1. University of Illinois at Chicago SC 2003 Moderator: Maxine Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago Panelists: Tom DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA) Larry Landweber, NSF (USA) Kees Neggers, SURFnet (The Netherlands) Harvey Newman, Caltech (USA) Bill St. Arnaud, CANARIE (Canada) Strategies for Application-Empowered Networks

2. University of Illinois at Chicago SC 2003 Strategies for Application-Empowered Networks E-science is data-intensive science. How much data are we talking about? Now? By 2010? Many e-science applications need to move large data or interact, in real time, with large data. What are today's networking barriers to doing so? Harvey Newman Bill St. Arnaud

3. University of Illinois at Chicago SC 2003 Strategies for Application-Empowered Networks From your points of view, describe cyber-infrastructure (in the USA) and e-infrastructure (in The Netherlands) and their networking components. What applications are taking advantage of new networking capabilities above and beyond shared networks? Larry Landweber Kees Neggers

4. University of Illinois at Chicago SC 2003 Strategies for Application-Empowered Networks Define application-empowered networks, in terms of both physical characteristics (is it just bandwidth?) and services/middleware (to handle latency, jitter, scheduling, etc). How do they compare with general- purpose R&E networks (i.e., those that support a wide range of applications)? Do we need autonomous application-specific networks? Why are application- empowered networks only now becoming available? Tom DeFanti Bill St. Arnaud

5. University of Illinois at Chicago SC 2003 Strategies for Application-Empowered Networks What are the challenges to creating application- empowered networks? How do we solve them? In particular, one challenge is attracting users; how do we encourage e-scientists to use application- empowered networks, or any networks for that matter? Harvey Newman Tom DeFanti

6. University of Illinois at Chicago SC 2003 Strategies for Application-Empowered Networks How are government-funded facilities (and networks) today addressing the needs of high-performance applications? What will the facilities (and networks) look like 2-3 years from now? Larry Landweber Kees Neggers Bill St. Arnaud

7. University of Illinois at Chicago SC 2003 Questions? Strategies for Application-Empowered Networks Tom DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago Larry Landweber, NSF Kees Neggers, SURFnet Harvey Newman, Caltech Bill St. Arnaud, CANARIE