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UCAID/Internet2 A Presentation to the Kellogg Commission. Michael M. Roberts 23 June 1998 Washington, D.C. UCAID Member Universities 127 Members as of May 1998. GHW. UCAID Mission. Provide leadership and direction for advanced networking development within the university community.
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UCAID/Internet2A Presentation to the Kellogg Commission Michael M. Roberts 23 June 1998 Washington, D.C.
UCAID Mission • Provide leadership and direction for advanced networking development within the university community
21st Century World of Learning and Information • Computer mediated networks are ubiquitous • Information appliances are smart and cheap • Every client a server • Glut rather than scarcity • Distributed, disaggregated, disintermediated • Integrative
New Millennium Challenges to Higher Education • Historic campus model of library/scholar/student is changing • Internet mediated learning competing with classroom learning • Students can be anyone, anywhere, anytime • Traditional colleges & univ face redefined education environment
History of Internet2 • September 1995: Monterey Futures Conference • August 1996: Cheyenne Mountain Workshop • October 1996: Internet2 Project formed • January 1997: First Internet2 Member Meeting • October 1997: UCAID formed • April 1998: Abilene Project Announced
Internet2 Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer capability to the global production Internet
Internet2 Applications • Interactive, distance-independent learning • Interactive, network-based collaboration • Real-time modeling and simulation • Large-scale, multi-site computation and database processing • Shared virtual reality - “teleimmersion”
Abilene Project • Provide advanced network testbed • Support Internet2 applications development • Demonstrate next generation operational and quality of service capabilities • Create facilities for network research • Anticipate end of vBNS program
UCAID Current Priorities • Establish backbone connectivity to all member sites • Facilitate cooperation and middleware implementation • Coordinate with the computer science community • Complete staff recruitment • Identify & develop 1st phase applications • Strengthen Board, staff, member & sponsor relationships
Commercialization Privatization 21st Century Interoperable Networking High Performance SprintLink Research &Education InternetMCI Networks Agency Networks ANS ARPAnet NSFNET Active gigabit Nets testbeds wireless Internet2, Abilene, vBNS WDM ESNET, NREN, DREN Quality of Service (QoS) Research and Development Partnerships