New World Symphony Internet2 Symposium January, 2005 Internet2 Overview and Arts & Humanities Initiatives

Internet2 Mission  Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

Internet2 Universities 206 University Members, January 2005

Additional Participation  61 Internet2 Corporate Members  41 Affiliate Members Federal laboratories, regional networks, medical centers, performing arts institutions, etc.  44 International Partners  K-12 schools, libraries, & museums

Internet2 Corporate Partners

Internet2 Affiliate Members  Altarum  American Distance Education Consortium  Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)  CENIC  CERN  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia  Cleveland Institute of Music  Cleveland Museum of Art  Department of Commerce, Boulder  Desert Research Institute  EDUCAUSE  Food and Drug Administration  Howard Hughes Medical Institute  Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS)  Jet Propulsion Laboratories  LaNet  Manhattan School of Music  MCNC  Merit Network, Inc.  MOREnet  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center  NASA Marshall Space Flight Center  National Institutes of Health  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Silver Spring  National Science Foundation  New World Symphony  NYSERNet, Inc.  Oak Ridge National Labs  OARnet  OneNet PeachNet Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) Southwest Research Institute State University of New York System State University System of Florida Survivors of the Shoah- Visual History Foundation University Corporation for Atmospheric Research University of Missouri System University of North Carolina, General Administration

Sponsored Education Group Participants

International Partnerships Current MoU Partners Developing Partnerships Related Efforts in Formation

Internet2 International Partners Asia-Pacific AAIREP (Australia) APAN (Asia-Pacific) APAN-KR (Korea) APRU (Asia-Pacific) CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China) JAIRC (Japan) JUCC (Hong Kong) NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand) NG-NZ (New Zealand) SingAREN (Singapore) TAnet2 (Taiwan) Americas CANARIE (Canada) CEDIA (Ecuador) CLARA (Latin America and Caribbean) CNTI (Venezuela) CR2NET (Costa Rica) CUDI (Mexico) REUNA (Chile) RETINA (Argentina) RNP [FAPESP] (Brazil) SENACYT (Panama) Europe-Middle East ARNES (Slovenia) BELNET (Belgium) CARNET (Croatia) CESnet (Czech Republic) DANTE (Europe) DFN-Verein (Germany) GIP RENATER (France) GRNET (Greece) HEAnet (Ireland) HUNGARNET (Hungary) INFN-GARR (Italy) Israel-IUCC (Israel) NORDUnet (Nordic Countries) POL-34 (Poland) FCCN (Portugal) RedIRIS (Spain) RESTENA (Luxembourg) RIPN (Russia) SANET (Slovakia) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) SWITCH (Switzerland) TERENA (Europe) JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom) Qatar Foundation Network (Qatar)

Abilene Network Core Map

Arts & Humanities Initiatives

Streaming Media Indiana University Georgetown University Gallaudet University

Variations – Indiana University

Master Classes

New World Symphony  Michael Tilson Thomas photo by R. Andrew Lepley

University of Oklahoma  Felicia Moye

Live Performance Events

Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Institute of Music: The Bing Theater, University of Southern California, Oct 2002

Transcontinental Poetry Reading: A Tribute to Kenneth Koch  Live transcontinental reading of Kenneth Koch's "Twenty Poems"  Seven Internet2 campuses provided videoconferencing Poet Anne Waldman

The Miró Quartet: Live & Virtual University of Texas at Austin Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California

New Communities  Museum Community Education Conservation  Foreign Language Instruction Less commonly taught languages  Archaeology Forum Shared project planning Shared imaging

Technical Requirements

Options to Consider What kind of highway do you need? H.323~=384 – 768 kbps Mpeg1~= 1.5 mpbs Mpeg2~=4 – 16 mbps DV~=30 mbps HDTV~=19.2 – 270 mbps What kind street do you really need? One way?(streaming, broadcast) Two way?(interactive voice & video) Many way?(more than 2 end points)

H.323, H.239, H.264 – what you need to know H.323: works well for “talking heads” H.239: people and content – integrates lecturer and presentation materials H.264: MPEG4 part 10 – very efficient, high quality compression Polycom: Industry leader Viewstation FX: H.323 VSX 7000: compatible with Viewstation supports H.323 and H.264 supports AES encryption Internet2 Multiple Conferencing Unit: supports H.323, H.239, H.264

MPEG2 Education Production Cart MPEG2 codec: approx $ $10,000 10/100 Switch: approx $150 or Gigabit Switch: approx $450 Camera: example; Sony PTZ (EVID30) -- approx $1000 Video switcher: approx $900 - $1500 Display monitor: approx $650 Video production monitor pair: $ $1600 for pair Audio mixer: example; Mackie 14 channel Mic/line Mixer -- $530 Speaker pair: example JBL 10” BIAMPED -- $1000 for pair Directional Mic (two required): example; Shure SM57-LC Cardioid -- $80 - $150 UPS (un-interruptable power supply): approx $550

DVTS – Uncompressed audio and video Low Latency Low Cost High bandwidth – 60 Mbps stream

Best Practices and Guides Practices.pdf capture(v09).pdf management(v09).pdf

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