Gregory D. Palmer, Director Jennifer MacDougall, Applications Coordinator

June 11, 2003 1

MAGPI, Internet2 and NJEDGEAdvanced Research and Educational

Opportunities through High Performance Networking

Gregory D. Palmer, Director

Jennifer MacDougall, Applications Coordinator

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Internet2, The Gateway to National and International Research and Educational

Communities

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Comparison of Download Times of “The Matrix” DVD

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Internet2 – The National Network (Abilene)

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Internet2 Initiatives

Arts & Humanities Digital Video Distributed Storage End-to-End Performance Health Sciences K20 Internet2 Commons

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Sponsored Interest Groups

Health Sciences Security High Energy & Nuclear Physics Veterinary Medical Research Channel

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Internet2 Partnerships International

• 38 R&E networks worldwide North America South America Europe Asia Middle East Australia

Government• National Science

Found.• DARPA• Dept. of Energy• NASA• Dept. of Defense• National Inst. of

Health• NIST, (Nat’l Inst. Of

Stds & Tech.)

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International MoU Map

Asia-PacificAAIREP (Australia)APAN (Asia-Pacific)APAN-KR (Korea)APRU (Asia-Pacific)CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China)JAIRC (Japan)JUCC (Hong Kong)NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand)SingAREN (Singapore)TAnet2 (Taiwan)

AmericasCANARIE (Canada)CUDI (Mexico)CRNET2 (Costa Rica)REUNA (Chile)RETINA (Argentina)RNP2 (Brazil)SENACYT (Panama)

Europe-Middle EastARNES (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)RCCN (Portugal)RedIRIS (Spain)RESTENA (Luxembourg)Stichting SURF (Netherlands)SWITCH (Switzerland)TERENA (Europe)JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom)

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K20 Initiative

New K20 Consortium Established in 2002

Focus outreach and connectivity to K-12s, Museums, Libraries

Aim to bridge K-12 to Higher Ed Increased opportunities for joint

funding, student attraction, learning and education

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The Quilt Network

SOX(AL)

(AZ)

GPN(AR)

Cenic(CA)

FRGP(CO)

(CT)

(FL)

SOX(GA)

MREN(IL)

(IN)

(IA)

GPN(KS)

Texas(LA)

NoX

(MA)

Merit(MI)

GPN(MO)

Texas(MS)

GPN(NE)

Cenic(NV)

(NH)

(NJ)

(NM)

NYSERnet(NY)

NC Giga(NC)

NorthernLights(ND)

OARnet(OH)

(OK)

OREGON(OR)

PSC(PA)

SOX (SC)

NorthernLights(SD)

SOX(TN)

Texas Gigapop(TX)

(UT)

(VT)

MREN(WI)

FRGP(WY)

PNWGP(WA)

PSC(WV)

NorthernLights(MN)

Net.VirgSoX(KY)

PNWGP(MO)

PNWGP

(ID)

MAX(MD)

(AK)

NET.Virg (KY)

N. Lights (ND, SD, MN)

NoX(ME,NH,VT,MA,CT,RI)

NWV (VI)

NYSERnet (NY)

OARnet (OH)

OREGON (OR)

PNWGP (WA,ID,MO, OR) PSC (PS,WV)

SOX (TN,AL,GA,SC) Texas (TX,LA,MS)

MREN (WI, IL, IA)

GPN (NE, KS, AR, IA)

MAX (MD, VI)

Merit (MI)

FRGP (CO, WY)

Cenic (CA, NV)

NC Giga (NC)

MAXNWV(VI)

(RI)

(DE)

(HI)

PNWGP

MAX(Washington DC)

Intermountain

IntermountainIndiana

Indiana Giga (IN) MAGPI (PA,NJ,DE))

MAGPI

Intermountain (ID,UT)

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Sponsored Education Group Participation - SEGP

Connectivity Survey Summary – Fall 2002• 25 State Networks connected to Internet2• 62% connect at speeds greater than 155 MBPS• K12 Specifics

73% of SEGP entities are K12 17% connect at Ethernet speeds or better 60% connect at T1 rate

• 1% of SEGP connected institutions are museums, zoos aquariums and science centers

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MAGPI

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Mission

“Our mission is to deliver regional infrastructure in a cost-effective manner and promote applications for the region's

research and education communities through high

performance network technology.”

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MAGPI

Supported by the University of Pennsylvania

Estimates:• 500,000 students and faculty• + $ 1 Billion of funded research

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Application Areas Supported

Telemedicine Arts & Humanities Foreign Languages International Business Nanotechnology Genomics Computer Science International Cultures

Network Technology Addictions Physics Astronomy Pharmacology Workforce

Development Digital Libraries

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LUNCH!

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Internet2 Applications: Overview and Demonstrations

NJEdge Regional Member MeetingJune 11, 2003

Jennifer MacDougall Applications Coordinator

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Application Attributes Interactive collaboration Real-time access to

remote resources

Mark Ellisman, UCSD

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Attributes, cont. Large-scale, multi-

site computation and data mining

Shared virtual reality Any combination of

the above

Glen Wheless, Old Dominion

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High Performance Group-to-Group Collaboration ; 104 sites as of 6/02

http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid/

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Megaconference Jr. Student-run international

Megaconference Language, Culture, Regional Issues Intl. Teams of students in program content,

developing partnerships, and technical training and support.

Teams will communicate on a regular basis with their counterparts around the world through email and high speed videoconferencing.

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Distributed RAP Sessions

Sponsored by Coalition to Diversify Computing

Uses the Access Grid

Northwestern University

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The Research Channelwww.researchchannel.org

Goal: to use program content creation and manipulation processes as testing medium for analog and digital broadcast and on-demand multimedia offerings, thus providing an unusual opportunity to experiment with new methods of distribution and interaction on a global basis.

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NEES Grid

Will link earthquake researchers across the U.S. with leading-edge computing resources and research equipment, allowing collaborative teams to plan,

perform, and publish their experiments.  

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FIPSE EC US Project

Foreign Language, Business and Computer Science Curriculum

Using interactive high speed H.323 video and advanced e-learning platforms and tools

3 countries in European Union (Spain, Germany, and France)

3 states in the US (NJ, PA, MD)

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Remote International Update and Case Studies

Ana Preston Program Manager, International Relations, Internet2

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Thank You!

[email protected]@magpi.net

www.magpi.net