Advanced Networking in North America Doug Van Houweling President and CEO University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
Advanced Networking Inititatives Canadian Advanced Research and Education Network (CANARIE) Next Generation Internet (NGI) University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
CANARIE Canadian industry led Collaboration among industry, academia and government CA*netII More information at:
Next Generation Internet (NGI) Established in parallel with Internet2 US Federal agency led and focused Advanced networking technologies and applications vBNS, StarTap... More information at:
UCAID US university led and focused Collaboration with government and industry Internet2 Project Abilene Project More information at:
Internet2 NGI Relationship Similar technical objectives Focused on complementary communities Working to ensure the networks are interoperable Expect rich interconnection
Internet2 NGI Cooperation NSF High Performance Connections grants Network Interconnection Applications Development
UCAID International Relations Enable collaboration among researchers through advanced networking Form mutually beneficial bilateral relationships with similar initiatives Exploring best policies and options to achieve this. One model is the Memorandum of Understanding with CANARIE
Principles of International Collaboration Advanced and revolutionary network technologies Focus on researcher partnerships working on advanced applications Atmospheric scientists Music collaboration Physicists Virtual library Cooperate to maintain global interoperability
International Efforts Relationships with initiatives of similar scope, mission and constituents Non-governmental relationships Use STARTAP (Science, Technology, and Research Transit Access Point) for connectivity
International Visits Australia Canada Finland France Germany Japan Korea Mexico Norway Taiwan INET’97 INET’98
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