Internet2 and the Health Sciences Mary Kratz, MT(ASCP) Program Manager, Internet2 Health Sciences

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Internet2 and the Health SciencesMary Kratz,
MT(ASCP)Program Manager, Internet2 Health
Sciences
http//health.internet2.edu

• MERIT Briefing
• 07 May 2003

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Internet2 Mission

• Develop and deploy advanced network applications
  and technologies, accelerating the creation of
  tomorrows Internet.
• Enable new generation of applications
• Re-create leading edge RE network capability
• Transfer technology and experience to the global
  production Internet

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Todays Internet Doesnt

• Provide reliable end-to-end performance
• Encourage cooperation on new capabilities
• Allow testing of new technologies
• Support development of revolutionary applications

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Internet2 Universities202 University Members,
April 2003
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Leadership

• University presidents/chancellors are the voting
  representatives
• Strong Board of Directors
• Advisory councils with board seats
• Applications Strategy Council
• Network Planning and Policy Advisory Council
• Network Research Liaison Council
• Industry Strategy Council

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Internet2 Partnerships

• Internet2 universities are recreating the
  partnerships that fostered the Internet in its
  infancy
• Industry
• Government
• International

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Internet2 Corporate Partners
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History
Internet2
NGI
Federal agency-led
University-led
Developing education and research driven
applications
Agency mission-driven and general purpose
applications
Building out campus networks, gigaPoPs and
inter-gigapop infrastructure
Funding research testbeds and agency research
networks
Interconnecting and interoperating to provide
advanced networking capabilities needed to
support advanced research and education
applications
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Abilene NetworkCore Map, April 2003
IP over DWDM (OC-192c) and IP over SONET OC-48c
Backbone
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Abilene NetworkLogical Map
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Abilene International PeeringApril 2003
09 January 2002
Pacific Wave AARNET, APAN/TransPAC, CAnet,
TANET2
STAR TAP/Star Light APAN/TransPAC, CAnet, CERN,
CERNET/CSTNET/NSFCNET, RBNET/NAUKAnet, GEMnet,
HARNET, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, SURFnet,
SingAREN, TANET2
NYC GEANT, HEANET, NORDUnet, SINET, SURFnet
SNVA GEMNET, SingAREN, WIDE(v6)
L.A. UNINET
WASH GEANT
AMPATH ANSP, REUNA2, RNP2, RETINA (REACCIUN-2)
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San Diego (CALREN2) CUDI
El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso) CUDI

• ARNES, ACONET, BELNET, CARNET, CERN, CESnet,
  CYNET, DFN, EENet, GARR, GRNET, HEANET, IUCC,
  JANET, LATNET, LITNET, NORDUNET, RENATER,
  RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCST,
  RedIRIS, SANET, SURFNET
• WIDE/JGN, IMnet, CERNet/CSTnet,/NSFCNET,
  KOREN/KREONET2, PREGINET, SingAREN, TANET2,
  ThaiSARN

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Internet2 International Partners
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Global Internet Map (2002)http//www.telegeograph
y.com/maps/internet/
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Download of The Matrix DVD
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Internet2 Focus Areas

• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• Middleware
• Engineering
• Advanced Applications
• Partnerships

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Attributes of Advanced Apps http//apps.internet2
.edu/

• Provide qualitative and quantitative improvements
  in how we conduct research and engage in teaching
  and learning
• Common attributes
• Remote instrumentation and interactive
  collaboration
• Distributed data storage and data mining
• Large-scale, multi-site computation
• Real-time access to remote resources
• Dynamic data visualization
• Shared virtual reality
• Physics traditional power users of all networks

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Healthcare in the Information Age
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The Scope of the Internet2 Health Science
initiative includes clinical practice, medical
and related biological research, education, and
medical awareness in the Public.
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Roadmap

• Networking Health Prescriptions for the
  Internet
• National Research Council Report
• Current and future Internet
• Released 24 February 2000
• National Academy Press
• ISBN 0-309-06843-6

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Health Science and Information Technology Overlap

• More new information will be created in the next
  2 years than throughout our entire history
• Instantaneous global collaboration is the next
  killer application
• Medical science will not be possible without
  advanced computing solutions
• Research development will rely increasingly on
  academic industry partnerships

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The Internet of the Future and the Future of
Medicine

• High bandwidth human interaction
• Low latency virtual reality
• Reliable access to computational resources
• Secure retrieval of medical images and data

Image courtesy of Dr. Christopher Johnson,
Director of the SCI Institute
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National Security
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Security and Privacy Guidelines HIPAA
Compliance!
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Grand Challenge Information Infrastructure
  Organism(person) Organ Tissue Cell
Protein Atom organ systems
(1m) (10-3m) (10-6m)
(10-9m) (10-12m) (10-15m)
       Systems models
Continuum models (Stochastic models Pathway
models Gene networks  
 
 
Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, Software
Frameworks, Databases, Networking, Grids
Courtesy Peter Hunter, University of Auckland
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Cornucopia of Applications!apps.internet2.edu
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Distributed Medical Informatics Education

• Covers a broad range of fields including
  electronic medical records and information
  retrieval
• Distance learning provides students with access
  to faculty, expertise, and other students

Oregon Health Science University and the
University of Pittsburgh
http//www.ohsu.edu/bicc-informatics/ http//www.c
bmi.upmc.edu/ Funded by NLM
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National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA)
University of Toronto
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Oakridge National Laboratory
University of North Carolina
Images courtesy of Dr. Robert Hollebeek, NCSA
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NDMA Case StudyEarly Detection
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If you want a second opinion, call up my
website.
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Anatomy Surgerical Workbench and Local NGI
Testbed Networkhttp//haiti.stanford.edu/ngi/fin
al/

• Stanford School of Medicine
• Allows students to learn anatomy and practice
  surgery techniques using 3-D workstations
• Network testbed evaluates the effectiveness of
  workbench applications

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Virtual Tumor Board
Funded by NLM
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Biomedical Informatics Research Network
(BIRN)http//www.nbirn.net/

• Distributed data repositories
• Dynamic 3D visualizations of brain morphology and
  function
• 36 Gbytes/day
• Data security, access control, anonymization

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Inter-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
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More Information

• On the Web
• health/internet2.edu
• www.internet2.edu
• Email
• info_at_internet2.edu
• Mary Kratz
• Mkratz_at_internet2.edu
• [phone]

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