Connect. Communicate. Collaborate I2 International Task Force Meeting San Diego, 8 October 2007 Cathrin Stöver, DANTE GÉANT2 International Activities

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DANTE Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Established in 1993 and based in Cambridge, UK Not for profit Organisation Created and Owned by Europe’s National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) 38 Members of Staff (14 nationalities)

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate DANTE’s Role DANTE operates GÉANT2 and is actively involved in developing new network services to support the European research and education community DANTE also leads other projects developing new regional networks across the World: - EUMEDCONNECT (Mediterranean) - ALICE (Latin America) - TEIN2 (Asia-Pacific)

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate Global Connectivity Today Research is a GLOBAL Exercise Important Research is carried out among research institutions World-Wide (Astronomy, Physics, Biodiversity, Climatology (El Niño), etc.) Collaboration happens via the exchange of Data For this you need –A National Research and Education Network (NREN) –Dedicated International Connectivity to other NRENs

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9 Asian countries and Australia connected since 2006 Serving 30M users in 3,800 institutions Major uses include: China/EU traffic Tele-medecine E-learning programmes Strong co-operation between partners

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate The Future TEIN2 recently extended from Dec 2007 to Sept 2008 TEIN2 partners wish to sustain the programme EC approving further funding to 2011 for TEIN3 TEIN3 plans to –Expand coverage to S Asia –Further stimulate applications deployment –Transfer project to Asian-lead organisation –Secure long term funding –Work co-operatively with other regional networks

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate ORIENT ORIENTAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE TO EUROPEAN NETWORKS A project linking academic networks in China (CERNET and CSTnet) and Europe (GÉANT2 Partners) –Currently connects CERNET and now CSTNET (through a temporary peering – hopefully permanent soon) Funded by the Chinese Government (MoST and MoE ), the European Commission and the European NRENs Partners: DANTE (Co-ordinator), CERNET (China), GARR (Italy), DFN (Germany), RENATER (France), UKERNA (UK), CESNET (Czech Rep), GRNET (Greece) Aim is to provide a dedicated high-bandwidth link for the many projects involving collaboration between European and Chinese institutions –Achieved! 2.5Gbps circuit is now operational

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate The Advantages of ORIENT for eVLBI and others…. Latency- Trans-Siberian route UK-CN = 170ms Trans-Atlantic route UK-CN = 340ms APAN 2007 Demonstrated eVLBI on this route for the first time! Hoping to connect more Chinese observatories soon Other Applications EUChinaGrid IN2P3-iHEP (LHC collaborations) Cosmic Ray Observations –hopefully soon! } A significant advantage! -particularly for TCP transfers

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ALICE ALICE funds the Latin American RedCLARA network Project coordinated by DANTE and co-funded by European Commission, 10MEuro/80% grant funding until March 2007 –Creation of RedCLARA as the first regional Latin American research network –Creation of CLARA as the first regional Latin American research networking organisation –RedCLARA interconnects over 750 universities and research institutions in 14 Latin American countries –RedCLARA offers direct connectivity to GEANT2 and Internet2

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate The ALICE Project/ RedCLARA Network Topology, October 2007

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate ALICE Partners Latin American partners CLARA Argentina – RETINA Bolivia – ADSIB Brazil – RNP Chile – REUNA Colombia – RENATA Costa Rica – CR2NET Cuba – RedUniv Ecuador – CEDIA El Salvador – RAICES Guatemala – RAGIE Honduras – UNITEC Mexico – CUDI Nicaragua – RENIA Panama – RedCyT Paraguay - ARANDU Peru – RAP Uruguay – RAU Venezuela - REACCIUN European Partners: France – RENATER Italy – GARR Portugal - FCCN Spain - RedIRIS Project co-ordinator: DANTE All URLs: or

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate New NRENs in LA Creation of CLARA ( Creation of new National Research and Education Networks in six LA countries –RENATA in Colombia ( –CEDIA in Ecuador ( –RAICES in El Salvador ( –RAGIE in Guatemala ( –RENIA in Nicaragua ( –RAP in Peru ( Complete List of LA-NRENs at:

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate Exploiting the Advanced Network Technology of RedCLARA Creation of Latin American Telehealth Network (Brazil, interest Ecuador, Peru, Colombia) Tele-consultation within Brazil and between Brazil and Germany Project, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany) Cooperation between Vulcanologists (INFN, Italy, Tungurahua Centre, Ecuador) Biodiversity cooperation within Latin America and towards Europe Distance Learning in Environmental Studies ELAC project, Denmark, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) RedCLARA supported first PhD student’s thesis sustentiation between Universidad Catholica de Peru and UPM, Spain

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate The Future EC contract extended to March 2008, EC funding running out now! ALICE2 planned Further EC funding possible from beginning funding gap still not fully solved Longer term: second external funding source sought CLARA and LA NRENs to be coordinating partner in ALICE2

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North Africa and Middle East - EUMEDCONNECT 11 Mediterranean Countries connected since 2004, 7 wholly reliant serving 1.4M users in 400+ Institutions Major users include EUMEDGRID MedGeNet Closely connected to GEANT2

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate The Future EC contract extended to Dec 2007, EC funding running out now! EUMEDCONNECT2 planned Further EC funding possible from Summer 2008 Short term funding gap still not fully solved Longer term: second external funding source sought Major stakeholder awareness raising event planned in Brussels Oct 2007 Mediterranean NRENs in the process of forming CAMREN association

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate GÉANT2-India First ever connection between European RENs and India Operational at 45Mbps between GÉANT2 and ERnet –Procurement proved difficult: uncompetitive market Upgrade already needed! Hope to procure between 622Mbps-2.5Gbps before the end of 2007 Users- –CERN/LHC –EUIndiaGrid

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate Sub-Saharan Africa EU interest remains in supporting regional network for S and E Africa Early preparatory work already conducted with potential local partners Call for EU feasibility study in preparation Also following W Africa developments UbuntuNet interconnection with GEANT2 agreed, UbuntuNet router being housed at GEANT2 London PoP

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