Taiwan’s TWAREN Initiative Fay Sheu National Center for High-performance Computing Science-based Industrial Park Hsinchu, Taiwan

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3 The TWAREN Initiative  A comprehensive, 6-year national development plan formulated by the government to foster creativity and develop talents  Will cost an estimated US$75 billion starting  Serves as the infrastructure that enables new possibilities in R&D, global collaboration and learning, discoveries and innovation …  Serves as part of the mechanisms to train manpower, create jobs, spur economic growth and strengthen competitiveness.

4 Future Infrastructure Drives Today’s Research Agenda  The success story of the NSFnet is inspirational  TWAREN will be a new all-optical network with 10 Gigabit Ethernet and DWDM technology at its core  A backbone of Gbps will encircle 1000 km along Taiwan’s coastal areas  Connects universities and colleges as well as research institutions all throughout the island

5 Core Nodes in Science Parks  Four core nodes are strategically located at science parks to serve industrial R&D besides academic research  The NCHC, situated in Hsinchu, where semiconductor and electronic industries dominate the Park, already has a branch office down south. Will set up one more office in central Taiwan.

6 Functionality Assigned Tier DWDM & core equipment (40Gbps )) Taichung Penghu Island Hsinchu Taipei Tainan NOC Data Center Computation

7 Logical Map of TWAREN Tier DWDM & core equipment (40Gbps ) Tier RNC & equipment (10Gbps) Tier Campus (1 Gbps or more) 3 Taichung Penghu Hsinchu Taipei Tainan

8 Linking R&E Community to the World  Three domestic networks invest heavily in international connectivity:  TANet2 – funded by the National Science Council, a research network ran by the NCHC.  TANet – funded by the Ministry of Education, serves higher education and K-12 concerns  ASnet – supported by various sources, services researchers in Academia Sinica and clientele outside the campus  International connectivity will be further expanded in a joint effort

9 International Connectivity (TANet2)

10 Colocation at Pacific Wave Submarine Cable Local Loop In-house wiring IP Port Cross Connection Colocation in PAIX Seattle, WA US Domestic Private Line T3 STM-1 NCHC Cisco LS1010 ATM Switch Cisco LS1010 ATM Switch TANet2 Cisco 7507 Router NCHC GigE PNW GigaPOP Seattle, WA Chicago, IL USA GigE * NCHC (National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan) runs and services TANet2, an advanced network for research.. Taiwan

11 Peering and Transit via ITNs Fastnet AbileneITN AMPATH PacificWave CA*net4ITN AARNET ESnet NISN vBNS+ SingAREN PacificNorthwestGigaPOP STAR TAP NGIX-Chicago AADS NAP TANet2 OC-3 2 x OC-12 2 x OC-3 OC-12 DS-3 ATM (15Mb) OC-12 DS-3 OC-3 TransPAC - APAN Euro-Link

12 Applications

13 General Applications  TWAREN will provide a high bandwidth, high- efficiency network to support research and development  At home, it serves as a far-reaching platform for research and learning  Going overseas, we will enhance connectivity to allow collaborative research, in e-Science and e- Learning  Language education is especially emphasized. English is a major focus.

14 Linking up Grids Grid Grid Domestic Specialty Grid Generic Grid High-energy Physics Grid, EU High-energy Physics Grid Specialty Grid International

15 Grid Platform secure User- friendly stable Promoting Grids International collaboration Management Platform implementation Apy team Med Eco Bio Nano Harzard

Asthma Grid – A Pilot Project ● Short-term pilot studies supported till production ● ● More than 2 million patients ● ● CGU, NCHC, NHI, 12 hospitals participating database Hospitals Sw Wireless LAN Patients Network

17 International Collaborations  Biomedical science (with Japan, US)  ILTER (International Long-Term Ecological Research), with US  PRAGMA  APGrid (with Korea, Japan and Thailand)  Metacomputing (with US, Germany, Japan and Great Britain)

18 A Member of PRAGMA NCHC Osaka Pacific Rim Application Grid Middleware Assembly SDSC TFRI – NEON, SDSC NCHC –10 m volt Osaka NCSA

19 Impacts Anticipated Expected to bring about innovation that otherwise could not be accomplished; training of talents needed for world economic competitiveness. Commodity Network Wealth Education Network HRD Innovation Research Network