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TERENA Technical Programme: Research Networking Initiatives for Better Connectivity

TERENA Technical Programme promotes research networking in Europe & beyond, focusing on collaboration, workshops, projects, & addressing current issues. Explore the recent successful pilot projects and the call for new innovative projects. TERENA's dedicated technical staff ensures efficient project management and groundbreaking technical solutions. For more information, visit TERENA's official website.

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TERENA Technical Programme: Research Networking Initiatives for Better Connectivity

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  1. TERENA Technical Programme ...promoting better Research Networking John Martin Chief Technical Officer TERENA http://www.terena.nl/

  2. TERENA is... • 40 Research and Education network operators covering Europe and beyond • Political representation and lobbying • Forum for collaboration on technical issues • Technology Transfer

  3. TERENA Technical Programme • Working Groups • Semi-permanent general discussion fora (Internationalization, lower layers, etc.) • Task Forces • More dynamic • Address current issues (caching, indexing, ATM testing, etc.) • Workshops / Conferences • Annual Research Networking Conferences • JENC, TERENA Networking Conference 1998 • Workshops • NATO Advanced Networking Workshops • DESIRE II Workshops • Projects

  4. Working Groups • Network Operations and Quality (WG-QMN) • Networked Multimedia Applications (WG-NMA) • Lower Layer Technology (WG-LLT) • Security - CERT, Certification (WG-SEC) • User Support and Training (WG-ISUS) • Internationalization Issues (WG-I18N) • Mail & Messaging (WG-MSG) (about 1000 members)

  5. Task Forces • Advanced Networking Technologies (TF-TANT) • Traffic Metrics and Statistics (TF-ETM) • Web Caching and Replication (TF-CACHE) • Searching and Indexing (TF-CHIC) • User Support Issues (TF-ETINU) • User Documentation, e.g. GNRT (TF-TOOLDOC)

  6. TERENA Technical Projects

  7. Recent pilot projects http://www.terena.nl/projects/

  8. CHIC Pilot(Distributed Web Indexing / Searching) • Objectives: • Link all the existing web indexes in Europe to provide better search facilities • Deliverables: • A pan-European search engine • Technologies: • Harvest SOIF, Z39.50, AltaVista, InfoSeek, WHOIS++ • Partners: • Univ. Warsaw (ICM) • Univ. Edinburgh, Loughborough, Kent, Lund • DTV • SURFnet • Univ. Bristol (UKOLN) • Contributions from TF-CHIC

  9. ERUST(Evaluation of User Support Systems and Technologies) • Objectives: • provide tools and recommendations for online user support systems • Deliverables: • a survey on current user support requirements • a list of software modules for online user support • Contracted to George Munroe, Discovery • Includes collaboration with IETF User Services Working Group, WG-ISUS, TF-ETINU

  10. World-Wide Web Proxy-Caching(Network Monitoring, caching “appliance”, Inter-cache routing) • Objectives: • Wider deployment of caching technologies • Deliverables: • Network monitoring tools • Cache “appliance” CD-ROM • Inter-cache routing using AS • URN testbed and FTP mirror tracking • Technologies: • Squid, ICP, CIDR, URN • Contracted to the University of Loughborough, UK • Active contributions from TF-CACHE • Close collaboration with DESIRE, NLAR (US)

  11. Multilingual Email Clients - A Test • Objectives: • Determine interoperability of email systems for non-ASCII text • Deliverables: • Test criteria for ML testing • Report on conformance for most popular clients • Contracted to Yuri Demchenko, Kiev Polytechnic Institute • Partners in Russia, Slovenia, Greece and Belarus • Reporting to WG-I18N and WG-MSG

  12. pilot projects in the pipeline • Clearing House for Internet Projects (CHIP) • Proposed by various • Objectives: • To produce pilot project information service • Started October 1998 • Internet Streaming Media • Proposed by SURFnet • Objectives: • Investigation of streaming technologies and their impact on networks • Needs partners Pilot project details from: http://www.terena.nl/projects/

  13. TERENA Pilot Projects Initiative • Recent pilots very successful • web caching / indexing, multilingual email... • see: http://www.terena.nl/projects/ • Lessons learned: • Process works • results have been widely deployed, reported and are well received • lots of interest from the community in continuing • but... • need faster response / development cycle • need scope for larger projects (e.g. >40 kECU) • need to also encourage more large-scale activities • need better marketing of results (beyond TERENA) • New call September 1998

  14. Call for New Pilot Projects (Sept. 1998) • Objectives • innovation • short-term gains • proof of concept • Small-medium projects • 10-50 kECU • projects up to 100k considered (for external funding) • small number of partners • short timescale (< 6 months) • technically innovative! Pilot project submission details from: http://www.terena.nl/projects/

  15. TERENA Technical Staff • John Martin, Chief Technical Officer • web caching and replication, DESIRE II • security issues, SIRCE • Peter Valkenburg, PDO • web indexing and searching, DESIRE II • Information Services, GNRT • SCIMITAR project management • Kevin Meynell, PDO • TEN-34 • traffic measurements • DEVICE • Yuri Demchenko, PDO • multilingual / internationalization issues • mail and messaging

  16. Vacancy: Project Development Officer • The job... • developing and managing new technical developments in research networking • The requirements • preferably a background in computer science or related • thorough knowledge of computer networking • The benefits • forefront of technology development • located in centre of Amsterdam • Contact • any TERENA staff • send c.v. to John Martin <martin@terena.nl>

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