April ISC Briefing
§ A broad slice across academic uses of
Abilene and high-end networks, from ASC
Wide variety of applications generating digital content
flows – multimedia knowledge, video streams,
medical apps, etc.
§ Two types of advanced apps
High-performance scientific, scholarly, cultural
collaborations – Grids, performance art, etc
Leading-edge mass market apps – creating such
apps and taming them for market – web, video,
presence, etc.