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Merger: Internet2 & NLR

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 be complete by end of April?!?!?  While the press for I2 has taken off since the December announcement of the newer Internet2 and NYSERnet, NLR has been peering with many more networking organizations.

Here is the Internet2 backbone today at 10GB and quickly moving to 100GB:
i2 backbone

And the current National Lambda Rail:
NLR

With the development of Regional Optical Networks (RONs) I’m not sure why the Northern Tier (from the Dakotas to Idaho) are not lighting up faster.ron
The emerging Boreas network in the Midwest will add quite a bit of punch to Milwaukee and Madison.

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Internet2 – Thailand

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 a number of design students from Thailand studying in Milwaukee while sending MIAD Faculty to teach in Thailand since 2002.
thailand1Now as high speed academic networks are bridging Thailand to America on Internet2 new possibilities emerge to benefit MIAD.

We have such a strong impact in design from our Thailand students that this advancement can only benefit our students and the emerging Art communities in both Milwaukee and Thailand via UniNet and Internet2.

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Internet2 – OSTN Film Festival

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 to drop) opening the door to more and more student artists. This is for the BFA seeking student, not the professional film maker.

Wisconsin is really the great Midwest film resource with the Milwaukee International Film Festival, Madison’s Wisconsin Film Festival. Milwaukee also hosts the European MediaArts Film Festival at MIAD.

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Internet2 – Teach & Learn SIG

Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting
Teaching and Learning SIG
December 05, 2006, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Location: Pullman

Internet2 staff updates:teaching and learning 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 Apps updates came from Russ Hobby. Mike McGill also spoke about new Internet2 partnerships in medicine and one new education working group.

James Werle from UWashington and Inernet2 K20 reviewed the K20 Advisory Group.

Outside of a new emerging database, we looked at my graphic design work for the marketing end of the K20 Working Group. Which is now an issue if the text should list the SEGP or use it as a call to action. What do you think:

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Fred Winter reviewed NEH grants in Digital Humanities Initiative:

teaching and learning

Its really an exciting time in new grants that follow the post 9/11 “We the People” project.

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Internet2 – General Session

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

I2 General session
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