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UMS Research Projects

Internet2 Events

Recent Internet2 News

What is Internet2?

Internet2 is an experimental high-speed version of the Internet, dedicated to research and education. The University of Maine System is a member of the Internet2 project. Researchers in the University System benefit from the advanced videoconferencing, high-speed computer connections and a multitude of other innovations generated by this project. We connect to the Abilene high-speed Internet2 backbone via the Northern Crossroads (NoX) organization. For more information on Internet2, Abilene and NoX please use the following links:

A Sampling of UMS Research Projects Benefiting from Internet2

Faculty and students in the University of Maine System constantly experience the benefits of the high connection speeds between Internet2 member institutions. In addition, some research projects are designed to use certain features of Internet2, or would not be feasible without it. The brief descriptions below represent a sample of these projects.

  • Dr. James Fastook, University of Maine Computer Science Department, collaborates with colleagues in Stockholm, Sweden. He can install software remotely on the machines in Sweden, login and manipulate data, etc. at speeds equivalent those on his local campus network. In particular he shares the huge UMISM, U. Maine Ice Sheet Model, datasets with his colleagues. Without the speed of Internet2, file transfers of this size would be impracticable. Dr. Fastook also uses the Access Grid to meet with fellow researchers.
  • Internet2 at the University of Maine has enabled several research and education efforts in the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) and the Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering. The initiation of a new master's program in Information Systems addressing professionals throughout the State of Maine has been possible, because the entire course content could be delivered remotely through the web. In a similar way, a new Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems was approved in the Spring of 2002, the content of which will be available through the Web. With the advancement of Web mapping technologies and Internet2, it is becoming possible to run such data intensive operations as spatial analysis over the Web.
  • NCGIA researchers are relying more and more on the high-bandwidth communication to collaborate remotely with researchers at other locations. The NCGIA consortium (UMaine, UC Santa Barbara, and University at Buffalo) uses Internet2 extensively for project management across the three sites. In a similar way, under a new NSF-funded ITR project (UMaine, Iowa State University, and UC San Diego, http://www.spatial.maine.edu/%7Epeggy/geogrid.html, NCGIA researchers are working on shared imagery, video, and map archives to develop the foundation of the GeoGrid. Two new research directions include investigations of the foundations for the Geospatial Semantic Web (Funding from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, http://www.spatial.maine.edu/~max/SGW.html) and the development of a shared Web resource for a geographic information commons (pending proposal)

Internet2 Related Events

The 2nd SURA Cyberinfrastructure workshop focused on Grid Application Planning & Implementation will be held December 6 - 8, 2005 at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), UT Austin.

** Early registration ends Nov. 22 - affordable at $125, thanks to the support of our sponsors! **

Registration, Agenda, and Travel info: http://www1.sura.org/6000/gridworkshopDec05.html

Recent Internet2 News Headlines:

  • June 1, 2005: Higher Education Asks for Fast and Improved Internet in Telecommunications Reform
  • June 3, 2005: NSF Middleware Initiative Release 7 Progresses Towards Shared Cyberinfrastructure
  • June 6, 2005: HD Video Wows TERENA 2005 Attendees
  • June 27. 2005: The University Of Montana Joins The Open Student Television Network
  • June 27. 2005: N.C. Research & Education Network Extends Reach from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.
  • July 14, 2005: SC|05 Challenges Scientists and Networking Experts to Think Outside the Box
  • July 20, 2005: Internet2 Selects Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches for Nationwide Advanced Network Testbed
  • July 25, 2005: Live TV-Quality Video of Lost City Expedition Available Via Internet2 Multicast
  • July 25, 2005: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Joins The OPEN Student Television Network
  • August 9, 2005: Fwd: Gigaconference release for I2 news site
  • August 11, 2005: Internet2 Selects Team from IU, MAX, and NCREN to Lead Testbed Support Center Services for National Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure Testbed
  • August 15, 2005: Internet2 Selects Martin Swany as First Internet2 Faculty Fellow
  • August 18, 2005: InCommon Federation To Support Latest Shibboleth Software Release
  • August 22, 2005: Glimmerglass Joins Internet2 Networking Consortium
  • August 23, 2005: NYU Provides Global IPv6 Connectivity to First University Supercomputer in the U.S.
  • September 9, 2005: MPAA and RIAA Join Internet2
  • September 12, 2005: LifeSize(tm) Selected by Northwestern University and New World Symphony for Live Internet2 Presentation
  • September 14, 2005: NYU is the First End Site in North America With Global Native IPv6 Multicast Connectivity
  • September 15, 2005: LIONSHARE 1.0 TO FOSTER INNOVATIVE ADVANCEMENTS IN ACADEMIC FILE SHARING
  • September 16, 2005: University of Pennsylvania Hosts Internet2's Fall Member Meeting
  • September 19, 2005: ADVA Named Preferred Optical Vendor by The Quilt
  • September 20, 2005: ResearchChannel Call for Partners in Open Source Development of DigitalWellT
  • September 20, 2005: ResearchChannel Call for Partners in Open Source Development of iHDTVT software suite
  • September 21, 2005: National LambdaRail Appoints Gwendolyn Huntoon to Serve as Director of Operations
  • September 26, 2005: World's First International Real-time Streaming of 4K Digital Cinema over Gigabit IP Networks
  • September 27, 2005: Massachusetts State Education Network To Expand Connectivity with Internet2's Next-Generation Network
  • October 3, 2005: FiberCo Facilitates Creation of Advanced Optical Network for Texas
  • October 4, 2005: GridChem Partners Announce Access Grid Event
  • October 6, 2005: TERENA PUBLISHES NATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKS COMPENDIUM
  • October 12, 2005: Polycom sponsors second annual Keystone Conference
  • October 12, 2005: Third Frontier Network Showcases Emerging Technologies in Ohio's Appalachian Region
  • October 13, 2005: Yale University Joins the OPEN Student Television Network
  • October 18, 2005: NSF Middleware Initiative Release 8 Enables Research Communities To Develop and Use Shared Cyberinfrastructure
  • October 19, 2005: Release - Web collaboration application supports H.323
  • October 22, 2005: Media Advisory: UC San Diego Opens High-Tech Center for Telecom and IT
  • October 31, 2005: NYSERNet, New York University, and Internet2 Demonstrate First Native IPv6 Multicast in North America

To read the news items above and past news, please see the I2-NEWS mailing list archives at https://mail.internet2.edu/wws/arc/i2-news.

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