1. University of Maryland, Baltimore Internet2 Day 10 March 2003
Internet2 Health Science Initiatives Mary Kratz, MT(ASCP) Program Manager, Internet2 Health Sciences
Introduction
What is Internet2?
Mission
Advanced Research and Education Network
Consortium
# Members
[Network Map]
current backbone topology and speeds
- GigaPOPs
Relationship with other networks
- National Peering Arrangements
- Local Networks
- International Peering Arrangements
Future of the backbone
- upgrade to OC-192
- etc
What is an Internet2 Application
Current Applications
Attributes -
Examples
- NEES
- HENP
- STAR
How Astronomy will work
- eVLBI
University of Maryland, Baltimore Internet2 Day
10 March 2003

2. Internet2 Mission
Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet
This is the Internet2 mission.
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3. Today’s Internet Doesn’t
Provide reliable end-to-end performance
Encourage cooperation on new capabilities
Allow testing of new technologies
Support development of revolutionary applications
Today’s Internet has serious shortcomings. Some of them are performance or technically related, which limit the kinds of applications and capabilities the Internet can support. Other limitations affect the ability to innovate new capabilities that would address some of the performance and technical limitations.
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4. Internet2 Partnerships
Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy
Industry
Government
International
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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5. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Network Infrastructure Middleware
Engineering
Advanced Applications
Partnerships
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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6. The Scope of the Internet2 Health Science Workgroup
includes clinical practice,
medical and related biological
research, education, and
medical awareness
in the Public.
Enigma Machine and Bombe
Armed forces have always been dependent on communications. During World War II, the German Army and Navy tried to keep their communications secret by using encryption devices called Enigma machines. These sophisticated coding devices could generate over 1 trillion different coding patterns. The Germans believed they were too sophisticated for Allied forces to break them. But in one of the best-kept secrets of the war, first the Poles, and later the British and Americans succeeded in deciphering messages. The wooden device in the foreground is a 4 rotor German Enigma machine, used for encoding. The large machine in the background is a "Bombe," used for breaking the code. Working out the details of codebreaking machines was one of the developments that fostered electronic computers.
Smithsonian Photo by Laurie Minor-Penland.

7. Health Sciences Initiative
86 Medical Schools (AAMC members)
130 Health Science related colleges
Strong Advisory Group
Health care focus
Life science focus
NIH and FDA Affiliate members of Internet2
BIG Pharmco
Hawaii
OHSU
UIC
NLM
NCRR
JNJ
Stanford
UCSD
Bradley
UTenn
TAMU
UTSW
UAB
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8. What does Internet2 mean to medicine?
High bandwidth, low latency applications
Augmented Virtual Reality
Enable human interaction ‘presence’
Secure access to information and computational resources
This summer I met with several Directors of the various NIH institutes and centers. Don Lindberg of the NLM asked the most intriguing question: “What does Internet2 mean to the medical domain?”
Dig up talking points something like “high bandwidth application provide augmented virtual reality. This is vital to the future of medical applications as the trend with all industries is to enabling the “presence” of a person for interaction. This is important for researchers and educators across the country and globally.
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9. Grand Challenge: National Health Information Infrastructure
  Organism(person) Organ Tissue Cell Protein Atom & organ systems (1m) (10-3m) (10-6m) (10-9m) (1012m)              Systems models Continuum models (PDEs) ODEs Stochastic models Pathway models Gene networks    
Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, Software Frameworks, Databases, Networking, Grids
Courtesy: Peter Hunter, University of Auckland
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10. Health Science Consensus
More new information will be created over the next 2 years than throughout our entire history. 
Medical science will not be possible without advanced computing solutions.
Instantaneous global communication is the worlds next “killer application”.
R&D will become more reliant on academic & industry partnerships than ever before.
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11. Cornucopia of Applications!
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12. Distributed Medical Informatics Education
Oregon Health & Science University and the University of Pittsburgh
Covers a broad range of fields including electronic medical records and information retrieval
Distance learning provides students with access to faculty, expertise, and other students
Medical informatics is a broad field spanning electronic medical records, telemedicine, information retrieval, image processing and analysis, bioinformatics, and evaluation methodologies. Using Internet2 high-speed networking and distance learning modalities, students in the informatics programs within Oregon Health & Science University and the University of Pittsburgh have access to a broader range of faculty, areas of subject expertise, and other students with whom to collaborate.
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13. Anatomy and Surgery Workbench and Local NGI Testbed Network
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Allows students to learn anatomy and practice surgery techniques using 3-D workstations
Network testbed evaluates the effectiveness of workbench applications
SUMMIT’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) testbed network within the Stanford School of Medicine evaluates the effectiveness of the Anatomy and Surgery Workbench applications. The testbed network links selected classrooms, labs, clinical departments, and the medical library using a high-speed gigabit Ethernet backbone. The new 3-D Learning Space and connected classrooms allow students to learn anatomy and basic surgical skills through the use of 3-D workstations, haptic (touch sensitive) devices, stereoscopic displays, distributed rich media databases, and application program servers. Both applications support synchronous collaboration through a shared virtual workspace and will use haptic feedback to augment the visual sense. This technology permits the definition of new curricular elements including the repeated dissection of anatomical structures, visual segmentation of raw data sets, creation of 3-D organ models, and the practice of fundamental surgical maneuvers. The capabilities of Internet2 high-performance networks and use of a distributed client-server system allow teachers and users to share online, image-rich data, and professional experiences.
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14. Virtual Tumor Board
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15. Remote Instrumentation
Phillips XL30 Scanning Electron Microscope
Remote operation and Resource sharing
Now accessible to a larger audience
New teaching and learning techniques are possible
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16. BIRN Coordinating Center
Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
Internet 2
Mouse BIRN
Morphology BIRN
BIRN Coordinating Center
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17. The future is multidisciplinary: Appreciate different viewpoints!
Physics
Medical Informatics
Bioinformatics
Information
Enterprise
English
Arts and Humanities
Mathematics
Computer Science
Biomedical
Computing
Surgery
Pharmacy
Nursing
Radiology
Technology
Engineering:
Electrical
Mechanical
Chemical
Biology
Engineering
Computation
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18. Partnerships Serve as a Catalyst
Direct Visualizations
Data Collection/Integration
Data Mining (BioGRID)
Device intercommunication
Haptic Immersion
Advanced sensors (MEMS)
Augmented dexterity
Wireless Data Collection
Economic models for reimbursement realities
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19. More Information On the Web Email
health/internet2.edu
Mary Kratz
Program Manager Internet2 Health Sciences
9-11 April Spring Member Meeting in DC
For more information about Internet2, please see these web sites, or contact directly by .
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