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George Laskaris
New Jersey’s College & Universities integrating technologies into instruction,
research and public service through an enhanced statewide data/video network
About NJEDge.Net
• Statewide Higher Education Network
– Provides a private high-performance network
infrastructure - (VPN)
• Created to support new forms of inter-institutional
collaboration and to,
• Leverage collective buying power of the
membership to achieve economies of scale
Network Governance Structure
President’s Council
Constituent
Services
Representative
Standing
Committees
Network Board
Executive Director
(NJEDge Staff)
Network
Infrastructure
(Verizon)
NJVU
Internet 2
K-12
DLAAB
(Application
User Groups)
Network Resources
• Broadband Internet Service Provider (600+Mbps)
• Sophisticated video conferencing & distance
learning capabilities
• Streaming video resources
• Provide regional access to Internet2
• Interoperability with the K-12 Video Portal (Access
New Jersey)
• Shared access to Satellite Uplink/Downlink
Network Capabilities
• Support new forms of inter-institutional
collaboration and statewide applications:
– New joint programs between institutions
– Resource sharing (expertise & equipment)
– Coordinated professional development
– Creation of optimal environments to support
teaching and learning
Network Capabilities Cont.
• “Extending the reach” of higher ed to:
– Off-campus learners
– K-12
– Corporate and community constituents
• Support research and development partnerships
with industry
Efficiencies/Economies of Scale
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Internet services / Voice services
Statewide software site licensing
Large-scale network attached Storage
New joint statewide applications services:
– Academic web services – portals
– Course Management Systems
– Growing interest in a wide variety of student
services applications
• Sharing of expensive scientific instrumentation
Remote Scanning
Electron Microscope
Philips XL30
Building Community
• Organize statewide working groups
– Distance Learning Academic Advisory Board
– Coordinated Faculty Development Initiative –
emphasis on showcasing best practices
– Educational Activities Task Force
– Data Resources Group
– Video Resources Group
– Networking and the Performing Arts Initiative
Internet2 Mission
“Facilitate and coordinate the development of advanced,
network-based applications and network services to further U.S.
leadership in research and higher education and accelerate the
availability of new services and applications on the Internet.”
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Abilene Network
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Collaboration
Videoconferencing
Distributed learning
Digital libraries
Remote instrumentation
Tele-immersion
Virtual reality
On-demand video
Remote mentoring/auditioning
Rehearsal and performance
Internet2 International Partners
Europe-Middle East
ARNES (Slovenia)
BELNET (Belgium)
CARNET (Croatia)
CESnet (Czech Republic)
DANTE (Europe)
DFN-Verein (Germany)
GIP RENATER (France)
GRNET (Greece)
HEAnet (Ireland)
HUNGARNET (Hungary)
INFN-GARR (Italy)
Israel-IUCC (Israel)
NORDUnet (Nordic Countries)
POL-34 (Poland)
FCCN (Portugal)
RedIRIS (Spain)
RESTENA (Luxembourg)
RIPN (Russia)
SANET (Slovakia)
Stichting SURF (Netherlands)
SWITCH (Switzerland)
TERENA (Europe)
JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom)
Qatar Foundation Network (Qatar)
Asia-Pacific
AAIREP (Australia)
APAN (Asia-Pacific)
APAN-KR (Korea)
APRU (Asia-Pacific)
CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China)
JAIRC (Japan)
JUCC (Hong Kong)
NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand)
NG-NZ (New Zealand)
SingAREN (Singapore)
TAnet2 (Taiwan)
Americas
CANARIE (Canada)
CEDIA (Ecuador)
CLARA (Latin America and Caribbean)
CNTI (Venezuela)
CR2NET (Costa Rica)
CUDI (Mexico)
REUNA (Chile)
RETINA (Argentina)
RNP [FAPESP] (Brazil)
SENACYT (Panama)
Internet2 K20 Initiative
• K20 Consortium Established in 2002
• Focus outreach and connectivity to K-12s,
Museums, Libraries
• Aim to bridge K-12 to Higher Ed
• Increased opportunities for joint funding,
student attraction, and improved learning
and education
K20 Status
Organization
Total
K12 Schools
23,393
Community Colleges
595
Four Year Colleges and Universities
852
Public Libraries
2360
Museums, Zoos, Aquariums and
Science Centers
102
Grand Total
27,302
Internet2 based K-12 Applications
• Virtual tours of the Smithsonian Institute
• A multi-state literacy project called English for All
• The Globalization Initiative connecting K-12 students
around the world to create a global learning community
• Project Neptune an international ocean observatory
• Hands-on-Universe enables students to acquire and use
professional grade astronomy images from a global
network of telescopes
Internet2 K-12 Applications
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EARTHWATCH GLOBAL CLASSROOM
IMAGINING THE FUTURE
LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION
WHITE HOUSE DECISION CENTER
CONVERSATIONS WITH HISTORY
EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
VIRTUAL MARINE WORLD EXPLORATION
LABSCAPE FOR EDUCATION
NJEDge K-20 Initiative
Matthew Conforth
Director of Technology
Passiac Valley High School
Co-chair of NJEDge K-20 Initiative
mms://128.235.240.22/rainforest/2005/01292005session2.wmv
Cascaded Portals
• Linkage between the K-12 video portal and the NJEDge
Video Portal
• View Live videoconference between William Paterson
University and Passaic County schools
Internet2 Application Attributes
• Interactive collaboration
• Real-time access to remote
resources
Virtual Laboratories
• Space Physics &
Aeronomy Research
Collaboratory
(SPARC)
• University of
Michigan
• NSF
High Performance Group-to-Group
Collaboration ; 150 sites worldwide
http://www.accessgrid.org/
www.researchchannel.org
Goal: to use program content
creation and manipulation
processes as testing medium
for analog and digital
broadcast and on-demand
multimedia offerings, thus
providing an unusual
opportunity to experiment
with new methods of
distribution and interaction on
a global basis.
Survivors of the Shoah
Visual History Foundation
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180 terabyte,
multimedia archive of
Holocaust testimonies
Plans are to disseminate
the archive to museums
and educational
institutions using Internet2
networks
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http://www.vhf.org/
Nanotechnology Course Delivery
• Recent multi-state $10.5 million grant for the creation of
a Nanotechnology Institute
• Developing associate degree programs in
nanotechnology at community colleges in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland
• Started delivering courses using high performance
Internet2 connectivity in 2005
• Burlington and Camden Community Colleges
Arts & Humanities : Dance in
the Digital Age
Case Western Reserve and
Cleveland Institute of Music:
The Bing Theater,
University of Southern
California, Oct 2002
Cultivating Communities: Dance
the Digital Age
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign:
The Bing Theater, University of Southern California, Oct 2002
New World Symphony
• Master Classes over
Internet2
• High Speed Collaboration
between NWS and top
music schools
• International Expansion
Michael Tilson Thomas
Ann Doyle
Internet2 Arts & Humanities Program Manager
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Rialto
NWSClass
Benefits of Internet2
• Collaboration opportunities with global
communities and working groups
• Increased opportunities for grants $$
• Ability to tap into remote expertise and
experiences
• Ability to bring the world into the classroom
Specific URLs of Interest
• I2 Applications and Working Groups
http://apps.internet2.edu
• Research Channel
http://www.researchchannel.org
• I2 K-20 Projects
http://k20.internet2.edu
• ViDeNet
http://www.vide.net/
• Virtual Briefings
http://events.internet2.edu/briefings
Specific URLs of Interest
I2 Apps and Working Groups
http://apps.internet2.edu/
I2 K20 Projects
http://k20.internet2.edu/currentprojects/
Research Channel
http://www.researchchannel.org/
ViDeNet
http://www.vide.net/
ViDeNet Cookbook
http://www.videnet.gatech.edu/cookbook
Virtual Briefings
http://events.internet2.edu/briefings /
Get Involved
• Talk with your campus IT support group
• Join an Internet2 Working Group, Special
Interest Group, or Advisory Group
• Host an Internet2 Day or participate in Virtual
Briefings
• Join Internet2 Mailing Lists
• Learn more about advanced application
initiatives in your academic area
• Send us feedback or inquiries
What’s Next ?
Building Advanced Research
Infrastructure consisting of:
• High performance GRID computing
• Optical networking (National Lambda Rail)
• Large scale network attached storage supporting
federated research repositories
• Ability to provide Terabits to the desktop
• Advanced data visualization capabilities
providing 100+ Megapixel displays
GeoWall2: High Resolution Portals to
Global Science Data
NCMIR Lab
UCSD
30 MPixel SunScreen Display Driven by a Source: Mark Ellisman,
20-node Sun Opteron Visualization Cluster David Lee, Jason Leigh
On-Line Microscopes Creating
Very Large Biological Montage Images
• 2-Photon Laser Confocal
Microscope
– GigE On-line
Capability
IBM 9M Pixels
• Montage of over 500
Images
– ~150 Million Pixels!
• Uses Graphics Cluster
with Multiple GigEs to
Drive Tiled Displays
Source: David Lee, NCMIR, UCSD
Tiled Displays Allow for Both Global Context and High
Levels of Detail—150 MPixel Rover Image on 40 MPixel
Visualization Node Display
Interactively Zooming In Using Sun
Microsystems Visualization Node
Highest Resolution Zoom
on 40 MPixel OptIPuter Display Node
Prototyping High End Research PCs
Terabits to the
Desktop…
100 Megapixel
Display
55-Panel
1/3 Terabit/sec I/O
30 x 10GE
interfaces
1/4 TeraFLOP
Driven by 30
Node Cluster
1/8 TB RAM
60 TB Disk
Driver - Economic Development
• New Jersey needs to provide advanced technology
infrastructure if it is to successfully compete for federal
research funding and attract industry to the state.
• Its time to establish a research agenda for the state that
provides an environment that will support research and
development opportunities between academia and
industry.
• Strengthening partnerships with business & industry is
needed to stimulate the economy and provide NJ
industries with a competitive advantage.
More Information
• http://www.njedge.net
• http://www.internet2.edu