1. National Internet2 Day - Sciences and Engineering Overview
T. Charles Yun
Internet2, Program Manager
2004 March

2. Science and Engineering
Session will run from 10:45am to Noon
Outline
Begin with a quick overview of Programs at Internet2
Describe the Q&A period will be available at the end
Introduce our three speakers
Additional information is available at the NID website and at
Hello, my name is Charles Yun.
I am Program Manager for Sciences and Engineering here at Internet2 and I will be leading the “Sciences and Engineering” section of the National Internet2 Day.
I would like to welcome you all to this session on behalf of all of those who are on the other side of the camera and have put in a tremendous amount of work to make this event possible.
In this session, you will hear from three researchers who will talk about their work and how advanced networking is allowing them to do things not previously possible.
I’ll kick off by
giving a quick Introduction to Programs and activities at Internet2.
describe the Q&A period that we will have after all talks have concluded
introduce each of the speakers
Finally, I will hand off to our first speaker.
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

3. Application Communities
Arts and Humanities
Ann Doyle
Health Science
Mary Kratz
Science and Engineering
T. Charles Yun
Let me spend a few moments talking about activities at Internet2.
At Internet2, we approach the multitude of activities in our membership in a variety of ways.
My peers look at the world based on application communities. Ann Doyle focuses on the Arts and Humanities; Mary Kratz on the Health Sciences and I on the Sciences and Engineering.
Later today, there will be a session on the Arts and Humanities.
However, there are other activities that cut across communities.
Earlier today were presentations on collaboration technologies that are independent of communities.
Later today, you will have a chance to hear about activities in teaching and pedagogy.
The most important thing to note is that Internet2 provides support and expertise for multiple communities that are applicable in a variety of contexts.
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

4. Attributes of Advanced Apps
Provide qualitative and quantitative improvements in how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning
Common attributes:
Remote instrumentation and interactive collaboration
Distributed data storage and data mining
Large-scale, multi-site computation
Real-time access to remote resources
Dynamic data visualization
Shared virtual reality
When we talk about these “activities” we are talking about advanced applications.
Advanced applications are those that provide qualitative and quantitative improvements in how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning
These applications share a variety of attributes…
Remote instrumentation and interactive collaboration
Distributed data storage and data mining
Large-scale, multi-site computation
Real-time access to remote resources
Dynamic data visualization
Shared virtual reality
Application that leverage advanced networking will have some sub-set of these attributes
and these attributes assume the existence of an advanced network
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

5. Application Evolution
Application communities evolve over time to address changing needs, goals and technology
Program Managers connect communities to work being done in other areas
International Collaboration, Security, Protocol development, device optimization
What we do not do
Run your project
Lay wires, write code, etc.
When we talk about applications, we do so in the context of their use and their environment.
App communities evolve over time to address changing needs, goals and technology
Program managers connect communities to work being done in other areas
We link existing communities to one another to ensure that wheels are not being reinvented
and to allow previous work to act as the foundation for new technology and new research
Many members do not know how to take advantage of the resources provided by Internet2
In stating some of the things that we do, it is important to point out some of the things we do not do
We support our members’ research, we do not do the research itself
We do provide access to knowledge
and we provide the ability to recognize problems and connect researchers to individuals in the membership who may best be able to address the problem.
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

6. Before we begin
A reminder we will have a Q&A session after the talks have concluded. There are three methods to get questions to the speakers:
If you are using the Internet2 Commons, you can ask questions interactively at the end of the session.
Questions can be sent via to:
The “Question Tool” which is available off the National Internet2 Day website:
Click on “chat”
A reminder we will have a Q&A session after the four talks have concluded
Questions can be sent via to:
Or, if you are using the Internet2 Commons, you can ask questions interactively at the end of the session.
Or, the “Question Tool” which is available off the National Internet2 Day website:
Click on “chat”
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

7. Our Speakers E-VLBI (Astronomy)
David Lapsley, Research Engineer, Haystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HENP (Physics)
Shawn McKee, Assistant Research Scientist, Physics Department, University of Michigan
NEES (Earthquake Engineering)
Tom Finholt, Research Associate Professor at the School of Information, University of Michigan and the Director of the Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work
I am often asked to speak on campuses and would spend the next slides doing my best to explain some of the research being done in the area. Today we are lucky enough to have researchers here to give their talks directly.
Lapsley
David is a research engineer at MIT Haystack Observatory. David has experience in network protocol research and also has experience working with commercial multi-service networks. David is currently working on how to enable Very Long Baseline (VLBI) practitioners to transfer vast amounts of data from remote locations around the globe using international research and education networks such as Internet2. Today David will be giving an overview of VLBI and the Electronic transmission of VLBI data.
SHAWN
Shawn is currently an Assistant Research Scientist in the Physics department of the University of Michigan.
He co-Chairs the I2 HENP SIG and chair the E2E TAG.
Shawn is the US ATLAS Network Project Manager and also serves on the ICFA-SCIC committee as part of the monitoring working group.
Shawn is involved in MGRID and the GGF Network Measurement working group.
Shawn will talk about some of the ways in which advanced networking is allowing researchers in the physics community to do stuff…
FINHOLT
Thomas A. Finholt. is the director of the Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work, at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, where he is also a research associate professor. Dr. Finholt’s current research focuses on the design, deployment, and use of cyberinfrastructure in science and engineering. His recent work has focused on the development of NEESgrid, the collaboratory component of the NSF’s George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). Tom’s talk will focus on the collaboratory work he is doing with NEES.
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

8. Contact Info / Q & A
T. Charles Yun
Internet2
3025 Boardwalk, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, Michigan
More Information
As each of our speakers finishes their talk, they will hand off to the next speaker. With that,
I would like to now hand off to our first speaker, Alan Whitney…
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

9. Q&A Session Questions can be sent via email to:
Interactively for those using the Internet2 Commons
Need a few ringer questions…
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

10.
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18

11. Transitions
Charles will pass camera control at the end of his introduction to Alan at Haystack.
When Alan is done, he will (presumably) introduce David and slide over 2 feet.
When David is done:
Thank you for your time. I would now like to introduce Shawn McKee who is in Ann Arbor. Shawn will talk about the ways in which the physics community is using advanced networks.
When Shawn is done:
Thank you for your time. Tom Finholt is here with me in Ann Arbor and will now talk about his work with the NEES collaboratory.
When Tom is done:
Thank you for your time. I would like to return to Charles who will take us into the Question and Answer period.
National Internet2 Day
2004 March 18