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In his presentation at the December 2002 CENDI meeting, Dr. Nelson speculated on the future of cyberinfrastructure by looking at the applications and impacts of technologies. He predicted that the infrastructure of the future will be fast, everywhere, always on, intelligent, and easy to use. Computer systems will be easier to manage because they'll be so pervasive. He described cyberinfrastructure as occuring in three phases: one-to-one connectivety; one-to-many via the Web; and many-to-many (peer-to-peer) as defined by NAPSTER. However, first we must survive the current Internet by developing and using standards and allow the private sector and the market to develop. Dr. Nelson predicts that the NGI will be faster and more global in its impact and will result in a drastic cost reduction of information dissemination.
Access to and Services for Federal Information in the Networked Environment is a white paper whose goal is to guide higher education and other institutions, such as state and public libraries, in the development of strategies for providing access to and services for federal information by their constituencies using the powerful and rapidly expanding global information infrastructure. It addresses issues of service, access, collections, preservation, and infrastructure at the enterprise-wide or institutional level.
The Internet2 project is a joint initiative of academia, government and industry to bring focus to developing a new generation of advanced applications to meet emerging academic requirements in research, teaching and learning. The I2 Homepage provides a search interface to an extensive collection of information and links that includes information about Internet2, technical information, events, news, Internet2 Press, a virtual library collection and password protected resources for members.
The structure of the CCIC is described. There are five areas where R&D programs are funded under the CCIC. The Applications council is seeking to move R&D out to non-R&D environments. It is a technology transfer organization. The Council has two applications groups, the Federal Information Services Group and the Next Generation Internet. Specific programs such as the Next Generation Internet are described briefly.
Minutes from a presentation by George Strawn, National Science Foundation at the CENDI October 3, 2000 meeting in Germantown, MD on October 3, 2000. Dr. Strawn summarized a report by the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). The report indicates that Information Technology will transform our society in the way we communicate, deal with information, learn, practice health care, design and build things, conduct research, understand the environment, conduct government, and the nature of commerce and work. During this transformation four areas were identified as needing major improvements: software, scaleable infrastructures, high-end computing, and the socioeconomic impacts of IT. He also highlighted some of the major activities of the Information Technology Research (ITR) Program. These activities include eight areas of research: advanced computational science, human-computer interface design, information management, IT education and the workforce, revolutionary computing, scalable information infrastructure, social and economic implications of IT and software. These areas of research align closely with PITAC's areas of concern. PITAC has been re-authorized until February 2001 and continues to review and report on IT matters including cross-agency the Next Generation Internet program, the digital divide, and the ITR program at NSF.
This is PITAC's annual report in which they review the implementation of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative. The report covers the following areas: Advanced networking research; NGI testbeds; NGI Applications; Reach; Geographic Reach; Minority and Small College Reach; Technology Transfer; Agency Coordination; and IT Leadership. The Committee recommended that the NGI program funding at the $104 million level be extended through FY 2002 and that more applications should be funded to demonstrate the utility of the NGI's gigabit bandwidth to endusers, its increased security, and its expanded quality of service. The Committee was concerned as was Congress that no federal program addresses the reach issue.
This is PITAC's annual report in which they review the implementation of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative. The report covers the following areas: Advanced networking research; NGI testbeds; NGI Applications; Reach; Geographic Reach; Minority and Small College Reach; Technology Transfer; Agency Coordination; and IT Leadership. The Committee recommended that the NGI program funding at the $100 million level be extended through FY 2000 . The Committee in its Report to the President found that federal support for research in information technology was seriously inadequate.
This paper defines "The Next Generation Internet" (NGI) as a generic phrase used to describe the Internet of the future which includes the middleware, and the applications software. The new Internet will be faster, more reliable, and everywhere because of the wireless and satellite communication technologies. NGI will be more intelligent and use more collaborative technologies for communications. NGI applications will be seamless and easier to use and will be more trusted. The principal challenges to NGI are personal privacy, reliability, and authentication. Solutions to these challenges are being developed and include a new Internet protocol (IPv6), a new standard for Internet Security (IPsec), a new privacy protection platform (P3P), a public key infrastructure (PKI), and a new wireless standard (The 3G) Third Generation. However, technology alone will not be sufficient. New government policies and/or changes in old policies will also be required to foster the growth and development of the NGI.
The Global Internet Project (GIP) was created by a group of international executives who hope to foster the continued growth of the Internet. Members come from the leading Internet companies in telecommunications, software, financial services, and content sectors. The goal of the project is to promote industry actions to minimize the need for government regulation. This Web site hosts a variety of papers and reports on Internet policy, issues, and technology. The site is grouped into the following categories: Internet commerce, content, privacy, security, governance, and infrastructure.
The NGI is a multi-agency Federal research and development (R&D) program that is developing advanced networking technologies and applications. These capabilities are being tested and are 100 to 1,000 times faster than today's Internet. The following agencies participate in the effort: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); and National Science Foundation (NSF). The Web site provides access to upcoming and past conferences, workshops, presentations, publications, legislation and testimony, funding opportunities, awards and more.
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