Internet2 Members Update

December 2003

<> Internet2 Workshops in January 2004
<> Call for Proposals: Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting
<> National Internet2 Day
<> Board and Council Update
<> Internet2 and the Harvard Business School Workshop
<> International Update
<> Middleware Update
<> End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) Update
<> Applications Update
<> Internet2 K20 Initiative Update
<> New Internet2 Members
<> Future Internet2 Events
<> Internet2 Days
<> Showcase and Spotlight Opportunities
<> Internet2 Related Events

The monthly member updates are archived at: http://members.internet2.edu/memberupdates/

<> Internet2 Workshops in January 2004
+ Joint Techs Workshop
The Joint Techs Workshop will be held January 25-28, 2004 as part of the Techs in Paradise (TIP) meeting, January 22-31. All sessions will be held at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. Register now at: https://services.internet2.edu/tip2004/index.jsp

For details on the Workshop and for information on and links to the other TIP meetings, see http://www.hawaii.edu/tip2004/

+ Internet2/New World Symphony Performance and Master Class Production Workshop
Internet2 and the New World Symphony are hosting a hands-on audio/video production workshop, 14-15 January 2004 at the New World Symphony campus in Miami Beach, FL. The emphasis will be on real-time experience connecting with remote sites over Internet2, setting up live situations involving incoming and outgoing video and audio, dealing with a multi-camera shoot, placing lighting and projectors, troubleshooting and operating codecs. This workshop will explore, in depth, the elements needed to do everything from simple one-on-one interactions to larger scale stage productions via Internet2. There is a registration fee of $125 for the 2-day workshop.
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/NWS-workshop/

<> Call for Proposals: Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting
The Spring 2004 Member Meeting Program Committee is now accepting proposals for track sessions for the 2004 Spring Member Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. General areas of focus for this meeting include security, network infrastructures, K-20, cyberinfrastructure, global collaborations, middleware, and collaboration case studies. Deadline for submitting proposals is Friday, January 9, 2004. Proposal submitters will be notified regarding acceptance of their proposal by Monday, January 26. You may submit the required information in email to Laurie Burns <lburns@internet2.edu> or more detailed information regarding proposal submission including the submission form can be found at:
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/spring-mm/call-for-proposals.cfm

<> National Internet2 Day - March 18, 2004
Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 18, 2004, the date for the first-ever, virtual National Internet2 Day! The event will feature a series of virtual presentations, demonstrations, and performance events across disciplines. Member campuses are encouraged to host their own Internet2 Day events with presentations by local faculty supplemented by netcast speakers. Internet2 will assist participating institutions by providing technical support and equipment, including loan equipment, as well as publicity and local media support. If your campus is interested in participating in National Internet2 Day, contact Marianne Smith (734) 352-4976 <melser@internet2.edu> by the week of January 19, 2004.
For updated information on National Internet2 Day activities, please see:
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/Internet2Day/

<> Board and Council Update
+ Board of Trustees and Council Nominations
Nominations for the Internet2 Board of Trustees and Advisory Councils are now being accepted. Any member of Internet2 may nominate a candidate for the Board or a Council. Advisory Councils have the following openings: Applications Strategy Council (ASC), 4 openings; Industry Strategy Council (ISC), 3 openings; Network Planning and Policy Council (NPPAC), 4 openings; and Network Research Liaison Council (NRLC), TBD openings. In addition, the Nominating committee will recommend a slate of 3 Trustees for the Board of Trustees. The Nominating Committee will meet to review the nominations and make their recommendations to the Board. The new Council and Trustees will be announced at the Spring 2004 Member Meeting, April 19-21. Nominations may be submitted on the web, sent to <bnanzig@internet2.edu>, or faxed to (734) 913-4255. All nominations must be received by February 20, 2004. For more information see: http://www.internet2.edu/about/nominationinfo.html

+ Industry Strategy Council Meeting
The Internet2 Industry Strategy Council Meeting was held November 21, 2003. The Council addressed Internet2’s strategic direction and the role of industry in areas including cyberinfrastructure, optical networking, middleware, and security. Presentations on topics discussed at the meeting are available at the following URLs:

- The Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure
http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/20031121-ISC-Atkins.pdf
- Abilene, National LambdaRail, FiberCo, and Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure (HOPI)
http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/20031121-ISC-Corbato.htm
- Federations and Identity management
http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/20031121-ISC-Klingenstein.htm
- Network Security and the Security at Line Speed Workshop
http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/20031121-ISC-Klingenstein2.htm
- Internet2 Corporate Program Update
http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/20031121-ISC-Arnold.htm

<> Internet2 and the Harvard Business School Workshop
The future of business applications was the focus of a workshop led by Dick Nolan and Rob Austin, faculty at Harvard Business School (HBS). Co-sponsored by Internet2, the workshop brought together a select group of academics, business leaders, and industry specialists in Phoenix during the SC2003 conference to create a framework for identifying advanced business applications made possible by emerging information technologies. A visit to SC2003's exhibit hall in order to gain a better understanding of advanced technology trends and capabilities was a highlight of the workshop. The next meeting of the group will be held using Access Grid technology in late January. An upcoming HBS publication will document the learning’s of the group.

<> International Update
+ TANet2 upgrading connections to Internet2 Networks
TANet2, the high-performance national research network in Taiwan now has a 2.5 Gbps connection to the Pacific Wave International exchange point, located at the Pacific Northwest Gigapop in Seattle, WA. Connections of 1Gbps and 622 Mbps will also be extended from Seattle to Chicago's Starlight facility. The new connections increase bandwidth from 155Mpbs to 2.5Gbps between Taiwan's TANet2 and emerging TWAREN networks and research and education networks in the US and beyond, including Internet2's Abilene backbone network. Taiwan's National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC), which operates the connections, has been an Internet2 international partner since 1999.

http://www.tanet2.net.tw/
http://www.twaren.net
http://www.pacificwave.net
http://www.startap.net/starlight/

<> Middleware Update
+ Shibboleth
As the result of a solicitation for volunteers, a focus group of university librarians has been formed to assist in the design of a GUI for using Shibboleth technology. This focus group is now meeting to define requirements for the Shibboleth Library Administrators' Tool. The use of Shibboleth continues to grow, there are now approximately 30 universities registered in InQueue, the federation of research and education organizations interested in using Shibboleth technology and exploring the issues surrounding federations.

A special thank you goes to the InCommon Policy group for its advice and counsel in moving toward implementation of the production US research and education federation, InCommon, and in drafting the InCommon Prospectus. Expect the InCommon Prospectus to be available soon. A management group is now being set up to oversee the operations and management of InCommon.

More information can be found at:
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/
http://inqueue.internet2.edu/
http://incommon.internet2.edu/

+ NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI)
The next NMI Release is expected in mid-December. Look for the following NMI-EDIT components to be included: Videoconferencing Middleware Cookbook; two additional webISO’s: A-Select (the Netherlands) and Co Sign (University of Michigan); new revisions to LDAP Analyzer, eduPerson, the Enterprise Directory Implementation Roadmap, Shibboleth, PERMIS, and H.350.

+ CAMP Directory Workshop: Register Now
Modeled after the Enterprise Directory Implementation Roadmap, the next CAMP will review the directory implementation steps, such as financial and staff planning in the management track and directory architectures, person registries, and operational issues in the technical track. To register, visit the workshop website at:
http://www.educause.edu/conference/nmi/2004/camp041/

For more information about the Enterprise Directory Implementation Roadmap see:
http://www.nmi-edit.org/roadmap/directories.html

+ Pre-Workshop Tutorial on Beginning an Identity Management Project: Register Now
Preceding the CAMP Directory Workshop, an introductory workshop for institutions planning to implement an identity management project will be offered. Attendees will learn about the critical pieces in identity management infrastructures, and leave with enough knowledge to attend the CAMP Directory Workshop. Participation in this tutorial is limited, so register early at:
http://www.educause.edu/conference/nmi/2004/camp041/

+ Presentations Available from the NMI Integration Testbed Results Workshop
The presentations from the NMI Integration Testbed Results Workshop held preceding EDUCAUSE 2003 in Anaheim, CA are now available. Sessions included case studies and evaluations of many of the NMI components. For more information:
http://www.nsf-middleware.org/testbed/meetings/workshop1103/1103agenda.html

+ NMI 2 - Middleware Diagnostics
The newly awarded second NSF Middleware Initiative Agreement, NMI 2, is now underway in the area of middleware diagnostics. We appreciate the continuing support of NSF in the extension of our work to this critical piece of the middleware infrastructure.

An advisory group, led by Charles DiFatta of Carnegie Mellon, has been meeting and a charter and website for the project have been created. Middleware diagnostic scenarios are being developed and plans for a survey of institutional requirements are under discussion. More information can be found at: http://middleware.internet2.edu/e2ed/

+ Directories
MACE-Dir is conducting a survey of directory usage in higher education and will be issuing a white paper detailing results in January 2004. There is still time to submit your institution's response. Please go to the following URL for access to the survey form:
http://middleware.internet2.edu/dir/localsurvey.html

The survey report will highlight any emerging best practices on how institutions support internal applications and services in their directory schema. It will also inform the work of a new MACE-hosted effort to coordinate person schema development work on a global scale. Participants from around the world, including Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, Spain, the US and Australia, will be working on this project in early 2004.

+ Integrated Infrastructure for Instant Messaging (I2IM) Working Group
Since its start in September of this year, the I2IM WG has generated a great deal of enthusiasm and participation from the community. Its goal is to explore the needs and applicability of messaging and middleware infrastructures to support federated administration and the needs of Higher Education and Research. As the work of this group proceeds, it will involve the myriad of IM vendors to explore and understand the issues exposed and how available technologies may address these issues.

With a wide variety of participants who are driving standards efforts underway within the IETF, as well as members advocating for cross-platform interoperability, as IM becomes a key collaborative tools in R&E as well as in business, I2IM is working on example scenarios to guide its efforts.
http://middleware.internet2.edu/i2im/

<> End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) Update
+ E2E piPEs (End-to-End Performance Initiative Performance Environment System)
The team gave a major demonstration at SC2003 which included live performance data and analysis from the Abilene backbone using Iperf, OWAMP (One-Way Active Measurement Protocol), trace route, and a new tool, recently developed by the E2E piPEs team, BWCTL (Bandwidth Control). The BWCTL tool allows authorized users to schedule throughput tests from their home location into the core of the network; these tests self-schedule in the presence of scarce resources. For more information see: http://e2epi.internet2.edu/E2EpiPEs/index.html

+ OWAMP (One-Way Active Measurement Protocol)
A new version of OWAMP is available. Manpages have recently been made available to simplify the download and initial use. For more information see:
http://owamp.internet2.edu

+ Workshops
A Bandwidth Estimation (BEst) Workshop, scheduled for December 9-10 at SDSC, aims to discuss recent advancements in this field, resolve arguments (e.g., regarding the terminology and definition of bandwidth metrics, acceptable degree of intrusiveness in active measurements, evaluation of existing measurement tools), and to identify open problems that require further research. The Workshop is sponsored by CAIDA, IMRG, and the DOE Office of Science. More information can be found at: http://e2epi.internet2.edu/workshops/BEst-workshop-announcement.html

E2Epi is hosting a workshop, December 11-12 at SDSC, to bring together experts in the area of measurement, networking, and E2E performance issues to develop a Roadmap for the topic area. An NSF grant awarded to Matt Zekauskas will fund this workshop. http://e2epi.internet2.edu/workshops/roadmap.html

+ Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Working Group
A $1.1 million grant, recently awarded to Penn State University (PSU) by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, will enable PSU to partner with the Internet2 consortium (change to membership?) in the development of a technology called LionShare, an innovative tool that will facilitate legitimate file-sharing among institutions around the world through the use of authenticated Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks. More information can be found at: http://p2p.internet2.edu/index.html

<> Applications Update
+ Megaconference V Takes Place December 10
December 10, 2003 marks the fifth occurrence of the Megaconference, an annual event that is the largest, worldwide Internet videoconference. "The Megaconference is great fun for all those who participate, and it pushes H.323 technology and practice to greater heights every year," says Bob Dixon, the organizer and founder of the Megaconferences. On December 10 throughout the day, Megaconference V presenters will cover topics under the theme, "Sustaining Global Communities through Videoconferencing." All connections will be based on H.323 videoconferencing technology, with a minimum connection speed of 768 Kbps. This fifth year, the Megaconference and Internet2 will recognize those participants who have attended all five of the Megaconferences with a special award.
http://www.megaconference.org

+ Commons Training Goes Global
Internet2 Commons training is going global, with several Commons training activities scheduled in the coming months. Commons training typically covers such topics as audio/video basics, room/environment setup for videoconferences, Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) scheduling, and much more. Although you might not be able to make it to Singapore or Australia, the Midwest and East Coast can be quite nice in the spring. Visit this link for details:
http://commons.internet2.edu/train/

+ Subscribe Now to the Commons H.323 Videoconferencing Service
If you haven't subscribed to the Internet2 Commons H.323 videoconferencing service, January is a great time to start. The prorated figures beginning January 1st are 200 port hours for $1340. Through Internet2 Commons videoconferencing, you can connect to your peers, independent of endpoint brands, through your existing Internet2 network connection. Apply today and start collaborating face-to-face with the global education community. For more about the Commons H.323 multipoint service, visit:
http://commons.internet2.edu/h323/

+ Internet2 Detective Now Available for the Macintosh
Internet2 Detective is a small, easy to install application that provides information about a network connection that previously only advanced users or network engineers knew how to obtain. Internet2 Detective offers computer users easy access to the status and capabilities of their current network connection by providing information about advanced network capabilities, including connectivity to an Internet2 backbone network, an estimate of available bandwidth and multicast capabilities. Version 3.1 of the Detective is now available for the Macintosh (running OS X).
http://detective.internet2.edu/

+ Report from Security at Line Speed Workshop Now Available
The goal of the Security at Line Speed (SALS) Workshop, held in August 2003, was to identify the requirements, architectures, and best practices needed to guide future network deployments for the research community. SALS organizers and participants have co-authored a report that summarizes the workshop’s discussions. The report describes current security practices, identifies known problems using case studies, and suggests a proposed research agenda. You’ll find the report, as well as additional background information on SALS activities, by following the link below.
http://apps.internet2.edu/sals/

<> Internet2 K20 Initiative Update
+ K20 Community Celebrates the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
A couple of very interesting projects in the K20 community have emerged to commemorate the 200th anniversary of this historic event. The project, Lewis and Clark Then and Now: Linking the Trail to America's Students will commemorate the Bicentennial of the Corps of Discovery's historic journey across America-what it taught America then, how it changed America after, and what a retracing of that journey can teach America today. Throughout the 2003 to 2006 school years the project will follow the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles as members re-enact in real time the three-year voyage of the Corps of Discovery.
For more information see:
http://ali.apple.com/lewisandclark/
http://www.lewisandclark.net

MORENet has also put together a nice collection of links to various Lewis and Clark resources with the goal being to facilitate the creation of high-quality digital resources for Lewis and Clark materials for classroom use. http://www.more.net/programs/internet2/projects/

<> New Internet2 Members
+ Affiliate Members
- NJEDge.Net - http://www.njedge.net

<> Future Internet2 Events
+ Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting: Arlington, Virginia, April 19-21
+ Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting, Austin, Texas, September 27-30

<> Internet2 Days
Hold an Internet2 Day for your Internet2 member organization. Technical support for live demonstrations and informational materials are available. For more information contact Marianne Smith <melser@internet2.edu> or see:
http://apps.internet2.edu/Internet2-Days.html

<> Showcase and Spotlight Opportunities - Projects and People
A Showcase on the Internet2 Web site is a great way to highlight the milestones, events, collaborations and efforts that are a result of your work in the advanced networking community. You are also encouraged to submit a profile of anyone in the Internet2 community whose efforts merit notice. Include a brief description (less than 100 words), all appropriate links and images, and contact information. If you have suggestions about projects, people or news that might be featured, please contact Adam Csillag <acsillag@internet2.edu>.

<> Internet2 Related Events
+ Online Calendar
For a complete listing of events for and of interest to the Internet2 community, see the online Internet2 Calendar. Be sure the Internet2-related event you are holding or know about is listed at: http://events.internet2.edu/calendar/main.php

If you are holding an event of any kind related to Internet2, we will be glad to assist members with resources such as printed publications, equipment or speakers. Please contact Marianne Smith for more information <melser@internet2.edu>.

+ U.S. IPv6 Summit 2003
8-11 December
Arlington, VA
http://www.usipv6.com/

+ Megaconference V
10 December 2003
Virtual Event
http://www.megaconference.org/

+ GlobusWORLD 2004
20-23 January 2004
San Francisco, CA
http://www.globusworld.org/