Internet2 Overview
and
Arts & Humanities Initiatives
Ann Doyle
Manager, Arts & Humanities Initiatives
IALLT 2003

Internet2 Overview

Internet2 Mission
Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

Internet2 Membership
Regular
US institutions of higher education
Corporate
Partners
Sponsors
Members
Affiliate
Non-profit and other research or education organizations

Internet2 Universities
202 University Members, February 2003

Additional Participation
Over 60 Internet2 Corporate Members
Over 30 Affiliate Members
Over 30 International Partners

Internet2 Corporate Partners

Internet2 Corporate Sponsors
Arbor Networks
BellSouth
Ford Motor Company
Foundry Networks
inSORS Integrated Communications
Ixia
Opnix, Inc.
Polycom Worldwide
RADVision
VBrick Systems

Internet2 Corporate Members
Advanced Infrastructure Ventures
American Fiber Systems
Apple Computer, Inc.
Aventis
Blackboard, Inc
C-SPAN
Ceyba, Inc.
CIENA Corporation
Community of Science, Inc.
EBSCO Information Services
Eli Lilly Corporation
Enterasys Networks, Inc.
Fujitsu Laboratories of America
General Motors
Hewlett-Packard
JalaaM Tehcnologies
Japan Telecom Co., LTD
Johnson & Johnson
Level 3 Communications
Motorola Labs
Network Associates, Inc.
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT)
Pfizer
Progress Software
ProQuest Information and Learning
Prous Science
Siemens
Star Valley Solutions, Inc.
Syntel, Inc.
Telecom Italia Lab
Verizon Communications
WebCT
Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc.

Internet2 Affiliate Members
Altarum
American Distance Education Consortium
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
CENIC
CERN
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland Museum of Art
Department of Commerce, Boulder
Desert Research Institute
EDUCAUSE
Food and Drug Administration
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS)
Jet Propulsion Laboratories
LaNet
Manhattan School of Music
MCNC
Merit Network, Inc.
MOREnet
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
National Institutes of Health
National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration – Silver Spring
National Science Foundation
New World Symphony
NYSERNet, Inc.
Oak Ridge National Labs
OARnet
OneNet

International Opportunities

Abilene International Peering
(January 2003)

International Connectivity
International MOU Partners
Over 30 networks in countries around the world
Memoranda of Understanding are established with international networking organizations that share Internet2’s goals and objectives
MOU’s define the interconnection agreements between these networks and Abilene

International MoU Partners
APAN-KR (Korea)
ARNES (Slovenia)
BELNET (Belgium)
CANARIE (Canada)
CARNET (Croatia)
CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (china)
APAN (Asia-pacific)
CESnet (Czech republic)
CUDI (Mexico)
DANTE (Europe)
DFN-Verein (Germany)
AAIREP (Australia)
Fundacion internet 2 Argentina (Argentina)
GIP RENATER (France)
GRNET (Greece)
HEAnet (Ireland)
HUNGARNET (Hungary)
INFN-GARR (Italy)
Israel-IUCC (Israel)
JAIRC (Japan)
JISC/UKERNA (UK)
JUCC (Hong Kong)
NORDUnet (Nordic countries)
POL-34 (Poland)
RCCN (Portugal)
RedIRIS (Spain)
RESTENA (Luxembourg)
REUNA (Chile)
RPN2 (Brazil)
SENACYT (Panama)
SingAREN (Singapore)
Stichting SURF (Netherlands)
SWITCH (Switzerland)
TAnet2 (Taiwan)
TERENA (Europe)

Sponsored Education Group Participants

Sponsored Education Group Participants

Abilene Network

Abilene Network
Core Map, February 2003

Internet2 GigaPoPs
31 as of February 2003

Internet2 Network Infrastructure
Backbones operate at 2.4 Gbps (OC48) to 10 Gbps (OC192) capacity today
GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance aggregation points
Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps to the desktop

Project Team
Overall direction by Internet2, with
 Qwest Corporation
 Nortel
 Cisco Systems
 Indiana University

Applications

 Internet2 Applications
What are “Internet2 applications”?
They deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning
They require advanced networks to work

Different Disciplines/Contexts
Sciences
Arts
Humanities
Health care
Business/Law
Administration
Library
Classroom
Clinic
Office
Laboratory
Dorm room

For example … Remote Collaboration

For example … Science & Engineering

For example … Health Sciences

Arts & Humanities Initiatives

Streaming Media
Indiana University
Georgetown University
Gallaudet University

Variations – Indiana University

ASL Poetry

Master Classes
University of Oklahoma
New World Symphony
Columbia University
Manhattan School of Music

University of Oklahoma
Felicia Moyer

New World Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas
photo by R. Andrew Lepley

Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music and CANARIE Inc.
Pinchas Zukerman

Live Performance Events

Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age

Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age

Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age

Technophobe and the Madman

Mobile Education Production Cart

More Info ...
www.internet2.edu
adoyle@internet2.edu
apps.internet2.edu/talks/
Ann Doyle
    Internet2
    3025 Boardwalk Suite 100
    Ann Arbor, MI 48108
    +1.734.352.7011

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