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Dutch SURFnet and Internet2's Abilene connect via Gigabit Ethernet

Chicago--November 15, 2001--A new transatlantic high-performance internet
connection today joined the research and education communities in the
Netherlands and the U.S. at gigabit speed.

The upgraded connection between SURFnet, the advanced research and
higher education network in the Netherlands, and Abilene, an
Internet2(R) backbone network serving over 200 universities and research
centers in the United States, will enable applications such as
TV-quality videoconferencing, MPEG2 video streaming, data mining and
remote collaboration between researchers, teachers and students in the
US and the Netherlands. The connection was established through
StarLight(sm), a National Science Foundation funded project providing a
Gigabit Ethernet-based interconnection point for national research
networks from around the world.

SURFnet and Internet2 have worked together since 1998 to provide
connectivity and promote collaboration between the advanced networking
initiatives of the U.S. and the Netherlands.

"With the introduction of dark fiber in the local loop and Gigabit
Ethernet switches as interconnect points, global research networking is
entering a new phase," said Kees Neggers, Managing Director of SURFnet.

"This new Gigabit Ethernet connectivity marks an important milestone
where connections between the United States and Europe are no longer
bottlenecks for researchers using advanced network applications," said
Steve Corbato, Director of Backbone Network Infrastructure for Internet2.

The new connection between SURFnet and Abilene will utilize two 622
megabit per second connections SURFnet has acquired between the
Netherlands and its new Chicago based Point of Presence. The new
Abilene-SURFnet peering marks the first connection of StarLight to the
Abilene network via Gigabit Ethernet.

About Internet2(R)
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 partnerships 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 SURFnet
SURFnet operates and innovates the national research network, to which
200 institutions in higher education and research in the Netherlands are
connected. To remain in the lead SURFnet puts in a sustained effort to
improve the infrastructure and to develop new applications in order to
give users faster and better access to new Internet services. In the
context of GigaPort--a project of the Dutch Government, the business
community, educational institutions and research centers--SURFnet has
recently launched a new network, SURFnet5, which is among the best
research networks in the world, offering its users at Universities,
polytechnics, research centers and similar institutions both native IPv4
and native IPv6 connectivity via 10Gbit/s wide area lambda's. It also
offers businesses the opportunity to develop next generation Internet
applications. For more information about SURFnet, see: www.surfnet.nl.

About StarLight
StarLight(sm) is an advanced optical infrastructure and proving ground
for network services optimized for high-performance applications. It is
being built in parallel with STAR TAP(sm), the Chicago-based
international, interconnection point that has facilitated the long-term
interconnection and interoperability of advanced international
networking since 1997. StarLight is being developed by University of
Illinois at Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory, the
International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) at
Northwestern University, and the Mathematics and Computer Science
Division at Argonne National Laboratory, in partnership with Canada's
CANARIE and Holland's SURFnet. StarLight and STAR TAP are funded by the
National Science Foundation. For more information, see
http://www.startap.net/starlight/

Contacts:
Greg Wood
Internet2

202-331-5360

Sandra Passchier
SURFnet

+31 302 305 305



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ITEC-Ohio Leads Statewide Effort to Develop Satellite, Wireless Technologies
November 27, 28 Columbus Ohio
For Information Contact:
Dan Downing
Communications Manager
OARnet/ITEC-Ohio
614-728-8100 x.228

COLUMBUS, Ohio   A Columbus-based technology development center is leading 
the statewide effort to test and evaluate new technologies used in 
satellite and wireless communications. The Internet2 Technology Evaluation 
Center of Ohio (ITEC-Ohio), will host the Windows On The Future Conference, 
which will showcase advances by Ohio researchers in satellite and wireless 
communications.

Don Hilderman, of the NASA Glenn Research Center Space Communications 
Office will deliver the keynote speech discussing innovations and future 
trends in space communications at NASA. NASA-Glenn will have its 
Transportable Earth Station (TES) at the event. Developed by NREN/NASA 
Glenn, the TES provides temporary network connectivity to support high data 
rate networking experiments into remote areas where terrestrial 
connectivity is poor or non-existent.

The conference will also feature a demonstration by the American Distance 
Education ConsortiumADECand a Tachyon satellite dish. Tachyon Inc., is a 
global wireless Internet service provider. ADEC is a national consortium of 
60 state and land grant institutions providing economic and distance 
education programs and services via Internet satellite links to 
institutions such as tribal colleges, historically black colleges, and 
Hispanic serving institutions, which are geographically remote and far 
removed from terrestrial Internet connectivity (land lines).

ITEC-Ohio Director Pankaj Shah said connectivity to remote and underserved 
regions is an on-going problem throughout the country. "Many people are 
attempting to overcome this through various technical and social solutions, 
and this conference will highlight successful projects, as well as future 
developments of these technologies," Shah said. "With demonstrations by 
NASA-Glenn, ADEC and Tachyon, attendees will be able to experience the 
wireless long haul connections," he said.

Shah said that nationally ITEC-Ohio is also part of a research consortium 
called the "A-Team," which includes Spirent Communications, North 
Carolina-ITEC, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the San 
Diego Supercomputer Center, which are all linked through a wide area test 
bed. ITEC-Ohio has state of the art network test equipment from Spirent 
Communications, as well as in-house test platforms that allow statistical 
and hardbound analysis of network traffic.

Cyber terrorism and Internet security are also on the conference agenda. 
OARnet Director Douglas S. Gale said that although the Sept. 11 terrorist 
attacks brought the threat of terrorism into America's homes, the threat of 
cyber terrorism continues to threaten our institutions and  our nation's 
economy. "This conference will demonstrate some of the weaknesses in 
today's satellite and wireless technologies, and provide solutions on how 
to counter these weaknesses," Gale said. OARnet is a technology initiative 
of the Ohio Board of Regents, and the parent agency of ITEC-Ohio.

Participants from several major Ohio universities will discuss their 
research and findings in satellite and wireless communications, and 
distance education during the conference. They include: Richard Beck from 
the University of Cincinnati; Hans Krus from Ohio University; Thomas 
Gaylord from the University of Akron; Hassan Peyravi from Kent State 
University; Bin Wang from Wright State University; and Umit Ozguner and 
Arjan Durresi from Ohio State University.

Jesse Jones, Director of the Department of Technology for the City of 
Columbus, will open the conference on Tuesday evening.

One of the primary goals of ITEC-Ohio is to stimulate research and 
development in advanced networking technologies, and support the transfer 
of these technologies into products and services for the general public. As 
a regional center for advanced communications and engineering within the 
Internet2 community, the ITEC-Ohio consortium takes advantage of the 
concentration of universities and research organizations in the state that 
are conducting research in Quality of Service, telemedicine, virtual 
laboratories, remote shared resources, distance learning, digital 
libraries, multi-media, and distributed computing.

For those who can not attend, the Windows On The Future Conference will be 
streamed live on the Internet at www.itecohio.org.

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Develop Satellite, Wireless Technologies<br>
November 27, 28 Columbus Ohio<br>
For Information Contact:<br>
Dan Downing<br>
Communications Manager<br>
OARnet/ITEC-Ohio<br>
614-728-8100 x.228<br>
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COLUMBUS,</b> Ohio&nbsp;&nbsp; A Columbus-based technology development
center is leading the statewide effort to test and evaluate new
technologies used in satellite and wireless communications. The Internet2
Technology Evaluation Center of Ohio (ITEC-Ohio), will host the Windows
On The Future Conference, which will showcase advances by Ohio
researchers in satellite and wireless communications.<br>
<br>
Don Hilderman, of the NASA Glenn Research Center Space Communications
Office will deliver the keynote speech discussing innovations and future
trends in space communications at NASA. NASA-Glenn will have its
Transportable Earth Station (TES) at the event. Developed by NREN/NASA
Glenn, the TES provides temporary network connectivity to support high
data rate networking experiments into remote areas where terrestrial
connectivity is poor or non-existent.&nbsp; <br>
<br>
The conference will also feature a demonstration by the American Distance
Education ConsortiumADECand a Tachyon satellite dish. Tachyon Inc., is a
global wireless Internet service provider. ADEC is a national consortium
of 60 state and land grant institutions providing economic and distance
education programs and services via Internet satellite links to
institutions such as tribal colleges, historically black colleges, and
Hispanic serving institutions, which are geographically remote and far
removed from terrestrial Internet connectivity (land lines). <br>
<br>
ITEC-Ohio Director Pankaj Shah said connectivity to remote and
underserved regions is an on-going problem throughout the country. “Many
people are attempting to overcome this through various technical and
social solutions, and this conference will highlight successful projects,
as well as future developments of these technologies,” Shah said. “With
demonstrations by NASA-Glenn, ADEC and Tachyon, attendees will be able to
experience the wireless long haul connections,&quot; he said.<br>
<br>
Shah said that nationally ITEC-Ohio is also part of a research consortium
called the “A-Team,” which includes Spirent Communications, North
Carolina-ITEC, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the San
Diego Supercomputer Center, which are all linked through a wide area test
bed. ITEC-Ohio has state of the art network test equipment from Spirent
Communications, as well as in-house test platforms that allow statistical
and hardbound analysis of network traffic.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
Cyber terrorism and Internet security are also on the conference agenda.
OARnet Director Douglas S. Gale said that although the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks brought the threat of terrorism into America’s homes, the threat
of cyber terrorism continues to threaten our institutions and&nbsp; our
nation’s economy. “This conference will demonstrate some of the
weaknesses in today's satellite and wireless technologies, and provide
solutions on how to counter these weaknesses,” Gale said. OARnet is a
technology initiative of the Ohio Board of Regents, and the parent agency
of ITEC-Ohio.<br>
<br>
Participants from several major Ohio universities will discuss their
research and findings in satellite and wireless communications, and
distance education during the conference. They include: Richard Beck from
the University of Cincinnati; Hans Krus from Ohio University; Thomas
Gaylord from the University of Akron; Hassan Peyravi from Kent State
University; Bin Wang from Wright State University; and Umit Ozguner and
Arjan Durresi from Ohio State University.<br>
<br>
Jesse Jones, Director of the Department of Technology for the City of
Columbus, will open the conference on Tuesday evening.<br>
<br>
One of the primary goals of ITEC-Ohio is to stimulate research and
development in advanced networking technologies, and support the transfer
of these technologies into products and services for the general public.
As a regional center for advanced communications and engineering within
the Internet2 community, the ITEC-Ohio consortium takes advantage of the
concentration of universities and research organizations in the state
that are conducting research in Quality of Service, telemedicine, virtual
laboratories, remote shared resources, distance learning, digital
libraries, multi-media, and distributed computing.<br>
<br>
For those who can not attend, the Windows On The Future Conference will
be streamed live on the Internet at
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November 28, 2001

Contact
Laura Wolf
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
University of Illinois at Chicago


UIC Scientists Launch Terra Wide Data Mining Project

The wordplay in Robert Grossman's Terra Wide Data Mining Testbed project 
title is the first hint at the scale and scope of the datasets he manages. 
Tera is the mathematical prefix meaning one trillion; terra is Latin for 
the earth. Applied to data transfer terms, Grossman's Terra Wide project, 
launched this month at the SC conference in Denver, Colorado, is aimed at 
remotely exploring globally held terabyte datasets in real time.

Grossman and his University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) colleague Jason 
Leigh accessed, correlated and then visualized data generated from a 
variety of datasets, including earth science data from the National Center 
for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), El Nino data from the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and cholera data from the World Health 
Organization (WHO).

The underlying aim of the technology behind the testbed is to provide 
scientists a means to data mine and correlate datasets from different 
organizations to make new discoveries. "Researchers may be able to find a 
correlation between global weather patterns and the spread of diseases by 
correlating data from NCAR and the WHO," said Grossman.

The demonstration also showcased PC-based clusters called TeraNodes, now 
gradually being deployed throughout the world, which will be dedicated to 
massive computation, data mining or visualization over national and 
international high performance networks. In coming years, as optical 
technology transforms networking capabilities, TeraNodes will become the 
building blocks for an optically connected web of data.

The SC testbed correlated and visualized WHO and NCAR data replicated onto 
the testbed. There are TeraNodes in Chicago (at UIC), Amsterdam (at SARA, 
Holland's supercomputer center), Halifax (Dalhousie University), Denver 
(the SC show floor), London (Imperial College of Science, Technology and 
Medicine), Virginia (Virginia Tech and ACCESS DC), Michigan (Internet2), 
California (UC Davis) and Pennsylvania (University of Pennsylvania).

Given the large and growing scientific and engineering data resources 
available on the web, there is a growing need for an easy-to-use data web 
infrastructure. DataSpace, an open-standards-based system for working with 
data over the web, is Grossman's attempt to provide such an infrastructure.

"DataSpace provides a new way for scientists and engineers to work with 
each others' data," said Grossman. "If organizations publish their data in 
the Dataspace format, many others could potentially make use of it."

The Terra Wide Data Mining Testbed is an infrastructure built on top of 
DataSpace for remote analysis, distributed data mining, and real-time 
exploration of scientific, engineering, defense, business, and other 
complex data. Tera mining applications are designed to exploit the 
capabilities provided by emerging domestic and international optical 
networks so that gigabyte and terabyte datasets can be remotely explored in 
real time.

Leigh, a scientific visualization expert from UIC's Electronic 
Visualization Laboratory, and Grossman, head of UIC's National Center for 
Data Mining, are collaborating to develop such tera mining applications. 
Their partnership is a natural extension of their research interests. Both 
work with data-intensive, very-high-bandwidth applications that test even 
the most advanced networks. Both need to cull specific data from massive 
datasets stored in widely distributed facilities. Both are seeking a means 
for researchers to accelerate scientific discovery.

The optical Terra Wide Testbed is now being built in parallel with another 
UIC-managed project, StarLight(SM). StarLight is an advanced optical 
infrastructure and proving ground for network services optimized for 
high-performance applications, with major funding provided by the National 
Science Foundation. It is being developed by UIC's Electronic Visualization 
Laboratory, the International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) 
at Northwestern University, and the Mathematics and Computer Science 
Division at Argonne National Laboratory, in partnership with Canada's 
CANARIE and Holland's SURFnet.

www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/teranode
www.dataspaceweb.org
www.startap.net/starlight

About EVL http://www.evl.uic.edu
The Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at 
Chicago is the nation's oldest interdisciplinary art and computer science 
graduate laboratory offering degrees in electronic visualization. Since 
inventing the CAVE(R) Virtual Reality Theater in 1991, EVL's focus has been 
the development and deployment of software, hardware, networking and 
communications tools in support of collaborative tele-immersive 
virtual-reality applications. EVL receives significant funding from the 
National Science Foundation to manage projects in support of long-term 
interconnection and interoperability of advanced international networking.

About NCDM http://www.ncdm.uic.edu/
The National Center for Data Mining at the University of Illinois at 
Chicago was established in 1998 to serve as a national resource for high 
performance and distributed data mining. NCDM is a co-founding member of 
the Data Mining Group (DMG), which develops the Predictive Model Markup 
Language (PMML) and related standards, runs two data mining testbeds (the 
Terabyte Challenge and the Terra Wide Data Mining Testbed), and has an 
active outreach program. NCDM is supported by the National Science 
Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 
and its industrial partners.

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