Internet2 and its Resources for Research and Education

Internet2 and its Resources for Research and Education

Jennifer Oxenford Associate Director

Rutgers Cyberinfrastructure Day April 4, 2006

Jennifer Oxenford Associate Director

Rutgers Cyberinfrastructure Day April 4, 2006

What is Internet2?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 GoalsInternet2 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 TodayInternet2 Today

Motivate Enable

End-to-end

End-to-end

Perform

anceP

erformanceNetworksNetworks

MiddlewareMiddleware

ApplicationsApplications

ServicesServices

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Keys to the Future of the InternetKeys 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 Universities206 University Members, October 2005Internet2 Universities206 University Members, October 2005

Abilene (the Backbone)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 WorldAdvanced Networking Organizations around the World

AmericasCANARIE (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-PacificAAIREP (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-PacificMCIT [EUN/ENSTINET] (Egypt)TENET (South Africa)

Internet2 International PartnersInternet2 International PartnersEurope-Middle EastARNES (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 InitiativeK20 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 9/05Sponsored Education Group Participants - 34 States 9/05

K20 Status and GrowthK20 Status and Growth

Organization Total - 9/02 Total - 5/04

K12 Schools 7,173 23,388

Community Colleges

551 594

Four Year Colleges and Universities

526 852

Public Libraries 1,482 2,360

Museums, Zoos, Aquariums and

Science Centers

102 74

Grand Total 9,834 27,268

TODAY

35,971

677

1,002

3,325

76

46,000

What is MAGPI?What is MAGPI?

MAGPI DefinedMAGPI is a regional aggregation point for Internet2. We serve the Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey research and education communities.

MAGPI Mission To introduce new technologyTo collaboratively develop new applications with our subscribersTo make access to these technologies and applications economical and sustainable

Current Members 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 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

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 2003-2004 Regular Session, Thursday, November 18, 2004

The New Jersey State Research and Education NetworkThe New Jersey State Research and Education Network

Internet2 Capacity (yeah, it’s fast)Internet2 Capacity (yeah, it’s fast)

56 kbpsISDN DSL/

Cable T1

168 Hours 74 Hours 25 Hours 6.4 Hours

Internet2 6 Seconds

Time Required to Download2-hour Course Lecture DVD

Making Connections Across TechnologiesMaking 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

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Inter-Disciplinary Partnerships Catalyse New UsesInter-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 PlanningEnhanced Surgical Planning

• Training

• Pre-surgical planning

• Interoperative segmentation

• Brain atlas

• fMRIRon Kikinis, M.D., Steve Pieper, Ph.D., Simon Warfield, Ph.D.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, NIH, Harvard Medical School

Funded by NCRR/NIH

www.nbirn.net

New Methods of HealthScience Research New Methods of HealthScience Research

Synthetic WorldsSynthetic 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 14-28

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 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 100-500 Mb

• Goal is to establish network based treatment planning and dose verification for radiotherapy

Remote Pathology ConsultsRemote 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 OceanographyUndersea 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 ArchiveNational Digital Mammography Archive

Dr. Robert Hollobeek, NSCP

Changing Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century Classroom Changing Teaching and Learning in the 21st 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?Why Internet2?

• The student who will enter medical school in 5 10 years can absorb multiple channels of information

lecture

Second

screenDynamic

charts

messaging

Communal

note taking

Slide courtesy Parvati Dev, Stanford

Rich Multimedia Libraries: The Research Channel

http://www.researchchannel.org

Rich Multimedia LibrariesTeachers’ Domain - WGBH

http://www.teachersdomain.org

Rich Multimedia Libraries NSDL – National Science Digital LibraryRich Multimedia Libraries NSDL – National Science Digital Library

http://www.nsdl.org/

Lehigh University Remote Scanning Electron MicroscopyLehigh University Remote Scanning Electron Microscopy

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http://www.lehigh.edu/~inimagin/

International Collaborations Leni-Basso / Group Motion DanceCo.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”

http://www.magpi.net/Sept16.html

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Game Film Project 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 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 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

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Dr. Steven Senger, Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse Scientific Visualization Project

http://visu.uwlax.edu/NGI/ImmSeg.html

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

http://www.accessgrid.org/

Internet2 DV Guide http://db.arts.usf.edu/dvguide/default.aspInternet2 DV Guide http://db.arts.usf.edu/dvguide/default.asp

ARENA Atlashttp://arena.internet2.edu/ARENA Atlashttp://arena.internet2.edu/

NLANR http://dast.nlanr.net/AAD/ NLANR http://dast.nlanr.net/AAD/

Over 4,000 applications Projects and resources

from more than 30 countries

Developed by UIUC, funded by NSF

Also searchable from http://apps.internet2.edu

I2 Working Groups, SIGs, BoFsI2 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 AuthenticationFederated 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:

MiddlewareMiddleware

• A layer of software between the network and the applications • Authentication• Identification• Authorization• Directories• Security

middleware.internet2.edu

Internet2 Middleware InitiativeInternet2 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 InvolvedGet and Stay Involved

Talk with your campus IT folks and local Internet2 liaisons to MAGPI

Seek/be faculty/student championsFollow and join MAGPI K20 User Group/ForumsSign-up for MAGPI PD or VC TrainingHost/attend an Internet2 Event Participate in Virtual Events - Megaconference,

Gigaconference, Keystone, etcSend me feedback/updates/inquiriesHave a “virtual beer” with other I2 champions

The MAGPI K20 Support NetworkThe 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

http://www.magpi.net/k20network.html

More InformationMore Information

http://www.magpi.net http://www.magpi.net/k20network.html http://k20.internet2.edu http://www.internet2.edu http://www.cilc.org http:www.megaconferencejr.org http://www.researchchannel.com http://www.teachersdomain.org

Q&A - Thank you!Q&A - Thank you!

Contact Info:

Jennifer Oxenford

jmacdoug@magpi.net

215-898-0341

www.magpi.net