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WPI, Internet2 and You : 

WPI, Internet2 and You CEDTA Food For Thought November 6, 2001 Dr. Thomas Lynch, Vice President for IT Allan Johannesen, Director of Internetworking & Telecommunications, CCC Vicki Lynn, Project Manager, IT Division

Outline: 

Outline Background Information History of the Internet Networking at WPI Network Primer What is Internet2? What can Internet2 do for you? I2 development funds

History of the Internet: 

History of the Internet Yesterday’s Internet Started with government (DARPA), then research universities Commercialization led to thousands of users, remote login, FTP, interconnections to mainframe computers Today’s Internet Standards , GUI interface (Mosiac) led to WWW, millions of users, e-mail, low quality audio and video, interconnections between PCs and servers Applications adapt to the underlying technology

Problem with Today’s Internet: 

Problem with Today’s Internet Not capable of supporting (addressing) billions of users (and devices) Not capable of supporting the convergence of today’s multimedia (telephony, interactive video, HDTV) Not capable of supporting the development and testing of new technologies and new applications

Internet Development Cycle: 

Internet Development Cycle Commercialization Research and Development Privatization Partnerships Today’s Internet Internet2

Networking at WPI: 

Networking at WPI Two connections to the outside world 45 Mbps to the on the commodity Internet 155 Mbps to Internet 2 1Gbps fiber between between buildings 10/100 Mbps to the desktop across campus Olin, Goddard, Salisbury to be done soon Completes a $4.5M, 4-year campus upgrade Everyone at WPI is now on I2 Automatically routed to other I2 institutions Higher speed needs can be met by NetOps EDUCAUSE 2001 Excellence in Networking Award

What is Internet2: 

What is Internet2 A research project led by a consortium of over 187 (as of 10/01) universities working in partnership with industry and government.

Why University Leadership?: 

Why University Leadership? The Internet came from the academic community Stanford -- the Internet protocols NSFNet -- the scaled-up Internet CERN -- the WWW protocols University of Illinois -- the Web browser Universities’ research and education mission require an advanced Internet and have demonstrated they can develop it

Mission of Internet2: 

Mission of Internet2 ….. to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s internet.

Goals of Internet2: 

Goals of Internet2 Re-create leading edge R&E network capability Enable new generation of applications Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

Internet2 Focus Areas: 

Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Networking Infrastructure Middleware Engineering Advanced Applications Partnerships

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure: Terminology: 

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure: Terminology Short for gigabit Point of Presence, a network access point that supports data transfer rates of at least 1 gigabit (Gbps). Currently, only a few gigaPOPs exist, and they're used primarily for accessing the I2 network. Each university that connects to I2 must do so through a gigaPOP, which connects the university's LANs and WANs to the I2 network.

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure: 

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure Backbones operate at 2.4 Gbps (OC48) GigaPoPs provide regional aggregation points for high performance Participating campuses provide 100 Mbps to the desktop

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure: 

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure Internet2 GigaPoP Regional Network WPI

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure: 

I2 – Advanced Network Infrastructure

How Fast is Internet2? “The Matrix” Download (DVD quality): 

How Fast is Internet2? “The Matrix” Download (DVD quality)

How Fast is Internet2: 

How Fast is Internet2 The Internet2 network has the capability of carrying information 1,000 times faster than the Internet we all know (e.g. commodity Internet). Internet2 only interconnects member institutions. The network routes messages to the appropriate internet.   WPI’s August 30, 2000 Press Release cites NEESCom President C. Pini, “Internet2 is about 45,000 times faster than the average modem. To appreciate how fast this is, consider that one could transmit the entire contents of the Library of Congress via Internet2 in just 20 seconds.” Pini added, “But speed is only part of the equation. When combined with Internet2’s incredibly high resolution and three-dimensional imaging capability, a host of potentially revolutionary applications become possible. Imagine a doctor being able to perform a surgical procedure or watch an MRI take place hundreds for even thousands of miles from the patient.”   WPI’s the Wire explained the speed of Internet2 in its December 1999 issues, “To download the Titanic with your 28K modem, plan on allowing more than 41 hours. If you have access to a T-1 connection (1.5 megabits per second) you can retrieve the film in under an hour. A cable modem (4 megabits per second) will pull it through in less than 20 minutes. With Internet2, it will take less than a minute.

I2 - Middleware: 

I2 - Middleware Software that connects two otherwise separate applications. Middleware is sometimes called plumbing because it connects two sides of an application and passes data between them Authentication Identification Authorization Directories Security

I2 - Engineering: 

I2 - Engineering Quality of Service (QoS) - a networking term that specifies a guaranteed amount of data that passed from one place to another (i.e.throughput level). Scalable IP Multicast - transmitting a single message to a select group of recipients (vs. unicast which is transmitting a single message to a single recipient) IPv6 – short for Internet Protocol, version 6 (sometimes referred to as IPng where ng = next generation) Network Security – policies, procedures, best practices, security measurement techniques, event logging, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, training, etc. Measurement – performance, utilization, trends, latency, etc.

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Distributed Collaboration Tele-immersion Virtual laboratories Digital libraries Distributed learning Digital video Distributed computation

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Distributed Collaboration Virtual Orchestra University of Delaware, University of Alabama, University of Oklahoma, New World Symphony, Florida International University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, New York University, University of Miami, University of Southern California Virtual Halloween at the Rialto

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Tele-immersion Shared Virtual Reality University of Illinois at Chicago Virtual Temporal Bone Electronic Visualization University of Illinois at Chicago CAVE Library (CAVELib) CALVIN – Collaborative Architectural Layout Via Immersive Navigation

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Virtual laboratories Real-time Access to Remote Instruments University of Pittsburgh 3-D Brain Mapping Real-time Access to Remote Instruments University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Distributed nanoManipulator

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Digital Libraries Digital Music Library System Indiana University VARIATIONS Multimedia Digital Libraries Carnegie-Mellon University Informedia Project

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Distributed Learning Distributed Learning North Dakota State University The Virtual Cell Distance Learning University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Internet Broadcasting System

I2 – Advanced Applications: 

I2 – Advanced Applications Distributed Learning Distance Education UCLA and Kyoto University Transpacific Interactive Distance Education

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Digital Video Streaming HDTV quality vide Washington University ResearchChannel Video and Voice over IP CAVNER (Center for Advanced Video Network Engineering & Research) ViDeNet

I2 - Advanced Applications: 

I2 - Advanced Applications Distributed Computation Computational Grids Access Grid Futures Lab, Argonne National Laboratory

I2 - Partnerships: 

I2 - Partnerships Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy Industry – corporate sponsors - contributions >$1M; together have committed over $30 million in support for I2! Government – cooperation with federal agency-led Next Generation Internet (NGI). NGI’s focus on research testbeds and agency research networks International – ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications

Why is Internet2 Helpful?: 

Why is Internet2 Helpful? Faster exchange of large data sets with remote locations connected by advanced networks such as Internet2 and NGI. Real-time access/visualization of simulation results. Faster access to remote computers that perform data analysis and simulations. Access and control of remote precious devices, such as MRIs, telescopes, and WPI’s NMR. Opportunity for advanced network quality video conferencing and distributed learning.

I2 Research Areas at WPI: 

I2 Research Areas at WPI Spacecraft electric and chemical propulsion Massively parallel computing Improved web performance through caching Data mining Surface metrology Non-invasive imaging for stroke research and Atherosclerosis Distributed computing, cryptography, and wireless LANs Vehicle crashworthiness research Fire protection engineering through distributed education and research Metal Processing Institute Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) Toolkit Global Project Centers

I2 Development Funds: 

I2 Development Funds Compelling research or educational application of I2 – preference to activities that benefit undergraduate/graduate teaching and learning Other selection criteria All full-time WPI faculty Up to 3 grants, $7,500 each Proposal Deadline Proposal due by November 20, 2001 Application due by January 2, 2002 Project must be completed by January 1, 2003

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The End – Questions?