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Dale Smith, PI and Steven Huter, co-PI Network Startup Resource Center

This program aims to cultivate the international research and education network fabric, providing technical assistance, training, and equipment to institutions in developing areas. It also promotes local and regional cooperation and fosters a culture of networkers helping each other.

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Dale Smith, PI and Steven Huter, co-PI Network Startup Resource Center

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  1. NSF Office of CyberinfrastructureInternational Research Network Connections ProgramOctober 6, 2011Grant 0963081Cultivating the International Research and Education Network Fabric: An Essential Underpinning of Cyberinfrastructure Dale Smith, PI and Steven Huter, co-PI Network Startup Resource Center

  2. Roots of the NSRC • Started by Randy Bush and John Klensin in late 1980s and early 1990s • Helped establish the first email systems (FidoNet and/or UUCP) in many countries around the world • Facilitated the first Internet links in southern Africa in 1988-91 (ZA, BW, NA, ZW, ZM, etc.) • First NSF grant from CISE formalized the NSRC in 1992 • NSRC helped establish the first Internet connections for • Peru, South Africa, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, and assistance to many others

  3. Education Outreach and Training • Provides technical information, engineering assistance, training, and equipment to R&E institutions and ISPs in developing areas • Helps US scientists with connectivity needs in developing areas • Facilitates networking to and within the least connected regions of the world • Works on solving specific communication problems with scientists and engineers on both ends of the connectivity spectrum

  4. Approach and Strategy • Cultivate cyberinfrastructure by disseminating information, training, and tools to R&E network operators via hands-on workshops and remote assistance • Gather and distribute donations from Cisco, Google, ISPs, O’Reilly, and other publishers, etc. • Promote culture of networkers helping each other • Synergize and catalyze local and regional cooperation • Forming and supporting NOGs • AfNOG, SANOG, PacNOG, WALC, ngNOG, ghNOG • Leverage our experience and contacts to benefit NSF, IRNC collaborators and our constituency

  5. NSRC Approach Four prongs: • Campus network design/R&E network development – Facilitate best practices • Wireless and wireless sensor networks • Critical infrastructure and cybersecurity (IXPs, ccTLD registries, DNSSEC, etc.) • Digitization of scientific and cultural resources

  6. Recent Work (2010) MONTHCOUNTRYEVENTACTIVITY May Rwanda AfNOG/AfREN Network Management June Sri Lanka APTLD Meeting Reliable DNS June A. Samoa PacNOG 7 System Admin/DNSSEC July Bhutan SANOG 17 ISP/IP Services July Guatemala ccTLD (sp) Advanced ccTLD August Nicaragua University/NREN (sp) Network Management Sept Ghana GARNET NREN Network/NREN Design Sept Mali APTLD (fr) Advanced ccTLD Oct Bolivia WALC (sp) Network Management/IPv6 Oct Wisconsin NSF CI UWisc CI and Biodiversity Oct Ghana AAU Connectivity Higher Ed. Connectivity Oct Turkey MENOG 7 Network Management Nov Micronesia PacNOG 8 Network Management Nov South Africa UbuntunetAlliance R&E Network Development Dec Thailand intERLab/AIT Multicast Dec Chile NIC Chile Assist with .cl DNSSEC signing

  7. Recent Work (2011) MONTHCOUNTRYEVENTACTIVITY January Sri Lanka SANOG 17 Univ. Net Design & Mgmt January Thailand WUNCA 23 Campus Network Design February Thailand intERLab/AIT Campus Wireless Design February Hong Kong APRICOT/APAN Network Management, Reliable DNS, DNSSEC February Italy ICTP/WSN Wireless Sensors Networks March Ghana AAU Direct Network Assistance April Senegal UCAD/SnRER (fr) Campus Network Design May Kenya KENIC DNSSEC May Tanzania AfNOG (fr)Network Management, DNSSEC June Kenya KENET Wireless/R&E Networking June Fiji PacNOG 9 Reliable DNS/DNSSEC July Nigeria NG-REN/ngNOG Network Design Workshop August Colorado NCAR/NSF Science CI in Africa August Guatemala RedCLARA/CONCyt (sp) Campus Network Design Sept Nepal SANOG 18 Campus Network Design

  8. Upcoming Work MONTHCOUNTRYEVENTACTIVITY October Ecuador WALC (es) Network Management, Advanced Routing/Multicast October Malawi AfChix Unix System Admin October Senegal ICANN 42 (fr) DNS Security / Net. Mgmt. Nov Ghana GARNET Campus Network Design Nov New Caledonia PacNOG 10 (fr) Unix Admin, DNS Security Dec Vietnam intERLab/AIT Campus Network & Multicast January Senegal UCAD Direct Engineering Assistance February Nigeria ng-REN/ngNOG Network Management February India APRICOT/SANOG 19 DNS Security March Morocco MARWAN Network Management April TBD MENOG 10 Net. Mgmt., Security, Routing May Gambia AfNOG 13 AfREN Meeting, Network Management, DNSSEC

  9. KENET-NSRC Campus Network Design Workshop in Kenya (March 2010)

  10. An Example - Ecuador • Worked with the Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzado (CEDIA), FUNDACYT and the National Telecommunications Council (CONATEL) to facilitate advanced network infrastructure and applications, connecting Ecuador to RedCLARA, Internet2, GEANT, etc. • Assisted Ecuadorian networkers with: • technical information and negotiating for circuits • connecting Ecuadorian scientists with US counterparts • training Ecuadorian R&E network engineers • This network is actively used by US and Ecuadorian Scientists for Seismic and Volcanology research

  11. Science and CI in Africa Two-day workshop held as part of an NSF/NCAR two-week colloquium with African Climate and Atmosphere scientists in Boulder, Colorado. • Follow-up event with AAU in Africa • Network connectivity for UNAVCO climate sensor in Malawi with ICTP wireless project for the Malawi College of Medicine. • Low cost, low power rain gauges and wireless transmission devices from ICTP as part of UCAD and NCAR project in Senegal. • Discussion of mitigating high connectivity costs in Zambia. • Potential Internet2 and UbuntuNet peering agreement in Europe.

  12. Training is only part of the picture… It's about much more than just connecting switches and routers to build physical networks. NSRC emphasizes knowledge dissemination by helping to develop a community of professionals that will enable continuous and sustainable progress. It really is all about building the human network.

  13. The Americas: WALC 2010, Bolivia

  14. Asia: Pre-SANOG VI, Bhutan

  15. The Middle East: ccTLD Jordan

  16. Africa: AfNOG Morocco

  17. Africa: UCAD Dakar

  18. Cyberinfrastructure and Universities Steven Huter with Professeur Saliou NDIAYE, the President of the University Cheikh Anta DIOP in Dakar, Senegal after the successful completion of a Campus Network Design workshop in April, 2011.

  19. Leveraging NSF Investment • Since initial NSF award in 1992, NSRC has facilitated distribution of $6,000,000 worth of donated technical reference books and $40,000,000 worth of equipment to engineering and computer science departments, university libraries, and centrally based networking facilities in the poorest and least-connected countries in the world. • 50% discount from DHL for UO-NSRC account • Extensive volunteer support and pro bono contributions

  20. Distribution of Donations ANESA: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros Islands, Congo-Brazzaville, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Americas: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela CEE: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan EAP: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Laos, Micronesia, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tokelau, Vanuatu, Vietnam

  21. NSRC Budget and Team Current NSRC team consists of 12 paid personnel, three of whom are full-time, and about 100 longtime volunteers in various countries around the world. Annual operating budget of about $1M Around 40% is funding from the NSF, with the rest coming from industry and private foundations

  22. Other Principal Funding Sources African CI Buildout Wireless Networking Training and Materials Cybersecurity training and - assisting ccTLD registries registries with DNSSEC deployment Unrestricted gifts

  23. Conclusion • NSRC enhances network operations globally, making it easier for US scientists to collaborate with international partners • Builds goodwill for NSF and US scientists collaborating with R&E sites and network training facilities throughout the less-connected areas of the world • Current annual support from NSF enables leveraging of other strategic alliances and funding sources in support of the IRNC program

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