22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore1 The Future isn’t what it used to be

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore2  proposed to interconnect the regional high-speed testbeds … at the rate of the fastest testbeds to form the Asia/Pacific High Speed Network testbed  additional opportunity to establish a bridge from USA to Asia Pacific Testbed through NSF … What APAN’s future looked like in 1996 Concept APEC Symposium for Realizing the Information Society, Tsukuba, Japan, first draft:

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore3  Establishment of an Asia-Pacific Network (APAN) broadband network that could:  develop Asia-Pacific hubs  interconnect national broadband test beds in the region  interconnect national research networks in the region  support international collaboration between groups in the region that requires connectivity of this speed  allow coordinated involvement of the region in GIBN  contribute to the development of an Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure as part of a Global Information Infrastructure  support connectivity at lower speeds for developing countries What APAN’s future looked like in 1996 Network

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore4 What APAN’s future looked like in 1996 Application Technologies  Remote virtual reality (telepresence)  Tele-collaborative environments (colaboratories)  Remote access to specialized equipment and facilities  Multimedia  Data access and data fusion” “There are various application technologies that could form the basis of regional collaboration that would require a broadband network, e.g.:

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore5 What APAN’s future looked like in 1996 Application Areas  Medicine (telemedicine)  Distance education (virtual university/institute)  Remote sensing data  Environment  Weather  Mining  Infrastructure development  Agriculture and Fishing” “These in turn could be applied to problems in the following application areas:

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore6 What APAN’s future looked like in 1996 Data, Storage, Visualisation Data Will:  be stored in different places  be gathered from different kinds of remote satellite sensors (e.g. photometric, radar infrared, etc.)  require terabytes and eventually petabytes of massive storage using advanced database techniques  be subject to various levels of pre-processing  require high performance computing systems, sophisticated visualization techniques (e.g. 3D, VR, etc.) and constantly changing analytical tools for its processing  comprise files >1GB in size  comprise long time-series of data”

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore7 Global Networking in 1996  Europe - TEN-34 (pre-GEANT)  North America - NSFnet (pre Abilene and CANet)  Asia-Pacific connectivity almost entirely US-centric  Global interconnects rudimentary

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore8 Structure of a Global Information Infrastructure 1996

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore9 Asia-Pacific Connectivity

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore10 Asia-Pacific Connectivity

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore11 TEIN2 today

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore12 TEIN2 today

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore13 Enormous strides in recent times  Start of a pan-Asian Network  Much less US centric  “This year will mark the first time that intra-Asian bandwidth usage has significantly outpaced trans-Pacific capacity. “ Telegeography, 21 July 2006  Massively reduced latency  Societal Benefit in addition to vastly improved infrastructure to enhance global collaboration  But are we getting the message across to those that could most benefit?  Are we helping enough for researchers and other potential users get the most benefit?

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore14 Telepresence on advanced networks  “As good as being there”  Relies on good  Bandwidth  Quality of service  Latency (delay)  Supported by Human Factors and Computer Human Interaction research

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore15 Network Technology/Science interface  In many cases the network is no longer the constraint on throughput – but do the users know?  Improving interaction in disciplines with high-end requirements between network technologists, end-to-end performance specialists and scientists (HEP, radioastronomy)  Is that scalable? Is that enough?  Who else needs to be involved?  Discipline/application specific?  Interactive multimedia…..

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22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore17 Emerging directions – Telepresence (i)  Complex information spaces, such as multidimensional medical images  Support for delivery of complex procedures over a distance  Surgery, Emergency medicine  Synchronous interaction rather than “store & forward”  Not just telehealth…….

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore18 Telepresence - continued  Support of multisensoral working  High resolution video  Stereoscopic video  Stereophonic sound  Immersive vision for high situation awareness  Haptic (force) feedback for interaction with tissue (differing views)

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore19 Disruptive Technologies and impact  SMS  Blackberry  iPod  In-flight internet access  The wireless environment  Examples if there is time

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore20 Today’s Future and the challenges ahead  The pace of change is increasing  Generational challenges  Keeping pace with our communities, engagement and mutual understanding

22 nd APAN Meeting, Singapore21 Governance of APAN  APAN is still very much a volunteer organisation  It doesn’t have the financial backing of it’s counterparts in Europe or North America  APAN is an organisation of “good intent”, with good will and collegiate spirit  But with the pace of change, new environment, new demands and requirements we need to ensure our structure and processes are robust while still remaining an “Organisation of Good Intent”