I thought this might be interesting to some, though many FCE projects
aren't typically high-bandwidth hogs (vision- or video-based projects may
be, however).
--Rob
>Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 13:35:46 -0500
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>From: Toni Lynn Mills <toni.mills@oit.gatech.edu>
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>Subject: Memo Re: Internet 2 for VPs, Deans...
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>May 2, 1997
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>TO: The Georgia Tech Community
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>FROM: Mary Trauner, Office of Information Technology
>
>SUBJECT: Internet 2
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>
>Most of you are aware of the national effort underway to design and
>implement the next-generation Internet, called Internet 2. A key feature
>of Internet 2 is the creation of a limited number of regional
>hubs, called gigapops, which will serve as access points for distributed
>high-speed, high-performance network computing applications. Georgia is
>well-positioned to compete for one of these regional hubs. A collaborative
>effort is underway to pursue this opportunity, involving UGA, Georgia Tech,
>Georgia State, GCATT, and the Regents.
>
>I have been asked to serve on a task force whose mission is to identify the
>range of applications that a next-generation network should support.
>Similar efforts are underway at each of the collaborating institutions and
>organizations. These applications vary according to the programmatic
>research and education efforts of various departments, faculty, staff,
>centers, and institutes. The information we pull together will be critical
>to both defining the performance requirements of the system as well as to
>lay the foundation for the research and educational applications we at
>Georgia Tech envision in the future. If we are successful in competing for
>a gigapop hub for the southeast US, we stand to increase our
>competitiveness for computing-intensive research projects as well as
>enabling educational applications that are impractical given the traffic
>and performance of existing networks.
>
>I have scheduled a kickoff meeting of individuals and organizations at
>Georgia Tech in order to provide additional background and identify the
>kinds of input needed.
>
> Monday, 5/19
> 10:00-11:30 am
> Student Center, Room 301
>
>I do not envision further meetings after this point, but hope to provide
>enough clarity during this meeting to get things started. I will be happy
>to meet individually if needed, to further clarify and gather information.
>
>This is a good opportunity to make your individual and programmatic needs
>known, and to influence the direction of both the State of Georgia's
>efforts as well as the regional and national Internet 2 direction. I hope
>that you will participate. If you can identify other centers, programs, or
>individuals whose input should also be solicited, please pass this message
>on to them and/or let me know as soon as possible.
>
>Also, please address e-mail correspondence to me at mary.trauner@oit or
>phone calls to 4-6166.
>
>Thank you for your time and input.
>
>Mary Trauner
>Senior Research Scientist
>Office of Information Technology
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>Toni Mills, Program Coordinator II - Public Relations
>Office of Information Technology - Resource Management
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>Atlanta, GA 30332-0700
>404-894-8997
>toni.mills@oit.gatech.edu
>http://www.gatech.edu/oit/PR
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