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Subject: I2-NEWS: Campus Focused Workshop on Advanced Networks Preliminary Announcement <-Corrected Date
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:44:37 -0400
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[The first announcement had a date from last year. Apologies. -Greg]

Preliminary Announcement
Campus Focused Workshop on Advanced Networks
http://www.internet2.edu/events/200105-campusworkshop.shtml

30-31 May 2001
Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology
Atlanta, Georgia

Internet2 and SURA are sponsoring the third in a series of workshops
addressing the campus issues of engineering Internet2 network
infrastructure. Advanced campus networks are key to providing faculty and
students with world class networking infrastructure. At the Spring 2001
Internet2 Member Meeting the design of the End-to-End Performance Initiative
was presented with the goal to create a predictable and well-supported
environment. Campuses, at the "ends" of the end-to-end connection, play a
crucial role in all aspects of advanced networking.

This workshop is aimed at campus network personnel and will center on
implementing advanced network services in the campus environment and the
End-to-End Performance Initiative. Participants will learn what they can do
now to implement advanced services on their campus. Participants will also
discuss current roadblocks and technologies needed to implement advanced
services.

Planned topics for the workshop include:

+ Campus implementation of Advanced Services including multicast, QoS, and
IPv6
+ End-to-end performance and measurement
+ Network management for End-to-End Services
+ Campus input to the Internet2 direction

A priority will be given to allow one person per Internet2 campus to attend.
Second attendees from a campus will be added on a space available basis.
The workshop will also include selected regional and national networking
representatives and selected corporate members.

The workshops hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, 30 & 31
May, in the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology.

For more information on the workshop contact Russ Hobby
<>.

The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA), a consortium of
colleges and universities in the southern United States and the District of
Columbia, and Internet2(R), led by over 180 US universities working with
industry and government,
Internet2, are jointly responsible for planning and organizing of the
workshop.

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APRIL 5, 2001 -- Seeing "is" believing. Latin American scientists, many for
the first time, are experiencing a tele-immersive, collaborative
demonstration between North and South America, as part of a three-day
meeting in Chile to promote the use of high-performance networks to the
Latin American scientific community.

A team from University of Illinois at Chicago's Electronic Visualization
Laboratory (EVL) has deployed a virtual reality device -- an ImmersaDesk --
in Chile, to showcase bandwidth-intensive visualization technology. Back
home in Chicago, their colleagues manipulate and discuss 3D visualizations
of earthquake data, as well as a virtual pelvic floor model, with the Latin
American scientists.

The meeting, "Science, Culture and Education over Internet2,"April 4-6 in
Valparaiso, Chile, is being broadcasted to the US over Internet2. See
http://encuentro-internet2.reuna.cl/

On site with the EVL team is Paul Morin, of University of Minnesota's
geology department, who is showing graphics simulations of earthquake and
other geological data he collaboratively developed with EVL research
scientist Jason Leigh and University of Michigan geologist Peter van Keken.
For the virtual pelvic floor, the EVL team connects back to Chicago to talk
with researcher Fred Dech, from UIC's Virtual Reality in Medicine Laboratory.

STAR TAP, the Chicago-based, next-generation information exchange point,
enables Chile's REUNA research and education network to access over 100 US
universities and national laboratories, and most of the world's premier
networks. In particular, REUNA peers with Internet2's Abilene at STAR TAP,
enabling the EVL team in Chile to perform collaborative virtual-reality
demonstrations among Valparaiso, Chicago and Ann Arbor.

Last September, Chile became the first South American country to connect to
STAR TAP. STAR TAP enables high bandwidth data, 45 Mb/s in the case of
REUNA, to flow between the networks. This international, interconnection
point is the only next-generation, policy-free exchange point in the world.

About STAR TAP
The Science, Technology, And Research Transit Access Point, or STAR TAP, is
a proving ground for long-term interconnection and interoperability of
advanced international networking. STAR TAP is made possible by major
funding from the US National Science Foundation to the University of
Illinois at Chicago. See:
http://www.startap.net

About the ImmersaDesk(R)
ImmersaDesk is a registered trademark of the Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois. It was developed with funding from the US National
Science Foundation. See http://www.evl.uic.edu/EVL/VR

Contact:
Laura Wolf
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
(312) 996-3002

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Berkeley MIG Seminar
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/mig
Wednesdays April 11, 2001 1-2.30

"Overview of the TiVo Service Architecture"
Jim Barton (VP, Engineering)
Tivo, Inc.

The TiVo Service is based on a scalable distributed architecture for the
management and provisioning of many different kinds of meta-data for each
TiVo subscriber.

This talk provides an overview of the architectural philosophy and actual
implementation of the complete end-to-end service platform, including a
discussion of the challenges of building a reliable consumer-oriented
"black box" using modern computer technologies.

The following link that will return the appropriate SAP announcement:

http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/bibs/replay?date=live&session=2&rep=sdp

This is part of a larger webcasting system we use to produce class
lectures. See bmrc.berkeley.edu/bibs if you're interested.

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CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thomas W. West, President
CENIC
Voice: 562-985-9656
E-mail:

Web: http://www.cenic.org

Julie M. Van Fleet
Voice: 619-276-0090
E-mail:

CENIC Inks Contracts to Extend Networking to K-12 in All 58 California
Counties

LOS ALAMITOS, CA - April 5, 2001: CENIC has selected Pacific Bell to
install the equipment and circuits for 71 locations for California's new,
world-class K-12 education telecommunications network, known as the Digital
California Project, or DCP. Cisco Systems is providing the equipment to
Pacific Bell for the network. Verizon and Williams Communications were also
selected to provide another 25 circuits to complete the network.

High-level representatives from Pacific Bell, Cisco Systems, Verizon and
CENIC were present to sign contracts for more than $29 million. The
ceremony was held at today's meeting of the DCP Steering Committee in
Sacramento.

In appropriating funds for DCP in this year's budget, Governor Gray Davis
and the Legislature declared that advanced service networks like the DCP
are essential to the future of K-12 education in California. While other
states have had statewide networks to serve K-12, the DCP will be the most
robust developed to date.

The objective of the DCP is to create a statewide digital infrastructure to
help prepare the next generation of students to become productive,
knowledgeable workers and citizens with the skills to excel in the
network-driven economy. Teachers and students throughout the State will
use the DCP network to access rich educational resources and robust
applications that are not possible using the commercial Internet.

Specifically, the DCP network plan extends the CalREN/4CNet infrastructure
backbone into all 58 counties in the state by providing 13 DCP backbone hub
sites strategically located regionally throughout California, and 71
primary access nodes, at least one in each county. Later, up to another 60
secondary access nodes may be added to DCP.

Under the terms of the contract, Pacific Bell will install the Cisco
equipment at all access node sites and provision 71 high-speed leased lines
necessary for the DCP network. The remaining 25 high-speed circuits were
awarded to Verizon and Williams Communications.

CENIC, under contract with University of California, is responsible for
planning, implementing and managing the DCP. CENIC has created a DCP
Program Steering Committee with broad representation of the education
community to guide various aspects of the DCP initiative from network
design to content delivery.

CENIC is a not-for-profit corporation formed by the California Institute of
Technology, the California State University, Stanford University, the
University of California, and the University of Southern California to
facilitate and coordinate the deployment, development, and operation of a
set of seamless and robust advanced network services. The CENIC Associates
program offers qualified companies the opportunity to collaborate with
CENIC in pursuit of the goal of providing the most advanced network
services for research and education. Cisco Systems, IBM, Pacific Bell and
Sun Microsystems are CENIC's Founding Partner Associates; General Atomics
and Raytheon are Affiliate Associates.

CalREN-2 is the first project of the Corporation for Education Network
Initiatives in California (CENIC), founded in 1997 by California's major
research and academic universities. CENIC operates CalREN-2 for qualified
public and private sector institutions for research and learning purposes.
CalREN-2 is California's segment of the national Internet2 initiative and
is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.

In the 2000-2001 fiscal year, the State of California provided funding for
the Digital California Project, or DCP, which is CENIC's second project.
The DCP creates a cohesive and seamless advanced services network
interconnecting K-12 schools and institutions of higher education in
California.

More information about CENIC, the DCP, and the CENIC Associates program can
be found at http://www.cenic.org.

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Berkeley Multimedia, Interfaces, and Graphics Seminar
bmrc.berkeley.edu/mig

Perceptual Scheduling in Real-Time Music and Audio Applications
PhD Dissertation

April 18, 2001,
1:10-2:30 p.m. PST
Fujitsu Seminar Room (405 Soda Hall)

Amar Chaudhary
Computer Science Division - EECS
U.C. Berkeley

Academic research of computer music and commercial sound systems is
moving from special-purpose hardware towards software implementations on
general-purpose computers.

http://media2.bmrc.berkeley.edu/bibs/instance.cfm?prog=1&group=21&inst=628

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The seminar is broadcast live on the Internet Mbone and as a Real
Networks G2 broadcast.

You can connect to the live RealNetworks broadcast at:
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/bibs/cs298-5

You can also directly put in this url into the Real Player:
rtsp://media2.bmrc.berkeley.edu/encoder/cs298-5.rm

To do so you will need to have the "Real Player G2" installed, which is
available from:http://www.real.com/products/player/downloadrealplayer.html

To tune into the Internet MBone broadcast, look for the announcement in
your MBone session directory program ('sdr'), or you can visit:
http://imj.ucsb.edu/sdr-monitor/

You can get further information about this seminar, and access to
replays of previous seminars at
the MIG Seminar web page:

http://media2.bmrc.berkeley.edu/bibs/archive.cfm

Sponsored by the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center

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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:20:48 -0700
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Contact Information:
Stacie Pham
Amnis Systems, Inc.
(650) 855-0203

John McCoy
Bairey & Bedford Public Relations, LLC
(415) 789-8885

AMNIS SYSTEMS (FORMERLY OPTIVISION) SPONSORS INTERNET2 STREAMING VIDEO
APPLICATIONS

Network attached streaming video products deliver MPEG quality video over IP
networks

Palo Alto, Calif., April 16, 2001- Amnis Systems, Inc., (formerly
Optivision, Inc.), a leading global provider of networked streaming video
products, announced its corporate sponsorship of Internet2® at the recent
Internet2 Spring Members Meeting. Amnis has donated its network attached
MPEG streaming video appliance products for use in remote video presentation
events such as Internet2 Days, member meetings, and workgroup sessions. The
Amnis network video system products are used in mission critical broadband
network applications such as distance learning, training, content
distribution, surveillance, telemedicine and video collaboration.

"Amnis is pleased to support the efforts of Internet2 in deploying
applications in education to improve the learning experience for students",
said Michael Liccardo, Chairman, President and CEO of Amnis Systems, Inc.
"The Optivision brand of high quality streaming video products are currently
being used for research and interactive courses at a number of universities
including University of Central Florida, Oregon State, Kansas State,
University of Nebraska, and University of Hawaii and used to demonstrate the
industry's first multi-location video recording session using the Internet2
networks."

Amnis also sponsored the Internet2 International Task Force Reception during
the Internet2 Spring meeting. Heather Boyles, Director of International
Relations for Internet2 said, "The Internet2 International program aims to
ensure the continued global interoperability of advanced networks and
technologies and enables research and education through advanced network
applications on a worldwide basis. We are pleased that Amnis Systems is
sponsoring this event in support of regional and international
collaborations".

An example of new multimedia applications enabled by the combination of
broadband Internet technologies and network attached streaming video
products is the Health Science Initiatives at the University of Central
Florida. Amnis teamed with Dr. Jannick Rolland to demonstrate real time
visualizations of anatomical joint motions. "The stereoscopic video streams
are captured, compressed and streamed in real time using Amnis' MPEG over IP
products", commented Dr. Rolland. "By developing the virtual environments of
the future, our goal is to enhance the teaching and training environment for
health professionals, and possibly assist in remote guided surgery. We
require the broadcast quality video that is provided by the Amnis product
line."

About Internet2
Led by over 180 US universities working with industry and government,
Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and
technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of
tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnership of academia;
industry and government that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy.
For more information about Internet2, see: http://www.internet2.edu/.

About Amnis Systems Inc. (formerly Optivision, Inc.)
Amnis Systems Inc. (OTCBB: AMNM) is the dominant market leader in the
networked streaming video market. The company develops, manufactures and
delivers MPEG network video products for high-quality video creation,
management and distribution worldwide both directly and through leading
industry partners. Based in Palo Alto, California, Amnis products are used
in diverse applications such as distance learning, corporate training, video
courier services, telemedicine, surveillance and visual collaboration. For
more information about Amnis Systems Inc., visit www.amnisinc.com or visit
www.optivision.com, or phone 1-800-239-0600.

'Safe Harbor' statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: This release contains forward looking statements that are subject
to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the impact of
competitive products and pricing, product demand and market acceptance, new
product development, reliance on key strategic alliances, availability of
raw materials, the regulatory environment, fluctuations in operating results
and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Optivision, LivePlayer, and NAC are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Optivision, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.

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CALABASAS, Calif. (April 24, 2001) - Spirent Communications today announced
that the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) will use Adtech and
SmartBits performance analysis solutions as key test equipment for its new
state-of-the-art Internet Engineering Lab. The lab concentrates its research

on improving Internet (Layer 3) design and the overall management of
next-generation Internet networks, such as the CA*net3 and Abilene,
an Internet2 backbone network. Empowered Networks, Spirent's exclusive
Canadian
channel partner, will provide training and ongoing support for all Spirent
equipment. The lab officially opens June 11, 2001.

One of Canada's leading technology institutions, British Columbia-based BCIT
has established the research facility to simulate large-scale network
characteristics commonly found in the Internet core. IEL lab members perform
advance network device tests that address a range of issues such as Quality
of Service (QoS); network performance characteristics such as throughput,
latency, packet loss, etc.; routing policy; functionality; reliability;
resilience and conformance to standards. The BCIT Internet Engineering Lab
will use Spirent's IP, Routing, optical and VoIP performance and conformance
solutions to validate and measure the performance of manufacturers'
solutions.

"Nowhere else in Canada is there a lab open to both the commercial high-tech
industry and academia with the network equipment and infrastructure that the
Internet Engineering Lab can now offer," said Michael Hrybyk, director,
Group for Advanced Information Technology, BCIT. "The substantial equipment
donation by Spirent and Empowered Networks to the Internet Engineering Lab
will make it one of the most advanced network engineering facilities in
North America. The Spirent test equipment allows academic researchers,
high-tech developers, and Internet network engineers to undertake controlled
tests of various network designs."

Operating as a multi-vendor facility, the lab will be actively used by both
corporate and non-profit users including network equipment manufactures,
software vendors, ISPs, IS support groups and consultants, and research
faculties. The lab will be a major part of the emerging national research
network, CA*net3, sponsored by CANARIE. The network connects universities
across Canada, and engenders collaborative efforts in the area of advanced
Internets. The lab facility will be available for use via a firewall on the
Internet, and will be used as a testing environment for researchers from
other major Canadian universities to conduct remote studies.
"Spirent is committed to leveraging the most viable commercial technology
developments in advanced research communities such as the BCIT Internet
Engineering Lab" said Barry Phelps, president of Spirent Communications'
Performance Analysis division. "Spirent is proud to be associated with this
state-of-the-art testing facility that will help next generation network
equipment makers and operators save millions in support dollars by avoiding
service-related problems and empower management to build new technology in
today's networks for tomorrow's needs."

About Spirent Communications
Spirent Communications unites the best in performance analysis technology
with network operations expertise. The company's award winning products
and solutions enable customers to accelerate the development, deployment and
assurance of next-generation network equipment and services worldwide.
Spirent Communications designs and manufactures Adtech, DLS, Edgcumbe, GSS,
Hekimian, Net-HOPPER, SmartBits, TAS and Zarak products. More than 2,500
of the world's leading network and terminal equipment manufacturers,
network service providers, corporate enterprises and test laboratories rely
on Spirent's first-to-market products to verify and measure the performance
and services of networks and communications devices. For more information on
Spirent Communications or its products, visit the web site at
www.spirentcom.com.

Spirent plc is the parent of Spirent Communications. Spirent plc is quoted
on the London Stock Exchange, ticker SPT. The company operates a Level 1
American Depository Receipt program (ticker: SPNUY; CUSIP number:
84856M100). For information, contact Brian Heston, The Bank of New York,
American Depository Receipts, 101 Barclay St, 22 West, New York, N.Y.
10286, phone 212.815.3938, fax 212.571.3050, e-mail:
,
www.adrbny.com. Further information about Spirent plc can be found at
www.spirent.com.

Internet Engineering Lab Partners With Spirent Communications(tm)
BCIT's Internet Engineering Lab is an advanced Internet facility for applied
R&D in networking technologies. Focused on Internet (Layer 3) problems, the
lab concentrates largely on the study of design and management of next
generation Internet networks. The Internet Engineering Lab is a part of
BCIT's Group for Advanced Information Technology group (GAIT), which
actively assists organizations in developing next-generation products in the
emerging Information Technology sector. Among the group's pursuits is
applied research on the issues surrounding routing policies in the
Internet, particularly with the route registries and constraint-based
and multicast routing. For more information on BCIT's Internet Engineering
Lab,
please contact Amardeep Gill at 604.432.8920, by e-mail at

or visit www.tc.bcit.ca.

About Empowered Networks
Empowered Networks Inc. is a leading provider of network management and
performance solutions for e-business networks. These solutions form the
cornerstone of complex multi-service networks operated by many of the
world's largest service providers and businesses. Empowered Networks
delivers a unique combination of value-added services and best-in-class
products to network element manufacturers, service providers and large
enterprises in the Canadian market and internationally through carefully
selected partnerships. For more information on Empowered Networks, contact
Brent Ness at (403) 291-4040, by e-mail at
,
or visit our Website at www.empowerednetworks.com.

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CALABASAS, Calif. (April 24, 2001) -
Spirent Communications today announced
 that the British Columbia Institute of
Technology (BCIT) will use Adtech and
 SmartBits performance analysis solutions
as key test equipment for its new
 state-of-the-art Internet Engineering
Lab. The lab concentrates its research 
 on improving Internet (Layer 3) design
and the overall management of 
 next-generation Internet networks, such
as the CA*net3 and Abilene, 
 an Internet2 backbone network. 
Empowered Networks, Spirent's exclusive Canadian
 channel partner, will provide training
and ongoing support for all Spirent 
 equipment. The lab officially opens June
11, 2001.


One of Canada's leading technology
institutions, British Columbia-based BCIT
 has established the research facility
to  simulate large-scale network
 characteristics commonly found in the
Internet core. IEL lab members perform
 advance network device tests that address
a range of issues such as Quality
 of Service (QoS); network performance
characteristics such as throughput,
 latency, packet loss, etc.; routing
policy; functionality; reliability;
 resilience and  conformance to
standards.  The BCIT Internet Engineering Lab
 will use Spirent's IP, Routing, optical
and VoIP performance and conformance
 solutions to validate and measure the
performance of manufacturers'
 solutions.


"Nowhere else in Canada is there a
lab open to both the commercial high-tech
 industry and academia with the network
equipment and infrastructure that the
 Internet Engineering Lab can now
offer," said Michael Hrybyk, director,
 Group for  Advanced Information
Technology, BCIT. "The substantial equipment
 donation by Spirent and Empowered
Networks to  the Internet Engineering Lab
 will make it one of the most advanced
network engineering facilities in
 North America. The  Spirent test
equipment allows academic researchers,
 high-tech developers, and Internet
network engineers to undertake controlled
 tests of various network
designs."


Operating as a multi-vendor facility, the
lab will be actively used by both
 corporate and non-profit users including
network  equipment manufactures,
 software vendors, ISPs, IS support groups
and consultants, and research
 faculties. The lab will  be a major
part of the emerging national research
 network, CA*net3, sponsored by CANARIE.
The network connects  universities
 across Canada, and engenders
collaborative efforts in the area of advanced
 Internets. The lab facility will be 
available for use via a firewall on the
 Internet, and will be used as a testing
environment for researchers from
 other major  Canadian
universities  to conduct remote studies.
 "Spirent is committed to leveraging
the most viable commercial technology
 developments in advanced research 
communities such as the BCIT Internet
 Engineering Lab" said Barry Phelps,
president of Spirent Communications'
 Performance Analysis division. 
"Spirent is proud to be associated with this
 state-of-the-art testing facility that
will help  next generation network
 equipment makers and operators save
millions in support dollars by avoiding
 service-related  problems and
empower management to build new technology in
 today's networks for tomorrow's
needs."


About Spirent Communications
 Spirent Communications unites the best in
performance analysis technology
 with network operations expertise. 
The  company's award winning products
 and solutions enable customers to
accelerate the development, deployment and
 assurance of next-generation network
equipment and services worldwide.
 Spirent Communications designs and
manufactures Adtech, DLS, Edgcumbe, GSS,
 Hekimian, Net-HOPPER, SmartBits, 
TAS and Zarak products.  More than 2,500
 of the world's leading network and
terminal equipment manufacturers,
 network service providers, corporate
enterprises and test laboratories rely
 on Spirent's first-to-market products to
verify  and measure the performance
 and services of networks and
communications devices. For more information on
 Spirent  Communications or its
products, visit the web site at
 www.spirentcom.com.


Spirent plc is the parent of Spirent
Communications. Spirent plc is quoted
 on the London Stock Exchange, ticker SPT.
The company operates a Level 1
 American Depository Receipt program
(ticker: SPNUY; CUSIP number:
 84856M100).  For information,
contact Brian Heston, The Bank of New York,
 American Depository Receipts, 101 
Barclay St, 22 West, New York, N.Y.
 10286, phone 212.815.3938, fax
212.571.3050, e-mail: 
,
 www.adrbny.com.  Further information
about Spirent plc can be found at
 www.spirent.com.

 

Internet Engineering Lab Partners With
Spirent Communications(tm)
 BCIT's Internet Engineering Lab is an
advanced Internet facility for applied
 R&D in networking technologies.
Focused on  Internet (Layer 3) problems, the
 lab concentrates largely on the study of
design and management of next
 generation  Internet networks. The
Internet Engineering Lab is a part of
 BCIT's Group for Advanced Information
Technology group  (GAIT), which
 actively assists organizations in
developing next-generation products in the
 emerging Information  Technology
sector. Among the group's pursuits is
 applied research on the issues
surrounding routing policies in the
 Internet, particularly with the route
registries and constraint-based 
 and multicast routing. For more
information on BCIT's  Internet Engineering Lab,
 please contact Amardeep Gill at
604.432.8920, by e-mail at


 or visit www.tc.bcit.ca.


About Empowered Networks
 Empowered Networks Inc. is a leading
provider of network management and
 performance solutions for e-business
networks. These solutions form the
 cornerstone of complex multi-service
networks operated by many of the
 world's largest service providers and
businesses. Empowered Networks
 delivers a unique combination of
value-added services and best-in-class
 products to network element
manufacturers, service providers and large
 enterprises in the Canadian market and
internationally through carefully
 selected partnerships. For more
information on Empowered Networks, contact
 Brent Ness at (403) 291-4040, by e-mail
at
,
 or visit our Website at 
www.empowerednetworks.com.


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AmericasPATH (AMPATH) Project
Request for Application Information
American researchers and their international research collaborators...we
need your help on behalf of a brand new research and education Internet
called AMPATH! Not familiar with AMPATH? See the Background section at the
end of this announcement.
Purpose of Request: We are soliciting high-performance network dependent
application information from all potential AMPATH users, whether through
membership in AMPATH, or the need / desire to collaborate with researchers
and educators in the AMPATH service area (meaning our potential users could
be anywhere in the world). Your >assistance (as soon as possible!) will
help identify the universities and research centers in the AMPATH service
area who require, or would take advantage of, high-performance connectivity
to research institutions in the US and worldwide if it were available.

We are compiling this information to help justify the design and
implementation of an adequate networking infrastructure between the US and
Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean (the AMPATH network
service area), to US funding agencies as well as AMPATH's corporate
sponsors. Your response may help substantiate the need for high-performance
networking from these countries through Miami, where we plan to aggregate
traffic before forwarding to STAR TAP, the NSF-funded next-generation
Internet exchange (NGIX) in Chicago. Currently, funding has not been
identified for application development, but we hope that productive
collaborations will lead to funding in the future.

Information Requested: For now, we only need you to identify either existing
projects or potential projects with international collaborators in the US,
Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada, Asia or Europe,
and respond immediately via e-mail.

Please provide the following information to the best of your ability and
return to Heidi Alvarez
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<mailto:>>
:

Project Title:

Contact Person(s) (Individual, Institution, city, country, email) :

Potential Collaborators (including contact people) (Individual,
Institution, city, country, email) :

Project URL (if one exists) :

Application Description (1-2 paragraphs):

Application Type (select one):

___ Biology
___ Computer, Information Sciences
___ Education
___ Engineering
___ Geosciences
___ Math, Physical Sciences
___ Polar Research
___ Social, Behavioral Sciences
___ Other (please explain)

Network Information If known, what research networks do you want to access
(In Latin America and the Caribbean? In the USA? In other countries)?

What are your bandwidth requirements?

Thanks!

Heidi Alvarez
AMPATH Coordinator
Florida International University

Background: Florida International University (FIU) and Global Crossing have
developed a high-performance networking project called AMPATH to connect
Latin American and Caribbean Research and Education networks to STAR TAP
<www.startap.net <http://www.startap.net>>, where they can peer with US
Federal networks <www.ngi.gov <http://www.ngi.gov>> as well as Internet2's
Abilene network <www.internet2.edu <http://www.internet2.edu>>. AMPATH's
goal is to facilitate research collaboration between this region and the
rest of the world. AMPATH operates by forming agreements with National
Research Networks (NRNs), who in turn connect universities and research
centers within their countries. Global Crossing has donated ten DS3 (45
Mbps) circuits to FIU for this project, which are designated for donation to
participating NRNs. More details are available on the AMPATH website
<www.ampath.fiu.edu <http://www.ampath.fiu.edu>>. Currently two NRNs have
entered into agreements with FIU to receive a donated DS3 for 3 years: REUNA
in Chile and RNP2 in Brazil. We are in the process of forming agreements
with NRNs in Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and Mexico. The
United States Virgin Islands is also slated to receive a DS3. The
University of Puerto Rico and the Arecibo Observatory will connect using a
purchased DS3 and we are in discussion with other observatories in the
region to participate in AMPATH. NRNs in countries outside of the current
AMPATH service area are encouraged to participate; however, they must obtain
their own circuit to connect to the AMPATH PoP in Miami.

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