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BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE SEEKS NETWORK APPLICATIONS TO STRETCH 
HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE

Qwest Communications sponsors prizes for most daring networking at SC2002

May 28, 2002--SC2002, the conference for high performance networking and 
computing, will be the site of this year's High-Performance Bandwidth 
Challenge, an annual competition for leading-edge network applications 
developed by teams of researchers from around the world.

The competition will take place live on the SC2002 show floor in 
Baltimore using SCinet, the state-of-art, on-site network designed and 
built especially for the annual SC conference. SCinet  will make 
available over 15 gigabits per second of wide area network 
connectivity--nearly 300,000 times more than a typical modem--to the 
competitors, establishing the SC conference as one of the best connected 
locations on the planet.

"The High-Performance Bandwidth Challenge provides a showcase for the 
technologies and people that provide the networking capabilities that 
are crucial to supercomputing," said Dennis Duke of Florida State 
University and chair of SCinet. "This competition also provides an 
opportunity to demonstrate innovative network applications across all 
disciplines."

The High-Performance Bandwidth Challenge is sponsored by Qwest 
Communications. Those planning to participate in the challenge must 
submit a statement of intent by July 12 and a full proposal by August 2.

"The bandwidth challenge was designed to test the limits of network 
capabilities, and past events have showcased multi-gigabit-per second 
demonstrations never before thought possible," said Wesley Kaplow, CTO 
for Qwest's Government Services Division. "As a state-of -the-art 
network services provider, Qwest is proud to be involved in an event 
that gives attendees a preview of how leading-edge networks are shaping 
the of future of scientific research."

Award winners at last year's High-Performance Bandwidth Challenge 
included a team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley 
National Laboratory, with collaborators in Illinois and Germany. The 
team used 3.3 gigabits per second of network capacity to access 
supercomputing resources in Berkeley, CA, and Champaign, IL to create a 
real-time visualization of a simulated collision between two black 
holes. Another of last year's  was an intercontinental collaborative 
performance organized by the University of Florida's Digital Worlds 
Institute and featuring dancers in Denver, Minneapolis and Florida 
accompanied by musicians in Brazil. The third winner was a  team from 
the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the University of California at 
San Diego that used the network to remotely operate an electron microscope.
For more information about this year's High-Performance Bandwidth 
Challenge, see:
http://scinet.supercomp.org/bwc/2002-first-announce.htm

About SC2002
SC2002 brings together scientists, engineers, systems administrators, 
programmers, and managers to share ideas and glimpse the future of high 
performance networking and computing, data analysis and management, 
visualization, and computational modeling. This year, SC will highlight 
how we can use our evolving cyberinfrastructure to tap into terabytes of 
data to gain insight into creating a world that is safer, healthier and 
better educated. The conference is sponsored by the Institute of 
Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society and by the 
Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer 
Architecture.
For more, see http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2002.

About SCinet
SCinet, the state-of-art, on-site network designed and built especially 
for the annual SC conference, enables a rich environment for real-time 
demonstrations, communications, and collaboration. SCinet works with 
applications developers who attempt demonstrations using most or all of 
the bandwidth provided. A high-speed network testbed provides access to 
major national networks and testbeds, and a virtual conference 
capability with international participants. As in prior years, an elite 
team of researchers, exhibitors, communications carriers, and networking 
equipment suppliers will work with talented volunteers from 
universities, government and industry to assemble and operate SCinet. 
For more information, see:
http://scinet.supercomp.org/

About Qwest
Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leader in 
reliable, scalable and secure broadband data, voice and image 
communications for businesses and consumers. The Qwest Macro Capacity(R) 
Fiber Network, designed with the newest optical networking equipment for 
speed and efficiency, spans more than 113,000 miles globally. For more 
information, please visit the Qwest Web site at www.qwest.com.

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