Internetware: Challenges and future direction of software paradigm for internet as a computer

Internet is becoming an open, global, ubiquitous and smarter computer for our society and planet. Such 'Internet as a Computer' requires substantial improvements in software characteristics such as collaborative, situational, autonomous, evolvable and trustworthy, which challenge existing software paradigms, including software model, software middleware and engineering approach. In this talk, a new software paradigm, called Internetware, is presented as a synergy of these future directions. ? 2010 IEEE.EI