Renaissance Computing Institute

IRNC Workshop

The International Research Network Connections (IRNC) workshop was conducted on October 24 and 25, 2007, in Arlington, VA., with RENCI Interim Director Alan Blatecky serving as the principal investigator. The workshop attempted to answer the following question: What infrastructure will be required to support international collaborative science in the year 2010 and beyond? Scientists and researchers from a wide range of disciplines and domains were invited to present, and their presentations can be found below. A formal report on the workshop has been submitted to NSF and can be found below. Members of the workshop team were Miron Livny, University of Wisconsin; Peter Arzberger, University of California, San Diego; and David Lassner, University of Hawaii.

NSF International Research Network Connections Program

Final Report – January 8, 2008 View Report

Scientific Facilities: Panel 1

Pepi Fabbiano -- Sloan Digital Sky Survey, NVO View Slides
Ian Fisk (Fermi Lab) – Large Hadron Collider View Slides

Scientific Instruments: Panel 2

Yervant Terzian (Cornell) – SKA; Square Kilometer Array View Slides
Alan Whitney (MIT) – eVLBI; electronic Very Long Base Interferometry View Slides
Shinji Shimojo (Osaka University) – Electronic Microscope View Slides

Cyber environments Distributed Instruments: Panel 3

Chaitan Baru (UCSD) – GEON; Geosciences Network View Slides
Fang-Pang Lin (NCHC-Taiwan) – LTER; Long Term Ecological Research View Slides
Dennis Gannon (Indiana) – LEAD; Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery

Luncheon Speaker

Jon Strauss (member of NSB Board) View Slides

Small Teams including Single Investigator Collaborative Science: Panel 4

Peter Hunter (Aukland University) – Physiome project View Slides
Paul Hanson (UWisc) – GLEON; Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network View Slides

Infrastructure Research: Panel 5

Cees de Laat (Netherlands) – SURFNET View Slides
Jun Murai (Japan) – WIDE View Slides
Rene Buch (Norway) – NORDUNET View Slides

Major Grid Projects and Plans: Panel 6

Dennis Gannon (Indiana) TeraGrid View Slides
Ruth Pordes (Fermi) – OSG; Open Science Grid View Slides

IRNC Status: Panel 7

Tom DeFanti (UCSD) – Translight/Starlight View Slides
John Silvester (USC) – Translight/Pacific Wave View Slides
James Williams (IU) – Transpac2 View Slides
Greg Cole (UT Knoxville) – GLORIAD
Julio Ibarra (FIU) – WHREN View Slides

Network Infrastructure in the year 2010 and beyond: Panel 8

Wes Kaplow (Qwest) View Slides
Javad Boroumand (Cisco)
Heather Boyles (Internet2)