Transcript TEIN2 Applications Framework and Disaster Warning Systems Earth Monitoring Workshop

Global Research Networking
TEIN2 Applications Framework
and Disaster Warning Systems
Earth Monitoring Workshop
EDSA Shangri-la, Ortigas Business District, Manila
24 January 2007
TEIN2 Overview
A 10million Euro initiative
of the European
Commission, under the
auspices of ASEM and
DG INFSO, with the
objective of improving
connectivity within Asia
and to Europe, with a
focus on ASEM
developing countries
Beneficiaries:
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
Laos
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Nonbeneficiaries:
Korea
Singapore
Japan
Australia
France
Netherlands
UK
New ASEM
members
India
Pakistan
Mongolia
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TEIN2 Topology
June 2006
TEIN2 Topology
Singapore to
Perth (4 x 155Mbps, 2x2)
Frankfurt (west) (3 x 622Mbps)
Japan (at least 2 x 622Mbps)
Korea (622Mbps)
Hong Kong (622Mbps)
Thailand (155Mbps)
Malaysia (45Mbps)
Indonesia (45Mbps)
Hong Kong to:
Vietnam (45Mbps)
Beijing (622Mbps)
Beijing to Europe
via Russia (622Mbps)
International Research Networking
Benefits of TEIN2
International Research Networking
• Prior to TEIN2 connections between Asian countries went via the US or
sometimes Japan. Now it is direct with massively reduced delay (critical for
real-time interaction)
• Singapore to Malaysia was 210ms, now 9ms;
Perth to Singapore was 250ms, now 60ms
• Much less US centric
– “This year will mark the first time intra-Asian bandwidth usage has
significantly outpaced trans-Pacific. “ Telegeography, 21 July 2006
• New NRENS established in record times (Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia) with impressive rollouts and enthusiastic adoption
• A whole range of new collaborations is emerging
Exploiting the Infrastructure
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• High performance/capacity networks without compelling
applications that provide new/enhanced opportunities for
research, education and societal benefit are of little value
• Need an enthusiastic user base and champions that have
the tools and capabilities to exploit the opportunities presented
• Need a framework that ensures that applications benefit
researchers, educators and society in a powerful, reliable and
easy-to-use way
• The underlying complexities of the routing/switching
infrastructure and collaboration tools should be transparent to
the end users
Why persistent
infrastructure matters
• Demos are key to showing capability
• Usually require huge support and
implementation effort (see examples
for this meeting)
• Generally last from hours to a few
days then often “torn down”
• Need a framework that gives a
persistent capability, and exploits the
effort put into the demos
• Ref NHP, Hanoi example
International Research Networking
Bird Flu– 64 people,
8 countries involved
Virtual Surgery – 37 people,
5 countries involved
Surgical Training Centres –
35 people, 5 countries
The elements that need
to be addressed
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• Network reach, reliability, low latency
• Routing/switching stability and predictability, resilience
(Taiwan earthquake)
• End-to-end performance across NRENS, campuses and enduser equipment
• Good cooperative engagement between NOCs
• Consistent support for collaboration tools
• Good engagement between network engineers,
researchers/users, performance and audio visual people
• Involvement of Human Factors experts
• Promotion, education and training
Collaboration tools
• Things that help people in different places
work together as though they were in the
same place
• Might include:
– DVTS/ Access Grids/
ConferenceXP/VRVS
– HD/ VLC
– SIP/ H323
• Need to accommodate a range of
bandwidths
• Need to take “Human Factors” into
account
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Disaster and Natural Hazard
Warning/Monitoring Systems
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• Asia has around 50% of the world’s population and
experiences around 70% of the world’s natural disasters
(typhoon, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, flood)
• High on everyone’s agenda following the impact of the Indian
Ocean tsunami, even the impact of the Dec 2006 Taiwan
earthquake
• A multi-facetted set of inter-related activities and technologies
(satellite and ocean/terrestrial sensor data collection; data
repositories and data mining; monitoring, geospatial analysis,
modeling, interpretation and prediction; mitigation and
response; real-time interaction when an event occurs or is
anticipated)
Some of the Asian players
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• Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Earthquake Engineering Research
(ANCER)
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/research/International_Research/ANSER
• Pacific Disaster Centre - http://www.pdc.org
• School of the Internet - International Seminar Course on Disaster
Management http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/soi-asia/
• ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC)
http://intranet.mssinet.gov.sg/asmc/asmc.html
• ASEAN Committee for Disaster Management (ACDM)
http://www.aseansec.org/18867.htm
• Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network
http://www.adrrn.net/index.asp
• Advanced Land Observing Satellite “Daichi” (ALOS)
http://www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/eos/alos/index_e.html
Some of the global players
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• GEO – Group on Earth Observations
http://www.earthobservations.org/index.html
• Global Earth Observation System of Systems http://www.epa.gov.geoss
• Global Monitoring for Environment & Security (GMES)
http://www.gmes.info/
• World Meteorological Organization http://www.wmo.ch/
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.noaa.gov/
Societal Benefits of GEOSS
Implementation
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• Reducing loss of life and property from natural and human-induced
disasters.
• Understanding environmental factors affecting human health and wellbeing.
• Improving management of energy resources.
• Understanding, assessing, predicting, mitigating, and adapting to climate
variability and change.
• Improving water resource management through better understanding of
the water cycle.
• Improving weather information, forecasting and warning.
• Improving the management and protection of terrestrial, coastal and
marine ecosystems.
• Supporting sustainable agriculture and combating desertification.
• Understanding, monitoring and conserving biodiversity.
ALOS Data Transfer from Japan to
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Thailand, Italy, Norway & US?
• JAXA’s Advanced Land Observations Satellite (ALOS) started providing
Earth Observation data in late October 2006
• ALOS now generates up to a Terabytes per day. Most of this data is
currently transmitted through JAXA’s Data Relay Test Satellite (DRTS),
and is distributed to Thailand, Europe, and USA using DTF-2 tape
• JAXA is investigating transferring the data processed by JAXA/EOC using
high data rate terrestrial and undersea cable networks
• Investigations also cover receiving satellite data from Europe’s ground
station to JAXA/EOC through terrestrial and sub-ocean networks
• Data rate requirements will be approximately 25 - 200 Mbps
• Plan to perform ALOS data transfer between Japan and Thailand, Italy,
Norway and USA (potentially using APAN/TEIN2/GEANT2 networks) in
early 2007
A role for TEIN2 in facilitating
access to the GEO Grid?
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• The GEO (Global Earth Observation) Grid is the system to
integrate all data related to earth observation.
• Objectives consistent with GEOSS
• The integration of grid technology (IT) to the global earth
observation (Science) allows the secure and rapid provision
of large datastores of various attributes of earth observation
data which can be integrated with other observation
databases and GIS data
• Is there a role for TEIN2 as part of the Grid framework
providing access to datastores and for real-time
collaboration?
Funding for collaboration
activities (Earth Monitoring?)
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• To date funding considerations have been focused on
infrastructure
• We should also focus on funding for applications
• EC 7th Framework Program will hold a video conference for
Asia and the Mediterranean (served by TEIN2 and
EDUMEDCONNECT) on 6 March from 10.00am to 12.30pm
Central European Time (GMT +1)
• Topics to be covered include:
FP7 Videoconference topics
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• e-Infrastructures activity under FP7
• Introduction to Scientific Digital Repositories element
• Introduction to Deployment of e-Infrastructures for Scientific
Communities element
• Submission and evaluation of proposals
• Introduction to the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative model
• Introduction to future calls topics
• Opening of the networking part
A role for EM Working Group in
leading this TEIN2 apps area?
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• The APAN medical working group has been the key driver in
exploiting TEIN2 for telemedicine
• The APAN EM working group is well placed to lead the
exploitation of TEIN2 to facilitate support for Disaster and
Natural Hazard systems
• Would welcome discussion/thoughts on this