Circling the Globe for Science

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Circling the Globe for Science Education The
Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications
Development (GLORIAD)
Presentation for Internet2 Spring Meeting April
24, 2006 Greg Cole, Research Director, UT-ORNL
Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS)
(Principal Investigator, NSF Grant) gcole_at_gloriad
.org Natasha Bulashova, Research Scientist,
UT-ORNL JICS (Co-Principal Investigator, NSF
Grant) natasha_at_gloriad.org (thanks to friend and
partner Maxine Brown for presenting!)
NSF IRNC Cooperative Agreement University of
Tennessee 4.2M/5 years, began January 1, 2005
Animation by Korea Institute of Science and
Technical Information
http//www.gloriad.org
VSNL
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GLORIAD

• An advanced SE network ring around the
  northern hemisphere linking scholars, scientists,
  educators in Russia, USA, China, Korea,
  Netherlands, Canada and others with specialized
  network services, co-funded by all international
  partners
• 155/622 Mbps today 10G HK - KR - SEA, 10 Gbps
  ring in early 2007, Nx10G in 2008
• Hybrid circuit-(L1/L2) and packet-switched
  service (L3)
• Program to Develop/Deploy advanced
  Cyberinfrastructure between partnering countries
  (and others) as effort to expand science,
  education and cultural cooperation and exchange
• A participant in/contributor to GLIF

Animation by Korea Institute of Science and
Technical Information
Follow-on to NSF-/Russian MinSci-Funded MIRnet
and NaukaNet programs (5.5M, 1998-2004)
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GLORIAD - Cyberinfrastructure
The Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications
Development, or GLORIAD, provides a network of
high-speed computing capability to scientists and
engineers around the Northern Hemisphere. Through
the use of grid middleware, the GLORIAD network
allows applications and data from disparate
sources to be worked on collaboratively by
researchers across international
boundaries.Credit Zina Deretsky, National
Science Foundation
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GLORIAD Movie

• Produced/created by KISTI (Korea)
• Unveiled September 6, 2006 on occasion of launch
  of new 10G hybrid circuits (HK-Daejeon-Seattle)
  the first hybrid/10G portion of GLORIAD (thus,
  the Big GLORIAD label)

Movie by Korea Institute of Science and Technical
Information
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The GLORIAD Network TopologyCurrent, Years 1-5
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GLORIAD NetworkDate 5/1/2006
Seattle-Chicago-NYC, 10 Gbps (CANARIE
Contribution)
Amsterdam-Moscow, 2.5 Gbps
Seattle-China Hong Kong, 2.5 Gbps (VSNL Contract)
Beijing-Khabarovsk (Russia)-Novosibirsk, 622 Mbps
NYC-Amsterdam, 2.5 Gbps (VSNL Contract)
Seattle-Pusan-China Hong Kong, 10 Gbps (VSNL
Contract)
Moscow-Novosibirsk, 622 Mbps
China Hong Kong-Beijing, 2.5 Gbps
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Year 1-2 Plans

• Grand Opening Ceremony, New Operating Agreement
• Complete Architectural Plans, Landing
  Sites/Equipment Deployment, New Circuits
  (Amsterdam, Moscow, Hong Kong, Daejeon)
• Governance Structure, Working Groups Operational
  (especially, Applications Support)
• GLORIAD Classroom
• EduCultural Channel
• Collaboration Infrastructure Deployed (IP
  Telephony, VRVS Reflectors)
• BRO Box deployed, integrated with router
• New Monitoring System (using Packeteer/Netflow
  product)
• New Web Site
• Simple Words Educational Pilot in US

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This is all made possible by ...

• NSF (7 years of support) and sponsors in Russia,
  China, Korea, Canada, Netherlands
• Our partners in Russia (Kurchatov Inst., Russian
  Acad. of Sciences, RBnet/RIPN), China (China
  Acad. of Sciences), Korea (KISTI, MOST),
  Netherlands (SURFnet), Canada (CANARIE),
  throughout the GLIF
• US partners - UT/ORNL (David Millhorn, Homer
  Fisher, Bill Snyder), NCSA, UT/ORNL (again), Jim
  Olson, Mike Rieger, Bill Marra (Tyco), Vic Haddad
  (VSNL), Starlight partners Tom, Maxine, Joe,
  Linda IRNC partners, Harvey Newman, Steve
  Goldstein, Tom Greene, Aubrey Bush, Yves Poppes,
  partners at US govt agencies (and many, many
  others)
• Email, the Internet, Trans-oceanic/contintental
  circuits, Friends and Partners

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Circling the Globe for Science Education The
Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications
Development (GLORIAD)
Presentation for Internet2 Spring Meeting April
24, 2006 Greg Cole, Research Director, UT-ORNL
Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS)
(Principal Investigator, NSF Grant) gcole_at_gloriad
.org Natasha Bulashova, Research Scientist,
UT-ORNL JICS (Co-Principal Investigator, NSF
Grant) natasha_at_gloriad.org (thanks to friend and
partner Maxine Brown for presenting!)
NSF IRNC Cooperative Agreement University of
Tennessee 4.2M/5 years, began January 1, 2005
Animation by Korea Institute of Science and
Technical Information
http//www.gloriad.org
VSNL