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Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Development with High Performance Networking

US-Russian Cooperative Programs US-Russian Civic Networking Workshop, February 13, 2002. Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Development with High Performance Networking. Natasha Bulashova, President Friends & Partners Foundation Moscow, Russia Greg Cole, Associate Director

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Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Development with High Performance Networking

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  1. US-Russian Cooperative Programs US-Russian Civic Networking Workshop, February 13, 2002 Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Developmentwith High Performance Networking Natasha Bulashova, President Friends & Partners Foundation Moscow, Russia Greg Cole, Associate Director High Performance Strategic Networking Initiatives National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Natasha Bulashova, Friends & Partners Foundation Greg Cole, University of Tennessee, Friends & Partners Foundation N S F H I G H P E R F O R M A N C E I N T E R N A T I O N A L I N T E R N E T S E R V I C E S P R O G R A M

  2. Presentation Overview Friends and Partners NATO CVET-Net CIV-Grid / School Grid US DOS Nauka-Grid KORRnet FASTnet CIVnet MIRnet Kurchatov Institute FP LIB

  3. MIRnet: Inaugural Videoconference September 17, 1999

  4. Friends and Partners (1994) Friends

  5. . . . started with a single email . . . Friends and Partners

  6. Friends & Partners (an early image) An internet based information sharing and exchange service devoted to encouraging communications and exchange between citizens of the US and Russia (more broadly, between “the west” and the former soviet union).

  7. friends & partners • An internet based information sharing and exchange service devoted to encouraging communications and exchange between citizens of the US and Russia. • Began in 1993-94 as effort to promote interaction and exchange between scientists and educators between Russia and the US - using then-new Internet technologies. • Has broadened since 1994 to include non-government organizations, businesses, news agencies, government agencies, women’s groups, social workers, health care communities, churches, students, teachers - in short, anyone interested in promoting and participating in US-Russian exchange. • Emphasis remains on promoting broad-based “grass roots” community-building between Russians and Americans. • F&P provides the soil of out of which MIRnet/FASTnet and CIVnet and the various Grid projects have grown. Friends

  8. friends & partners • Launched on January 19, 1994 (strictly a hobby); • Hosts over 100 Web Sites; over 50 Listservers; over 11,000 individual subscribers; chat rooms, etc. • 5,000,000+ accesses/monthly; • 1,000,000+ communications/monthly via listservers; • Active chat room; • Funded by US State Department, ISF, NATO, Sun Microsystems, US AID, Ford Foundation, American International Health Alliance, US National Science Foundation, Eurasia Foundation • Support from University of Tennessee (Homer Fisher), NCSA, Pushchino Biological Center and the F&P Foundation-Russia Friends

  9. friends & partners today • A hobby between two friends and families; • Loose-knit community of individuals and organizations interested in US-Russian cooperation; • Mirrored web and communications servers; • Projects to build local communications / information infrastructure (CIVnet) in US and Russian communities; • Project to build more capable communications infrastructure between US and Russia (MIRnet/FASTnet/Grids); • US and Russian teams (in Moscow, Pushchino, Washington, Urbana-Champaign, IL); • F&P Foundation in Moscow chartered as non-profit organization; • Coming F&P Foundation in U.S. (501(c)3) Friends

  10. infrastructure • Early days: entire South Moscow region behind a single 19.2K modem • First grant (from NATO) addressed this - and over 2 year period, increased speed to 256K • Sun Microsystems donated workstation equipment to both teams • US DOS grant enabled us to hire staff, provided some operations funds, helped legitimize efforts within our home institutions Friends

  11. * Sergeiv Posad * Strezhnevoy * Murmansk * Novosibirsk (west Siberia) (2 proposals) * Yaroslavl * St.Petersburg * Vladivostok * Samara (Far East) * Voronezh * Yakutia * Obninsk * Pereslavl-Zalessky * Bryansk * Saratov * Penza * Chelyabinsk * Rostov-na-Donu * Tomsk * Troitsk * Krasnodar * Kazan US-Russian Civic Networking Program   CIVnet

  12. US-Russian Civic Networking Program • Supported by total of $630K from Ford Foundation (and $70K from other sources), the three-year old CIVnet project is developing “model” civic networks in Russia working in partnership with similar U.S. efforts. • Goals: • Develop communications/information infrastructure in Russian communities • Enhanceaccess to enabling information / communications technologies • Encourage local democratic reform by encouraging interaction between public, private, education, health care, business sectors • Promote Local, national and international cooperation on “digital divide” issues • Promote US-Russian cooperation • Develop based on Russian culture and community life CIVnet

  13. US-Russian Civic Networking Program • Sites selected through competitive, nation-wide, electronic solicitation (only electronic submissions accepted) • Six cities chosen not on basis of need but rather likelihood of success and of providing useful model for others • Strength of local consortia strong determining factor in selection • $45K funding for first year, $25K second year, $15K third and subsequent years CIVnet

  14. Motivation for Civic Networking The Bellagio Declaration • Every voice has the right to be heard and should have the means to be heard. • Communications systems and technology must therefore be affordable, accessible to all. • To work best, communications must allow a flow from many to many, rather than from one to many. • Communities must play an essential role in finding their own communications solutions. CIVnet

  15. US-Russian Civic Networking Program A synthesis . . . CIVnet

  16. The drive across America . . CIVnet

  17. KORRnet: motivation • Getting my Mom on the Internet . . .

  18. KORRnet: An Example • Same ideas/technologies as Friends and Partners but for local community • Development began in 1994; launched in 1996 • Provides community-focused information resource • Email accounts, Internet access for 8,000 local citizens • Public access sites in 22+ area locations • Internet publishing services for over 450+ local organizations • Participation/governance from throughout local community • Victim of University “politics” CIVnet

  19. CHIPS Project • Computers for Homebound and Isolated Persons (CHIPS) project recently won Stockholm Challenge Award (highest international award given for community access projects) CIVnet

  20. focus • Create community-wide Internet access with public access locations, training programs and daily support • Foster development of community-wide information services and resources • Require participation of local government, business, education, health care, NGOs, public safety in shared, open governance of the project • Require information (who, what, where, when, why, (and finances)) about local government CIVnet

  21. US-Russian Civic Networking Program • Grand opening ceremony March 27, 1999 • CivNET Web site/server established • 2 public access points (one is a 15 station facility inside local university) • 112 organizations connected (150 additional expected by end of summer) • 25+ training seminars - over 250 individuals trained • Strong local academic support Chelyabinsk CIVnet

  22. US-Russian Civic Networking Program • • Grand opening ceremony April 3, 1999 • • CivNET Web site/server established • • Six (6) public access points opened • • 27 organizations connected (28 in process) • • 10 individuals connected (110 expected by summer) • • strong local government support • • very strong chamber of commerce support and involvement • Publish newspaper “Sergiev Posad Week” Sergiev Posad CIVnet

  23. US-Russian Civic Networking Program Sergiev Posad 22 October 1999 Sergiev Posad Intro CIVnet

  24. US-Russian Civic Networking Program • Grand opening ceremony March 29, 1999 • CivNET Web site/server established • 36 public access points identified (9 operating) • 18 organizations connected (42 additional expected by end of summer) • 10 station training facility open daily (from 4:00 - 8:00 pm) and staffed • Local administration provided information on local region, economy, culture • Extensive material “Samara ethnos and culture” • Very strong NGO support (and need) Samara CIVnet

  25. US-Russian Civic Networking Program Samara CIVnet

  26. US-Russian Civic Networking Program CIVnet

  27. US-Russian Civic Networking Program Kazan Civic Networking team Dmitry Vakhmyanin, Oleg Krasilnikov, Aydar Hamzin, Sergey Kiselev, Tatiana Volchenko CIVnet

  28. US-Russian Civic Networking Program http://cnk.kai.ru/ 20 June, 2000 Grand Opening of the Kazan Civic Network Local media, Leaders of public organization, National deputies Tatarstan President Administration CIVnet

  29. US-Russian Civic Networking Program Obninsk Civic Networking team CIVnet

  30. US-Russian Civic Networking Program http://civnet.obninsk.org/ Open 2 public access centers Pilot version of the Obninsk Civnet web Establish opportunities to have access to Internet any NGO Volunteer WEB team works with NGOs ( works all week, including weekend) Provide training seminars (14 organization ) CIVnet

  31. US-Russian Civic Networking Program Voronezh Civic Networking team 25 January,VCN is completely operational with new server in place, all telecommunication equipment operating and organizations already making use of services April, 2000 Regional Children’s Library- access place for young people CIVnet

  32. US-Russian Civic Networking Program Running sub-project: WEB-workshop 23 persons were trained during May , 2000 Local radio program- since 21 May “Voronezh Civic Network” Network bandwidth capacity increased by 4 times CIVnet

  33. US-Russian Civic Networking Program http://vcn.vorstu.ac.ru Central Public access Center : Web-workshop ( creating, designing and providing information resources Full- time advisory service on maintenance of a network Structure of server “VCN” was created CIVnet

  34. US-Russian Civic Networking Program • Future • Second US-Russian Civic Network workshop to be held in February, 2002 in Washington. • FASTnet connectivity/routing for CIVnets; • Russia-wide conference (Ford Foundation support) in August, 2002 with Russian Institute for Public Networks on development of CIV-Grid • Expansion of project to additional communities in Russia (CIV-Grid) CIVnet

  35. MIRnet • NSF Cooperative Agreement (ANI-9730330) to the University of Tennessee with matching funds from Russian Ministry of Science and Technology to Russian partners • A 6 Mbps IP/ATM service between STAR TAP in Chicago and the M9 switch in Moscow for purpose of linking high performance science and education networks in US and Russia • A program to encourage applications of high performance networking for US-Russian scientific collaboration • Network running reliably since July, 1999 MIRnet

  36. FASTnet / CVETnet • MIRnet has changed to FASTnet • 155 Mbps MPLS service Chicago - Frankfurt • 155 Mbps service Frankfurt - Moscow • Will route all S&E networks in Russia • New partners: Kurchatov Institute, Joint Supercomputing Center, Russian Academy of Science, Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology • New US home: National Center for Supercomputing Applications MIRnet

  37. FASTnet / CVETnet • Contract for new network signed October 1, 2001 • 45 Mbps began operating December 7, 2001 • 155 Mbps to begin February 20, 2002 MIRnet

  38. Network Topology NAP in Chicago is represented with router and ATM switch connected to STAR TAP NAP in Moscow is represented with router and ATM switch connected to Internet Exchange in M9 which is managed by Russian Institute of Public Networks. MIRnet

  39. U.S. Users • Traffic to U.S. • 93% educational • 7% .gov/.mil • Traffic from U.S. • 92% educational • 8% .gov/.mil US Government agency use of MIRnet (megabytes transferred since July, 2000) MIRnet

  40. Russian Users Novgorod State Univ. In: 0.4% Out: 0.2% Moscow State Univ. In: 30.4% Out: 24.8% 21 1 Yaroslavl’ Reg. Net. In: 0.7% Out: 0.6% Chernagolovka In: 24.5% Out: 6.1% 17 2 Ural State University In: 2.7% Out: 3.8% MEPHI In: 8.0% Out: 2.3% 8 3 RAS Ural Reg. Acad. Net. In: 1.4% Out: 0.6% 11 Chelyabinsk FREEnet In: 3.0% Out: 0.6% 7 MIRnet

  41. MIRnet routed institutions in Moscow MIRnet

  42. International Traffic Flow to Russia #4 Finland 4% (31G) #2 Sweden 12% (99G) #7 Canada 3% (22 G) #6 U.K. 3% (24G) #5 Netherlands 3% (27G) #13 Japan 0.3% (2.8G) #1 U.S. 63% (508 G) #3 France 4% (33G) #12 China 0.4% (3G) Primary Country Providers of Traffic to Russia since July 1, 2000 MIRnet

  43. FASTnet Consortium • US Partners include: • University of Illinois NCSA (formerly Univ. of Tennessee) • STAR TAP • Funding provided by US National Science Foundation • Connectivity provided by Teleglobe • Russian Partners include: • Kurchatov Institute/Russian Institute of Public Networks • Friends and Partners Foundation • Moscow Joint Supercomputing Center (formerly MSU) • Russian Academy of Science • Funding provided by Ministry of Science & Technology • Connectivity provided by RASCOM/Teleglobe MIRnet

  44. Review Oct ‘00 Teleglobe Sep ‘00 Project Development Demo Aug 8 ‘00 Newsletter Sep ‘00 MADAS 2 Sep ‘00 Demo Jun ‘00 Meeting Nov ‘99 Demo Feb 22 ‘00 Launch Sep ‘99 IP Down Jul ‘99 IP Up Jun’99 MADAS 1.0 Sum’99 Moscow/ MASS Nov’98 Announce Sep’98 Teleglobe Sep’98 Cooperative Agreement Jul’98 Revised Proposal Mar’98 Renegotiate Fall/Winter ‘97 Proposal Aug’97 NSF RFP Jun’97 CIVnet Jan’97 NATO Sep’95 F & P Jan’94 KORRnet Jun’94 Intro

  45. NSF Funding $800K annually ($4.0 million total) $600K for transport (Chicago - Frankfurt) $135K operations ($65K overhead) $150K cost sharing Russian Ministry of Science Funding $500K annually ~$300K for transport (Denmark - Moscow) Budget • Russian Ministry of Science Funding • $1,700K annually • ~$1,420K for transport (Frankfurt - Moscow) MIRnet

  46. Friends & Partners Foundation • Originating member of Russian MIRnet team • Worked with US staff for 8+ years on several US-Russian networking projects Natasha Bulashova, President, F&P MIRnet

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