1. Application Technology Area Report Koji OKAMURA Kyushu Univ.

2. Discussion about two WGs

3. eScience WG e-Science is broadly defined as science activities that rely on activities that rely on high bandwidth network connections network connections. This may include the transfer of data, building operating distributed archives, distributed data processing, access to documents or training, remote operation of facility instruments, & interactive collaborations. APAN has a natural role in e-Science through providing bandwidth & network operating tools.

4. APAN e-Science WG Objectives Provide a venue for discussion of e-Science among scientists & between scientists & network administrators. Promote e-Science initiatives among APAN Science members, & between APAN & other international groups. Conduct of e-Science demonstration projects, training outreach. Provide a venue for outreach & dissemination of successful & not so successful projects & what we can learn from them.

5. Activities and Observations of e-Science WG e-Science Workshop at APAN Meeting Involving Other Countries –More countries have embarked upon e-Science projects –Some are ahead, others are catching up Presentations & sharing are useful One training held (i.e., EGEE) Need to go further –… to project demos –… to undertake joint projects

6. New e-science WG Chair: –LEE Hing Yan (NGO, Singapore) Co-Chairs: –Greg WICKHAM (AARNet, Australia) –Eric YEN (ASGC, Taiwan) –Putchong UTHAYOPAS (TNGC, Thailand) –James DeROEST (Pacific Northwest Gigapop, USA) Members: –WANG Chunyan (CERNET, China) –Satoshi SEKIGUCHI (AIST, Japan) –Young-Sung LEE (MEDRIC, Korea) –Rey Vincent BABILORIA (ASTI, Philippines) –Jon LAU Khee Erng (NGO, Singapore)

7. Action Planes Continue soliciting active participation APAN members in e-Science WG Aim to organize more training sessions Retain 3 sessions & 1 WG meeting format –Allocate 2 sessions to presentations of 20 min each (~ 8 presentations) –Allocate 1 session to project demos & discussion –Allocate 1 session to discuss WG plans Identify, define & undertake 2 – 4 projects among APAN members Each project –Involves at least 2 APAN members –Covers a science domain –Crosses national boundaries –Makes use of network bandwidth Data intensive Computational resources

8. Medical WG

9. Summary of Medical WG Hospitals with established DVTS connectionExpanding Asia-Pacific Medical Network Hospitals with established DVTS connection –Japan:Kyushu U, Iwate MU, Nagasaki, Miyazaki –Korea:SNU, Bundang, NCC, Hanyang, Ehwa, CNU –China:Tsinghua U, Shanghai Jiaotong U –Taiwan:NTU, Taipei VGH, Taichung VGH –Hong Kong:Chinese University of Hong Kong –Thailand:Mahidol University Siriraj Hospital –Singapore:National University of Singapore –Australia:Flinders Hospital @Adelaide Hospitals under preparation & discussion –Japan:Munakata Nursing Collage, Kyoto Red Cross, Mie –Korea:Yonsei University, Korea University –China:Peking U, Beihua U, Peking Cancer Hospital –India:Tata Memorial Hospital –Vietnam:HMU, NHP, Bach Mai H, NIHE, Cho Ray H –Philippine:Philippines University General Hospital –Indonesia:University of Indonesia –Thailand:Chulalongkorn U –Australia:Melbourne University Hospital –Venues in Malaysia, and hospitals in Europe & USA

10. Next two-years… 1.More network and more activity in AP 2.Extension to Europe & US 3.Technical issues Security improvement Multi-station link: More than 4 PAL/NTSC problem Audio-visual improvement Image quality brush-up: HD, compression?