George Laskaris New Jersey s College Universities integrating

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 Internet 2 • 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 • • 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

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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

Internet 2 Mission 8“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. ” Qwest Abilene Network • • • Collaboration Videoconferencing Distributed learning Digital libraries Remote instrumentation Tele-immersion Virtual reality On-demand video Remote mentoring/auditioning Rehearsal and performance

Internet 2 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) Red. IRIS (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) Sing. AREN (Singapore) TAnet 2 (Taiwan) Americas CANARIE (Canada) CEDIA (Ecuador) CLARA (Latin America and Caribbean) CNTI (Venezuela) CR 2 NET (Costa Rica) CUDI (Mexico) REUNA (Chile) RETINA (Argentina) RNP [FAPESP] (Brazil) SENACYT (Panama)

Internet 2 K 20 Initiative • K 20 Consortium Established in 2002 • Focus outreach and connectivity to K-12 s, Museums, Libraries • Aim to bridge K-12 to Higher Ed • Increased opportunities for joint funding, student attraction, and improved learning and education

K 20 Status Organization Total K 12 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

Internet 2 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

Internet 2 K-12 Applications • • 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/2005/01292005 session 2. 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

Internet 2 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 u. A 180 terabyte, multimedia archive of Holocaust testimonies Plans are to disseminate the archive to museums and educational institutions using Internet 2 networks u 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 Internet 2 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 Internet 2 • High Speed Collaboration between NWS and top music schools • International Expansion

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Ann Doyle Internet 2 Arts & Humanities Program Manager Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Benefits of Internet 2 • 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 • I 2 Applications and Working Groups http: //apps. internet 2. edu • Research Channel http: //www. researchchannel. org • I 2 K-20 Projects http: //k 20. internet 2. edu • Vi. De. Net http: //www. vide. net/ • Virtual Briefings http: //events. internet 2. edu/briefings

Specific URLs of Interest I 2 Apps and Working Groups http: //apps. internet 2. edu/ I 2 K 20 Projects http: //k 20. internet 2. edu/currentprojects/ Research Channel http: //www. researchchannel. org/ Vi. De. Net http: //www. vide. net/ Vi. De. Net Cookbook http: //www. videnet. gatech. edu/cookbook Virtual Briefings http: //events. internet 2. edu/briefings /

Get Involved • Talk with your campus IT support group • Join an Internet 2 Working Group, Special Interest Group, or Advisory Group • Host an Internet 2 Day or participate in Virtual Briefings • Join Internet 2 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

Geo. Wall 2: High Resolution Portals to Global Science Data NCMIR Lab UCSD 30 MPixel Sun. Screen 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 – Gig. E On-line Capability IBM 9 M Pixels • Montage of over 500 Images – ~150 Million Pixels! • Uses Graphics Cluster with Multiple Gig. Es 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 Opt. IPuter Display Node

Prototyping High End Research PCs Terabits to the Desktop… 100 Megapixel Display 55 -Panel 1/3 Terabit/sec I/O 30 x 10 GE interfaces 1/4 Tera. FLOP 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. internet 2. edu