UCAID, Internet2 and relationships with other initiatives Heather Boyles Chief of Staff

US Federal Gov’t: Next Generation Internet (NGI) Program  Established in parallel with Internet2  multi-agency research and development (R&D) program to develop, test, and demonstrate advanced networking technologies and applications  via testbeds that are 100 to 1,000 times faster end-to-end than today's Internet

Internet2 NGI Relationship  Similar technical objectives  Focused on different, but complementary communities NGI: Federal Mission agencies UCAID/Internet2: university research and education community  Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene

Internet2 NGI Relationship cont’d  Cooperative programs: NSF High Performance Connections grants: UCAID universities using to connect to achieve Internet2 connectivity Abilene Energy, NASA network interconnection: being planned to provide high performance access for universities to research labs Applications: researchers benefit from numerous federal grants that help develop applications

International Opportunities

International Efforts  Focus on researcher partnerships working on advanced applications  Cooperate on QoS, etc. to maintain global interoperability  Use STARTAP (Science, Technology, and Research Transit Access Point) for connectivity

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UCAID/Internet2/Abilene and International Relations  Seek to enable collaboration between researchers within and beyond the US that pushes the state of advanced networking technology and applications development.  Form mutually beneficial bilateral relationships with initiatives similar (in goals, scope) to UCAID, Internet2 and Abilene outside the US.

International Collaborations cont’d  UCAID Board and management are interested in exploring best policies and options to achieve this.  One model is the Memorandum of Understanding signed by UCAID and CANARIE (Canadian Advanced Research and Education Network)

International Collaborations cont’d  Main principles: advanced, pre-commercial networks and revolutionary technologies -- not commodity Internet service focus on applications most effective relationships between initiatives of similar scope, mission, constituents focus on non-governmental relationships Wrap