Internet2

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Internet2

• Douglas Van HouwelingPresident CEO, UCAID
• ACUTA Annual Conference
• 19 July 1999

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Computers on the Internet
Millions of Computers
SourceInternet Domain Survey
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People on the Internet
Millions of People
SourceNua Internet Surveys
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Internet Economy Facts and Figures

• 64 Million US Adult Regular Users
• Seven new people every second
• 301 Billion in 1998 revenue
• Doubling every 9 months
• Internet Advertising generated 1.92 billion in
  1998

SourcesInternet Indicators, Internet
Advertising Bureau
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Yesterdays Internet

• Thousands of users
• Remote login, file transfer
• Applications capitalize on underlying technology

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Todays Internet

• Millions of users
• Web, email, low-quality audio video
• Applications adapt to underlying technology

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Tomorrows Internet

• Billions of users and devices
• Convergence of todays applications and services
• New technologies enable unanticipated
  applications (and create new challenges)

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Commercialization
Privatization
Interoperable,
21st Century
Networking
High Performance
SprintLink
Research Education
InternetMCI
US Govt.
Networks
Networks
ANS
ARPAnet
NSFNET
gigabit
testbeds
Active
Internet2, Abilene, vBNS
Wireless
Advanced US Govt. Networks
Quality of Service
DWDM
(QoS)
Partnerships
Research and
Development
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Internet2 Universities159 Members as of July 1999
University of Puerto Rico not shown
University of Puerto Rico not shown
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Board of Trustees

• David Ward, (Chair, Board of Trustees) University
  of Wisconsin
• Henry S. Bienen, Northwestern University
• William G. Bowen, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Molly Corbett Broad, University of North Carolina
• Larry R. Faulkner, University of Texas at Austin
• Steven B. Sample, University of Southern
  California
• Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania State University
• Eric Bloch, (Chair, Industry Strategy Council)
• Thomas A. DeFanti, University of Illinois at
  Chicago(Chair, Applications Strategy Council)
• James Bruce, MIT (Chair, Networking Policy and
  Planning Advisory Council)
• David Meyer, Cisco Univ. of Oregon(Chair,
  Networking Research Liaison Council )
• Douglas E. Van Houweling

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Internet2 Goals

• 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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Enabling advanced applications...
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Advanced Applications

• Digital Libraries
• Virtual Laboratories
• Collaboration
• Visualization and virtual reality
• All of the above in combination

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Many Disciplines and Contexts

• Sciences
• Arts
• Humanities
• Health care
• Business/Law
• Administration

• Instruction
• Collaboration
• Streaming video
• Distributed computation
• Data mining
• Virtual reality
• Digital libraries

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Digital Libraries

• Informedia Project
• Carnegie Mellon University

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Digital Libraries

• Television News Archive
• Vanderbilt University

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Virtual Laboratories

• Distributed nanoManipulator
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Virtual Laboratories

• Real-time 3-D Brain Mapping
• University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh
  Supercomputing Center

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Collaborations

• Link instruments, data sources, researchers and
  students

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The CAVE
Source University of Illinois-Chicago
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Teleimmersion

• Virtural Temporal Bone
• University of Illinois at Chicago

Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-Chicago
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Distributed Computation

• Large-scale computation
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Image courtesy of UCAR
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Re-creating leading edge networking
capabilities...
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Applications and Engineering
Enables
NetworkedApplications
NetworkEngineering
Motivate
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Initiatives

• Quality of Service QBone
• www.internet2.edu/qbone
• Multicast
• Distributed Storage I2-DSI
• dsi.internet2.edu
• Digital Video I2-DV
• I2MI GlueWorks
• www.internet2.edu/middleware

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Internet2 GigaPoPs
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Abilene Network
Seattle
Cleveland
New York
Sacramento
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Houston
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Abilene Characteristics

• 2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today
• 13,000 miles of circuits
• 70 universities connected by end of 1999
• Interconnects with other national RE networks
• Built on contributions from Qwest, Nortel, Cisco,
  and Indiana Univ.

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Transferring technology and experience...
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Internet2 Corporate Partners

• Lucent Technologies
• MCI Worldcom
• Microsoft
• Newbridge Networks
• Nortel Networks
• Packet Engines
• Qwest Communications
• StarBurst
• WCI Cable
• Xylan

• 3Com
• Advanced Network Services
• Ameritech
• ATT
• Cabletron Systems
• Cisco Systems
• FORE Systems
• IBM
• ITCDeltacom

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Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

• Bell South
• Compaq
• Ericsson (formerly Torrent Networking
  Technologies)
• Litton Network Access Systems
• Novell
• SBC Technology Resources
• StorageTek

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Internet2 Corporate Members

• Alcatel Telecom
• Apple Computer
• AppliedTheory Communications
• Bell Atlantic
• British Telecom
• Deutsche Telekom
• Fujitsu Laboratories of America
• GTE Internetworking
• Hitachi
• IXC Communications
• KDD
• Motorola
• Nexabit Networks
• Nokia Research Center
• NTT Multimedia
• Pacific Bell

• Project OXYGEN
• RR Donnelley
• Siemens
• Sprint
• Sun Microsystems
• Sylvan Learning
• Tachyon
• Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore)
• Telebeam
• Teleglobe
• TransMedia Communications
• VTEL
• Williams Communications Grp.
• Worldport
• Communications Inc.

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Technology Transfer Conduits

• Collaborating on advanced applications
• Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and
  protocols
• Establishing expertise and human capital

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Innovating to Close the Gap
More
hype
technological potential
Performance
reality gap
actualperformance
Less
Time
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Network Convergence

• Common bearer service (IP)
• End to end capability
• Applications driven
• Media types integrated for natural interpersonal
  interaction

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Ubiquitous Connectivity

• Steadily lower prices
• Task-specific and everyday devices
• Machine-to-machine network traffic
• Nomadic connections

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Unanticipated Innovation

• Lesson of the Web
• Network growth and value are non-linear
• New technologies enable qualitatively different
  uses
• Users become innovators

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Higher Education Leadership

• Virtual organizations
• Distributed management
• Global reach
• Intangible value for the knowledge economy
• Collaboration with industry government to push
  the frontier together

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For More Internet2 Information

• www.internet2.edu
• info_at_internet2.edu
• DVH_at_Internet2.edu

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