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NSF Provides $3.7 Million For NCSA-based Distributed Applications 
Support Team

CHAMPAIGN, IL, July 10, 2002--The National Science Foundation (NSF) has 
 awarded $3.7 million to the National Laboratory for Applied Network 
Research (NLANR) Distributed Applications Support Team (DAST) to 
continue providing technical support, tools development, and community 
education to the NSF-funded high-performance networking and applications 
communities.

The award is a three-year extension of the original NLANR/DAST program, 
which began in 1997 to help scientists and engineers make the most of 
distributed applications designed to run on high-performance grids. The 
NLANR/DAST team is located at the National Center for Supercomputing 
Application (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and 
is one of three NLANR teams. NLANR is an NSF-funded collaboration that 
provides technical, engineering, and traffic analysis support for NSF's 
High Performance Connections sites and for projects involving NSF-funded 
high-performance networking infrastructure.

NLANR/DAST supports researchers who use the resources of 
high-performance networks and the middleware-based grid environments 
that depend on these networks. The team members provide aid at every 
level of an application developer's project. They maintain tools for 
measuring network performance, build distributed applications, and 
assist others developing distributed applications. The team has offered 
training and demonstrations across the country on NLANR-developed tools 
such as Iperf (http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/), and Netlog
(http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/#netlog).

"We welcome the challenges of working with researchers to harness 
high-performance networks and grid-enabled computing environments and of
building on our strong history of assisting scientists and engineers," 
said John Towns, principal investigator for NLANR/DAST and director of 
NCSA's Scientific Computing division. "Our continued activities in the 
development of tools, applications support, training, and 
community-building will help bring emerging grid technologies to the 
academic research community to solve a whole new class of scientific 
problems."

The next stage of NLANR/DAST will include developing and extending tools
for both high-bandwidth optical networks and low-bandwidth wireless
networks. The new award will also allow NLANR/DAST  to evolve from a 
team focused on specific projects into an organization that supports 
network engineers and application scientists worldwide who use 
high-performance networks for science and engineering. In addition, the 
team plans to expand outreach efforts among groups newly funded by the 
NSF so that these groups know how important networking technologies are 
to their work.

Jim Ferguson, co-principal investigator and day-to-day manager of
NLANR/DAST activities at NCSA said, "as communities of users develop to
take advantage of grids in scientific and engineering disciplines,
NLANR/DAST is uniquely positioned to assist in the implementation and 
usage of new middleware as it becomes available."

About NLANR
The National Laboratory for Applied Network Research is an NSF-supported
collaboration to provide technical, engineering and traffic analysis
support for NSF's High Performance Connections sites. NLANR major
activities are performed by three teams: a distributed applications 
support team based at the University of Illinois' National Center for
Supercomputing Applications; a measurement and analysis team based at 
the San Diego Supercomputer Center; and a networking engineering support 
team based at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. John Towns, NCSA 
division director for scientific computing, is the PI for the NLANR 
Distributed Applications Support Team. For more information, see 
http://www.nlanr.net

About NCSA
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a leader in developing and
deploying cutting-edge high-performance computing, networking, and
information technologies. NCSA is a partner in the TeraGrid project, a
National Science Foundation initiative to build and deploy the world's
largest, fastest, most comprehensive, distributed infrastructure for 
open scientific research. NCSA also leads the National Computational 
Science Alliance (Alliance), a partnership to prototype an advanced 
computational infrastructure for the 21st century that includes more 
than 50 academic, government, and industry research partners. The NSF 
Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI) program 
funds the Alliance. In addition to the NSF, NCSA receives support from 
the state of Illinois, the University of Illinois, private sector 
partners, and other federal agencies. For more information, see 
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/.


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CENIC NGI Roundtable
Innovative First Mile Strategies Workshop
October 9, 2002
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS


CENIC is now accepting presentation abstracts for the NGI Roundtable 
Workshop: Innovative First Mile Strategies.  The workshop will take place 
October 9, 2002 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.

Instead of waiting for the "last mile" to get to users, the "first mile" 
provides a user-oriented, proactive view of advancing access to significant 
broadband resources.

CENIC's Next Generation Internet (NGI) Roundtable addresses critical 
technical, policy, financial and organization challenges facing the 
delivery of 1 Gigabit broadband to all Californians by 2010.  The 
Innovative First Mile Strategies workshop will bring together the interests 
of research, education, commerce, state and local government and the 
general public to address the issues surrounding the implementation of 
robust end-to-end broadband capabilities to every education institution, 
business and home in California.

Proposals from individuals and companies with innovative "first mile" 
solutions and strategies for ubiquitous broadband deployment will be 
considered. Areas of interest include strategies for wire line, wireless, 
satellite, and cable broadband deployment.

**How to Submit**

For consideration, proposals must contain with the following information:
> Presentation title
> Abstract (not to exceed 250 words)
> Company name
> Speaker name
> Speaker title
> Speaker biography
> Address, phone, fax, e-mail address of speaker
> PR or MarCom contact  (include phone, fax, and e-mail)

Proposals should be submitted electronically to: 


**Proposal Deadline: August 6, 2002. **

All presentation proposals will be kept confidential.

**Notification **

Notification of proposal status will be made by August 19, 2002.

**Tabletop Displays**

In addition to the presentations, a limited number of tabletop displays are 
available for interested groups.  For more information about reserving a 
tabletop display, contact Molly Petrick, NGI Roundtable Director, at 
.

**For More Information**

For questions or more information on the CENIC NGI Roundtable, please see 
http://www.cenic.org/NGI or send email to .

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<font face="Courier New, Courier">CENIC NGI Roundtable<br>
Innovative First Mile Strategies Workshop<br>
October 9, 2002<br>
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA<br><br>
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<br><br>
<br>
CENIC is now accepting presentation abstracts for the NGI Roundtable
Workshop: Innovative First Mile Strategies.&nbsp; The workshop will take
place October 9, 2002 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.<br><br>
Instead of waiting for the “last mile” to get to users, the “first mile”
provides a user-oriented, proactive view of advancing access to
significant broadband resources.<br><br>
CENIC's Next Generation Internet (NGI) Roundtable addresses critical
technical, policy, financial and organization challenges facing the
delivery of 1 Gigabit broadband to all Californians by 2010.&nbsp; The
Innovative First Mile Strategies workshop will bring together the
interests of research, education, commerce, state and local government
and the general public to address the issues surrounding the
implementation of robust end-to-end broadband capabilities to every
education institution, business and home in California.<br><br>
Proposals from individuals and companies with innovative “first mile”
solutions and strategies for ubiquitous broadband deployment will be
considered. Areas of interest include strategies for wire line, wireless,
satellite, and cable broadband deployment.<br><br>
**How to Submit**<br><br>
For consideration, proposals must contain with the following
information:<br>
&gt; Presentation title <br>
&gt; Abstract (not to exceed 250 words)<br>
&gt; Company name <br>
&gt; Speaker name <br>
&gt; Speaker title <br>
&gt; Speaker biography <br>
&gt; Address, phone, fax, e-mail address of speaker <br>
&gt; PR or MarCom contact&nbsp; (include phone, fax, and e-mail)
<br><br>
Proposals should be submitted electronically to: 

<br><br>
**Proposal Deadline: August 6, 2002. **<br><br>
All presentation proposals will be kept confidential.<br><br>
**Notification **<br><br>
Notification of proposal status will be made by August 19, 2002.
<br><br>
**Tabletop Displays**<br><br>
In addition to the presentations, a limited number of tabletop displays
are available for interested groups.&nbsp; For more information about
reserving a tabletop display, contact Molly Petrick, NGI Roundtable
Director, at 
.<br><br>
**For More Information**<br><br>
For questions or more information on the CENIC NGI Roundtable, please see
<a href="http://www.cenic.org/NGI"; 
eudora="autourl">http://www.cenic.org/NGI</a>
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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2002

CONTACTS:
Thomas W. West, President
CENIC
Voice:  562.346.2280
Email:  


Julie M. Van Fleet
Voice:  619.276.0090
Email:   


CENIC Board selects first chief operations officer

Los Alamitos, CA  The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in 
California (CENIC) has announced the selection of James Dolgonas to serve 
as its chief operations officer.  CENIC, a not-for-profit consortium 
founded by California's higher education community, is a global leader in 
the development and implementation of the next generation of network services.

With over 25 years of management and executive experience in all facets of 
higher education information technology, Dolgonas has the essential 
compliment of skills and experience to work collaboratively and creatively 
with CENIC's charter associates as well as state and national 
constituencies.  His university-wide project leadership in policy and 
strategic planning will be invaluable as CENIC enters into its sixth year 
of operation.  Dolgonas' appointment began July 15, 2002.

Most recently, Dolgonas was the assistant vice president for information 
systems and computing in the Office of the President of the University of 
California system.

CENIC president/executive director Tom West stated, "Jim brings a wealth of 
skills and expertise to help implement a set of bold, new initiatives to 
sustain California's legacy as the center of the digital universe.  As 
CENIC enters its sixth year, Jim's experience will be of enormous benefit 
in navigating the inherently challenging environment that brings together 
higher education and K-12 communities, public and private research 
organizations, and government partners.  Moreover, Dolgonas' will be a huge 
asset as we chart a roadmap for an evolutionary statewide broadband 
infrastructure to serve these diverse constituencies."

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.  Cisco Systems, 
Nortel Networks, and Pacific Bell are CENIC's Associate Partners.

More information about CENIC can be found at www.cenic.org.

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<font face="Courier New, Courier">PRESS RELEASE <br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br>
July 23, 2002<br><br>
CONTACTS:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
Thomas W. West, President<br>
CENIC<br>
Voice:&nbsp; 562.346.2280<br>
Email:&nbsp; 
<br><br>
Julie M. Van Fleet<br>
Voice:&nbsp; 619.276.0090<br>
Email:&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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CENIC Board selects first chief operations officer<br><br>
Los Alamitos, CA&nbsp; The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives
in California (CENIC) has announced the selection of James Dolgonas to
serve as its chief operations officer.&nbsp; CENIC, a not-for-profit
consortium founded by California’s higher education community, is a
global leader in the development and implementation of the next
generation of network services.<br><br>
With over 25 years of management and executive experience in all facets
of higher education information technology, Dolgonas has the essential
compliment of skills and experience to work collaboratively and
creatively with CENIC’s charter associates as well as state and national
constituencies.&nbsp; His university-wide project leadership in policy
and strategic planning will be invaluable as CENIC enters into its sixth
year of operation.&nbsp; Dolgonas’ appointment began July 15,
2002.<br><br>
Most recently, Dolgonas was the assistant vice president for information
systems and computing in the Office of the President of the University of
California system.&nbsp; <br><br>
CENIC president/executive director Tom West stated, “Jim brings a wealth
of skills and expertise to help implement a set of bold, new initiatives
to sustain California’s legacy as the center of the digital
universe.&nbsp; As CENIC enters its sixth year, Jim’s experience will be
of enormous benefit in navigating the inherently challenging environment
that brings together higher education and K-12 communities, public and
private research organizations, and government partners.&nbsp; Moreover,
Dolgonas’ will be a huge asset as we chart a roadmap for an evolutionary
statewide broadband infrastructure to serve these diverse
constituencies.”<br><br>
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.&nbsp; Cisco
Systems, Nortel Networks, and Pacific Bell are CENIC’s Associate
Partners.<br><br>
More information about CENIC can be found at
<a href="http://www.cenic.org/"; eudora="autourl">www.cenic.org</a>.&nbsp;
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