US-CHINA COLLABORATIONS in SUPPORT of the GLOBAL NETWORKING FABRIC

29 March 2010Doug Van HouwelingPresident and CEO

• Non-profit, membership organization• Develop and deploy advanced network applications

and technologies for research and education• Ensure that scholars and researchers have access to

advanced networks, tools, and support• For the next generation of collaborative discovery and

innovation• To effectively prepare the next generation of innovators,

our students

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What is Internet2?

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Higher Education members

• Internet2 was formed by 34 universities in 1996

• 100 universities by 1997• Now over 200 member

universities and colleges• Higher Education members

are at core of Internet2

• Board of Trustees is member-focused, elected by member representatives, provides strategic direction, leadership and oversight

• Four Advisory Councils offer strategic guidance and set priorities

• Open election and strategic planning process

• Governance structure agile enough to be responsive, strong enough to guarantee accountability

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Open governance process and structureAdvisory Councils include:

Applications, Middleware and Services Advisory Council

(AMSAC)

Architecture and Operations Advisory Council

(AOAC)

External Relations Advisory Council (ERAC)

Research Advisory Council (RAC)

• Internet2 forms partnerships between organizations with similar objectives and similar constituencies

• Currently 54 partnership agreements with peer National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)

• Benefits:• Provide access to users of the Internet2 Network to the Research &

Education Networks of more than 100 countries• Basis for understanding how to facilitate collaborations between the

US Internet2 community and counterparts in other countries• Basis for joint development activities with Internet2 counterparts in

other countries

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International Partner Program

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The International Reach of the Internet2 Network

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Current Networks Reachable

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Why are NRENs Important? • Essential for international collaborative research• Connect students and faculty to the global academic community• Create foundation for a Knowledge Economy• Springboard for innovation in the country• Build a computer literate population

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User Community Examples

• High Energy Physics• http://henp.internet2.edu• CERN http://public.web.cern.ch/public/

• Arts & Humanities• http://www.internet2.edu/arts/• Digital Libraries http://www.loc.gov/wdl/

• Health Sciences• http://www.internet2.edu/health/• Rural health, remote education, and other opportunities

• K20• http://www.internet2.edu/k20/• Primary and secondary schools, museums, aquariums, and more

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Internet2 and China

• Partnership between Internet2 and CSTNet, CERNET, and NSFC since May 2000• So much interest in collaboration National Science

Foundation (NSF) has an office in Beijing (NSFC)

• Interconnect our respective networks• Collaborate to support the international

research, teaching, learning, and clinical collaboration needs of our respective constituencies• Collaborate on the development of new networking

technologies, services, applications

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US-based university programs in China• US universities interested in connecting to China’s R&E

network• Desire the same type of network capabilities they have via their

Internet2 Network connection at home campus in US

• Internet2 is working with CERNET to assist these China-based campuses with connectivity

• Campuses are interested in issues regarding complying with local IT-related regulations, policies

• Examples: • Duke University Fuqua School of Business in Shanghai • University of Chicago on RenMin University campus in Beijing• George Mason University part of the Confucius Institute

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Chinese-American Networking Symposium (CANS)

• First met in 1999• Celebrated the 10th anniversary of CANS in

Beijing in December 2009• Four coordinating organizations:

• CERNET• CSTNet• CAST-USA (Chinese Association for Science & Technology)• Internet2

• Next meeting 6-8 October in Washington, DC

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CANS Topics

• IPv6 development, deployment, barriers to adoption

• Future Internet research – next generation infrastructure, protocols, technologies, testbeds

• Network measurement and monitoring, security• Cloud computing• Green IT• http://www.canscouncil.net/

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Examples of Collaboration• TelePresence

• Recent session between Harvard University and Guanghua School of Management at Peking University

• GLORIAD and Taj Projects• NSF projects based at University of Tennessee-Knoxville, an

Internet2 member campus• http://www.gloriad.org/gloriaddrupal/

• Pacific Rim of Wire– a Stanford/Beijing network concert• Concert Program https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~cc/pub/pdf/row-

program.pdf• NSF Global Cyberbridges Project

• Research collaboration between Florida International University and CNIC

• Presented their Hurricane Mitigation research at CANS 2008 http://www.indiana.edu/~uits/cans2008/program.html

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Challenges

• Network Interoperability

• End-to-end performance

• Policy and Encryption

• Bridging the gap between the research community and the R&E networks that support them

• Explores end-to-end network performance problems

• Creates “routinely successful experiences” for Internet2 Network users

• Focuses on improving problem detection and resolution

• Leader in development and deployment of perfSONAR

• Holds workshops, involved in monitoring, measurement and performance enhancement projects

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Performance InitiativeProjects include:

perfSONAR-PS

OWAMP

BWCTL

NDT

Phoebus

Internet2 Network Observatory

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perfSONAR• Wide adoption throughout the United States and

Europe• Has begun to be implemented within APAN• One of the performance monitoring tools discussed

during the CANS 2010 end-to-end performance workshop

• Allows diagnosis and trouble-shooting of network issues

• NSF-sponsored workshop to be held 8-9 July in Washington, DC • http://www.internet2.edu/workshops/perfSONAR/

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Summary

• Tremendous potential for collaboration between US and China research and education communities

• Internet2 hopes to continue and strengthen our partnership, connectivity, and collaboration

• We also look forward to a closer working relationship with the National Academies of Science going forward

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For more information, please visit us at www.internet2.edu/international

Contact Information

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Ana PrestonExecutive Director Member Relations and Communicationsapreston@internet2.edu

Jocelyn GerichProgram Coordinator, International Relationsjgerich@internet2.edu

Doug Van HouwelingPresident and CEOdvh@internet2.edu