Current Status of Abilene Sponsored Education Group Participants

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Current Status of Abilene Sponsored Education
Group Participants

• Internet2 K-20 Initiative
• Heather Bruning, Abilene Project Coordinator

4 August 2001
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SEGP Fundamentals

• How do SEGPs work?
• SEGP status targeted at both developed and
  emerging state-based education networks
• One or more Internet2 University Members in the
  same state act as sponsor(s)
• Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene
  required
• How are SEGPs implementing advanced applications?
• Connectors take overall fiscal and operational
  responsibility for the SEGP
• No direct UCAID relationship with the SEGP
• Quarterly fractional utilization reports to
  Abilene required
• Differentiate Member/Sponsored Participants and
  SEGPs
• (in/out) traffic and method of measurement

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SEGP Process

• Sponsor(s) complete SEGP Application
• SEGP Connector completes Abilene Connection
  Agreement Addendum
• Connector submits SEGP routing information to
  UCAID at abilene_at_internet2.edu
• UCAID reviews and approves routes and submits
  them to the Abilene NOC
• Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP
  traffic on the network

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Approved SEGPs

• California
• California State University system (4CNet)
• Association of Independent California Colleges
  and Universities
• California Community Colleges
• Digital California Project (K-12)
• Connector CENIC
• Sponsor California Internet2 Member Universities
• Provides multimedia archive of Holocaust survivor
  testimony through the Survivors of the Shoah
  Visual History Foundation (VHF)

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Approved SEGPs

• Indiana
• Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications
  System (IHETS)
• Connector Indiana University
• Sponsor Indiana University
• Live webcasting of music concerts Masters of
  Music degree education completely online

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Approved SEGPs

• Michigan
• MichNet (educational sites)
• Connector Merit
• Sponsor University of Michigan
• Interactive video, including H.323 and multicast
  used for a number of educational applications

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Approved SEGPs

• Missouri
• MOREnet
• Connector Great Plains Network
• Sponsor University of Missouri
• Shadow netWorkspace Internet-based software
  application to help schools use the Internet to
  improve education and access to information

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Approved SEGPs

• Ohio
• OARnet (educational sites)
• Connector OARnet
• Sponsor Ohio Internet2 Member Universities
• H.323 video conferencing will be used to enhance
  university instruction in foreign languages,
  science, and music

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Approved SEGPs

• Oklahoma
• OneNet (educational sites)
• Connector OneNet
• Sponsors University of Oklahoma Oklahoma State
  University University of Tulsa
• Offering Advanced Placement courses through
  distance learning (H.323) to disadvantaged school
  districts

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Approved SEGPs

• Oregon
• Oregon Public Education Network (OPEN)
• Connector Oregon GigaPoP
• Sponsor University of Oregon
• IP native multicast video for wide-area distance
  education

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Approved SEGPs

• Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
  (SSHE)
• Connector Drexel University
• Sponsor Drexel University
• Visual Geophysical Exploration Environment (VGEE)
  utilizes long-distance web collaboration,
  including sharing large data files, multimedia
  elements, and frequent teleconferencing

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Approved SEGPs

• Rhode Island
• Ocean State Higher education, Economic
  development and Administrative Network (OSHEAN)
• Connector Northern Crossroads (NoX)
• Sponsors University of Rhode Island
  Brown University
• Jason Project interactive H.323 video
  conferencing and live streaming video allowing
  K-12 students to study oceanography

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Approved SEGPs

• Virginia
• Net.Work.Virginia Next Generation (NWVng)
• Connector NWVng
• Sponsor Virginia Tech
• Multimedia (real-time audio and video
  transmission) foreign language instruction

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Approved SEGPs

• Washington
• Washington State K-20 Educational
  Telecommunications Network
• Connector Pacific/Northwest GigaPoP
• Sponsor University of Washington
• NEPTUNE project, led by UW School of
  Oceanography a fiber optic system to provide
  interactive, real-time flow of data and imagery
  over a wide area of the Pacific Ocean and seafloor

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Approved SEGPs

• Wisconsin
• WiscNet (educational sites)
• Connector WiscREN
• Sponsor University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Developing a core set of applications exploiting
  NGI capabilities to support medical education in
  anatomy and surgical technique (NLM project)

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SEGP Inquiries

• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Nevada
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Texas
• Utah

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For More Information

• www.internet2.edu/abilene
• abilene_at_internet2.edu
• Steve Corbató
• corbato_at_internet2.edu
• Heather Bruning
• heather2_at_internet2.edu