30 November 2001 Advisory Panel on Cyber Infrastructure National Science Foundation Douglas Van Houweling November 30, 2001 National Science Foundation Douglas Van Houweling November 30, 2001

30 November Mission Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies to support the higher education and research community and to accelerate the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

30 November Membership 188 University Members 70 Corporate Members 38 Affiliate Members 36 International Affiliated Networks 18 Sponsored Educational Group Participants

30 November Internet2 Universities 188 Universities as of November 2001

30 November Abilene Network Logical Map

30 November High Performance Scalable Cyber Infrastructure is a Systems Problem Application/network interoperation for performance Network capacity allocation/Quality of Service End-to-end performance Application/network interoperation for security/authentication/authorization Directories Inter-realm authentication Packet & circuit facility interoperation in the electronic/optical domains Common solutions required across disciplines

30 November Required Programs Network Monitoring, Analysis & Modeling Observed network performance dramatically lower than physical infrastructure capacity Most large scale network performance data proprietary Quality of Service standards and operational practices relatively undeveloped Critical to transition from Best Efforts to High Performance network capability Security Development and use of new protocols and tools to enhance security at every layer of the infrastructure Focus on solutions suitable to open networks

30 November Required Programs Middleware Build on NSF Middleware Initiative Converge institutional & disciplinary approaches Open environment capable of supporting interoperating elements through a shared standards base Key to collaboration, data sharing, facility operation, and intellectual property management

30 November Required Programs National Research Fiber Facility National fiber backbone –Connected to international, regional & institutional fiber facilities –Capable of ~100 wavelengths, wavelength switching –Supporting advanced production, dedicated high- performance, and experimental uses –Supports research, experimentation, development, and pilot deployment –Research university-led government and industry partnership –Enables realization of the next inflection point in network infrastructure All Programs Should Include Industry Collaboration

30 November Challenges Lack of converged national and institutional middleware and standards Limited federal funding for large scale network research and infrastructure Therefore, limited capability to treat Cyber Infrastructure as a systems problem

30 November NSF Role While supporting needs of the university research community, NSF played a key role facilitating transition from circuit to packet based network infrastructure and the resulting applications. Now in a position to facilitate transition to a mixed packet/circuit/electro-optical network infrastructure Critical infrastructure for the research community