Annual Update Thomas A De Fanti Principal Investigator

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Annual Update Thomas A. De. Fanti Principal Investigator, STAR TAP Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory

Annual Update Thomas A. De. Fanti Principal Investigator, STAR TAP Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP: Global Interconnectivity STAR TAP is made possible by major funding from NSF,

STAR TAP: Global Interconnectivity STAR TAP is made possible by major funding from NSF, award ANI-9980480, to UIC. www. startap. net University of Illinois at Chicago

Who is Connected to STAR TAP? • Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative is a

Who is Connected to STAR TAP? • Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative is a US Government R&D funding program for highperformance 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 v. BNS NSF very-high-speed Backbone Network Service www. ngi. gov University of Illinois at Chicago

Who is Connected to STAR TAP? • Internet 2™ is a consortium of over

Who is Connected to STAR TAP? • Internet 2™ 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 Internet 2 backbone network, interconnects at STAR TAP (as well as other peering locations) with several National Research & Education Networks with whom Internet 2 collaborates. www. internet 2. edu University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP: Science Technology And Research Transit Access Point Canada Japan Korea (2) Taiwan

STAR TAP: Science Technology And Research Transit Access Point Canada Japan Korea (2) Taiwan Singapore (2) Australia (2) China Chile, Brazil ANSP, Brazil RNP, Mexico US: Abilene, DREN, ESnet, NISN, NREN, v. BNS/v. BNS+ Norway Iceland Sweden Finland Denmark Russia France Netherlands CERN Israel Ireland Belgium Europe/DANTE United Kingdom www. startap. net http: //www. ucaid. edu/abilene/html/itnpeerparticipants. html (Abilene ITN) http: //www. canet 3. net/optical/peering_info/intl_peering. html (CA*net 3 ITN) University of Illinois at Chicago

What is STAR TAP? Infrastructure • Engineering support • Engineering advanced services – Qo.

What is STAR TAP? Infrastructure • Engineering support • Engineering advanced services – Qo. S testbeds • Marketing – – Documentation Conference participation Host annual meetings Education and outreach • Team building Connection Point Racks at AADS NAP front/back views www. startap. net University of Illinois at Chicago – Liaison to network consortia – Application communities Managed by UIC in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern (MREN/i. CAIR) and Indiana University; operated by Ameritech Advanced Data Services

STAR TAP Engineering Support • STAR TAP Engineers • Global NOC www. startap. net/ENGINEERING

STAR TAP Engineering Support • STAR TAP Engineers • Global NOC www. startap. net/ENGINEERING noc. startap. net University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP Engineering Advanced Services • • • IPv 4 Router IPv 6 Router

STAR TAP Engineering Advanced Services • • • IPv 4 Router IPv 6 Router (“ 6 TAP” with ESnet) Multicast Globus Middleware/Grid Services Package (with Argonne/ISI) Network Measurement (NLANR AMP) Web Caching (NLANR) Qo. S testbeds Application-level network performance metrics “Distributed STAR TAP” (Teleglobe, C&W) Abilene/CA*net 3 International Transit Networks DWDM (optical switching with CA*net 4 and SURFnet) University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP Documentation Internet Dissemination www. startap. net • General information • Engineering information

STAR TAP Documentation Internet Dissemination www. startap. net • General information • Engineering information • Application information • Publications University of Illinois at Chicago

Team Building: i. Grid 2000 at INET 2000 July 18 -21, 2000, Yokohama, Japan

Team Building: i. Grid 2000 at INET 2000 July 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/igrid 2000 University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP Activities Annual Advisory Committee Meetings STAR TAP International Advisory Committee Meeting INET

STAR TAP Activities Annual Advisory Committee Meetings STAR TAP International Advisory Committee Meeting INET 2000, Yokohama, July 2000 www. startap. net/ABOUT/meetings. html University of Illinois at Chicago

For more information www. startap. net University of Illinois at Chicago

For more information www. startap. net University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago