What is CANARIE? CANARIE runs Canada’s only national high-bandwidth network for research & education Connects one million users at 1,100 institutions 19,000 km of fibre and 100 Gbps capability International connections to 100 countries and over 100 peer networks CANARIE works with provincial partners to: Connect every Canadian university 62 hospitals and health networks Canada’s “big science” facilities like TRIUMF, NEPTUNE, CLS, SNOLAB All the Networks of Centres of Excellence 103 colleges, 49 CGEPs, thousands of high schools Primary investment is from Government of Canada $470M from 1993 to

3 Sources of Funding: Canada’s R&E Network

The Big Picture National Research and Education Network Delivers on national digital economy strategy Supports international relations and reputation Orchestrates national conversation

Economic Basis for NRENs CANARIE addresses a market gap Private sector will not step in, as there is no profitable business case given the significantly different characteristics of R&E networks Private sector carriers are supportive of CANARIE as a public good to advance research CANARIE purchases leading edge technology from the private sector, but does not compete with industry CANARIE aggregates demand By collecting all demand across the Canada’s research environment we create economies of scale and scope to leverage and deliver a cost- efficient digital infrastructure resource CANARIE facilitates regional parity Equality of network across Canada enables all regions to access research services everywhere and complements successful federal- provincial collaboration

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Projected Research Traffic Growth 7 Source: CANARIE internal Annual research traffic is forecasted to continue to grow at 50% per year. This calls for a tenfold increase in network bandwidth during the mandate period. Current Capacity The current network capacity will be exceeded by mid Actual research traffic growth from was 284%.

Three elements of CANARIE’s mandate renewal The Network To foster tomorrow’s scientific research Technology Innovation To improve access to research data and tools DAIR – Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research To develop industry and technology capability and foster a growing, competitive, knowledge-based economy

1. The Network

2. Harmonizing digital infrastructure Working in collaboration to developing a compelling vision for integrated digital infrastructure that supports Canada’s scientists and researchers. What resourcing and governance is required? What other players need to be involved? Team developing position paper World Leading Digital Infrastructure

2. Harmonizing researcher access to digital resources Proposal for CANARIE’s next mandate: Develop a generic researcher desktop tool Result: accelerated research outcomes

Wi-Fi, Wire line Access University ORANs & Federal GigaPOP Small/ Medium Enterprise Small/ Medium Enterprise Compute Node uSherbrooke Compute Node uAlberta Macro Wireless Wi-Fi, Wire line Access University Internet 3. Digital testbed

13 What does CANARIE do next? Expand the horizons of Canadian scientists and researchers, grow their access to Big Science projects, and increase and international collaboration Federal investments of $3.7B annually in research would be more effective via the “network effect” Ability to attract and retain top talent to Canada Overall cost of network services be centralized thereby lowering costs Growth of leading-edge networked research enhances improvements in the health, social, and economic well-being of Canadians Canada’s private sector would gain access to a key test bed to stimulate ICT innovation in Canada 13

Shared Service Provider What can CANARIE do to lower costs on campus? University IT organizations are like snowflakes Varying degrees of centralization/decentralizatio n Different mandates (operations, customer service, innovation, etc.) Different funding models (national, provincial, local) Variable emphasis (admin, teaching, research) The only technology they really share is the the network

Research growth Four drivers of core network demand Humanities and social sciences “Discovering” computing Graphics, video, etc. Medical and health sciences 3D imaging Real time diagnostics Traditional sciences and engineering Exponential data volume growth Data management Backup, restore Archive, protect

Research computing growth Broadened demand for research computing Why run HPC computing on campus? Rationalize HPC from 27 to 2 data centres If 80% of research computing is non-HPC The cloud is not in Canada Protection of Privacy, national competitiveness issues Build Canadian cloud services In both environments, the network makes it happen

Grow Canadian Access Federation National interest in CAF Core functions EduRoam Shibboleth Leverage Expand to full community, not simply Universities Passive EduRoam Shibbolized NEP projects

Canada, the world’s data centre How do we attract commercialization to Canada? Manufacturing is declining What is unique about Canada? Vast renewable hydro- electric power Cooling is cheaper the farther north you go GreenStar network innovations via follow the wind, follow the sun CANARIE backbone

In summary, CANARIE will: RenewOperateInnovate CollaborateDiversifyImprove