National and International Organizations:
- Abilene
- Abilene is an advanced backbone network that connects regional network
aggregation points, called gigaPoPs, to support the work of Internet2
universities as they develop advanced Internet applications.
- CAIDA (Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis)
- CAIDA provides the world with a neutral framework to support cooperative
technical endeavors that have the potential to be critical in meeting the
demands of an exponentially growing system of networks.
- CANARIE CA*net 3 Optical Internet
- Using new fibre optic-based technology and Dense Wavelength Division
Multiplexing, CA*net 3 will deliver unparalleled network capability
to Canadian research institutions and universities faster than any
existing commercial Internet.
- eGrid (The European Grid Forum)
- The European Grid Forum, EGrid, aims at fostering the cooperative use of
distributed computing resources that are accessible via wide area networks.
- Grid Computing Info Centre (GRID Infoware)
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The Grid Computing Technology Infoware (GRID Infoware) aims to contribute to the
development and advancement of technologies that enable us to access
computing power and resources with the ease similar to electrical power.
- Grid Computing Section of IEEE Distributed Systems Online
- IEEE DS Online aims to promote professional awareness of developments, trends,
activities, and editorial coverage in the field of distributed systems. IEEE
DS Online hopes to serve as a springboard for building a stronger
distributed systems community and offer researchers, students, educators,
application developers, and program managers a forum for sharing ideas and
discussing projects.
- Internet2
- Internet2, led by over 170 U.S. universities working in partnership with
industry and government, is developing and deploying advanced network
applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.
- NCSA (National Computational Science Alliance)
- The National Computational Science Alliance is a partnership to prototype
an advanced computational infrastructure for the 21st century, and includes more
than 50 academic, government, and industry research partners from across the
United States.
- NGI (Next Generation Internet)
- The NGI initiative will enable advanced network-based science, health,
education, and environmental network applications. These applications
will be selected from the participating with agencies and from other
Government missions and will be carried out in partnerships between the
initiative and other programs.
- NPACI (National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure)
- NPACI is overseeing the formation of a coherent, researcher-focused national
computational infrastructure.
- STAR TAP (Science, Technology, And Research Transit Access Point)
- STAR TAP is a persistent infrastructure funded by the National Science Foundation
to facilitate the long-term interconnection and interoperability of advanced
international networking in support of applications, performance measuring,
and technology evaluations.
- UCAID
- UCAID (The University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development) is a
non-profit consortium, led by university members working in partnership
with corporate and affiliate members, to provide leadership and direction
for advanced networking development.
- vBNS
- vBNS+ is a nationwide network that supports high-performance, high-bandwidth
applications. Originating in 1995 as the vBNS, vBNS+ is the product of a
five-year cooperative agreement between MCI Worldcom and the National Science
Foundation.
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State and Regional Organizations:
- CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California)
- The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) represents
the common interests of California's higher education academic and research
communities in achieving robust, high capacity, next generation Internet
communications services. CENIC's membership is drawn from California higher
education institutions and information technology industries. It is highly
accountable to the institutions it serves in order to fulfill the trust that
will be placed with it.
- CIC (Committee for Institutional Cooperation)
- Since the earliest days of the electronic computer, from Illiac to the World
Wide Web, the universities of the CIC have been national and international
leaders in information technology. Working through the CIC, the member
institutions have leveraged their deep pool of expertise to maintain a
position on the leading edge of technology.
- GPN (The Great Plains Network)
- The Great Plains Network (GPN) is a consortium of Great Plains states
dedicated to supporting scientific research through the use of networking
technology. Assisted by the NSF EPSCoR program, the consortium has constructed
a high speed network connecting the educational state networks in each of the
following EPSCoR states: Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
and South Dakota.
- NYSERNet
- NYSERNet advances network technologies and applications that enable
collaboration and promote technology transfer for research and
education, expanding these to government, industry, and the broader community.
- SURA (Southeastern Universities Research Association)
- SURA serves as an entity through which colleges, universities, and other
organizations may cooperate with one another and with government in acquiring,
developing, and using laboratories and other research facilities and in furthering
knowledge and the application of that knowledge in the physical, biological,
and other natural sciences and engineering.
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