INTERNATIONAL NETWORKINGAT INDIANA UNIVERSITY

JAMES WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING

WILLIAMS@INDIANA.EDU

INDIANA UNIVERSITY’S COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

“The value of an IU education cannot be contained within one classroom, one state, or one continent. It spans the globe.”

President Michael McRobbie

February 15, 2008

TOPICS

1. Wandering general observations

2. A bit of international networking history

3. Where are we today?

4. The global picture of international networking

5. Where are we headed at Indiana?

HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKING AS A TOOL

To facilitate international collaborations in research and education

To provide for sharing of expensive/scarce resources (telescopes, microscopes, physical locations …)

To facilitate access to scientific materials and databases

To enable one-way and site-to-site telepresence (remote medical activities)

Science diplomacy

THE NSF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK CONNECTIONS PROJECT LEVERAGE AND PARTNERSHIPS

Key IRNC concepts:

1. Much more extensive network development and connectivity than IRNC only funding would permit.

2. Fostering/developing more active relationships between US and non-US network engineers.

3. Leads to better international scientific and technical interactions

A BIT OF HISTORY

It all began with Michael McRobbie

TransPAC – connecting Indiana to Asia

Michael moves on, Jim moves in…

TransPAC2 – more Asia, and Pakistan

TRANSPAC

HPIIS, Steve Goldstein, APAN and San Francisco

35Mbps ATM service from Chicago to Tokyo purchased from AT+T (1998)

Cost – about $130,000/month

Gradually increased bandwidth (155Mbps; 2 x 622Mbps)

TRANSPAC2 (2005)

• Michael moves on to bigger things (VP–Research; Provost; President)

• IRNC replaces HPIIS

• Jim leads TP2 effort

• TransPAC2 10Gbps – cost about $45,000/month (2005)

• Extension to Pakistan in 2008

TRANSPAC2 ASIA PARTNERS

TransPAC2 Co-investigator partner – Internet2

TransPAC2 Asia regional partner – APAN http://www.apan.net

TransPAC2 Japanese partners – National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the National Institute of Informatics (NII)

TransPAC2 – EU TEIN2 partnership http://www.tein2.net/

TRANSPAC2 OVERVIEW

EXTENSION TO PAKISTAN

Connection to Asia funded by US National Science Foundation and partners in Japan

Connection to Pakistan funded by US National Science Foundation and Pakistan Higher Education Commission

My trip to Pakistan is blogged at: http://jiminpakistan.blogspot.com

WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

Indiana is a major participant (along with UT-Knoxville) in international networking

We have two new, large NSF awards – ACE and TP3 (map next)

We have significant international partnerships with other NRENS

We are investigating workshops as a mechanism for strengthening international collaborations [US-India; US-Vietnam; US-Czech Republic].

See: http://internationalnetworking.indiana.edu/

America Connects to Europe (ACE)

TransPAC3: US connection to Asia

TWO NEW INITIATIVES/NETWORKS

TRANSPAC3 – CONNECTING ASIA AND THE US

Lead institution: Indiana University

PI: Jim Williams

Partners: APAN, TEIN3, NICT-Japan, NII-Japan, CERNET – China, DLT, others…

Multiple 10G connections from the US to Asia

Connections continued to South East Asia and South Asia

Connection to TEIN3 network provides link to Europe

Connection to Taj network provides second link to Asia, Europe and North Africa

Asia part of TP3-TEIN3-GN3-ACE global network

ACE – AMERICAN CONNECTS TO EUROPE

Lead institution: Indiana University

PI: Jim Williams

Partners: DANTE, NYSERNet, Internet2, DLT and others…

Multiple 10G connections between the US and Europe

Connections continued across GN3 and TEIN3 to Asian and TP3

Will partner with GLORIAD to provide backup and service redundancy

Trans-Atlantic part of TP3-TEIN3-GN3-ACE global network

OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

But, Indiana University is not the only US university interested in international activities…

UT-Knoxville is home to the GLORAID/Taj projects which also supply global bandwidth

Florida International University supplies US-Latin/South America connectivity

Georgetown and Duke have well developed international outreach activities and campuses in the Middle East and Asia

MIT has a well-known partnership with Singapore.

And there are many others

SO, WHERE ARE WE HEADED AT INDIANA?

1. Focus some attention on underserved areas (Africa, Central Asia, South Asia)

2. Provide services beyond bandwidth (utilization, e-2-e, DC, security)

3. Develop better tools for scientists

4. Work as a community to being planning for future science experiments (gene sequencing; SKA; “brighter” LHC; ITER)

INTERESTING URLS

TransPAC2: http://www.transpac2.net

APAN: http://www.apan.net

Pakistan blog: http://jiminpakistan.blogspot.com

NSF IRNC program: http://www.irnclinks.net

GlobalNOC: http://globalnoc.iu.edu

Me: williams@indiana.edu