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Internet2 Chief Engineer Appointed to Presidential Technology Advisory Group

ANN ARBOR, Mich.  July 31, 2006- Internet2 today announced that Dr. Guy
Almes, Internet2's Chief Engineer, has been appointed to the President's
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Networking and
Information Technology Technical Advisory Group. Almes will join an
impressive roster of nationally recognized technical leaders charged with
reviewing the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and
Development Program and report its findings to the council.

President George W. Bush created PCAST in 2001 to receive advice from the
private sector and academic community with regard to technology and science.
The Networking and Information Technology Technical Advisory Group serves to
advise PCAST members who are appointed by the President and are chosen from
industry, education, research institutions, and other nongovernmental
organizations. Since its inception, PCAST has provided counsel on issues
relating to broadband, IT competitiveness, and federal R&D investment. 

As Chief Engineer of Internet2 since 1997, Almes is responsible for
exercising overall technical leadership in Internet2's engineering and
infrastructure efforts. In 1998 he led the design and deployment of
Internet2's Abilene network. Prior to joining Internet2, Almes was the
founder and director of Sesquinet, an NSFnet regional network for Texas
universities and research organizations. He has also served as Chairman of
the Federation of American Research Networks (FARnet) and Chairman of the
Interconnectivity Working Group and the IP Performance Metrics Working Group
of the IETF. 

Dr. Almes was a member of the computer science faculties at the University
of Washington and Rice University. The author of many technical papers on
operating systems, software and networking, his current research interests
are in the design of advanced wide-area networks appropriate for supporting
advanced university applications, network performance measurement and
analysis, and application of advanced Internet functionality. Almes recently
completed a rotator assignment at the National Science Foundation, where he
worked in the Office of Cyberinfrastructure.

For more information about PCAST, visit www.ostp.gov/PCAST/pcast.html. 

About Internet2
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities, working with industry and
government, Internet2 develops and deploys advanced network applications and
technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of
tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 facilitates the kinds of dynamic partnerships
among academia, industry, and government that helped foster today's Internet
in its infancy. For more information about Internet2 network capabilities,
visit http://networks.internet2.edu.

Media contact:
Lauren Rotman