Internet2 & the Internet2 K20 Initiative  CHECO Spring 2002 Conference  Heather Bruning, Abilene Program Manager April 16, 2002

4/16/ What is Internet2?  Internet2 is a consortium being led by over 180 universities to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.  Internet2 is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.  Includes: Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members Over 40 Affiliate Members Over 30 International Partners

4/16/ Goals of Internet2  Re-create leading edge research & education network capability  Enable new generations of applications  Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the global Internet, especially the broader educational community

4/16/ Internet2 Universities 194 University Members as of April 2002

4/16/ Why Internet2?  The Internet was not designed for: Millions of users Congestion Multimedia Real-time interaction Quality of Service  But, only the Internet can: Accommodate explosive growth Enable convergence of information work, mass media and human collaboration

4/16/ Internet2 Focus Areas  Advanced Network Infrastructure  Middleware  Engineering  Advanced Applications  Partnerships

4/16/ Internet2 Backbone Networks  Two Internet2 backbone networks: 1.vBNS Network –very high performance Backbone Network Service (vBNS) supported by NSF 2.Abilene Network –High-performance network developed by the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) –Operated under partnership of Qwest Communications, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems, and Indiana University

4/16/ Internet2 Backbone Networks Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, NCSA

4/16/ What is Abilene? AbileneAbilene is the network operated by Internet2:  Supports broadband applications that take advantage of fiber optics  Gigabit routers and advanced networking protocols through uncongested links  Moves large data sets rapidly and enables access to remote shared applications and resources that the commodity Internet cannot support

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4/16/ Abilene Access  Primary members – research universities, corporations, etc.  Affiliates & corporate members  Sponsored Participants – individual locations And now…..  SEGPs: Sponsored Education Group Participants

4/16/ I2 news I2-NEWS: Thousands of Educational Institutions to Connect to Internet2 Backbone Network Archives for I2-NEWS Thu, 8 Mar :26: THOUSANDS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO CONNECT TO INTERNET2 BACKBONE NETWORK Partnerships with Internet2 Universities and Regional Networks Provide Broad Access to High-Performance Networks …

4/16/ SEGP Fundamentals  SEGP status targeted at both developed and emerging state-based education networks  One or more Internet2 University Members in the same state act as sponsor(s)  Connectors take overall fiscal and operational responsibility for the SEGP  Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene required (e.g., how are SEGPs implementing advanced applications?)

4/16/ Current SEGPs California Hawaii Georgia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Washington Wisconsin

4/16/ Internet2 Focus Areas  Advanced Network Infrastructure  Middleware  Engineering  Advanced Applications  Partnerships

4/16/ Middleware  A layer of software between the network and the applications Authentication Identification Authorization Directories Security

4/16/ Internet2 Focus Areas  Advanced Network Infrastructure  Middleware  Engineering  Advanced Applications  Partnerships

4/16/ Engineering  Quality of Service: QBone  Scalable IP Multicast  IPv6  Network Security  Network Management  Measurement

4/16/ Internet2 Focus Areas  Advanced Network Infrastructure  Middleware  New Network Capabilities  Advanced Applications  Partnerships

4/16/ Internet2 Applications  What are “I2 applications”?  They deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning.  They require advanced networks to work.

4/16/ Different Disciplines/Contexts  Sciences  Arts  Humanities  Health care  Business/Law  Administration  …  Library  Classroom  Clinic  Office  Laboratory  Dorm room  …

4/16/ Application Attributes  Large-scale, multi-site computation and data mining  Shared virtual reality  Any combination of the above (click on each graphic to animate)

4/16/ Internet2 Focus Areas  Advanced Network Infrastructure  Middleware  Engineering  Advanced Applications  Partnerships Extending access Beyond connectivity

4/16/ Internet2 Partnerships  Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy Industry Government International

4/16/ International Partnerships  Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications  Enable collaborations between U.S. researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-U.S. counterparts

4/16/ K20 Initiative Goals: Beyond Connectivity  To bring innovators in K-12, community colleges, universities, libraries and museums into appropriate regional, national and international advanced networking efforts, via the "Sponsored Education Group Participant" (SEGP) process.  To encourage and help sustain partnerships among these education institutions, the private sector and government.  To enhance teaching and learning by facilitating projects that explore the ways in which advanced network applications, services, tools and digital content can extend access to education and educational resources.  To develop mechanisms for timely communication across all educational sectors and regions in order to enable quick, pervasive technology diffusion.

4/16/ Internet2 K20 Approach  Projects will be carried out by multi-state, often multi-sector, project teams  Project leadership will come from the team, with support from I2 K20 project staff  Initial projects will seek to leverage current I2 projects and innovative efforts among I2 members, institutions, sponsored participants and SEGPs

4/16/ Current K20 Projects  CAVEapps CAVEapps  eMINTS Pioneers eMINTS Pioneers  Imagining the Future Imagining the Future  K12 Middleware  The Lewis & Clark Digital Gateway The Lewis & Clark Digital Gateway  North Dakota Lewis & Clark Resource Collection North Dakota Lewis & Clark Resource Collection  Madame President Madame President  Virtual Marine World Exploration Virtual Marine World Exploration

4/16/ Current K20 Projects  The Lodge Pole River Project The Lodge Pole River Project  Space Photography in the Classroom Space Photography in the Classroom  Digital Educational Resources on Demand Digital Educational Resources on Demand  White House Decision Center White House Decision Center  Internet2 Primer Internet2 Primer  ThinkQuest Live ThinkQuest Live  Virginia Jason Project Virginia Jason Project

4/16/ Initiative Resources & Partnerships  Multicast  H.323  Clearinghouses  American Library Association  Field Museum

4/16/ Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Celebration, An estimated 25 million travelers will camp/drive/bike/paddle/ride/walk in the explorers footsteps. National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council

4/16/ The Lewis & Clark Digital Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery  Lewis & Clark Mapping Project With information from old land records and surveys preserved by the Missouri State Archives, the Geographic Resource Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia used advanced computer technology to create maps of pre-settlement Missouri and its original natural landscape.

4/16/ The Lewis & Clark Digital Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery  Lewis & Clark Mapping Project… and It’s All in a GIS Database Geography + Information + System Data (botanical, hydrological, climatological, cartographical, meteorological, zoological, geological, cultural, political, contextual, demographical, geographical-historical information) Dissemination through interactive Web-based applications

4/16/ The maps detail the historic flow of the river and its boundaries as well as the vegetation that was present at the time of the Corps of Discovery’s expedition in The Lewis & Clark Digital Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery Lewis & Clark Mapping Project

4/16/ The Lewis & Clark Digital Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery Lewis & Clark Mapping Project Imagine school children putting on their virtual reality gear and taking a virtual float trip down the 1804 Missouri River. Imagine if students could take an animated fly through of the maps, stopping at various campsites along the way to access the diaries Lewis & Clark kept, view the specimens they collected and access a variety of data such as botanical, climatological, demographical and zoological information, etc.

4/16/ SEGP Process Sponsor(s) complete SEGP Application SEGP Connector completes Abilene Connection Agreement Addendum Connector submits SEGP routing information to UCAID at UCAID reviews and approves routes and submits them to the Abilene NOC Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP traffic on the network Appoint Internet2 K20 Initiative Representatives

4/16/ K20 Advisory Team  Three representatives from each state  Designated by Internet2 sponsors  Represent the broad programmatic interests of the SEGP sponsor(s), connector, as well as the spectrum of participants/audiences (e.g., K12, colleges and universities, libraries, musuems,etc.)  Provide input, ideas, feedback to help shape, guide, and inspire that national initiative

4/16/ I2 K20 Advisory Team Roles  Identify and engage innovators within their state -- among the K12, higher education, library and museum communities -- in Internet2 K20 projects  Bring forward projects for multi-state participation  Encourage SEGP participation in existing I2 working groups where appropriate  Serve as an information conduit between local/regional/state efforts and the national initiative  Provide feedback to the project directors as the Initiative evolves

4/16/ Internet2 SEGP “Connector” Requirements  A Connector supporting the Sponsored Education Group Participant(s) must: Maintain a 7x24 Network Operations Center (NOC) Register its routing information and that of the Participant(s) in the Internet2 Routing Registry (I2db) or equivalent Provide UCAID a quarterly report on the relative utilization of the Abilene connection by the SEGP Assure compliance with the Abilene CoU by the Participant(s) Inform the Participant(s) that Abilene does not provide transit to the commodity Internet  These steps will be implemented through an amended Abilene Connection agreement

4/16/ Internet2 SEGP Related Costs  Annual participation fee $30,000 + $2,000 x (Size of state’s U.S. House delegation) Delegation size provides a readily auditable population metric  This annual fee will be charged on a per-connecting organization, per-state basis will be paid directly by the Abilene Connector on behalf of the Sponsored Participant will not be eligible for E-rate discount

4/16/ More Internet2 K20 Information  On the Web  Louis Fox: Bill Mitchell: Heather Bruning:  Phone Louis Fox: (206) Bill Mitchell: (573) Heather Bruning: (734)

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