Annual Update
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University of Illinois at Chicago Annual Update Thomas A. DeFanti Principal Investigator, STAR TAP Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory
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Annual Update. Thomas A. DeFanti Principal Investigator, STAR TAP Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory. STAR TAP: Global Interconnectivity. STAR TAP is made possible by major funding from NSF, award ANI-9980480, to UIC. www.startap.net. Who is Connected to STAR TAP?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Annual Update
Thomas A. DeFanti
Principal Investigator, STAR TAP
Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory
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STAR TAP: Global Interconnectivity
STAR TAP is made possible by major funding from NSF, award ANI-9980480, to UIC.www.startap.net
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• Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative is a US Government R&D funding program for high-performance networks and applications
• STAR TAP is the international component of US government agency research networks:– DREN DOD Research & Education Network– ESnet DOE Energy Science research network– NREN NASA Research & Education Network– NISN NASA Information Science Network– vBNS NSF very-high-speed Backbone Network Service
www.ngi.gov
Who is Connected to STAR TAP?
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• Internet2™ is a consortium of over 180 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies
• Abilene, an Internet2 backbone network, interconnects at STAR TAP (as well as other peering locations) with several National Research & Education Networks with whom Internet2 collaborates.
www.internet2.edu
Who is Connected to STAR TAP?
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STAR TAP:Science Technology And Research Transit Access Point
Japan
Korea (2)
Taiwan
Singapore (2)
Australia (2)
China
Norway
Iceland
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Russia
France
Netherlands
CERN
Israel
Ireland
Belgium
Europe/DANTE
United Kingdom
Canada
Chile, Brazil ANSP, Brazil RNP, Mexico
US: Abilene, DREN, ESnet, NISN, NREN, vBNS/vBNS+
www.startap.nethttp://www.ucaid.edu/abilene/html/itnpeerparticipants.html (Abilene ITN)http://www.canet3.net/optical/peering_info/intl_peering.html (CA*net3 ITN)
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What is STAR TAP?
Infrastructure• Engineering support• Engineering advanced
services– QoS testbeds
• Marketing– Documentation– Conference participation– Host annual meetings– Education and outreach
• Team building– Liaison to network consortia– Application communitiesConnection Point
Racks at AADS NAPfront/back views
www.startap.net
Managed by UIC in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern (MREN/iCAIR) and Indiana University; operated by Ameritech Advanced Data Services
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STAR TAP Engineering Support
• STAR TAP Engineers
• Global NOC
www.startap.net/ENGINEERINGnoc.startap.net
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STAR TAP Engineering Advanced Services
• IPv4 Router• IPv6 Router (“6TAP” with ESnet)• Multicast• Globus Middleware/Grid Services Package
(with Argonne/ISI)• Network Measurement (NLANR AMP)• Web Caching (NLANR)• QoS testbeds• Application-level network performance metrics• “Distributed STAR TAP” (Teleglobe, C&W)• Abilene/CA*net3 International Transit Networks• DWDM (optical switching with CA*net4 and SURFnet)
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STAR TAP Documentation
Internet Disseminationwww.startap.net
• General information
• Engineering information
• Application information
• Publications
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Team Building: iGrid 2000 at INET 2000July 18-21, 2000, Yokohama, Japan
• 14 regions: Canada, CERN, Germany, Greece, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, USA
• 24 demonstrations featuring technical innovations in tele-immersion, large datasets, distributed computing, remote instrumentation, collaboration, streaming media, human/computer interfaces, digital video and high-definition television, and grid architecture development, and application advancements in science, engineering, cultural heritage, distance education, media communications, and art and architecture
www.startap.net/igrid2000
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STAR TAP ActivitiesAnnual Advisory Committee Meetings
STAR TAP International Advisory Committee MeetingINET 2000, Yokohama, July 2000www.startap.net/ABOUT/meetings.html
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For more informationwww.startap.net
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