures & Algorithms are always the most interesting subjects. Sadly it took me years to finally understand this simple fact.

  • @jadeyjung
    @jadeyjung Před rokem +33

    the most "wired" talk of this series

  • @otaviocomputing
    @otaviocomputing Před 8 měsíci +7

    I am a Comp Eng undergraduate in Brasil and I have been following professor Kurose's classes! He really is a big reference in the area. Besides being an amazing teacher!

  • @programmersenja
    @programmersenja Před rokem +37

    The professor sure is outstanding but Skylar is indeed very smart kid for that age

  • @danitajaye7218
    @danitajaye7218 Před rokem +36

    wonderful! The speed of change is amazing. I've been in IT since 1980, and you can't even fathom really how very far things have come. It started changing, and then changes happened faster and faster, exponentially. I'm happy to be a newly retired developer, lol. Enough learning new language/processes, etc., every year. :)

  • @iShantaram
    @iShantaram Před rokem +37

    WIRED please bring more Educational Episodes like these I loved it.💙

  • @_stephanie
    @_stephanie Před rokem +16

    I love the way Jim spoke to the child, easily understood without condescending, you can tell he's a great teacher

  • @janetf23
    @janetf23 Před rokem +25

    Prof. Kurose is the best listener I've witnessed in ages.👏👍✌

  • @KissTheGreat
    @KissTheGreat Před rokem +15

    He was so impressed with Skylar it was really cute!

  • @roelofhoeksema4657
    @roelofhoeksema4657 Před rokem +28

    If you want to learn more: I can highly recommend typing his name into youtube. He has a quite extensive series explaining the internet in more detail!

  • @thieltube390
    @thieltube390 Před rokem +14

    This guy wrote the textbook in my networking class, great teacher!

  • @sydneystratis9121
    @sydneystratis9121 Před rokem +29

    I took Jim's class last semester! Lovely human and amazing teacher. So happy to see him on WIRED

  • @ZuckThat
    @ZuckThat Před rokem +10

    So cool to see professor kurose's explanations at each level of difficulty. He's such a patient and effective communicator!

  • @yashgarg4864
    @yashgarg4864 Před rokem +4

    Literally spent last night reading Dr. Kurose textbook yesterday for my Endsems today, and here he is on wired. amazing man

  • @umaodihirin5879
    @umaodihirin5879 Před 7 měsíci +6

    In 10:35 I believe the uni student was referencing the OSI model which has 7 layers and explains theoretically how devices exchange data over the internet. As an IT Pro with 10 years od exp, I had some great takeaways here. Amazing video 👏🏾

    • @yaknowjoshua1451
      @yaknowjoshua1451 Před 16 dny

      I know im six months late but in case you see this i think this could be a very cool bit of information! What the college student was reffering to here was actually the private encryption keys that ICANN has associated with the "trust anchor" (the public encryption key for the entire internet). Essentially there is a harddrive locked away in an ICANN building that is only accessible with certain key cards that are locked in seven different physical boxes, requiring "seven keys".
      There is a really great video i watched about it a while back called "The seven people who can turn off the internet" by the channel named Half as Interesting that talks about it!

  • @LoneWolf-py7ps
    @LoneWolf-py7ps Před rokem +3

    His way of explantion and understanding on that subject is actually very inspiring to me

  • @akialter
    @akialter Před 9 měsíci +4

    Even though Im not in Dr. Kurose class but he has taught me computer networks through his videos. I love his analogies to real life and his enthusiasm in teaching

  • @thethebest3263
    @thethebest3263 Před rokem

    He’s so great!! Wish more people were as curious and patient like he is!

  • @17johari
    @17johari Před rokem +8

    As a Network Engineer, this video is gold!

  • @orah12185
    @orah12185 Před rokem +7

    Amazing discussion. I appreciate the information. My skills are dated, but I understood the essence of each discussion. Thanks.

  • @hiyozumi
    @hiyozumi Před rokem +1

    I thought i was wrong when seeing the thumbnail, but i just remembered that my professor used Mr. Kurose's lecture videos in our class when he was absent, salute 👍🏻

  • @1993dana15
    @1993dana15 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Jim is an excellent teacher. Im also following his video tutorials for one of my master course works. He explains complex concepts precisely and to the point

  • @pkaulf
    @pkaulf Před rokem +3

    The discussion on SDN was good. As someone who does it in their day job, I would strongly recommend anyone looking to get into a networking career to have SDN knowledge/experience.

  • @mankindspatience
    @mankindspatience Před rokem +3

    I'm taking a Computer networks class right now, and we are using his book/slides. And since covid happened, he made online videos explaining them for free. Such a beast, mans is goated!

  • @coolbluesman
    @coolbluesman Před rokem +9

    It's funny how college undergrad level is the same as it was in the late 90s. Back then you'd know the basic nuts and bolts of the network, provided you were paying the slightest bit of attention, simply because it was in its infancy, and there was a bulk of highly visible information about how the system worked. Kids today haven't been told about what's under the hood.

    • @monzerfaisal3673
      @monzerfaisal3673 Před rokem

      Yes while it's unfortunate, I guess that's evolution of all inventions right? At the start you have to be technical to use it and it takes effort

    • @coolbluesman
      @coolbluesman Před rokem

      @@monzerfaisal3673 indeed

  • @jennav5005
    @jennav5005 Před rokem +14

    massive respect to anyone who is studying this type of subject.. i could never

  • @husseinjafarinia224
    @husseinjafarinia224 Před 8 měsíci

    This guy and his colleague are probably the coolest guys for almost anyone taking a networking course with their wonderful topdown approach book.

  • @carlosmspk
    @carlosmspk Před 6 měsíci +1

    2:29 Scarlet completely nailing the question about network routing redundancy was like... This girl's going places

  • @superiortoall22
    @superiortoall22 Před 2 měsíci

    I’m a network engineer and there are times where I’m like “am I really understanding what exactly that I’m doing?” but in the conversation with the expert, I understand everything and can relate to most of the topics!

  • @sjcwoor
    @sjcwoor Před rokem +8

    The six year old had a better idea of BGP or even OSPF than the teen when she alluded to redundancy. LOL. Level 3 seemed lost at the end in regards to contention ratios. It's amazing because I've got a three year old nephew and I feel like by the time he's my age, he's gonna be way far ahead of where I am now, just due to the technology he's grown up with.

  • @TheToaster101
    @TheToaster101 Před rokem +5

    He's currently one of my Professors, kind of cool seeing him here.

  • @chimdi
    @chimdi Před rokem +1

    This is one of my FAVORITE series!!! Thank you Wired!!!

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc Před rokem

    Brilliant expositions - at ALL levels - as usual! The smart kids questions and insights are delightful - as usual! 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @CROXoDyLE
    @CROXoDyLE Před rokem

    So thankful to have him as my professor right now at Umass

  • @anveshsawarn203
    @anveshsawarn203 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Its great to see Jim Kurose. Read his Top Down Approach Book. His lectures are also pretty interesting.

  • @Min-ou8ti
    @Min-ou8ti Před 4 měsíci +1

    I actually got A and A- with two courses on internet with this professor's textbook. Props to him!

  • @CriticalJur
    @CriticalJur Před rokem +11

    at 2:37 he was like: "Woah this kid is a genius." XD

  • @eurafrican85
    @eurafrican85 Před rokem +2

    Wish this professor could teach me everything. He's awesome

  • @Niels_Mortensen
    @Niels_Mortensen Před rokem +9

    In my time studying to become a network engineer, i have never met a lecturer/professor, who was not an embarrasing dad type who you can't help but instantly fall in love with

  • @ramilaj
    @ramilaj Před 3 měsíci

    Fantastic progression in depth of breadth! The conversations are all excellent. Thank you!

  • @DJ_G-Rod
    @DJ_G-Rod Před rokem +1

    Great video thanks for the upload!

  • @mingy7017
    @mingy7017 Před rokem +11

    Imagine the little girl being a professor at UMass

  • @Vector99
    @Vector99 Před 28 dny

    Wow glad to see Prof. Kurose here! His Top Down Approach to Computer Networking book is literally a masterpiece for IT students.

  • @ginichimaru001
    @ginichimaru001 Před rokem +13

    This is actually pretty good.

  • @rayosas1662
    @rayosas1662 Před rokem

    Dr. Kurose is a Takumi in network world. If you are studying in UMass, I recommend you to take his INFO203 as a network intro course.

  • @kaustabc7562
    @kaustabc7562 Před 5 měsíci

    Dr Kurose wrote THE textbook for any undergraduate level networks course. Great to see him here!

  • @anshulsingh7663
    @anshulsingh7663 Před rokem +3

    Welp time to sign up for his course next semester

  • @vtheory7531
    @vtheory7531 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I hope they can do a 5 levels video on cyber security. I think it's quite a big topic and it'll be interesting to see it explained in the different levels of depth

  • @DaBestAround
    @DaBestAround Před 8 dny

    Dr Kurose is a legend. His video series on Computer Networking is worth watching.

  • @jillianhanlon7868
    @jillianhanlon7868 Před 8 měsíci

    The best of the series to date, hands down

  • @mikaelabowler
    @mikaelabowler Před rokem +1

    This was cool to watch as a UMass alum :) Clarifying question: 'flattening' of the internet is bad, right? Good in the sense that you might have to jump fewer networks / speeds might be faster, but bad because then ownership is less decentralized?
    Also, would love to see the two experts explain VPNs!

  • @MichaelFikiri
    @MichaelFikiri Před 7 měsíci

    the best video that i have watched concerning the internet so far .

  • @sangamxghimire
    @sangamxghimire Před rokem +4

    Awesome Video
    Keep on uploading educational videos like this

  • @faresalhawaj9936
    @faresalhawaj9936 Před rokem +26

    The hair, the glasses, and the blue shirt all make him look like he works at genius bar. The only difference is he's actually genius.

  • @LeeDee5
    @LeeDee5 Před rokem +1

    I would love to take one of his classes.

  • @-chloe-8728
    @-chloe-8728 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Skylar is very bright and naturally curious. She’ll be great in whatever field interests her!

  • @SomewhatAcoustic
    @SomewhatAcoustic Před 3 měsíci

    At 10:35 when the guy asks about "7 keys" to the internet I think he meant 7 layers of the OSI model.

  • @margefoyle6796
    @margefoyle6796 Před rokem

    Excellent!

  • @isaacgibbs5832
    @isaacgibbs5832 Před rokem +5

    😮😮😮😮😮 I had him as a Prof

  • @SB-rl4jn
    @SB-rl4jn Před rokem +23

    The Internet is the Greatest Invention to date. Thank You, Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf. 🇺🇸

    • @nitekid6209
      @nitekid6209 Před rokem +2

      I disagree

    • @zbatchDOC
      @zbatchDOC Před rokem

      Bold statement. Idk about best. The internal combustion has done a lot of good. As has soap, electricity, and penicillin.

    • @rabihkhalil9025
      @rabihkhalil9025 Před rokem

      No bitcoin is a better invention 😜

    • @unnamedchannelowouwu
      @unnamedchannelowouwu Před rokem

      In fact without agriculture we would still be walking across the planet for food, I think IT is the most important invention of the humanity

    • @gus473
      @gus473 Před rokem

      @@zbatchDOC Let's not forget refrigeration, synthetic fertilizers and wastewater treatment.....! 🤔✌🏼😎

  • @luciamartinez_business
    @luciamartinez_business Před rokem +4

    Great Job Skylar you are smart as always !👏

  • @impushprajyadav
    @impushprajyadav Před rokem +5

    Make a episode on economics explained in 5 levels ✍️🙏

  • @robinsuj
    @robinsuj Před 9 měsíci

    Holy carp, that first kid was super smart

  • @metzli5797
    @metzli5797 Před 9 měsíci

    The "seven keys" bit is referring to the idea that 7 different people hold a key to the cipher protecting the encryption behind HTTPS. Still no idea how much truth there is to it, but thats what it is referring to.

  • @408sophon
    @408sophon Před rokem +3

    college student may have been asking about the osi layered model when it comes to '7' name system

  • @thomaslisankie342
    @thomaslisankie342 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic video.

  • @Lecksite
    @Lecksite Před měsícem

    I'm a computer expert but not in networking. Everything is interesting in this video but the most interesting in my opinion is When Things become more agnostic meaning they are not locked into a single governing entity or governing device over Hardware or software like has been in the past

  • @rayage777
    @rayage777 Před rokem +6

    The grad student should look into PKI for the IoT devices. Then you wouldn't need to constantly setup when you move.

  • @elikohler6165
    @elikohler6165 Před rokem +1

    Great teacher!

  • @berniezenis4876
    @berniezenis4876 Před rokem +27

    The undergrad student may have been asking about the 7-level network stack. (See the OSI model for more info.) Him saying "keys" would have thrown me off too, if I had not already been thinking about the stack.
    I think the grad student's "kb per second" referred to kilo-bytes per sec, not kilo-bits per sec. Wired overlaid the latter. Easy mistake to make. Network speeds are normally expressed in bits/sec.

    • @minecraftmariomania9668
      @minecraftmariomania9668 Před rokem +4

      The undergrad student may also be talking about the seven "keys" or cryptographic keys that protects the DNS system and can enable/disable it

    • @MurtuzaBookwala
      @MurtuzaBookwala Před rokem

      I think this refers to the popular conspiracy theory that if the internet ever 'shutdown' due to a global event (war?), 7 people hold 7 keys that all need to be inserted somewhere and turned at the same time to reboot the internet :)

  • @aalever
    @aalever Před 8 měsíci

    7:26 - I was surprised to learn that Netflix use TCP instead of UDP.

  • @hudson
    @hudson Před rokem +1

    You guys need to do Gödel’s incompleteness theorem

  • @shadebug
    @shadebug Před rokem +4

    I worry about some of the things that were surprising that final year undergrad

  • @shakiyagotdreams2299
    @shakiyagotdreams2299 Před rokem

    Good stuff

  • @thomasschoeck9080
    @thomasschoeck9080 Před rokem

    Hearing about the number seven reminded me of the OSI Reference Model.

  • @JericBrual
    @JericBrual Před rokem +20

    The way he described the internet to Skylar was actually REALLY good. I’m impressed. Kinda surprised Nicholas didn’t know about ARPANET, especially as a comp sci student. Also, Nicholas probably watched this video when he mentioned the “seven keys to the internet” - czcams.com/video/6KDBpn8fW78/video.html

    • @_xiper
      @_xiper Před rokem +7

      No offense to him but the compsci student didn't seem to have any clue whatsoever.

  • @orionthatman9390
    @orionthatman9390 Před rokem +9

    The conversation with the grad student started to sound like gibberish ngl 😂

  • @jamesreina5203
    @jamesreina5203 Před rokem +7

    grad student is going places

  • @deanjohnson7283
    @deanjohnson7283 Před 6 měsíci

    The "Seven keys to the internet" with the college student... He is referring to the OSI model. The seven "keys" are the different layers of the OSI model, Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation and Application

  • @servantrose
    @servantrose Před rokem

    nice nice! I actually already knew a good deal of the terms in the college-level talk! yay! I also like that the expert in this was a female, she knew a high-level where in general women don't have STEM mindset. It's so cool where we are as far as technology.

  • @ashkenaze
    @ashkenaze Před 10 měsíci

    to know internet you just have to learn how TCP/IP works, it's a simple protocol you can get around it in a couple days. but to understand the complete know-how of the infrastructure you need a semester or two with a lot reading of RFCs.

  • @SebDowntown
    @SebDowntown Před rokem

    that is a great question...

  • @jennypeters2178
    @jennypeters2178 Před rokem

    This is the first time I actually understood most of the levels

  • @worldtreeboy8712
    @worldtreeboy8712 Před rokem

    Legendary guy!

  • @windrush104
    @windrush104 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Does the innernet have any relation to the internet?

  • @love.sinayo
    @love.sinayo Před 9 měsíci

    I have no doubt in my mind that i’d do exceptionally well with him being my mentor.

  • @skurt21
    @skurt21 Před rokem +5

    Level 2
    Q: how is it so fast?
    A: it's like a route system and there are intersections...
    Just like when I was in college. Brilliant and useful answer...just not to my question.
    And then in the test: if router A have a throughput of X and line B have a length of Y, what is the reliability of your neighbours HDD?