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  • 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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  • @kaanefe4266
    @kaanefe4266 Рік тому +482

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

    • @tannerblake7745
      @tannerblake7745 6 місяців тому +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.

  • @blaze556922
    @blaze556922 Рік тому +939

    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 Рік тому +52

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

    • @pinolskun8764
      @pinolskun8764 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +8

      always surprised by asians, theyre always so smart.

    • @pinolskun8764
      @pinolskun8764 Рік тому +54

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

    • @dfgaJK
      @dfgaJK Рік тому +22

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

  • @allthingstoallmen8912
    @allthingstoallmen8912 Рік тому +367

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

    • @ghostmist6
      @ghostmist6 Рік тому +48

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

    • @MrJoegotbored
      @MrJoegotbored Рік тому +45

      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 Рік тому +3

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

  • @maximiliankuechen
    @maximiliankuechen Рік тому +472

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

    • @arbaran01
      @arbaran01 Рік тому +1

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

    • @patriciamb90
      @patriciamb90 Рік тому +7

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

    • @brodynwilson4589
      @brodynwilson4589 8 місяців тому +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 8 місяців тому +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 8 місяців тому

      @@metzli5797 oh lmao, that makes more sense.

  • @basslin3r
    @basslin3r Рік тому +291

    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 Рік тому +8

      I’ll remember this. Thank you

    • @pranavps851
      @pranavps851 Рік тому +3

      That is great. Thank you

    • @ben_car_8115
      @ben_car_8115 Рік тому +12

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

    • @nikethanavattikunta6147
      @nikethanavattikunta6147 Рік тому +3

      Wow, the acronym really suits it!

    • @Syv_
      @Syv_ Рік тому +7

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

  • @_tim____
    @_tim____ Рік тому +175

    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 Рік тому +259

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

    • @funkygecko
      @funkygecko Рік тому +7

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

  • @SALESPRODUCTIONS
    @SALESPRODUCTIONS Рік тому +123

    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.

  • @paulshi2821
    @paulshi2821 Рік тому +46

    LETS GOOOOOO THAT'S MY NETWORK PROFESSOR

  • @DonovanPresents
    @DonovanPresents Рік тому +65

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

  • @pagemaestro
    @pagemaestro 7 місяців тому +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

  • @smalldog1
    @smalldog1 Рік тому +28

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

  • @MustafaBerkeGureltol
    @MustafaBerkeGureltol Рік тому +70

    He was my professor. The class was awesome.

    • @herxsie
      @herxsie Рік тому

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

    • @MustafaBerkeGureltol
      @MustafaBerkeGureltol Рік тому +3

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

  • @jadeyjung
    @jadeyjung Рік тому +33

    the most "wired" talk of this series

  • @otaviocomputing
    @otaviocomputing 7 місяців тому +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!

  • @_stephanie
    @_stephanie Рік тому +16

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

  • @janetf23
    @janetf23 Рік тому +25

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

  • @KissTheGreat
    @KissTheGreat Рік тому +15

    He was so impressed with Skylar it was really cute!

  • @danitajaye7218
    @danitajaye7218 Рік тому +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. :)

  • @ZuckThat
    @ZuckThat Рік тому +10

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

  • @quanleanh6548
    @quanleanh6548 Рік тому +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.

  • @programmersenja
    @programmersenja Рік тому +37

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

  • @iShantaram
    @iShantaram Рік тому +36

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

  • @sydneystratis9121
    @sydneystratis9121 Рік тому +29

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

  • @roelofhoeksema4657
    @roelofhoeksema4657 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +14

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

  • @yashgarg4864
    @yashgarg4864 Рік тому +4

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

  • @umaodihirin5879
    @umaodihirin5879 7 місяців тому +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 7 днів тому

      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!

  • @hiyozumi
    @hiyozumi Рік тому +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 👍🏻

  • @LoneWolf-py7ps
    @LoneWolf-py7ps Рік тому +3

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

  • @akialter
    @akialter 9 місяців тому +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

  • @orah12185
    @orah12185 Рік тому +7

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

  • @1993dana15
    @1993dana15 9 місяців тому +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

  • @husseinjafarinia224
    @husseinjafarinia224 8 місяців тому

    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 6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @17johari
    @17johari Рік тому +8

    As a Network Engineer, this video is gold!

  • @CriticalJur
    @CriticalJur Рік тому +11

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

  • @mankindspatience
    @mankindspatience Рік тому +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!

  • @thethebest3263
    @thethebest3263 Рік тому

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

  • @TheToaster101
    @TheToaster101 Рік тому +5

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

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc Рік тому

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

  • @pkaulf
    @pkaulf Рік тому +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.

  • @chimdi
    @chimdi Рік тому +1

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

  • @jennav5005
    @jennav5005 Рік тому +14

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

  • @superiortoall22
    @superiortoall22 2 місяці тому

    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!

  • @ginichimaru001
    @ginichimaru001 Рік тому +13

    This is actually pretty good.

  • @coolbluesman
    @coolbluesman Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому

      @@monzerfaisal3673 indeed

  • @anveshsawarn203
    @anveshsawarn203 8 місяців тому +1

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

  • @DJ_G-Rod
    @DJ_G-Rod Рік тому +1

    Great video thanks for the upload!

  • @eurafrican85
    @eurafrican85 Рік тому +2

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

  • @CROXoDyLE
    @CROXoDyLE Рік тому

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

  • @ramilaj
    @ramilaj 3 місяці тому

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

  • @sjcwoor
    @sjcwoor Рік тому +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.

  • @Min-ou8ti
    @Min-ou8ti 4 місяці тому +1

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

  • @anshulsingh7663
    @anshulsingh7663 Рік тому +3

    Welp time to sign up for his course next semester

  • @Vector99
    @Vector99 19 днів тому

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

  • @mingy7017
    @mingy7017 Рік тому +11

    Imagine the little girl being a professor at UMass

  • @kaustabc7562
    @kaustabc7562 5 місяців тому

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

  • @faresalhawaj9936
    @faresalhawaj9936 Рік тому +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.

  • @Niels_Mortensen
    @Niels_Mortensen Рік тому +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

  • @mikaelabowler
    @mikaelabowler Рік тому +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!

  • @vtheory7531
    @vtheory7531 4 місяці тому +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

  • @jillianhanlon7868
    @jillianhanlon7868 8 місяців тому

    The best of the series to date, hands down

  • @sangamxghimire
    @sangamxghimire Рік тому +4

    Awesome Video
    Keep on uploading educational videos like this

  • @-chloe-8728
    @-chloe-8728 8 місяців тому +1

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

  • @LeeDee5
    @LeeDee5 Рік тому +1

    I would love to take one of his classes.

  • @MichaelFikiri
    @MichaelFikiri 7 місяців тому

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

  • @rayosas1662
    @rayosas1662 Рік тому

    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.

  • @impushprajyadav
    @impushprajyadav Рік тому +5

    Make a episode on economics explained in 5 levels ✍️🙏

  • @robinsuj
    @robinsuj 8 місяців тому

    Holy carp, that first kid was super smart

  • @SB-rl4jn
    @SB-rl4jn Рік тому +23

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

    • @nitekid6209
      @nitekid6209 Рік тому +2

      I disagree

    • @zbatchDOC
      @zbatchDOC Рік тому

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

    • @rabihkhalil9025
      @rabihkhalil9025 Рік тому

      No bitcoin is a better invention 😜

    • @unnamedchannelowouwu
      @unnamedchannelowouwu Рік тому

      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 Рік тому

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

  • @SomewhatAcoustic
    @SomewhatAcoustic 3 місяці тому

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

  • @thomasschoeck9080
    @thomasschoeck9080 Рік тому

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

  • @408sophon
    @408sophon Рік тому +3

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

  • @shadebug
    @shadebug Рік тому +4

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

  • @metzli5797
    @metzli5797 8 місяців тому

    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.

  • @jamesreina5203
    @jamesreina5203 Рік тому +7

    grad student is going places

  • @orionthatman9390
    @orionthatman9390 Рік тому +9

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

  • @hudson
    @hudson Рік тому +1

    You guys need to do Gödel’s incompleteness theorem

  • @luciamartinez_business
    @luciamartinez_business Рік тому +4

    Great Job Skylar you are smart as always !👏

  • @rayage777
    @rayage777 Рік тому +6

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

  • @thorvaldspear
    @thorvaldspear Рік тому +2

    The child was more observant than many adults I know 💀

  • @isaacgibbs5832
    @isaacgibbs5832 Рік тому +5

    😮😮😮😮😮 I had him as a Prof

  • @thomaslisankie342
    @thomaslisankie342 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic video.

  • @aalever
    @aalever 8 місяців тому

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

  • @windrush104
    @windrush104 7 місяців тому +1

    Does the innernet have any relation to the internet?

  • @jennypeters2178
    @jennypeters2178 Рік тому

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

  • @Rajivrocks-Ltd.
    @Rajivrocks-Ltd. Рік тому

    I found it funny that he was so impressed when the child made such spot on remakrs xD

  • @JericBrual
    @JericBrual Рік тому +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” - ua-cam.com/video/6KDBpn8fW78/v-deo.html

    • @_xiper
      @_xiper Рік тому +7

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

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 Рік тому +2

    That college guy was talking about an HAI video

  • @Lecksite
    @Lecksite Місяць тому

    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

  • @elikohler6165
    @elikohler6165 Рік тому +1

    Great teacher!

  • @margefoyle6796
    @margefoyle6796 Рік тому

    Excellent!

  • @skurt21
    @skurt21 Рік тому +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?

  • @deanjohnson7283
    @deanjohnson7283 5 місяців тому

    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

  • @SebDowntown
    @SebDowntown Рік тому

    that is a great question...

  • @shakiyagotdreams2299
    @shakiyagotdreams2299 Рік тому

    Good stuff

  • @love.sinayo
    @love.sinayo 8 місяців тому

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

  • @noodlesthe1st
    @noodlesthe1st Рік тому +9

    I love scrubbing towards the end of these videos and truly seeing that I don't understand anything of what they're saying.

    • @gethaunted
      @gethaunted Рік тому +2

      Sometimes I do this by reading Wikipedia articles about upper level math I don’t understand, it’s great

  • @berniezenis4876
    @berniezenis4876 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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 :)