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Internet2 To Expand Research and Global Collaboration Among U.S. and Chinese 
Universities and Research Networks

Project Addresses Global Infrastructure, Growth & Innovation

Ann Arbor, Mich. – (Oct. 12, 2012) – Internet2 plans to enhance research and 
collaboration over a three-year period between U.S. and Chinese researchers, 
scientists, educators and higher education leaders. The announcement was made 
last week at the Chinese-American Networking Symposium (CANS) in Seattle.

The project, “Framework Program for U.S.-China Collaboration in Scientific 
Research and Education,” will establish working groups to address global 
infrastructure needs and foster the continuing exchange of ideas to produce 
growth and innovation. Internet2 expects to work with its university members 
that have a history of productive interactions with Chinese students and 
faculty, and to position the universities as the central community 
coordination group from the United States. 

“This effort will enhance Internet2’s global support of our university 
members and expand education and research collaboration between the U.S. and 
China,” said Internet2 President and CEO H. David Lambert.  “We will work 
with universities and researchers to benefit multiple scientific disciplines 
and promote the global exchange of educational findings and methodology.”

The program will help build engagement among Internet2 and the China 
Education and Research Network, the China Science and Technology Network, and 
the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Internet2 will also support ongoing 
collaborations and remote deployments between U.S. universities and China, 
scientific interactions between the two countries, and prior findings by 
CANS. The project also will make use of the momentum resulting from the 
creation of a 10G link between the U.S. and China, which is a joint effort 
between Indiana University and Internet2.

“The broadened and expanded CANS activity fits nicely with the new US-China 
high-performance network connection,” said Jim Williams, director of 
international networking at the Indiana University Global Research Network 
Operations Center. “The CANS activity will concentrate on developing enhanced 
US-China science collaborations and the development and deployment of better 
network tool sets to improve the use and efficiency of the network 
connection. I look forward to working closely with Internet2 in the 
development of a new generation of US-science collaboration and a new 
generation of CANS.”

The Symposium promotes interoperability and seamless networking—and seamless 
collaboration in research and education. CANS was initiated in the summer of 
1998 by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA, and the 
University of Maryland, and co-sponsored by the China Education and Research 
Network and the China Science and Technology Network. 

About Internet2
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nation's leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 provides a 
collaborative environment for U.S. research and education organizations to 
solve common technology challenges, and to develop innovative solutions in 
support of their educational, research, and community service missions. For 
more information, visit www.internet2.edu.

Media contact: Todd Sedmak, 202-331-5373 or 
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