Annual Update

1. Annual Update Thomas A. DeFanti Principal Investigator, STAR TAP Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory

2. STAR TAP: Global Interconnectivity STAR TAP is made possible by major funding from NSF, award ANI-9980480, to UIC. www.startap.net

3. Who is Connected to STAR TAP? • Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative is a US Government R&D funding program for high-performance networks and applications • STAR TAP is the international component of US government agency research networks: • DREN DOD Research & Education Network • ESnet DOE Energy Science research network • NREN NASA Research & Education Network • NISN NASA Information Science Network • vBNS NSF very-high-speed Backbone Network Service www.ngi.gov

4. Who is Connected to STAR TAP? • Internet2™is a consortium of over 180 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies • Abilene, an Internet2 backbone network, interconnects at STAR TAP (as well as other peering locations) with several National Research & Education Networks with whom Internet2 collaborates. www.internet2.edu

5. STAR TAP:Science Technology And Research Transit Access Point Canada Japan Korea (2) Taiwan Singapore (2) Australia (2) China Norway Iceland Sweden Finland Denmark Russia France Netherlands CERN Israel Ireland Belgium Europe/DANTE United Kingdom Chile, Brazil ANSP, Brazil RNP, Mexico US: Abilene, DREN, ESnet, NISN, NREN, vBNS/vBNS+ www.startap.net http://www.ucaid.edu/abilene/html/itnpeerparticipants.html (Abilene ITN) http://www.canet3.net/optical/peering_info/intl_peering.html (CA*net3 ITN)

6. Infrastructure Engineering support Engineering advanced services QoS testbeds Marketing Documentation Conference participation Host annual meetings Education and outreach Team building Liaison to network consortia Application communities Connection Point Racks at AADS NAP front/back views What is STAR TAP? Managed by UIC in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern (MREN/iCAIR) and Indiana University; operated by Ameritech Advanced Data Services www.startap.net

7. STAR TAP Engineering Support • STAR TAP Engineers • Global NOC www.startap.net/ENGINEERING noc.startap.net

8. STAR TAP Engineering Advanced Services • IPv4 Router • IPv6 Router (“6TAP” with ESnet) • Multicast • Globus Middleware/Grid Services Package (with Argonne/ISI) • Network Measurement (NLANR AMP) • Web Caching (NLANR) • QoS testbeds • Application-level network performance metrics • “Distributed STAR TAP” (Teleglobe, C&W) • Abilene/CA*net3 International Transit Networks • DWDM (optical switching with CA*net4 and SURFnet)

9. STAR TAP Documentation Internet Dissemination www.startap.net • General information • Engineering information • Application information • Publications

10. Team Building: iGrid 2000 at INET 2000July 18-21, 2000, Yokohama, Japan • 14 regions: Canada, CERN, Germany, Greece, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, USA • 24 demonstrations featuring technical innovations in tele-immersion, large datasets, distributed computing, remote instrumentation, collaboration, streaming media, human/computer interfaces, digital video and high-definition television, and grid architecture development, and application advancements in science, engineering, cultural heritage, distance education, media communications, and art and architecture www.startap.net/igrid2000

11. STAR TAP ActivitiesAnnual Advisory Committee Meetings STAR TAP International Advisory Committee Meeting INET 2000, Yokohama, July 2000 www.startap.net/ABOUT/meetings.html

12. For more information www.startap.net