Remote Instrumentation & Data Visualizations Working Group

[Jason Zurawski <>]

Hey James, All;

To followup from the call today - the Internet2 communications staff 
would be happy to help go over this (or if there are proposed changes) 
before sending anything to international partners.  If there is a quorum 
on this text I can send it along, or I can wait a bit until the details 
are hammered out.

Thanks;

-jason

> The following is going out via the January Internet2 Member Update
> newsletter either today or tomorrow.  Perhaps we can use this as
> fodder for a similar message to the international community as well.
>
> K20 Initiative Launches a Remote Instrumentation Working Group
>
> Members of the Internet2 K20 Initiative are interested in learning
> more about how remote instruments are being used within the Internet2
> membership community. In coming weeks, working group team members will
> be reaching out to investigators using remotely accessible telescopes,
> microscopes, sensory arrays, web cameras and ROVs, and various data
> visualization tools to better understand how these tools are currently
> being used and whether opportunities exist to extend access to
> Internet2-enabled K-20 institutions in a mutually beneficial and
> sustainable manner. Past examples of successful outreach efforts
> include Lehigh University's Imaginations Project and Southern Skies
> Digital Science Partnership, a collaborative project between the
> University of Louisville, and the University of Southern Queensland.