1. Internet2: What It Can Do for Your Classes
Gary R. Bachula Vice President for External Relations, Internet2
TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
23 APRIL 2002

2. Internet2 Universities 194 University Members, April 2002
This is the latest map of Internet2 universities. Each Internet2 university commits to providing the high performance networking on their own campus, connecting to a high-performance backbone network, and supporting advanced applications development on their own campus.
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3. Internet2 Corporate Partners
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4. Additional Membership
Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members
Over 40 Affiliate Members
Government Research Agencies
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
NASA
NOAA
USGS (Earth Resources Observations Systems)
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5. International MoU Partners
Europe-Middle East
ARNES (Slovenia)
BELNET (Belgium)
CARNET (Croatia)
CESnet (Czech Republic)
DANTE (Europe)
DFN-Verein (Germany)
GIP RENATER (France)
GRNET (Greece)
HEAnet (Ireland)
HUNGARNET (Hungary)
INFN-GARR (Italy)
Israel-IUCC (Israel)
NORDUnet (Nordic Countries)
POL-34 (Poland)
RCCN (Portugal)
RedIRIS (Spain)
RESTENA (Luxembourg)
Stichting SURF (Netherlands)
SWITCH (Switzerland)
TERENA (Europe)
JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom)
Asia-Pacific
AAIREP (Australia)
APAN (Asia-Pacific)
APAN-KR (Korea)
APRU (Asia-Pacific)
CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China)
JAIRC (Japan)
JUCC (Hong Kong)
NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand)
SingAREN (Singapore)
TAnet2 (Taiwan)
Americas
CANARIE (Canada)
CUDI (Mexico)
REUNA (Chile)
RETINA (Argentina)
RNP2 (Brazil)
SENACYT (Panama)
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6. Internet2 Mission
Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
This is the Internet2 mission.
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7. Internet Development Spiral
Commercialization
Privatization
Today’s Internet
Internet2
Research and
Development
Partnerships
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Source: Ivan Moura Campos

8. INFRASTRUCTURE: An Advanced Research and Education Network
What We Do….
INFRASTRUCTURE:
An Advanced Research and Education Network
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9. Internet2 Backbone Network: Abilene
2.4 billion bits per second (soon 10 billion)
207 Internet2 member institutions in 50 states, District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico connected
Over 3 million potential users
Sponsored participation
37 individual institutions
18 state education networks
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11. Typical Internet2 University Network Connection
Internet2 Backbones (2.4 Gbps)
University Campus
University Campus
155 Mbps – 2.4 Gbps
Department
155 Mbps – 2.4 Gbps
100 Mbps
Regional Network 622 Mbps-2.4 Gbps
Lab or Classroom
155 Mbps – 2.4 Gbps
University Campus
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12. Abilene International Peering
22 August 2001
Abilene International Peering
SEA/SNNAP
AARNET, CA*net3
(TANET2,
TransPAC)
CHICAGO/STAR TAP
APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, GEMnet, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, MIRnet, NORDUnet, RENATER, SURFnet, SingAREN, SINET, TAnet2 (ANSP, RNP2)
OC12
NYCM
BELNET, CA*net3, HEANET, JANET,
NORDUnet, SURFnet,
TEN-155*
SNVA
GEMNET, SingAREN, WIDE (SINET)
LOSA
SINET,
UNINET
CALREN2
CUDI
OC3
AmPATH
REUNA, RNP2 (RETINA)
UT El Paso
CUDI
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* ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, HEAnet, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS

13. Extending Access: State Education Networks –April 2002
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14. MIDDLEWARE: A Layer of Software Between the Network and Applications
What We Do….
MIDDLEWARE:
A Layer of Software Between the Network and Applications
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15. Middleware
A layer of software between the network and the applications
Authentication
Identification
Authorization
Directories
Security
Middleware is a layer of software between the network and applicaitons
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16. Engineering Quality of Service: QBone Scalable IP Multicast IPv6
Scalable IP Multicast
IPv6
Network Security
Network Management
Measurement
These are some of the new network capabilities that advanced networks will need to implement and which the Internet2 community is working on.
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17. What We Do….
APPLICATIONS:
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18. Network Video Bandwidth Requirements
Video Quality
Bandwidth
Typical Internet webcast
33.6 kilobits
Current broadband video
kilobits per second
TV-Quality Video (H.323 & MPEG-1)
768 kilobits-1.5 megabits per second
DVD-quality Video (MPEG-2)
5 megabits per second
Compressed HDTV (consumer)
20-30 megabits per second
Uncompressed HDTV
1.5 gigabits per second
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19. Download of “The Matrix”
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20. Virtual Laboratories Real-time access to remote instruments
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Distributed nanoManipulator
This is an application which allows remote control of an electron microscope that can actually move molecules around. The application also provides “force feed-back” to the remote operator.
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21. Virtual Laboratories Real-time access to remote instruments
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 3-D Brain Mapping
Here are some examples of various applications already in use:
This application links an MRI machine with a supercomputer to produce 3-D visualizations of the neurons in a patient’s brain firing in real-time. The resulting animation can be viewed by any doctor that has access to high-performance networking. These capabilities transform the process of visualizing a patient’s brain—a process that normally takes days—and allows doctor’s to work in ways not previously possible.
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22. Advanced Network Applications
Remote Access to Scientific Instruments
Mauna Kea Observatories
AURA
University of Hawaii/NSF
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23. Advanced Network Applications
Virtual Laboratories
Real-Time Tele-Operation of Remote Equipment
North Carolina State University
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24. Advanced Network Applications
High Definition Television/IP
Raw HDTV/IP 1.5 Gbps
University of Washington
Tektronix
ISI/USC
DARPA
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25. Advanced Network Applications
Distance Education
Master music classes
University of Oklahoma
Columbia University
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26. Advanced Network Applications
Collaboration
Recording Studio that Spans a Continent
McGill University
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27. Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-Chicago
Tele-immersion
Shared virtual reality
University of Illinois at Chicago Virtual Temporal Bone
This is a program that allows a doctor to share a 3-D image of a complex piece of anatomy (the inner ear) with students in a way that makes teaching the anatomy much easier. By making this interactive capability available over the network, a doctor can teach students remotely.
Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-Chicago
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28. Virtual Aneurysm
University of California at
Los Angeles
A simulation and virtual reality visualization of brain blood flow
Researchers examine critical flow pattern and evaluate simulated surgical interventions
The Virtual Aneurysm is a simulation and virtual reality visualization of brain blood flow. Using a software system that will be able to accurately model an aneurysm imaged using x-ray computed tomographic angiography (CTA), a doctor can visualize the aneurysm in a virtual reality environment, predict its future behavior, and gain insight into the type of treatment needed. Cutting planes and stream lines tools can to be used to examine the pressure, fluid velocity, and shear forces of the aneurysm. Researchers are working to improve the accuracy of blood flow simulations, and on the development of intelligent tools to enable doctors to more easily visualize critical flow patterns and to evaluate simulated surgical interventions. Internet2 high-performance networking provides the advanced capabilities (high-bandwidth and low delay) necessary to enable the remote visualization and navigation of multi-terabyte virtual aneurysm simulations stored on a high-performance server at UCLA.
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29. Human Embryo Development
George Mason University, Oregon Health & Science University, National Library of Medicine
3-D visualizations of human embryo development
Doctors can manipulate data remotely
Animations of embryo system development for students
This large, NLM-funded project focuses on providing a way for medical professionals to communicate detailed information about human embryo development in a visual form. This project comprises a network of medical collaboration workstations, using high-performance, off-the-shelf networked computer systems combined with advanced software for collaboration, and medical visualization. The workstations are installed at eight project locations and interconnected over high-performance networks operating at data rates over 100 megabits per second nationwide. As a result, doctors will be able to visualize and manipulate high-resolution image data collaboratively for diagnoses, clinical case management, and medical education.
George Mason University is providing overall responsibility for the project as well as collaboration technology. Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) has a leading role in the Annotation and Modeling application and is responsible for aspects of embryology dealing with the heart and lungs. For example, using image sets from the Visible Embryo Project to create 3-D computer models, the OHSU Heart Research Center is helping to improve understanding of the complex processes of normal and abnormal heart development. Their Embryology Education Application makes visualization tools available for medical student use and creates animations of embryo organ system development. Internet2 networks allow sharing of the images in real-time with researchers in California and Washington, D.C.
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30. Renal Physiology Modules
Stanford University
Virtual Labs Project
Overcomes the limits of one-dimensional mediums to represent dynamic systems of the body.
The modules allow students to integrate and apply their knowledge to real-life problems
Current one-dimensional mediums limit students’ ability to “see into” the dynamic systems of the body. To overcome these limitations, the Stanford University’s Medical Media and Information Technologies (SUMMIT) Project is developing interactive and simulation-based learning environments in physiology for undergraduates at Stanford;
Internet2 advanced networking will enable future collaboration in curricula among member universities. The first module in renal physiology contains a knowledge base in kidney structure, function, and difficult renal concepts addressed in the traditional course material. Topics include auto regulation, urinalysis, and countercurrent (cc) multiplier. The module contains a laboratory and quiz section that allows students to integrate and apply their knowledge to real-life problems. Finally, a resource section contains a glossary, previous lecture material, and a link to an online office hours chat room. Future modules will include such topics as neuro, cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal physiology.
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31. 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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32. Advanced Network Applications
NSF
Access Grid
Alliance
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33. Realistic, Life-Sized, 3D Tele-Immersion
Advanced Network & Services, Brown University, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania
Brings together geographically distant participants and shared virtual objects
Tele-immersive recreation of office environment
The Tele-Immersion Project is working to bring together geographically distant participants in a realistic, tele-immersive recreation of their real environments. Project collaborators envision an Office of the Future where computer vision, networking, and computer graphics techniques are used to capture a dynamic 3D model of one office—including walls, furniture, objects, and people—and then re-create a virtual representation in a similarly-equipped remote office. The Internet2 networks offer a high-performance testbed for this research, which demands high bandwidth and low latency to support real-time interaction between remote users and shared virtual objects.
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34. White House Decision Center
Shots of students working in the West Wing breakout rooms (above)
In a physical facility modeled after the West Wing of the White House, student groups assemble and meet in eight identical meetings rooms to work through a role-playing module based on Truman-era historical events.
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35. White House Decision Center
This curriculum includes four pre-visit and one post-visit classroom modules, extensive materials and teacher training. Teachers select one of the following scenarios for the class:
How to react to the North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950
How to respond to the 1948 Soviet Blockade of Berlin
How to address post-WWII civil rights and desegregation of the military
Students take on the role of one of 7 advisors to the President as they work through one of the three scenarios chosen. Actual historical events that help shape the situation are presented as students explore the roles they, as advisors, might have played in history.
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36. White House Decision Center
The day culminates in a press conference where the decision reached by the student president is announced. Students now play the media and question the president’s decision.
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37. White House Decision Center: A Virtual Experience
Synchronous chat
Virtual reality
Asynchronous group
activities
Online digital content
MOREnet has been working with the Truman Library to take the WHDC to the next level, and transform aspects of the curriculum into a virtual experience.
Pre and post modules containing rich digitized lesson content from the library and museum will be available through the Web. Using the Shadow netWorkspace tool, students will be able to work in groups to compete these modules in synchronous and asynchronous modes.
Through the use of H.323 videoconferencing, remote site students will be able to participate real-time in the active role exercises and in the press conference.
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38. Possible Education Applications over Internet2…..
Language students talk to counterparts in a foreign country
Music students coached by master teachers from a distant site
Virtual field trips to museums
Advanced Placement courses offered by college faculty
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39. Possible Education Applications over Internet 2…
Students operating microscopes, telescopes, submersibles from their classrooms
Interactive discussions with astronauts on the International Space Station
Access to extensive archives of environmental, social & other science data
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40. Possible Education Applications over Internet2…
Collaboration with student partners located across the nation
Revisit the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Visit the Harry S. Truman Library – virtually
And many, many more ideas….
It’s up to you!
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41. Thank You! Special “thank you’s” to: Barbara Danos Joel Tohline
Diane Didier
Scott Menter
And the entire LSU “team”
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