Middleware Announcements

["Lee Perlis" <>]

***Internet2(R) Members Update***
       July 2003

<> Joint Techs Meeting - August 3-7
<> New Fiberco Website
<> Internet2 Fall 2003 Member Meeting
<> Virtual Briefings
<> Applications Update
<> International Update
<> Middleware Update
<> End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi)
<> Internet2 K20 Initiative Update
<> New Internet2 Members
<> Future Internet2 Events
<> Internet2 Days
<> Showcase and Spotlight Opportunities
<> Internet2 Related Events

Member updates are now archived at:
http://members.internet2.edu/memberupdates/index.html

<> Joint Techs Meeting - August 3-7
Registration for the Joint Techs Workshop in Lawrence, Kansas is now open.
Hosted by the University of Kansas, the Workshop runs from Sunday, August 3
through Thursday, August 7. The focus will be network tuning and performance
monitoring, optical networking, and security. A panel on high-speed
transport protocols is scheduled for Tuesday.  In addition, an in-depth
session on distributed denial of service will span Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday morning. Several Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions are already in
the wings. To organize a BoF, please contact Janet Brown 
<>,
Paul Love 
<>,
 or Bill Wing 
<>.
 For
registration, hotel, and agenda information, please see:
http://www.ncne.org/training/techs/2003/0803/jt-lawrence.html

<> New Fiberco Website
Internet2 has recently launched the new Fiberco website to provide
information for Internet2 members and their affiliates interested in
acquiring fiber optic network assets.  Fiberco was established to support
the regional fiber optical networking initiatives dedicated to U.S. research
and higher education and to maintain a long-term strategic fiber acquisition
capability for this community.  Fiberco helps Internet2 meet a critical
objective by facilitating the ongoing development of regional optical
networking efforts around the country.  To learn more about Fiberco please
see:
http://www.fiberco.org

<> Internet2 Fall 2003 Member Meeting
Planning is well under way for the Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting in
Indianapolis, October 13-16. The program for the meeting will be available
during the week of August 11. Requests for side meetings (e.g., BoFs,
Working Group meetings, Sponsored Interest Group meetings, other open
meetings, and private closed meetings) should be directed to Kelly Fuqua
<>.
  For more information see:
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/index.html

Proposals for poster sessions may be submitted until July 18.  For
information, see:
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/callforposters.html

+ Call for Demos
Internet2 is soliciting advanced networking applications demonstrations for
the Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting, 13-16 October in Indianapolis, IN.
The Fall Member Meeting will offer multiple venues and opportunities for
demonstrations.  One set of demos will run 13-15 October at the Indianapolis
Marriott Downtown, location of the Fall Member Meeting. In addition,
demonstrations will also take place in conjunction with an evening gala
reception, which will be held at the Indiana State Museum on 15 October.
The museum demo venues include an IMAX Theatre and the Dean & Barbara White
Auditorium. For the IMAX Theatre venue we would welcome one to two
interesting applications that take advantage of the IMAX technology, either
by using the theater to project your own content or providing content for
projection in IMAX format. For the Dean & Barbara White Auditorium, we are
soliciting one to two arts and humanities related applications that are
performance oriented.  Internet2 university members, corporate members,
affiliate members, and international partners are all invited to participate
in the demos.  Applications demonstrations from all disciplines are welcome.
For more information, refer to the call for demos web page. Submissions are
due June 23.
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/callfordemos.html

<> Virtual Briefings
+ July Virtual Briefing To Feature ResearchChannel
The July 17 Internet2 Virtual Briefing will focus on the activities of the
ResearchChannel, a leader in advanced streaming media with high-definition,
video-on-demand, broadcast-quality multicast, and distribution of live DV
over IP. Featured speakers for the Briefing include: Jim DeRoest, University
of Washington; Michael Wellings and Kathleen McMonigal, ResearchChannel;
Gates Rhodes, University of Pennsylvania; and Lee Watkins, The Johns Hopkins
University. They will discuss the infrastructure and interfaces that make
their projects successful, with a focus on various Internet2 working group
projects. For details of the July Briefing, see:
http://events.internet2.edu/briefings/index.html

+ June 26 Virtual Briefing:  Video-On-Demand Available
For those who missed it, the June 26 Virtual Briefing, “Operational
Challenges of Campus Network Security,” may be viewed at:
http://events.internet2.edu/briefings/date/200306.html

<> Applications Update
+ The Internet2/ResearchChannel Digital Video over IP Project
The Internet2/ResearchChannel Working Group provides a testbed for the
exploration of high-quality demand and streaming video applications across
Internet2 advanced networks and associated campus networks. One
Internet2/ResearchChannel Working Group collaboration involves exploring
different technologies and methods for delivering digital video over IP.
Internet2 members participating in these experiments are using Comet DVIP
cards, provided by Internet2 corporate member Fujitsu Laboratories, and DVTS
(Digital Video Transport System) software, provided by collaborators at the
WIDE project. The Digital Video over IP project, along with several other
Internet2/ResearchChannel Working Group advanced media projects, will be the
focus of the July 17 Internet2 Virtual Briefing. For more information, or if
you would like to participate in the Comet DVIP testing, please contact Bob
Riddle, Internet2 Technologist 
<>.
http://www.researchchannel.org/inside/i2wg/

+  Internet2 Cardiology Sponsored Interest Group
All Internet2 members are invited to participate in the new Internet2
Cardiology Sponsored Interest Group (SIG), which has been formed to promote
the adoption of advanced Internet technology and applications by the
cardiology profession to include remote real time device control, monitoring
and supervision, fusion imaging (overlaying multi-modalities imaging in 3D
space), simulation and modeling of catheterization and surgical procedures
for the heart in order advance science and health care. The chair for the
Cardiology SIG is David Sahn, MD, Oregon Health & Science 
<>.
http://health.internet2.edu/WorkingGroups/Cardiology.html

+ Security at Line Speed Workshop
The Security at Line Speed Workshop seeks to identify the requirements,
architectures, and best practices needed to guide future network deployments
for the research community. The Security at Line Speed Workshop, which will
take place in Chicago, IL on August 11-13, is made possible through an NSF
grant and the assistance of the University of Washington and Indiana
University, in partnership with Internet2. Attendance to the workshop will
be limited and is by invitation of the planning committee only.  For more
information, contact T. Charles Yun 
<>.

+ Save the Date: SC Global Access Grid Activities in November
SC Global, to be held in conjunction with the SC2003 conference November
15-21 in Phoenix, provides a multi-national and multi-cultural venue for
communication and discussion of ideas relating to high-end computing and
communications and their impact on science and society. SC Global will link
the Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center with Access Grid (AG) nodes
worldwide in anticipation of over 1,000 participants at more than 150
locations. SC Global will feature art, music, dance, and other innovative
uses of advanced collaboration technologies, in several Showcase events.
Internet2 will partner with inSORS, an Internet2 corporate sponsor, to make
the Showcase AG events available online both during the live presentations
and in the form of an archive after the live event. In addition, Internet2
will also have a booth in the SC2003 exhibit area.
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/

+ New Internet2 Digital Video Info Sheet
A new version of the Internet2 Digital Video infosheet is now available. The
Digital Video info sheet highlights new advances in high-quality video
streaming and also interactive videoconferencing capabilities.  You can
request copies of this info sheet by sending email to:
<>.
 A PDF version is available at:
http://www.internet2.edu/info/infokit.html

<> International Update
+ CLARA - Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks
On 9 June 2003, over 16 Latin American national research and education
networks joined together to formally constitute CLARA (Cooperacion Latino
Americana de Redes Avanzadas).  CLARA is an international not-for-profit
organization (registered in Uruguay) that is promoting the cooperation among
the Latin American NRENs to foster science and technology and cohesive
regional networking developments in all Latin America and Caribbean (LA&C)
nations. CLARA will also be responsible for the implementation and
management of a network infrastructure that will interconnect the national
academic networks of several Latin American countries and the connections to
other networks of the world. Currently, CLARA is working with DANTE Ltd and
other European partners on the ALICE project (America Latina Interconectada
con Europa), a project that aims for the creation of a Latin American,
intra-regional, research networking infrastructure and its direct
interconnection to the pan-European research network GÉANT.
http://www.rnp.br/lang/noticias_en/2003/not-030611.html
http://www.cudi.edu.mx/noticias/junio_2003/clara01.htm
http://www.dante.net/alice

+ SERENATE Workshop
SERENATE is the name of a series of strategic studies into the future of
research and education networking in Europe, addressing the local (campus
networks), national (national research & education networks), European and
intercontinental levels. A final workshop was held June 16-17 as part of the
SERENATE study being carried out by the European research and education
networking community about its strategic future.  Workshop presentations are
now available.
http://www.serenate.org/workshop5.html

Previous workshops during the study brought together industry vendors and
carriers to discuss market developments; network users to discuss
requirements and national research networks themselves to discuss technical,
organization and financial issues.  A number of reports from these workshops
and other study elements are available at:
http://www.serenate.org/publications/

<> Middleware Update
+ Shibboleth
The Internet2 Shibboleth team is pleased to announce the availability of
release 1.0 of its Shibboleth implementation. This new release contains many
improvements and enhancements. A partial list is available by going to the
Shibboleth web site  and clicking on "Shibboleth v1.0" in the left hand
navigation bar. With this release, we feel that this implementation has
reached a level of maturity making it suitable for production deployments.
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/

+  National Middleware Initiative (NMI)
CAMP - June 3-6, 2003, Boulder, Colorado
CAMP offered system architects and project managers involved in enterprise
middleware deployment an opportunity for learning and guidance on
management, policy, implementation and technology, with a special focus on
enterprise authentication. Presentation material for CAMP is now available
at:
http://www.educause.edu/conference/nmi/camp032/

ADVANCED CAMP - July 8-11, 2003, Boulder, Colorado
Registration is still open for Advanced CAMP. If you are a system architect
from a campus with a maturing middleware infrastructure and have experience
in identity management, enterprise directories, and authentication, join
your colleagues at Advanced CAMP, a meeting offering a highly focused,
highly-technical forum for learning and discussion on research in middleware
technologies, with an emphasis on authorization approaches. Registration is
available at:
http://www.educause.edu/conference/nmi/camp033/

The EDUCAUSE Middleware Constituent Group email list is now available.  The
EDUCAUSE Middleware constituent group provides a forum for discussion and
archiving of information relating to the planning, policies, and practices
of deploying and managing the core enterprise middleware infrastructure.
Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent
Group discussion list can be found at:
http://www.educause.edu/memdir/cg/

An NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) grant has been awarded
to NMI-EDIT to be managed by SURA for the Integration Testbed sites who
proposed positions for this program.  These sites include Georgia State
University, University of Michigan, Texas Academic Computing Center, and
University of Virginal (through the TACC project).More information is
available at:
http://www.nsf-middleware.org/testbed/testbed_status.asp

+ New Working Group: MACE-CourseID
A new working group regarding course identifier descriptions has been
formed.  MACE-courseID, the Internet2 Middleware Architecture Committee for
Education (MACE) course identifier working group, exists to further the
development of course identifiers for higher education and adapt existing
development for use in directory enabled infrastructures. This group will
leverage the eduPerson object class that includes widely used person
attributes in higher educations and build on the standards work in IMS. More
information is available at:
http://middleware.internet2.edu/courseID/

<> End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi)
+ E2E piPEs (End-to-End Performance Improvement Performance Environment
System)
Members of the E2Epi team are participating in the Global Grid Forum (GGF)
Network Measurement Working Group during the conference in Seattle.  The
team continues to make improvements to the performance of the database.  A
2-page overview of the E2E piPEs has been posted at:
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/E2EpiPEsOverview.html

+ H.323 Beacon
A 2-page overview document on the H.323 Beacon has been posted at:
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/Beacon/BeaconOverview.html

+ End-to-End (E2E) Case Studies
Two case studies, focusing on end-to-end performance problems, have been
posted. The E2Epi team is actively seeking stories about problems with
applicability to a wide audience.  If you have such a story, please contact
Susan Evett 
<>
 to schedule an interview. The case
studies can be found at:
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/CaseStudies/EDUCAUSEcs-index.html and
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/CaseStudies/SC02cs-index.html

+ National Library of Medicine (NLM) Pilot Study
E2Epi is conducting a pilot study on user expectations, the results of which
will help NLM in policy decisions.  The project is seriously in need of
interviewees (members of the health sciences/health care community using
networks); if you know of anyone who might be interested in participating,
please send contact information to George Brett 
<>.

+ Campus Network Infrastructure (CNI) Guide
The project team is working on three deliverables:
1) a “document resource library” of links to previously created documents
that users may find helpful: http://e2epi.internet2.edu/CNIGuideDocLib.html
2) a “How To” document: http://e2epi.internet2.edu/CNIGuideHowTo.html
3) a policy/procedures document
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/CNIGuidePolicy.html

+ End-to-End (E2E) Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
The new chair of the E2E TAG is Shawn McKee (Assistant Research Scientist,
Physics Department, University of Michigan).  Russ Hobby continues to take
the administrative role in scheduling meetings and providing attendees with
session notes.  The collected TAG notes are posted on theE2Epi web site
(accessible only to TAG members).
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/

<> Internet2 K20 Initiative Update
+  Beta Testers Wanted For New myK20 Web Application
With 28 states networks currently connecting over 10,000 institutions to
Abilene via the SEGP program, the Internet2 K20 Initiative needed a more
scalable way to connect the growing SEGP community with Internet2-related
projects and applications. The myK20 service is designed to help identify,
stimulate, and connect innovators and advanced application projects across a
broad range of institutions. If you are interested in helping us test v1.0
of  myK20 before it is released to the wider SEGP community, please visit
the following page:
http://k20.internet2.edu/login.php

Please take a few minutes to test this new feature and send any feedback to
<>
 or 
<>.

<> New Internet2 Members
+ Corporate Members
  - Video Furnace, Inc., http://www.videofurnace.com
  - Interoute, http://www.interoute.com
  - Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., http://www.comcast.com
  - Paetec Communications, Inc., http://www.paetec.com

<> Future Internet2 Events
+ Advanced CAMP
8-11 July 2003
Boulder, CO
http://www.educause.edu/conference/nmi/camp033/

+ Multicast Hands-On Workshop
23-25 July 2003
New York, NY
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/Multicast/Multicast7-03/Index.html

+ Joint Techs Workshop
3-7 August 2003
Lawrence, KS
http://www.ncne.org/training/techs/2003/0803/jt-lawrence.html

+ Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting
13-16 October 2003
Indianapolis, IN
http://events.internet2.edu/2003/fall-mm/index.html

<> Internet2 Days
Hold an Internet2 Day for your Internet2 member organization. Technical
support for live demonstrations and informational materials are available.
For more information contact Marianne Smith 
<>
 or see:
http://apps.internet2.edu/Internet2-Days.html

<> Showcase and Spotlight Opportunities - Projects and People
A Showcase on the Internet2 Web site is a great way to highlight the
milestones, events, collaborations and efforts that are a result of your
work in the advanced networking community. You are also encouraged to submit
a profile of anyone in the Internet2 community whose efforts merit notice.
Include a brief description (less than 100 words), all appropriate links and
images, and contact information. If you have suggestions about projects,
people or news that might be featured, please contact Adam Csillag
<>.

<> Internet2 Related Events
+ 2nd NMI Integration Testbed Results Workshop
The second NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) Integration Testbed results
workshop, "Experiences in Middleware Deployment", will be held on Monday,
November 3, 2003, preceding the EDUCAUSE annual conference in Anaheim, CA.
The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PDT on Monday. Though
the event is located in close proximity to the EDUCAUSE conference, separate
registration and logistics apply. For more information see:
http://www.nsf-middleware.org/testbed/meetings/workshop1103/1103agenda.html

+ Online Calendar
For a complete listing of events for and of interest to the Internet2
community, see the online Internet2 Calendar. Be sure the Internet2-related
event you are holding or know about is listed at:
http://events.internet2.edu/calendar/main.php

If you are holding an event of any kind related to Internet2, we will be
glad to assist members with resources such as printed publications,
equipment or speakers. Please contact Marianne Smith for more information
<>.

Seminars on Academic Computing
1-6 August
Snowmass Village, CO
http://www.educause.edu/conference/sac/

Annual Conference on Distance Learning and Teaching
13-15 August 2003
Madison, WI
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/

21st NORDUnet Networking Conference
24-27 August 2003
Reykjavík, Iceland
http://www.nordunet2003.is/


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