BP Talk - International Networking @ Indiana University

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INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING

AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY

JAMES WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING

[email protected]



INDIANA UNIVERSITY·S COMMITMENT TO

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

³The value of an IU education cannot be contained within

one classroom, one state, or one continent. It spans the

globe.´

President Michael McRobbie

February 15, 2008



TOPICS

1. Wandering general observations

2. A bit of international networking history

3. Where are we today?4. The global picture of international networking

5. Where are we headed at Indiana?



HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKING

AS A TOOL

To facilitate international collaborations in researchand education

To provide for sharing of expensive/scarce resources(telescopes, microscopes, physical locations «)

To facilitate access to scientific materials anddatabases

To enable one-way and site-to-site telepresence(remote medical activities)

Science diplomacy



A BIT OF HISTORY

It all began with Michael McRobbie

TransP AC ± connecting Indiana to Asia

Michael moves on, Jim moves in« TransP AC2 ± more Asia, and Pakistan



TRANSPAC

HPIIS, Steve Goldstein, AP AN and San Francisco

35Mbps ATM service from Chicago to Tokyopurchased from AT+T (1998)

Cost ± about $130,000/month

Gradually increased bandwidth (155Mbps; 2 x622Mbps)





TRANSPAC2 (2005)

Michael moves on to bigger things (VP ±Research;Provost; President)

IRNC replaces HPIIS

Jim leads TP2 effort

TransP AC2 10Gbps ± cost about $45,000/month(2005)

Extension to Pakistan in 2008



TRANSPAC2 ASIA PARTNERS

TransP AC2 Co-investigator partner ± Internet2

TransP AC2 Asia regional partner ± AP AN http://www.apan.net

TransP AC2 Japanese partners ± National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)and the National Institute of Informatics (NII)

TransP AC2 ±EU

TE

IN2 partnershiphttp://www.tein2.net/



TRANSPAC2 OVERVIEW



EXTENSION TO PAKISTAN

Connection to Asia funded by US National ScienceFoundation and partners in Japan

Connection to Pakistan funded by US NationalScience Foundation and Pakistan Higher EducationCommission

My trip to Pakistan is blogged at:

http://jiminpakistan.blogspot.com



Members of the pioneering IU team from 1957 that established the Karachi Basic Medical Sciences Institute, which

later became the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center. L ± R: Dr. Rolla Harger, Biochemistry; Dr. Sherman Minton,Jr., Microbiology; Ralph France, Microbiology; John Guthrie, Shop; Eileen Cunningham, Library; Dr. Cranston

Bernstorf, Anatomy; and Dr. Osgood Priddle, Pharmacology

P hoto courtesy of J PMC Archives; published in Bhatti and Alvi







WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

Indiana is a major participant (along with UT-Knoxville) ininternational networking

We have two new, large NSF awards ± ACE and TP3 (mapnext)

We have significant international partnerships with other NRENS

We are investigating workshops as a mechanism for strengthening international collaborations [US-India; US-Vietnam; US-Czech Republic].

We have strong interests in ³science support´.

See: http://internationalnetworking.indiana.edu/





America Connects to Europe (ACE)

TransPAC3: US connection to Asia

WHERE ARE WE TODAY?



AMERICA CONNECTS TO EUROPE

US lead partner: Indiana University

Partners: D ANTE, NYSERNet, Internet2, DLT and others«

Multiple 10G connections, 40/100G option

Connections continued across GN3 and TEIN3 to Asia andTP3

Connection via EUMEDCONNECT to North Africa

Connection to Internet2/NLR on US East Coast

Partner with GLORI AD to provide backup and serviceredundancy

Trans- Atlantic part of TP3-TEIN3-GN3- ACE globalnetwork



TRANSPAC3: US TO ASIA

US lead partner: Indiana University

Partners: AP AN, TEIN3, NICT-Japan, NII-Japan, CERNET±China,

and others«

Multiple 10G connections from the US to Asia, 40/100G option

Connections continued to Southeast Asia and South Asia

Connection to TEIN3 network provides link to Europe

Connection to GLORI AD/Taj network provides second link to Asia

and EU

Connection to Internet2/NLR on US West Coast

Asian part of TP3-TEIN3-GN3- ACE global network







NETWORK-BASED SERVICES:

ACCOUNTABILITY AND SERVICE

Utilization statistics in a useable form

e-2-e measurement ± what researchers are really concernedabout

Custom networks and connections (dynamic circuits provisionedby researchers)

As networks and network operations become more transparent,network operators must become more accountable.

As networks become ³more global´ network operators must

develop tools and mechanisms for shared/distributed operations. See: http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/K-GENI

Security, security, security«how can we cooperatively attack thisproblem?One possible component: http://www.ren-isac.net/ses/



STIMULATING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

THROUGH BETTER TOOLS

Development of tools to make researcher-provisionedconnections and networks much simpler (no engineer involvement)

Better collaboration tools using ³social media-based´ tools ± for example, see the following: https://hubzero.org/

Researcher-specific tools, such as the Data LogisticsToolkit (DLT), need to become fully developed researchaids -- see: http://code.google.com/p/dlt/

Outreach activities, particularly in developing areas,designed to increase international research and educationcollaborations -- see the following:http://usindiaworkshop.indiana.edu/



FINAL REPORT 2015 ² ACE AND TP3

1. South Asia is fully connected and participating in global research andeducation activities.

2. Asia, Europe and the US are fully engaged, cooperative partners intechnology (networking) and science (use of networks). < Attendance atInternet2, AP AN and TERENA meetings has much overlap>

3. Significant progress has been made in connectivity to and sciencecollaborations with Africa and Central Asia.

4. All IRNC ProNet projects and their global partners now provide servicesbeyond bandwidth (utilization, e-2-e, DC) and shared/distributed operations.

5. Security continues to be a difficult challenge but all international networkproviders are working together on security activities.

6. Social, data-management, and other tools make data intensive research andeducation use of networks a simple daily occurrence.

7. The IRNC ProNet projects and partners in AP AN and GN3 in conjunction withour commercial and international partners have made certain that bothbandwidth and tools are available such that future science experiments(gene sequencing; SK A; ³brighter´ LHC; ITER) can fully utilize the globalcyberinfrastructure.



IN@IU (new) http://internationalnetworking @iu.edu

TransP AC2 (old): http://www.transpac2.net

AP AN: http://www.apan.net

D ANTE

: http://www.dante.net/Pakistan blog: http://jiminpakistan.blogspot.com

NSF IRNC program (new): http://irncworkshop.indiana.edu

NSF IRNC program (old): http://www.irnclinks.net

GlobalNOC: http://globalnoc.iu.edu

Jim Williams: [email protected]

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