Category Archives: WiscNet

Michigan’s Merit network

March 20th, 2007

This week WiscNet’s Internet2 K20 webconference featured Jim Moran from Merit Network, Inc. Merit is Michigan’s version of WiscNet. As Outreach Lead Coordinator Jim shared his experiences how Michigan schools are using high-bandwidth applications. Michigan has 15 public universities but no single university system like Wisconsin. Merit began in 1966 with the University [...]

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Merger: Internet2 & NLR

March 14th, 2007

The off again/on again merger between Internet2 and the National Lambda Rail looks to be actually happening now. At the December Internet2 member meeting in Chicago it was announced merger plans were not moving forward, but what a difference three months can make. Word on the street is the I2/NLR merger will [...]

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Internet2 – Milwaukee

December 8th, 2006

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting Ship to Shore: Real-Time Science On Board UW-Milwaukee’s Research Vessel Neeskay December 06, 2006, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Location: CC11 A Carmen Aguilar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes Water Institute Gaye-Lynn Clyde, Underwater Educational Services, Diving Unlimited Russell Cuhel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes Water Institute Daniel Gross, SWING This was a great presentation. First both [...]

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Internet2 – Thailand

December 8th, 2006

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting Bridging Asia and the U.S.: Distance Learning using Advanced Networks December 06, 2006, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM Location: CC10 A Suphawadee Ratanamart, King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Manas Sangworasil, King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Panjai Tantatsanawong, UNINET I was happy to meet both Panjai Tantatsanawong and Wichan Lertwipatrakul after their session. MIAD has [...]

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Internet2 – New Members

December 8th, 2006

As much as Google’s membership gains the biggest headlines (great by the way) and gets the biggest buzz, I believe OSTN’s membership will be a very important benefit for college students around the country (especially at MIAD) studying and producing video. Exciting times indeed for the production and distribution of film/video for education. Technorati Tags: [...]

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Internet2 – TeraGrid

December 8th, 2006

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting (Live netcast and video on demand information) General Session December 07, 2006, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Location: S100A Grand Ballroom Charlie Catlett, Argonne National Laboratory Parvati Dev, Stanford University RL Bob Morgan, University of Washington Kevin Morooney, The Pennsylvania State University George Strawn, National Science Foundation Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2 Charile Catlett gave a great overview and update to [...]

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Internet2 – OSTN Film Festival

December 6th, 2006

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting Internet2 OSTN Film Festival December 06, 2006, 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Location: CC21 C The Open Student Television Network OSTN is now an Internet2 affiliate just this week. This was a great session..and a standing room audience. This will be a great opportunity for students (as access to tools continues to climb yet pricing continues [...]

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Internet2 – Teach & Learn SIG

December 6th, 2006

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting Teaching and Learning SIG December 05, 2006, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM Location: Pullman Internet2 staff updates: Ann Doyle – Arts & Humanities: European Terena and Ukrena have really moved forward in distance education vs. shared research. HEAnet in Ireland is also emerging in the area of video conferencing. Science and Engineering [...]

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Internet2 – General Session

December 5th, 2006

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting (Live netcast and video on demand information) General Session December 05, 2006, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Location: S100A Grand Ballroom Tim Lance, NYSERNet/University at Albany Jeff Lehman, Cornell University Morteza Rahimi, Northwestern University Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2 Technorati Tags: Internet2, Chicago

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Internet2 – 2nd Life session

December 5th, 2006

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting (Live netcast and video on demand information) Teaching & Learning in Massively Multiplayer Virtual Worlds: Second Life Adventures in Learning December 05, 2006, 8:45 AM – 10:00 AM Location: CC11 B David Antonacci, University of Kansas Medical Center Marcus Childress, Emporia State University Jean Gardner, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library Randy Stout, Kansas Board of [...]

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