Cisco Academic Research Programs JJ Jamison NLR Project

Cisco Academic Research Programs JJ Jamison NLR Project - ARTI Team john. jamison@cisco. com JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 1

Agenda • ARTI Team - Academic Research and Technology Initiatives Team • URP – University Research Program • CARD – Cisco Applied Research and Development program • NRNs - National Research Networks • NRP - NRN Research Program • NLR – National Lambda Rail JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 2

ARTI Team • ARTI focuses primarily on two areas: – research programs: URP, CARD, NRP – advanced research and education network activities: National Research Networks (NRN), Regional Networks, Government Research Networks, Supercomputer Centers, and Research/Higher Education Institutions world wide • ARTI is not part of Cisco’s Sales organization – ARTI is part of Cisco’s Engineering Organization – Bob Aiken reports to Charlie Giancarlo Cisco’s CTO/CDO JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 3

ARTI Leadership • Bob Aiken – Director of ARTI – Formally at Argonne National Lab, Do. E Headquarters & NSF • Javad Boroumand – Senior Manager, NRNs & NRP – Formally at NASA, USC-ISI, & NSF • Graham Holmes – Senior Manager, URP & CARD JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 4

ARTI Team Members • Amy Blanchard • Matt Schmitz • Chris Buja • Chas Smith • Ole Jacobsen • Carol Stillman • JJ Jamison • Michael Turzanski • Kevin Mc. Grattan • Doug Walsten • Robin Penn • Steve Wolff JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5

Academic Research at Cisco • There is no “Cisco Research” organization or “Cisco Labs” • ARTI houses the only Cisco corporate-wide academic research programs (URP, CARD, and NRP) • There are other organizations within Cisco that fund academic research – CIAG - Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group – Business Units (BUs) and other groups can and do fund academic research on their own – Tech Center – pre-BU product development JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6

Cisco Academic R&D Research Applied Research Early Development Deployment Produc tion Deplo yment ARTI URP CARD NRP (NRN RP) R&E Networks CIAG BU Business Unit R&D Tech Center JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 7

URP, CARD, and NRP Why is Cisco funding external academic research instead creating a “Cisco Labs”? Why not use the same strategy as Howard Hughes? Leonardo Di. Caprio as Howard Hughes in The Aviator: “Look, whatever they pay you at UCLA I'm doubling it, all right? You work for me now. Find some clouds! Find me some clouds!” JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 8

Timelines and engagement models 0 -12 month payoff Exclusive province of Business Units 18 -36 months Cisco Applied Research and Development (CARD) University Research Program (URP) 3 -5 years Tuned to timeline of associated NRN JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. NRN Research Program (NRP) 9

URP Description • URP funds specific research projects of interest to Cisco – at universities and other not-for-profit institutions worldwide – via unrestricted cash and equipment gifts – to faculty and research scientists • URP has no funds for center membership, consortia joining, conference support, teaching labs, endowed chairs, non-research fellowships, etc. JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 10

University Research Board • Board of Cisco experts, advisory to the URP • URB tasks: – Set strategic direction for URP – Identify, solicit, and evaluate quality research proposals – Maintain appropriate programmatic balance and relevance – Represent their Cisco organization interests JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 11

Cisco Champions • Cisco Champions are Cisco developers who act as technical liaisons with funded researchers • A key part of URP to realize mutual value and benefits of funded research • We will NOT accept and evaluate a proposal without a Champion. We do provide opportunity for Champion identification prior to submission deadlines • We will not fund a proposal without a Champion JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12

Criteria for evaluating proposals • Intellectual merits of proposed research • Qualification and track record of Principal Investigator(s) • Relevance/importance to Cisco and/or industry • Support of a Cisco Champion for the project JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 13

Grant Type • “Unrestricted Gift” – i. e. , a grant, not a contract • No formal deliverables • Open publishable results • Intellectual Property Rights remain with PI(s) and institution • Zero or very small overhead taken by institution JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 14

Proposal and grant information • Accept unsolicited proposals in networking technology from Principal Investigators • 2 page proposals – could be more • Deadlines twice per year • 1 year awards - renewals compete with new proposals • Awards range up to $100 K/year/project – average is $70 K; one PI may have multiple projects • Awards are in cash and equipment JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 15

URP program examples • Analysis and Visualization of IP Connectivity – CAIDA/SDSC • All Optical Header Recognition – University of Maryland • Improving the Robustness of Multicast in the Internet – UT Dallas/UCSB • ISP Negotiation for Coordinated Traffic Engineering – University of Washington JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 16

CARD program description • Applied research program designed to shorten development cycle or add value to product R&D efforts • Close collaboration between researcher and Cisco developer • Usually initiated by a BU • Agreement/contract may be multi-year • Initial funding by ARTI, 2 nd & subsequent years (if any) require BU buy-in • Intellectual Property Rights contractually settled before work begins JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 17

CARD program examples • Network Infrastructures Support in P 2 P and Overlay Networks - Stanford University Study Objective: first-step in looking at how routing infrastructures can support new applications such as P 2 P and overlay networks • Meta-CLI Technology - University of Quebec Montreal Study Objective: Develop meta-language for analyzing complex CLI scripts • IPv 6 Renumbering Study – University of Southampton & University of Meunster Study Objective: Gain practical experience in IPv 6 renumbering implementations JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 18

NRP description • Promote system-level research to complement technology focused research under URP and CARD • Drawing from specific technologies plus research in management, economics and policy; evolving the architecture a key driver • Collaboration between networking researchers, distributed systems researchers and NRN operators • Experimenting in real live network environments with real user traffic and applications JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 19

NLR Layer 3 Network (Initial Configuration) SEA CHI NYC DEN CLE PIT WDC LAX ALB RAL TUL ATL BAT JAC HOU Cisco CRS-1 8/S router 10 GE wave 10 GE managed wave JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 20

Research in NLR • NLR is about both providing infrastructure and support for: – Experimental networking research – Production high-performance networking for science (and other) applications • NLR is not just a single network but an evolving infrastructure to enable researchers to build multiple networks (production and experimental) • Critical for NLR and regional/campus network operators work together to extend NLR capabilities and services to the interested researchers – Network operators as partners in experimental networking not just facility providers JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 21

Cisco in NLR • Why is Cisco involved in NLR? – MORPHnet: Jan 97 paper by Aiken, Carlson, Foster, Kuhfuss, Stevens, and Winkler – the R&E community needs a flexible research network that is both production and experimental • NLR and Cisco have a strategic relationship focused on joint research interest and not a vendor-customer relationship • This relationship is managed by Cisco’s ARTI group and not out of the sales organization JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 22

Cisco in NLR • Cisco was an early founder of NLR and is its largest contributor • Our major goal is to drive network technologies development, tech transfer and commercialization through experimental networking research in NLR • Using NRP funds Cisco and NLR will soon announce the NLR Research Program – for more info contact research@nlr. net JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 23

For more information see: www. cisco. com/go/research & www. cisco. com/go/arti JJ Joint Techs S 05 © 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 24