Internet2 Members Update

November 2003

<> Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting Wrap-Up
<> National Internet2 Day
<> Board of Trustees Update
<> Internet2 at EDUCAUSE
<> Internet2 at SC2003
<> New Corporate Membership Brochure
<> 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

<> Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting Wrap-Up
+ Video-on-Demand
The netcast sessions and slide presentations from sessions held during the Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana are now available online. Also available are links to the roster of attendees, the program evaluation, abstracts of featured poster sessions and advanced applications demos, and other meeting information.
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/

+ Meeting Evaluation
The Member Meeting Program Committee wants to get your comments about the recent Fall Member Meeting! Your input is invaluable in helping us make these meetings responsive to member needs. The Evaluation form is available at:
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/

Please fill in the optional fields if you would like to be entered in the drawing for one free registration for the Spring 2004 Member Meeting!

+ Call for Participation: Spring 2004 Internet2 Program Committee
Individuals who are interested in serving on the Spring 2004 Internet2 Program Committee are encouraged to contact Laurie Burns, Director of Member Activities <lburns@internet2.edu>.

<> National Internet2 Day
Coming soon to a campus near you, the biggest one-day Internet2 member event ever -- National Internet2 Day on March 18, 2004. Watch for details.

<> Board of Trustees Update
The Internet2 Board of Trustees met via conference call on October 13th. In attendance: Molly Broad, University of North Carolina (chair); Robert Berdahl, University of California, Berkeley; Larry Faulkner, University of Texas, Austin; David Lassner, Chair Applications Strategy Council; Dick Liebhaber, Chair, Industry Strategy Council; Diana Natalicio, University of Texas El Paso; Bonnie Neas, Chair Networking Planning and Policy Council; Doug Van Houweling, President & CEO, Internet2; and Chuck Vest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discussions included strategic planning, strategic directions for national optical networking, financial and membership activities, and the activities of the Internet2 Advisory Councils. The following resolutions were approved: the proposed FY2004 budget was accepted as presented; selection of the firm of Ernst and Young to perform the FY2003 Audit, and the Board Audit Committee charter as edited was approved. For more information contact Barb Nanzig <bnanzig@internet2.edu>.

<> Internet2 at EDUCAUSE 2003
EDUCAUSE 2003, taking place November 4-7 in Anaheim, California, will include a presentation by Ken Klingenstein, Director the Internet2 Middleware Initiative and recipient of the 2003 EDUCAUSE Leadership in Information Technologies Award, a session on the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer & Network Security Task Force, as well as an Internet2 organizational update. For more information, see:
http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/2003/

<> Internet2 at SC2003
In addition to its annual contribution to the networking of SCinet, Internet2 will support the sessions of SC Global, capturing for later viewing three days of distributed events. Interactive sessions include: James Oliverio on artistic collaborative technologies; Bridging the Digital Divide with a panel from a variety of Pueblo and Apache cultural centers; Natalia Maltsev on Bioinformatics and future workspaces; and more Internet2 will also have a booth at SC2003 featuring the University of Tennessee LoCI project, PlanetLab, and the E2E piPES framework (End-to-End Performance Improvement Performance Environment System). All the details about SC2003 are available at:
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/

To see the full SC Global schedule, to participate interactively, or to view the sessions as an observation-only site, visit this link:
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/global.html

<> New Corporate Membership Brochure
A new corporate membership brochure is now available. This 24-page booklet focuses on the benefits of corporate membership and opportunities for corporate member engagement in the Internet2 community. You may request a copy of the brochure by sending email to <publications@internet2.edu> or see: http://www.internet2.edu/pubs/200309-BR-CR.pdf

<> International Update
+ Poland Launches New PIONIER National Optical Network
At an event on October 20th in Poznan commemorating 10 years of national research networking in Poland, "PIONIER" the new Polish optical internet was launched. The Polish research and education networking community has built out (some portions on its own, some in partnership with telecommunication companies) currently 2648km of fiber connecting 16 metropolitan area networks (MANs) serving universities, research centers and other institutions. By 2004/2005 the PIONIER network expects to have 5200km of fiber connecting 21 MANs. The PIONIER network runs 10 Gigabit Ethernet over the current fiber footprint and is in the process of upgrading to a 10Gbps connection to the GEANT pan-European backbone network. Poland joins other countries in Europe such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Switzerland in building and operating its own optical network facility in support of high-performance research and education networking. Presentations about the PIONIER network and from the conference are at: http://www.man.poznan.pl/10years/program.html

+ New International Partners in Latin America, Middle East and Oceania
Internet2 is very pleased to announce three new partnerships that will provide a basis for Internet2 and the following organizations to work together toward establishing high-performance Internet connectivity between their respective communities with the goal of enabling researchers to collaborate internationally.

On October 14th, Internet2 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CLARA (Cooperación Latino-Americana de Redes Avanzadas), an organization comprised of national advanced networks from more than 16 countries throughout Latin America. As of today, several CLARA members (CUDI-Mexico, RNP-Brazil, RETINA-Argentina, REUNA-Chile, REACCIUN-2-Venezuela) already have direct connections to Internet2 networks in the United States, including Internet2's Abilene network. Some of these connections are supported by the AMPATH project and others are supported via connections with California's CENIC network and the University of Texas at El Paso. As the RedCLARA backbone network is developed, CLARA anticipates that more than 700 universities and research centers will be connected to it. RedCLARA, being developed with the support of the European ALICE Project, will create the first intra-regional infrastructure for research and education in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://archives.internet2.edu/guest/archives/I2-NEWS/log200310/msg00007.html

In New Zealand, the NGI (Next Generation Internet)-NZ Society Incorporated was established recently to provide a national and international high-speed network in New Zealand. Internet2 and NGI-NZ has signed a Memorandum of Understanding. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/index.html

+ International Presentations from Internet2 Member Meeting
To find the programs and all presentations from the International Task Force meetings and all international activities that took place during the Fall 2003 Member Meeting, please visit: http://international.internet2.edu/resources/events/2003/SpringMMintl.html

<> Middleware Update
+ Shibboleth
The netcast archive of the "Shibboleth Case Studies" session from the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting is available at:
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/netcast.cfm

The Shibboleth pilot organizations have evolved into the Shibboleth Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) and continue to discuss implementation issues and to assist in planning the future direction of Shibboleth.
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/index-wg.html

+ 3rd Annual PKI R&D Workshop, Call for Papers
This workshop to be held in Gaithersburg, MD, April 12-14th, 2004 will consider the full range of public key technology used for security decisions. It will be jointly sponsored by NIH, NIST, and Internet2, in cooperation with USENIX and OASIS. PKI supports a variety of functionalities including authentication, authorization, identity (syndication, federation and aggregation) and trust. The Call for Papers is now available:
http://middleware.internet2.edu/pki04/

+ Directories
A high level architecture has been adopted as a starting point for discussions that will produce a detailed design for the components of a group management toolset. The architecture provides a common framework for the Grouper toolset, a project of the Internet2 MACE-Dir working group (formerly known as SAGE), and a form of Stanford's Authority Manager to be developed and made available by Stanford University. The common framework and design process will help ensure that the resulting tools complement and articulate with each other.
http://middleware.internet2.edu/dir/groups/

+ Campus Architectural Middleware Planning (CAMP) Directory Workshop
February 3-6, 2004, Tempe, Arizona
Modeled after the Enterprise Directory Implementation Roadmap the workshop reviews directory implementation steps in a highly focused forum for learning and discussion. The program is tailored to two key campus IT roles--the CIO and the directory architect. CIOs will focus on management and policy issues and directory architects will focus on implementation and technology.
http://www.nmi-edit.org/roadmap/directories.html

+ Pre-Workshop Tutorial on Identity Management
An introductory workshop for institutions planning to implement an identity management project will be offered on February 3, preceding the CAMP Directory Workshop. Attendees will learn about enterprise directories, a critical piece in identity management infrastructures, and leave with enough knowledge to attend the CAMP Directory Workshop. Learn more at:
http://www.educause.edu/conference/nmi/2004/camp041/

+ Article on Security and Identity Management
Beyond implementing a directory service, campuses are looking at the bigger picture of how identity management can address their security concerns. For a glimpse into the issues involved, review the new article "Identity and Access Management and Security in Higher Education" in the upcoming EDUCAUSE Quarterly. The article is available at: http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0342.pdf

+ New Advisory Group: Middleware End-To-End Diagnostics (MW-E2ED)
A new Internet2 Advisory Group, Middleware End-To-End Diagnostics, has been formed under NMI-EDIT to gather feature requirements for a distributed diagnostic platform that is application independent. Chaired by Chas DiFatta of Carnegie Mellon University, the MW-E2ED effort will focus on engaging with specific high impact NMI-EDIT and GRIDS initiatives to help foster their adoption, development and deployment efforts, will survey research activities and standards efforts, and will focus on delivering a simple but useful diagnostic and performance analysis toolset. More information is available at:
http://middleware.internet2.edu/e2ed/

+ "Rise of the Collaborative Tools" November 13th with Ken Klingenstein at 1:00 p.m. EST (UTC –5)
Join Ken Klingenstein, Director of the Internet2 Middleware Initiative and recipient of winner of the 2003 EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in Information Technologies, and host Steve Worona on November 13 for this EDUCAUSE Live! online seminar. Dr. Klingenstein will review the requirements for collaborative applications and discuss the status of the more promising tools and how campuses can prepare to use them.

The seminar is free, but registration is required and virtual seating is limited. Registration is available at:
http://www.educause.edu/meeting/registration.asp?Meeting=live038

<> End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) Update
+ E2Epi at Fall Member Meeting
E2Epi hosted 8 sessions at the Fall Member Meeting; session summaries are available at: http://e2epi.internet2.edu/FMM03/FMM-session-summaries.html

+ E2E piPEs (End-to-End Performance Improvement Performance Environment System)
The team is preparing for a major demonstration at SC2003 of the Abilene Measurement Infrastructure, the Abilene Observatory, and E2E piPEs. The demonstration will include live performance data and analysis from the Abilene backbone and show the web services interface to that data. The data will include performance testing to the core of ITEC administrative domains (NC-State, OSU, and UCSD), as well.

+ Bandwidth Estimation (BEst) Workshop
A Bandwidth Estimation (BEst) Workshop, scheduled for December 9-10 at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, 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

+ Campus Network Infrastructure Guide (CNIg)
An outcome of the Fall Member Meeting was that several case studies are under discussion and development: the California State University system, Caltech, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and Northwestern University. The wireless infrastructure at Indiana University is a topic under discussion for another case study. For more information, see: http://e2epi.internet2.edu/CNIGuide/CNIGuide-CFP.html

+ National Library of Medicine (NLM) Pilot Study
The Final Report was submitted to NLM on October 30, 2003; a session, reporting the results, was held at the Fall Member Meeting.
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/FMM03/FMM-NLM-summary.html

+ Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Working Group
Several sessions at the Fall Member Meeting involved this working group – the regular meeting, which included presentations on LionShare and JXTA; a Campus Bandwidth Management Working Group meeting (a group focused on one particular topic related to P2P); and a coordination meeting between the two groups. More information can be found at:
http://p2p.internet2.edu/

<> Applications Update
+ Fall Member Meeting Demos
The Fall Member Meeting demos were very well attended and provided visitors with a first hand look at some of the exciting advanced network applications work going on throughout the Internet2 member community. MIT Haystack Observatory demonstrated how advanced networks and a technique called ‘e-VLBI’ have the potential to revolutionize the practice of Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) in radio astronomy. According to first-time demoer David Lapsley, Research Engineer at MIT Haystack Observatory, “I think the demonstration did a great job of raising awareness of e-VLBI within the networking and funding communities.” Milton Chen, of Stanford University, demoed the Video Wall, a collaborative effort of more than a dozen Internet2 member institutions. Video Wall displayed more than 40 high-quality video streams, including live feeds originating from Asia, Europe, and North and South America. According to Chen, “I met many future collaborators for the next version of the Video Wall. Overall, demonstrating my application at the Internet2 Member Meeting was extremely valuable.” Several other Internet2 university, corporate, and affiliate members also showcased their innovative applications of advanced network technology during the Fall Member Meeting demos.
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/demos.html

+ Rich Presence Experiment
Nearly 100 Fall Member Meeting attendees participated in an experimental demonstration of WiFi voice and rich presence organized by the newly-chartered Internet2 Presence and Integrated Communications (PIC) Working Group. This was a first-light demonstration of new personal communications technologies that integrate voice, video, instant messaging, and presence; and that leverage a SIP call routing infrastructure that allows each user to be reached at a one-stop electronic address equivalent to email address. Participants from Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, and Indiana University partnered with HP labs, Wave Three Software, Ford, and iptel.org (an independent group at the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS in Berlin) to plan and provide this demo at the Fall Member Meeting. The PIC Working Group is planning to return to future Internet2 events and gradually mature these new services into meeting infrastructure (like WiFi) that we all now take for granted. Watch for a repeat of this experiment at the Joint Techs Workshop in Hawaii and the Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
http://pic.internet2.edu/demo.html

+ New Videoconferencing Subscribers
Internet2 welcomes our first eight subscribers to the H.323 multipoint videoconferencing service of the Internet2 Commons, which launched this September: Northwestern University, NEES (Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation), Boston College, Merit Network (Michigan's Education Network), CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation), The Ohio State University, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the University of Washington, Seattle. Find out more about this service for our members at: http://commons.internet2.edu/h323/

+ Megaconference V Call for Presentations
Megaconference organizers are seeking proposals for presentations at Megaconference V, scheduled for 10 December 2003. The Megaconference is an annual event that is the world's largest Internet videoconference. The theme for this year is "Sustaining Global Communities through Videoconferencing." Some examples of presentation topics include collaborative teaching and research among multiple groups or individuals who are geographically remote from one another. All presentations are made from the presenters' location using H.323 videoconferencing technology, preferably at 768 K and H.263. If you're interested in participating, please contact Bob Dixon <dixon.8@osu.edu>of Ohio State University and OARNet. For a look at last year's Megaconference, refer to this website: http://www.megaconference.org/

+ Joint Internet2/NLM Tutorials and Demos at RSNA
Internet2, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), and the Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN) are collaborating to present a series of tutorials and demonstrations of advanced networking technology and its future application in the healthcare arena. These tutorials and demos will be featured at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), which will take place in Chicago from 29 November to 5 December 2003. Around 30,000 radiologists, healthcare administrators, technologists and scientists, plus another 30,000 imaging and information system vendors from all over the world, are expected to attend RSNA 2003 making it one of the world's largest medical meetings.
http://apps.internet2.edu/html/rsna2003-demos.html

<> Internet2 K20 Initiative Update
+ New York Named SEGP of the Month
NYSERNet's history includes a succession of firsts:

o First statewide regional IP network in the nation was deployed in 1987.
o First T1 backbone deployed in 1989
o NYSERNet's history includes a succession of firsts:
o First statewide regional IP network in the nation was deployed in 1987.
o First T1 backbone deployed in 1989
o First redundant backbone.
o Co-development and implementation of SNMP
o First regional to spin-off an ISP (PSINet)
o First Internet training center
o First dedicated 24x7 Network Operations Center (NOC)

Through the NYSERNet SEGP, NYSERNet brings educational and research organizations within New York together into an aggregation for the purpose of connecting to each other, as well as to external networks. The establishment of the SEGP allows members of the aggregation to send and receive traffic over both the NYSERNet and the Abilene networks. For more information on what is happening within the New York SEGP please see the Internet2 K20 website.
http://k20.internet2.edu/segp/

<> New Internet2 Members
+ University Members
- Marquette University, http://www.marquette.edu

+ Corporate Members
- Avici Systems, http://www.avici.com
- Warner Bros. Inc., http://www.warnerbros.com

+ Affiliate Members
- Top-IX, http://www.top-ix.org/

<> Future Internet2 Events
+ Internet2 Multicast Workshop in San Diego
The Internet2 Multicast Hands-On Workshop is scheduled for December 2-4, 2003 at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Note that Workshop participation is limited to 20. For complete information about the Workshop and registration, see: http://events.internet2.edu/2003/Multicast/Multicast12-03/Index.html

+ Internet2/New World Symphony Performance Production Workshop
Save the Date! An Internet2/New World Symphony Performance Production Workshop is planned for 14-15 January 2004 at the New World Symphony campus in Miami Beach, FL. Contact Ann Doyle <adoyle@internet2.edu>, Internet2 Program Manager for Arts & Humanities Initiatives, for further information. For a look at the type of content and presentations featured at the 2003 workshop, refer to the web page below.
http://arts.internet2.edu/member-education.html#NWSworkshops

+ Joint Techs Workshop/Techs in Paradise (TIP) 2004 Meetings
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/

+ Spring 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting: Arlington, Virginia
Mark your calendars for the Spring 2004 Member Meeting scheduled for April 19-21 in Arlington, Virginia. The Internet2 website will post details of this meeting starting in January 2004.

<> 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

+ Southern Illinois University
5 November 2003
http://www.infotech.siu.edu/telecom/Open%20House.pdf

+ Wichita State University
13-14 November 2003
http://webs.wichita.edu/dt/beta.asp?u=conted&p=/globallearning

+ Texas A&M University
19 November 2003
http://internet2.tamu.edu

<> 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>.

+ EDUCAUSE 2003
4-7 November 2003
Anaheim, CA
http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/2003/

+ SC2003
15-21 November 2003
Phoenix, AZ
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/index.html

+ Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
30 November - 5 December 2003
Chicago, IL
http://www.rsna.org/rsna/index.html

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