Internet2 Overview

1. Internet2 Overview Mary Kratz, MT(ASCP) Internet2 Health Sciences Program Manager Prous Science 15 September 2003 Barcelona, Spain

2. Outline for Today • Thank you for the welcome! • Background of Internet2 • Internet2 organization • Network infrastructure • International partnerships • Advanced Applications • Learn about Prous Science!

3. Success of the Internet Millions of People Source:Nua Internet Surveys

4. History • ARPAnet origins • 1987 -- NSFnet • Privatization in 1995 • 1996 • Telecomm Act • The WWW explodes • Federal Next Generation Internet Initiative • NSF provides grant funding to universities for network infrastructure • Internet2 founded • 1999 • Abilene in production

5. Today’s Internet Doesn’t • Provide reliable end-to-end performance • Encourage cooperation on new capabilities • Allow testing of new technologies • Support development of revolutionary applications

6. Internet2 Mission and Goals • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. • Enable new generation of applications • Create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

7. Internet Development Spiral Commercialization Privatization Today’sInternet Internet2 Research and Development Partnerships Source: Ivan Moura Campos

8. Internet2 Universities202 University Members, July 2003

9. Organization of Internet2 • Liaisons from university members • Executive • Engineering • Applications • Middleware • Not-for-profit corporation • legal name: University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) – use Internet2 • Staff of ~80 (loan to Internet2 from University members) • Facilitate, coordinate, provide collective infrastructure where required

10. Leadership • Strong Board of Directors • University presidents/chancellors • Voting representatives • Advisory councils with board seats • Applications Strategy • Network Planning and Policy • Network Research Liaison • Industry Liaison Council

11. Internet2 Partnerships • Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy • Industry • Government • International

12. Internet2 Corporate Partners

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

14. 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 Global Crossing 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 Star Valley Solutions, Inc. Syntel, Inc. Telecom Italia Lab Verizon Communications WebCT Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc. Internet2 Corporate Members

15. 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 Internet2 Affiliate Members PeachNet Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) Southwest Research Institute State University of New York System State University System of Florida Survivors of the Shoah-Visual History Foundation University Corporation for Atmospheric Research University of Missouri System University of North Carolina, General Administration

16. Internet2/U.S. GovernmentSeparate but Interdependent • U.S. Next Generation Internet • Led by U.S. government agencies • Focused on agency needs • Internet2 • Led by higher education • Focused on research and education needs • Interdependent: • Government agency funding to research, connections, applications development • Science and engineering research increasingly dependent on persistent, high-performance infrastructure provided by Internet2

17. Internet2 Focus Areas • Advanced Network Infrastructure • Middleware • Engineering • Advanced Applications • Partnerships

18. Internet2 Network Infrastructure • Backbone operates at 10 Gbps • GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance aggregation points • Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps to the desktop

19. Abilene NetworkCore Map, September 2003

20. Abilene Network Logical Map

21. Last updated: 01 August 2003 Abilene International Peering

22. Internet2 Focus Areas • Advanced Applications • Middleware • Engineering • Advanced Network Infrastructure • Partnerships

23. Internet2: Partnerships • Partnerships are key to Internet2 • International partners are of strategic importance to Internet2 • Ensure global interoperability • of the next generation of Internet technologies and applications • Enable global collaboration • in research and education providing/promoting the development of an advanced networking environment internationally

24. International Partner Program • Build effective partnerships in other countries • With organizations of similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies • Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding • Provide/promote interconnectivity between communities • Collaborate on technology development and deployment • Facilitate collaboration between members on applications • Engagement to: • Establish leading, high-performance network infrastructures in support of science, teaching and learning • Ensure global coordination and end-to-end performance in support of our communities

25. Europe-Middle East ARNES (Slovenia) BELNET (Belgium) CARNET (Croatia) CESnet (Czech Republic) DANTE (Europe) DFN-Verein (Germany) GIP RENATER (France) GRNET (Greece) HEAnet (Ireland) HUNGARNET (Hungary) INFN-GARR (Italy) Israel-IUCC (Israel) NORDUnet (Nordic Countries) POL-34 (Poland) FCCN (Portugal) RedIRIS (Spain) RESTENA (Luxembourg) RIPN (Russia) SANET (Slovakia) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) SWITCH (Switzerland) TERENA (Europe) JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom) Americas CANARIE (Canada) CEDIA (Ecuador) CUDI (Mexico) CNTI (Venezuela) CR2NET (Costa Rica) REUNA (Chile) RETINA (Argentina) RNP (Brazil) SENACYT (Panama) Asia-Pacific AAIREP (Australia) APAN (Asia-Pacific) APAN-KR (Korea) APRU (Asia-Pacific) CERNET/CSTNE/NSFCNET (China) JAIRC (Japan) JUCC (Hong Kong) NECTEC/UNINET (Thailand) SingAREN (Singapore) TANet2 (Taiwan) Last updated: 01 August 2003 Current International Partners

26. Internet2 Focus Areas • Advanced Network Infrastructure • Middleware • Engineering • Advanced Applications • Partnerships

27. Download of “The Matrix” DVD(Comparison of the Internet2 Land Speed Record)

28. The Scope of the Internet2 Health Science initiative includes clinical practice, medical and related biological research, education, and medical awareness in the Public.

29. Roadmap • Networking Health:Prescriptions for the Internet • National Research Council Report • Current and future Internet • Released 24 February 2000 • National Academy Press • ISBN 0-309-06843-6

30. Process Model • Demonstration events • Working Groups define goals and objectives • SIGs and BoF • Explore technical discussions • Formulate deliverables • Publications • Best practices • Policy • Implementation strategies • Bring together thought leaders

31. Grand Challenge: Information Infrastructure Organism(person) Organ Tissue Cell Protein Atom& organ systems (1m) (10-3m) (10-6m) (10-9m) (10-12m) (10-15m) Systems models Continuum models (PDEs) ODEs Stochastic models Pathway models Gene networks Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, Software Frameworks, Databases, Networking, Grids Courtesy: Peter Hunter, University of Auckland

32. Health Science and Information Technology Overlap • More new information will be created in the next 2 years than throughout our entire history • Instantaneous global collaboration is the next killer application • Medical science will not be possible without advanced computing solutions • Research & development will rely increasingly on academic & industry partnerships 1 03/19/03

33. Inter-disciplinary Partnerships Catalyse New Uses • Direct visualizations • Data collection/integration • Data mining • Device intercommunication • Haptic immersion • Augmented dexterity • Advanced sensors • Wireless data collection • Economic models for reimbursement realities Image courtesy of: Dr. Christopher Johnson, Director of the SCI Institute 1

34. Further Information • On the Web • health/internet2.edu • www.internet2.edu/health • Email • health@internet2.edu • Mary Kratz • Internet2 Health Sciences, Program Manager • Mkratz@internet2.edu

35. www.internet2.edu