Internet2 and its Resources for Research and Education Jennifer Oxenford Associate Director Rutgers Cyberinfrastructure Day April 4, 2006

What is Internet2? The Research and Education Network for the United States Led by 206 research universities Close collaborations with government: NIH, NSF, NLM, NASA, to name only a few An organization that serves academic and technology needs at all levels of education A venue that brings together academics and scientists from all over the world

Internet2 Mission and Goals Internet2 Mission = Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. Internet2 Goals Enable new generation of applications Re-create leading edge R&E network capability Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

Internet2 Today MotivateEnable End-to-end Performance Networks Middleware Applications Services Security

Keys to the Future of the Internet Connectivity Reliable Scalable High performance Architectural evolution Reach Ease of use, privacy, and security Integration with advanced applications

Internet2 Universities 206 University Members, October 2005

Abilene (the Backbone) Participating institutions include: 206 University members, 12 Corporate partners, 11 Corporate sponsors, 48 Corporate members, and 43 Affiliates

Advanced Networking Organizations around the World

Americas CANARIE (Canada) CLARA (Latin America & Caribbean) CEDIA (Ecuador) CNTI (Venezuela) CR2Net (Costa Rica) CUDI (Mexico) REUNA (Chile) RETINA (Argentina) RNP [FAPESP] (Brazil) SENACYT (Panama) Last updated: 1 October2005 Asia-Pacific AAIREP (Australia) APAN (Asia-Pacific) ANF (Korea) CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China) JAIRC (Japan) JUCC (Hong Kong) SingAREN (Singapore) NECTEC / UNINET(Thailand) TANet2 (Taiwan) NGI-NZ (New Zealand) TERENA (Europe) Asia-Pacific MCIT [EUN/ENSTINET] (Egypt) TENET (South Africa) Internet2 International Partners Europe-Middle East ARNES (Slovenia) BELNET (Belgium) CARNET (Croatia) CESnet (Czech Republic) DANTE (Europe) DFN-Verein (Germany) FCCN (Portugal) GARR (Italy) GIP-RENATER (France) GRNET (Greece) HEAnet (Ireland) HUNGARNET (Hungary) Israel-IUCC (Israel) NORDUnet (Nordic Countries) POL-34 (Poland) Qatar Foundation (Qatar) RedIRIS (Spain) RESTENA (Luxemburg) RIPN (Russia) SANET (Slovakia) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) SWITCH (Switzerland) JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom)

K20 Initiative  Connect and engage K-12s, museums, libraries, science and cultural centers, aquariums, community colleges, etc.  Increased opportunities for joint funding, collaboration with Higher ed, student attraction, enhanced learning and education

Sponsored Education Group Participants - 34 States 9/05

K20 Status and Growth OrganizationTotal - 9/02Total - 5/04 K12 Schools7,17323,388 Community Colleges Four Year Colleges and Universities Public Libraries1,4822,360 Museums, Zoos, Aquariums and Science Centers Grand Total9,83427,268 TODAY 35, ,002 3, ,000

What is MAGPI? MAGPI Defined MAGPI is a regional aggregation point for Internet2. We serve the Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey research and education communities. MAGPI Mission To introduce new technology To collaboratively develop new applications with our subscribers To make access to these technologies and applications economical and sustainable

Current Members  Arcadia University  Capital Area IU  Carbon Lehigh IU  Chester County IU  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  Center for Advancing Partnerships in Education (CAPE)  Delaware County IU  DeSales University  Fox Chase Cancer Center  The Franklin Institute  Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals  Lafayette College  Lehigh Carbon Community College  Lehigh University  Lehigh Valley Hospital  Mont. Co. Intermediate Unit  Mont. Co. Community College  NJEDge.Net – State R&E Network for N.J.  Princeton University  CERMUSA / St. Francis University  Temple University  Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital  Tuscarora IU  University of Delaware  University of Pennsylvania  University of Scranton  Villanova University  Widener University

Upcoming/Prospective Members Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia School District Philadelphia Museum of Art The Philadelphia Orchestra University of the Arts Academy of Natural Sciences National Constitution Center WHYY …

Good Things Happening in Pennsylvania Act 183 – Creation of the E-Fund *…“establishing the Broadband Outreach and Aggregation Fund; “… The creation of Wide Area Networks that provide broadband connectivity to school districts *Senate Actions Regular Session, Thursday, November 18, 2004

The New Jersey State Research and Education Network

Internet2 Capacity (yeah, it’s fast) 56 kbps ISDN DSL/ Cable T1 168 Hours74 Hours 25 Hours6.4 Hours Internet2 6 Seconds Time Required to Download 2-hour Course Lecture DVD

Making Connections Across Technologies e-VLBI astronomers leverage end-to- end performance tools to fine-tune instrument connectivity Corporate members build on Shibboleth to implement authorization services in products Earthquake researchers routinely use the Internet2 Commons videoconferencing

1 Inter-Disciplinary Partnerships Catalyse New Uses Direct Visualizations Data Collection/Integration Data Mining Device Intercommunication Haptic Immersion Augmented Dexterity Advanced Sensors Wireless Data Collection Economic Models for Reimbursement Realities Image courtesy of: Dr. Christopher Johnson, Director of the SCI Institute

Enhanced Surgical Planning Training Pre-surgical planning Interoperative segmentation Brain atlas fMRI Ron Kikinis, M.D., Steve Pieper, Ph.D., Simon Warfield, Ph.D. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, NIH, Harvard Medical School Funded by NCRR/NIH

New Methods of Health Science Research

Synthetic Worlds Otherwise known as massive multiplayer interactive games Over 5 million “inhabitants” today Doubling every 18 months About 2% of the Internet-connected population age spend more time in the synthetic world than in the real world Linked to the real world Physical artifacts like playing cards Ebay auctions for “money” and resources Real people make real money

PIC Simulation and Dose Calculations PIC Simulations to study proton acceleration using laser induced plasmas Collaborating with JAERI and NTT of Japan who provide computational facilities, FCCC provides the clinical application of this research Data transfer requirements of up to 10 Gb Goal to provide theoretical basis for laser accelerated proton beam radiotherapy Monte Carlo Studies Accurate dose calculation and treatment validation for radiotherapy Typical data package for remote dose computation is about Mb Goal is to establish network based treatment planning and dose verification for radiotherapy

Remote Pathology Consults Using DVTS (Digital Video Transport System) at 30 Mbps, Multicast Pathology faculty across four regional hospitals can conduct regular virtual consults with superior high quality images and minimal delay in transmitted slide manipulation Dr. Michael Feldman, UPENN Dr. David Foran, UMDNJ

Undersea Oceanography Images National Geographic

Images courtesy of: Dr. Robert Hollebeek, NCSA University of Toronto University of Pennsylvania University of North Carolina University of Chicago Oakridge National Laboratory National Digital Mammography Archive Dr. Robert Hollobeek, NSCP

Changing Teaching and Learning in the 21 st Century Classroom What Internet2 Offers:  Real Time Collaboration  Immediate Access to Expertise and/or Audiences  Geographical Distribution  Authentic Learning Environments  High Quality, Real-Time Audio and Video Interaction => Engagement

Why Internet2? The student who will enter medical school in 5 10 years can absorb multiple channels of information lecture Second screen Dynamic charts messaging Communal note taking Slide courtesy Parvati Dev, Stanford

Rich Multimedia Libraries: The Research Channel

Rich Multimedia Libraries Teachers’ Domain - WGBH

Rich Multimedia Libraries NSDL – National Science Digital Library

Lehigh University Remote Scanning Electron Microscopy

International Collaborations Leni-Basso / Group Motion DanceCo. DVTS Keio University in Tokyo and Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA Live rehearsal and critique of “Rondo”

Game Film Project Interactive Game Film Project Used Access Grid Apple Servers run out of MAGPI Access Grid support by Penn Video Network International University Collaboration between 13 schools

Distributed Medical Simulation CERMUSA/St. Francis University partnering with USUHS and others Using DVTS (Digital Video Transport System) at 30 Mbps, Multicast Medical Education and Distributed Patient Simulations

Immersive Segmentation 3-D medical simulation based on the virtual human project Distributed interactive collaborative segmentation Evaluating hosting the dataset locally on MAGPI for regional access by schools/hospitals Dr. Steven Senger, Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse Scientific Visualization Project

High Performance Group-to-Group Collaboration ; 150 sites worldwide

Internet2 DV Guide

ARENA Atlas

NLANR  Over 4,000 applications  Projects and resources from more than 30 countries  Developed by UIUC, funded by NSF  Also searchable from

I2 Working Groups, SIGs, BoFs  Health Sciences  Medical Middleware  Veterinary Medicine  Arts & Humanities  Arts Performance  High Energy and Nuclear Physics  Geospatial Apps  Orthopaedic Surgery  Radiology  Bioethics (proposed)  Astronomy  Voice over IP  Digital Video  VidMid VC  VidMidVoD  ResearchChannel  Network Storage  Presence & Integrated Communications  Teaching & Learning  …

Federated Authentication Scalable, decentralized infrastructure Critical to a broad range of initiatives Being adopted and implemented Industry International partners Middleware is an increasingly enabling element Examples:

Middleware A layer of software between the network and the applications Authentication Identification Authorization Directories Security middleware.internet2.edu

Internet2 Middleware Initiative Internet2 community has unique needs and capabilities Middleware Architecture Committee for Education Early Harvest and Early Adopters Internet2 PKI Labs Shibboleth (authentication) Computational middleware (Beta Grid) Medical middleware Directories

Get and Stay Involved Talk with your campus IT folks and local Internet2 liaisons to MAGPI Seek/be faculty/student champions Follow and join MAGPI K20 User Group/Forums Sign-up for MAGPI PD or VC Training Host/attend an Internet2 Event Participate in Virtual Events - Megaconference, Gigaconference, Keystone, etc Send me feedback/updates/inquiries Have a “virtual beer” with other I2 champions

The MAGPI K20 Support Network K20 User Group and Virtual Forums Tri-State Database K20 Portal K20 Newsletter Training Videoconferencing/I2 Commons Training Curriculum Integration/Professional Development

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Q&A - Thank you! Contact Info: Jennifer Oxenford