1. Initiative Overview Nick Maynard November 3, 2011.

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Initiative OverviewInitiative OverviewNick MaynardNick Maynard

November 3, 2011November 3, 2011

Accelerating Development of Next-Gen Applications

PROBLEM: We have a chicken and egg problem in next-gen capacity and applications. – Demand for high-speed broadband from consumers and

small businesses is limited without next-gen applications. – Software developers have continued to engineer their

apps to run over low-bandwidth broadband services. – Without a critical mass of end-users demanding higher

bandwidth, supply of next-gen capacity has remained limited.

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Accelerating Development of Next-Gen Applications

SOLUTION: US Ignite will promote US leadership in development of

applications and services for ultra-fast networks

This initiative will foster the creation of novel applications that have the potential to transform national priority areas, such as: – Healthcare– Education – Public safety– Energy– Advanced manufacturing

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Actions

–Link together ultra-high-capacity, low-latency networks of sufficient scale to support meaningful experimentation by researchers and entrepreneurs

–Facilitate research, experimentation, and entrepreneurship using this network of networks

–Make the best applications available for public benefit or commercial use through the support of US Ignite partners and funders

–Disseminate lessons learned

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Combining Industry, Agencies and Academia

• US Ignite Partnership will work with NSF, the White House OSTP, GENI, and leading technology and telecom companies

• Allows startups and students the same opportunity as industry and researchers to develop and deploy next-gen apps

• Funders and partners will have the opportunity to take an active role in developing and growing good ideas developed by US Ignite efforts

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No New Infrastructure Construction

•Will stitch together islands of high-bandwidth connectivity across the country to create a nationwide high-bandwidth test-bed

•Communities that have agreed to participate all have at least 100 Mbps symmetrical service

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Kickoff Event – Winter 2011

• White House event announcing the project partners, test-bed deployment, and long-term vision

• Participants will include:– High-level White House officials– US Ignite non-profit– Communities– For-profit and non-profit partners– Federal agencies

• Event will highlight current efforts while driving the interest of additional communities and partners

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Status UpdateStatus UpdateGlenn RicartGlenn Ricart

October 2011October 2011

Since GEC-11 …

• Call for next generation applications(Suzanne Iacono)

• Adding some new faces• Forming a non-profit (Bill Wallace)• Recruiting industrial partners (Bill Wallace)• Recruiting additional government partners• Inviting BTOP awardees to join us• Clarifying “next generation”

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Sue Spradley

• 20+ yrs. in telecom industry• Head North American

Region for Nokia Siemens• Nortel President of Global

Svcs. And Ops., Product Line Mgt., and Sales

• Member Nat’l Security Telecomm. Advisory Cmte.

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Bill Wallace

• 25 years in telecomm industry

• Co-founder, Chair, EVP of DigitalBridge Comm.

• Co-founder and CEO of OnePoint Comm.

• Head Telecomm practice and COO for Gemini Consulting (of Cap Gemini)

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Joe Kochan

• Consultant with Widelity• Worked as part of Dept. of

Commerce BTOP program• Co-founder and VP-Ops for

DigitalBridge Comm.• Strategic planning and

project management at Verizon Avenue

• Implemented the first Verizon FiOs on military bases

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Additional Government Partners

• National Science Foundation is lead agency• Currently in discussion with additional agencies

– Sponsor applications work– Relationship with an agency’s R&E network (if any)

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Inviting BTOP Awardees

• Future-proof their networks by adding advanced networking capability– GENI Racks– OpenFlow routing– Compute / storage clusters

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Next Generation

• Speed: 100 Mbps + symmetric• Software Defined Networking capabilities

– Such as OpenFlow– Compatible with GENI

• Distributed and Local Cloud capabilities– Such as are provided in GENI racks

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Non-profit PartnershipNon-profit PartnershipWilliam WallaceWilliam Wallace

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Part 1: Spur the development of new applications designed for advanced-technology networks

• NSF will fund and support Gigabit research:–Partner with mission agencies in areas of national priority –Establish criteria to ensure new applications and digital experiences

have the potential to transform focus sectors–Ensure test bed access to entrepreneurs, students, researchers–Run application development prize competitions

• US Ignite Partnership will mentor application developers: –Help establish priorities for scope and mix of competitions –Foster online collaboration and resource sharing among user and

developer communities–Facilitate new, innovative business model testing–Provide entrepreneurship training and funding

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Part 1: Leveraging the unique capabilities of next-generation networks

•100 Mbps+ and low latency

•Post-IP protocols (layer 2) and OpenFlow

•GENI-enabled network capabilities

• Integrated with wireless networks

•Apps built to be open, shared, and extendable

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Part 1: Coordinating multiple development approaches

• NSF has funded Mozilla Open Innovation Challenges:

– Peer-based learning and exchange through structured workshops

– Iterative application development with continued support contingent on results

– Narrowing and launch within target sectors to build scale

– Process facilitated by Mozilla’s experience and access to 400,000-member developer network

• US Ignite Partnership will grow application prize competitions:

– Balanced mix of competitions across sectors

– Balanced mix of competition sponsors

– Award criteria designed to ensure high impact, scalability, use of network capabilities

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Part 2: Maximize potential of national testbed network• Assist GENI in expansion of national testbed network:

–Stitch together campuses and islands of advanced technology infrastructure

–Peer communities that have already deployed 100Mbps or more symmetrical service to consumers, SMBs, anchors

–Serve as “clearing house” for in-kind network contributions

• Share best practices:–Compile lessons for infrastructure deployment, service creation and

delivery, application development, and R&D–Curate and post online materials donated by partners/experts–Convene in-person forums

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Part 3: Review, evaluate, ensure high-impact applications

• Review results of application contests and grant programs:–Develop metrics for evaluating adoption, usage, and success of apps–Conduct post-award panel reviews of progress and mentoring sessions –Evaluate strategies for further development of winning technologies

• Develop strategies to distribute and/or commercialize technology:

• Academic institution funding as a research project• Further government funding as a public benefit or service• Spin-out of technology with US Ignite encouragement, support, and

fundraising–US Ignite Partnership board members, funders, and

partners receive early exposure

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Context and ApplicationsContext and ApplicationsSuzi IaconoSuzi Iacono

November 3, 2011November 3, 2011

GENI US Ignite!Status Renewal from NSF for 3 to 4 more years Not funded yet; USG is building an initiative

with a not-for-profit partnership Ignite Team

Goals Research Infrastructure for transformative science & engineering

Jumpstart gigabit application development; glue together islands of broadband; stand up a Public Private Partnership

Constituencies University faculty, researchers and students Researchers, entrepreneurs, cities, anchor institutions all US citizens

Current Activities Phase 2 Prototyping: Meso-scale build-out; Campus integration; GENI-enabling campuses; GECs; first set of experiments running; GENI used in class rooms

Initial Planning: Workshops; Technical and economic feasibility; Planning meetings; Potential partner telephone calls

Next Up 4th D&P spiral: GENI racks; scaling up # of campuses and # of experiments; do intensive marketing

3rd Ignite Workshop starts this afternoon; 1st Ignite Poster Session; 1st set of teams doing gigabit apps for national priorities will be funded this fall/winter; Mozilla has been funded to carry out competitions/prizes – announcement soon

Long Term Success 100-200 campuses GENI enabled and connected; Rich, widely-used national experimental R&E network

200 (same) campuses and 200 cities GENI-enabled; “experiments” everywhere; innovation everywhere

Role of Campus Central player A partner in an ecosystem – part of the set of anchor institutions where people are part of the loop

GENI Ignite Combination Glue for Ignite! Brings university into mix More testbed users; more user-generated content, systems; innovation ecosystem

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US Ignite US Ignite InitiativeInitiative

Non-profit

Next Generation Applications

Advanced Applications Testbed

+Government participation coordination: NSF, OSTP, and other federal agencies+Industry, non-profit, and municipal partner coordination: US Ignite Non-profit+Research and technology support: NSF-sponsored GENI Project

•Compelling new apps•Collaborative teams •Leverage GENI technologies•Contests & competitions

•Link existing gigabit cities•Link with GENI campuses

•Coordinate industry participation•Engage foundations•Bring in additional cities

•Bring campuses to the initiative•Transition research technologies to pre-commercial use

Next Generation ApplicationsHow to jumpstart development?

• Call for unsolicited proposals for next generation applications (directions to follow)– Holding the 3rd Ignite workshop starting today to shape projects– OPEN TO EVERYONE– Focus on traditional NSF PI community; regular proposals to NSF– Fund 3 to 6 this fall after merit review– A second call in the spring; fund 3 to 6 more this year

• Prizes for next generation applications– Mozilla will host the platform– Non-traditional community from NSF perspective – Ideation plus prototype development prizes

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Application Teams are Encouragedto “Live the Future Today”

• Applications– In areas of national priority– Must show direct benefit to some segment of society; application has

to run somewhere and be used by people– Leverages advances in next generation technologies

• Teams– Looking for people with great ideas– Developers who can turn ideas into next generation applications– Infrastructure providers– Anchor institutions willing to be living labs– Evaluation experts

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Sample Areas of National Priority

• Health IT• Advanced

manufacturing• Cyberlearning• Smart Transportation• Public Safety• Smart Grid and other

Energy Initiatives

• Community empowerment

• Economic development• Disaster preparedness

and response

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Thanks!Questions?

siacono@nsf.gov

Christian HeilmannDeveloper Evangelist

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Community Perspective on US

Ignite

US Ignite Communities

Chattanooga, TNLafayette, LAUTOPIA, UTCleveland, OHWashington, DCPhiladelphia, PA

Independent Initiatives to Drive Networked

InnovationUS Ignite

Gig U

Google Fiber

GigCity

FiberCorps

Independent Initiatives to Drive Networked

InnovationUS Ignite

Gig U

Google Fiber

GigCity

FiberCorps

Independent Initiatives to Drive Networked

InnovationUS Ignite

Gig U

Google Fiber

GigCity

FiberCorps

Independent Initiatives to Drive Networked

InnovationUS Ignite

Gig U

Google Fiber

GigCity

FiberCorps

Independent Initiatives to Drive Networked

InnovationUS Ignite

Gig U

Google Fiber

GigCity

FiberCorps

We’re creating a Living Lab by building social

infrastructure through community engagement.

Living Lab

{Real World Testbed}

{Cocreation} +

Social Infrastructure

People

Relationships

Behaviors

Social Infrastructure

Physical Infrastructure with the potential to connect us

Existing Social Infrastructure in the way we communicate

todayNew Social Infrastructure for how

we’ll communicate tomorrow

Community Engagement

Establishing new Social Infrastructure that:

Increases adoption and

utilizationMaximizes impacts of pilots on users

Sustains dialogs around projects

Engages users in process of cocreation

FiberCorps Stakeholders

Lafayette Consolidated Government

Lafayette Economic Development

Authority

Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce

University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Community Foundation of Acadiana

Louisiana Immersive Technology

Enterprise

{LOUISIANA} Health Information Exchange

• LHCQF• LADHH• CBIT• ULL

• LGMC• HCA• Lourdes• Schumacher• Acadian• LHC

{LAFAYETTE} HealthCare Coalition

LaHIE Pilot

» Render Farm »

LEDALITEAoITLPSSLUSFiber

{Digital Media Workforce

Development}

LGMCStuller, IncLUS FiberLEDA

{Increased convenience

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{Better health}

{Increased productivity}

Telemedicine Bridge

The Future of the Internet is Today

Network Infrastructure

Computing Infrastructure

Research Infrastructure

Social Infrastructure

We, the US Ignite

Communities, Want You!

Let us serve as your testbeds to partner in driving networked innovation.

Multi-Faceted Research

OpportunitiesNetwork, hardware and software

Analytics, visualizations, and informatics

Living Lab best practices and models

Psychology, design, and communications

Healthcare, education, industry, and more

{Community + Fiber} = Innovation

{Community + Fiber + Research} = Innovation

Contact

geoff@fibercorps.com 202-834-0121

@geoffdaily

www.fibercorps.com

Call to ActionCall to ActionGlenn RicartGlenn Ricart

October 2011October 2011

US Ignite Agenda

10 am - noon: US Ignite plenary1:00 – 3:00 pm: Experimenters plenary3:30 – 4:15 pm: Expectations, goals, resources4:15 – 5:00 pm: Newcomer interests blitz5:30 – 7:00 pm: US Ignite Poster Session

Friday8:00 – 10:00 am: Coaching sessions10:30 - noon: US Ignite panel and wrap-up

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What Can You Do?

• Suggest great next generation applications– National Priority areas– Things you can’t easily do with today’s Internet– Leverage

• GENI technologies– Slicing– Programmability

• GENI Racks and local / distributed cloud• Software defined networking (e.g. OpenFlow)• Speeds at or near a gigabit

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Form / Join teams developing these apps

• Teams might have people like:– Idea person– Developer(s)– Potential user(s)– Campus connection(s)– City connection(s)– GENI expert(s)– Sponsors at mission agencies, foundations, etc.

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Identify additional potential partners for US Ignite

– People with application ideas– Developer communities– Industry (carriers, vendors, etc.)– Foundations– Existing high speed / SDN deployments

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Three Wishes

• Suggest great next-gen applications• Form / join teams to develop these apps• Identify additional potential partners

Glenn.Ricart@us-ignite.org

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