Internet2: Advancing
Networking for Education
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Douglas Van Houweling |
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President & CEO, UCAID |
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School Technology Management |
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19 October 1999 |
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Washington, DC |
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People on the Internet
Computers on the Internet
Yesterday’s Internet
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Thousands of users |
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Remote login, file transfer |
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Applications capitalize on underlying
technology |
Today’s Internet
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Millions of users |
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Web, email, low-quality audio &
video |
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Applications adapt to underlying
technology |
Tomorrow’s Internet
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Billions of users and devices |
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Convergence of today’s applications and
services |
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New technologies enable unanticipated
applications (and create new challenges) |
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Internet Development Spiral
Internet2 Goals
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Enable new generation of applications |
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Re-create leading edge R&E network
capability |
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Transfer technology and experience to
the global production Internet |
Enabling advanced
applications...
Advanced Applications
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Digital Libraries |
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Collaboration |
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Virtual Laboratories |
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Visualization and virtual reality |
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All of the above in combination |
Many Disciplines and
Contexts
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Sciences |
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Arts |
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Humanities |
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Health care |
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Business/Law |
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Administration |
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Instruction |
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Collaboration |
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Streaming video |
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Distributed computation |
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Data mining |
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Virtual reality |
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Digital libraries |
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Digital Libraries
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Informedia Project |
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Carnegie Mellon University |
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>2000 hours |
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50,000 stories |
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Digital Libraries
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Video and audio |
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Indiana University
Variations
Project |
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Collaborations
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Link instruments, data sources,
researchers and students |
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Virtual Laboratories
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Real-time access to remote instruments |
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University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
Distributed nanoManipulator |
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Teleimmersion
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Shared virtual reality |
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Virtual
Temporal
Bone |
Distributed Computation
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Large-scale computation |
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University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research |
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Re-creating leading edge
networking capabilities...
Applications and Engineering
Initiatives
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Quality of Service: QBone |
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www.internet2.edu/qbone |
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Multicast |
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Distributed Storage: I2-DSI |
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dsi.internet2.edu |
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Digital Video: I2-DV |
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i2dv.nwu.icair.edu |
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I2MI: Glue Factory |
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www.internet2.edu/middleware |
Internet2 Working Groups
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IPv6 |
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Measurement |
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Multicast |
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Network Management |
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Network Storage |
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Quality of Service |
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Routing |
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Security |
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Topology |
End-to-End Networks
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Campus networks |
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GigaPoPs |
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National backbones |
Internet2 GigaPoPs
Internet2 and the Next
Generation Internet Initiative
National Networks
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Internet2 Backbone Networks |
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vBNS |
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Abilene |
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Federal Backbone Networks |
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DREN |
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ESnet |
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NREN |
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Abilene Network
Transferring technology and
experience...
Internet2 Universities
163
Members as of September 1999
Internet2 Corporate Partners
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ITC^Deltacom |
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Lucent Technologies |
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MCI Worldcom |
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Microsoft |
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Newbridge Networks |
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Nortel Networks |
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Qwest Communications |
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StarBurst |
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WCI Cable |
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3Com |
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Advanced Network & Services |
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Alcatel |
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Ameritech |
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AT&T |
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Cabletron Systems |
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Cisco Systems |
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FORE Systems |
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IBM |
International Activities
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Ensure global interoperability of
advanced networking technologies and applications |
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Enable collaborations between US
researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts |
Drivers for advanced global
research networks
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Global access to shared resources |
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Instruments and facilities |
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Genome, video, economic, and
demographic databases |
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Data collection and dissemination |
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Earth observation |
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High Energy Physics |
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Collaboration support |
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Video, audio, tele-immersion |
Internet2 International
Collaborations
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Building peer to peer relationships |
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Looking for similar goals/objectives
and similar constituencies |
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Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding |
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Implementation: Peering and Connection
Agreements |
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Collaboration: Projects and
Applications |
MOU Signatories
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CANARIE (Canada) |
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Stichting SURF (Netherlands) |
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NORDUnet (Nordic countries) |
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TERENA (pan-European association) |
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UKERNA (UK) |
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INFN-GARR (Italy) |
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DFN-Verein (Germany) |
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GIP RENATER (France) |
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JAIRC (Japan) |
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SingAREN (Singapore) |
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CUDI (Mexico) |
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APAN (Asia-Pacific region) |
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Israel-IUCC (Israel) |
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DANTE (European network) |
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AAIREP (Australia) |
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HEAnet (Ireland) |
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CESnet (Czech Republic) |
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Under discussion |
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RNP2 (Brazil) |
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EnRED (Latin American association) |
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REDIris (Spain) |
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SWITCH (Switzerland) |
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Network Convergence
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Common bearer service (IP) |
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End to end capability |
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Applications driven |
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Media types integrated for natural
interpersonal interaction |
Information Ž Collaboration
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Today’s Internet focuses on access to
and delivery of information and entertainment |
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Tomorrow’s Internet will support human
collaboration in an information and media rich environment |
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Dramatic implications for the K-12 |
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Ubiquitous Connectivity
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Steadily lower prices |
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Task-specific and everyday devices |
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Machine-to-machine network traffic |
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Nomadic connections |
Unanticipated Innovation
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Lesson of the Web |
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Network growth and value are non-linear |
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New technologies enable qualitatively
different uses |
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Users become innovators |
Technology Transfer
to K-12
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Direct university collaboration |
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Regional gigaPoP activities |
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Corporate partner commercialization |
Implications for K-12
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Advanced networking will provide: |
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Expanded access to remote resources for
instruction |
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Increased need to collaborate with
broader educational community on IT |
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Continued need to ensure broad
deployment of new capabilities |
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For More Internet2
Information
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On the Web |
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www.internet2.edu |
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Email |
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info@internet2.edu |
www.internet2.edu