Internet2 Members Update

July 2004

<> Joint Techs Workshop
<> Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting
<> Future Internet2 Workshops
<> Guy Almes Begins Assignment at NSF Shared Cyberinfrastructure Division
<> 2003 Internet2 Annual Report in the Mail
<> Executive Liaisons: Update Contact Information Online
<> International Update
<> Middleware Update
<> Security Update
<> End-to-End Performance Initiative Update
<> Applications Update
<> K20 Initiative Update
<> Showcases and Spotlights
<> New Internet2 Members
<> Future Internet2 Events
<> Internet2 Days
<> Internet2 Related Events

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

<> Joint Techs Workshop
The ESCC/Internet2 Techs Workshop will be held this summer at the Fawcett Center of The Ohio State University in downtown Columbus. Hosted by the Ohio Valley Internet2 Consortium, the workshop will offer a combination of tutorials, plenary presentations, in-depth sessions and BoFs. The summer workshop will take a look at the implications of the coming revolution in optical (switched) networking, National LambdaRail, and other local, regional, or extra-regional user-owned networks. Other meetings are also being held in conjunction with Joint Techs, including the ESCC/ESnet Meeting, 21-22 July; the Multicast Workshop, 21-23 July; and the SALSA Security Workshop, starting at noon on 21 July and continuing through 22 July.

For information and to register for Joint Techs, ESCC, and Multicast workshops, see:
http://jointtechs.ornl.gov/index.html

More details and registration for the SALSA Security Workshop are available at:
http://security.internet2.edu/salsa/workshops/2004summer.html

<> Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting
+ Meeting Reminders
Plans are proceeding for the Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting in Austin, Texas. Hotel and travel information is now available on the Internet2 web site. Registration will be available July 9. The preliminary program, including selected topic sessions and demos, will be announced in mid-July. For details on the meeting, see:
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/

If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a poster sessions, don’t delay. Please see the Call for Poster Sessions:
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/callforposters.html

+ Call for Sponsors
Internet2 is seeking sponsorship contributions for several Fall Member Meeting activities. Sponsors are needed for three evening events: the international reception, which will be held at the hotel the evening of 26 September; the welcome reception, also at the hotel the evening of 27 September; and the gala reception on 28 September, location to be determined. Sponsors will be acknowledged via signage at the event site, in the published meeting program, and on the meeting web site. We are open to suggestions regarding other ways to acknowledge generous support. For more information please contact Ellen Vaughan <evaughan@internet2.edu>.
http://members.internet2.edu/EventSponsorship.html

<> Future Internet2 Workshops
A number of workshops will be held in conjunction with the Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting taking place in Austin, TX.

+ Internet2 Commons H.323 Workshop
The Internet2 Commons will hold an H.323 Workshop covering the topics necessary for understanding and implementing an H.323 infrastructure and running a videoconferencing service. Workshop topics include Multipoint Control Units (MCUs), Gatekeepers, the ViDe Global Dialing Scheme, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Network Diagnostic Tools, Firewalls and NATs, Streaming, and more. Learn from experts, meet your peers, and become certified as an Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator. The Workshop takes place on 27 September in Austin, Texas.
http://commons.internet2.edu/train/200409/

+ Voice over IP (VoIP) Training
Voice over IP (VoIP) Training will be held 30 September through noon October 1. Registration and further details will be announced shortly; cost is $300.
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/

+ DVTS Training Workshop
DVTS Training will be available 30 September through noon 1 October. There is no fee to attend, but registration is required. Registration and further details will be announced shortly at:
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/

<> Guy Almes Begins Assignment at NSF Shared Cyberinfrastructure Division
On July 6th, Guy Almes, chief engineer for Internet2, began a two-year assignment as Program Director at the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering in the Division of Shared Cyberinfrastructure (SCI) through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) program. During his assignment, Guy will work with his SCI colleagues to craft the programs that will
make up NSF's new cyberinfrastructure vision. He will retain his status as an Internet2 staff member. Among many other accomplishments, Guy has previously founded an NSFnet regional network, served as chair of the IETF's Interconnectivity and IP Performance Metrics Working Groups, and was a member of the computer science faculties at the University of Washington and Rice University. For more information about the NSF's Division of Shared Cyberinfrastructure, see:
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/div/index.cfm?div=sci

<> 2003 Internet2 Annual Report in the Mail
Every Internet2 member representatives contacts should soon be receiving a copy of the 2003 Internet2 Annual Report. For an online version of the report, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/annualreport/2003/

<> Executive Liaisons: Update Contact Information Online
Executive Liaisons now have an easier way to update member representative contact information. A new form is available at:
http://members.internet2.edu/repupdate.cfm

<> International Update
+ TERENA Networking Conference 2004
TERENA (Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association), an Internet2 international partner, held its annual networking conference from 7-10 June in Rhodes, Greece. The conference gathered delegates and representatives from Europe's national research and education networking organizations as well from many organizations around the world. Several staff members from Internet2 and from member organizations participated and presented on middleware, measurement tools and end-to-end performance issues, protocol development, collaborative and video technologies and updates on US optical networking initiatives, highlighting the important level of collaborations between the European and US advanced networking communities. More information is available in the End-to-End Performance Initiative section of this update. All presentations are now available at: http://www.terena.nl/conferences/tnc2004/programme/

<> Middleware Update
+ NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI)
-Largest Ever CAMP and Advanced CAMP Features Shibboleth Install Fest
The recent CAMP Shibboleth Implementation and Advanced CAMP Authority Architectures Workshops had the largest attendance ever with more than 250 participants. The event featured a Shibboleth Install Fest with 23 campuses participating in the session. Check the NMI-EDIT website in mid-August to review the proceedings from both meetings:
http://www.nmi-edit.org

For more information about Shibboleth, see:
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/

- NMI-EDIT Partners with University Systems and Regional Networks to Investigate Middleware Delivery and Support Models
Extending the Reach (ETR) Program-- a partnership of the NMI-EDIT consortium of Internet2, EDUCAUSE, and SURA with several statewide university systems and regional networks--will explore campus middleware delivery and support models that demonstrate new approaches to electronic resource sharing and link to the emerging national and global trust fabrics. ETR participants include the California State University System, the University of Texas System, the University of Alaska System, and the Great Plains Network Consortium.
http://www.nmi-edit.org/etr-62804-pr.html

<> Security Update
+ SALSA Security Workshop
SALSA (the Security at Line Speed Advisory) will hold a security workshop in Columbus, Ohio on 21-22 July (immediately following the Joint Techs Workshop). Attendees will discuss the ways in which security can be extended to address the upcoming needs of advanced application and network users. The workshop will focus on current activities inside of SALSA, specifically the new NetArch and NetAuth working groups, how to leverage middleware to support security, and the evolution of the Security at Line Speed report. Registration for the SALSA workshop is now available online. Please note that the Joint Techs Workshop requires separate registration.
http://security.internet2.edu/salsa/workshops/2004summer.html

+ Security Professionals Workshop
The second annual EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Professionals Workshop took place 16-18 May in Washington, DC, and proceedings are now available at:
http://www.educause.edu/conference/security/2004/

<> End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) Update
+ E2E piPEs (End-to-End Performance Initiative Performance Environment System)
Eric Boyd, Internet2 software development technical manager, gave a presentation on piPEs at the TERENA (Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association) Networking Conference on 9 June in Rhodes, Greece.
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/e2epipes/20040609-pipes-terena.ppt

Registration of piPEs measurement domains is now available via the piPEs website. Instructions for testing into Abilene are accessible for each tool (BWCTL, OWAMP, and NDT) via the tool home page navigation bar.
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/pipes/pmp/pmp-dir.html

+ OWAMP (One-Way Active Measurement Protocol)
A new beta release of OWAMP, version 1.6f, is now available. Though primarily a maintenance release to address bug fixes, the new functionality added includes: the ability to restrict the ports used for test streams (so OWAMP can work with firewalls), generalized scheduling of packet streams, and passphrase specification of the AES key for encryption. The release is available at:
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/owamp/

+ H.323 Beacon
A news article, featuring the H.323 Beacon and the research presented at Passive & Active Measurement (PAM) 2004 Workshop, is available at:
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/jittervc.htm

The ACM SIGCOMM NetTS Workshop paper on the H.323 Beacon is available at: http://www.itecohio.org/beacon/h323beacon_sig.pdf

<> Applications Update
+ Unlimited Videoconferencing through September with the Internet2 Commons
Subscribe now to the Internet2 Commons multipoint videoconferencing service, and you'll receive unlimited use through the end of September. Three months of unlimited use will give you plenty of time to configure your endpoints and try out the many display, bit rate, streaming, and archiving options available. It's a great way to get comfortable with the advantages of multipoint videoconferencing. This offer is limited to applications received during the month of July. The mission of the Internet2 Commons is to promote and facilitate remote collaboration throughout the Internet2 research and education community. Apply today to start the subscription process:
http://commons.internet2.edu/

+ First SIP.edu Implementors Workshop a Success
The Internet2 SIP.edu project is promoting the convergence of voice and email identities, is growing SIP-reachability within Internet2, and is building a community of Internet2 schools that are developing and deploying campus SIP services. In one year, the project has extended SIP reachability to nearly 100,000 users at four universities, attracted corporate sponsorship, and published a "cookbook" to lower the implementation hurdle for others. Representatives from throughout the Internet2 community recently gathered at the first SIP.edu Implementors Workshop. Key leaders in SIP.edu deployment made presentations on the current status of SIP.edu at their institutions and charted a course for scaling up campus and inter-campus SIP service deployment. Workshop outcomes included an improved understanding of campus SIP deployment issues, next-steps for the SIP.edu Cookbook, and consensus on the need for a second, more hands-on workshop. The workshop was hosted by University of Pennsylvania and sponsored by Comcast.
http://voip.internet2.edu/SIP.edu/200406-workshop/

<> K20 Initiative Update
+ Announcing New myK20 Functionality
The K20 Initiative has been working on ways to make it easier for K20 constituent groups to collaborate.
It is now possible to use myK20 as a project communication tool. Each of the 55 projects currently entered in myK20 now have a web forum available. If you sign in to myK20 and do a project search, you can subscribe to the project forum by simply selecting the "add to my projects" button located next to each project description. Then if you go to the myProjects section of myK20 you will see that the project has been added to your list and you have access to the forum. You can also control the type of email notification you receive whenever someone posts to the forum.
http://k20.internet2.edu

<> Internet2 Showcases and Spotlights
+ VoIP Softphone Deployment at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College recently launched a new initiative to replace the campus telephone system, with plans to install over 6000 Cisco Systems VoIP (Voice over IP) phones over the next two years. Investments in the campus LAN have allowed VoIP calls to be routed across Dartmouth's converged data/telephone network with high quality.
For more Internet2 showcases, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/pastshowcases.cfm
http://www.dartmouth.edu/comp/resources/network/wireless/focus/

+ Member Spotlight: Jesus Salillas
Jesus Salillas is director of research and development at Prous Science. He spearheads the company's involvement in the Internet2 community. For more member spotlights, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/pastspotlights.cfm

Showcases and spotlights highlight exemplary milestones, events, collaborations, and people within the Internet2 community. Send suggestions about projects, people or news to <publications@internet2.edu>.

<> New Internet2 Members
+ University Members
- Northern Illinois University
http://www.niu.edu

+ Corporate Sponsor
- First Virtual Communications
http://www.fvc.com/

+ Affiliate Members with Collaboration Site Status
- The Ruth Lilly Health Education Center
http://www.healtheducationcenter.org/

<> Future Internet2 Events
+ Summer Joint Techs Workshop, Columbus, OH, 18-22 July - hosted by the Ohio Valley Internet2 Consortium
+ Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting: Austin, TX, 27-30 September - hosted by University of Texas, Austin

<> Internet2 Days
+ University of Arizona
4 November
Tucson, AZ
http://computing.arizona.edu/internet2/internet2day.html

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

<> 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>.

+ APAN Annual Meeting
2 - 7 July
Cairns, Australia
http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/

+ ACUTA Annual Conference
1 - 5 August
Chicago, IL
http://www.acuta.org/events/annual_conference/sce04.cfm

+ Distance Learning and Teaching
4 – 6 August
Madison, WI
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/

+ Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC)
6 - 11 August
Snowmass, CO
http://www.educause.edu/conference/sac/

+ ANET: High Quality Audio over Networks Summit
20-22 August 2004
Banff, Canada
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=154

+ Global Grid Forum (GGF12)
20 - 23 September
Brussels, Belgium
http://www.ggf.org/