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September 2004
Trent hosts ORION Day
Trent University is hosting an ORION – CA*net4 Day in Peterborough Oct. 26, bringing researchers and educators together to profile their work and to learn more about collaborating over the ORION and the CA*net 4 advanced research and education networks. The workshop will also bring participants from Fleming College and other regional institutions. For information, visit the ORION Events page at www.orion.on.ca/orioncanet4days.html
Michigan Upgrades R&E Network
Michigan State, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University recently formed MiLR, a consortium to establish their own high-performance research network. “Creating MiLR will give MSU, U-M and WSU a competitive advantage in attracting external support for research and will attract students and faculty to our campuses,” said John S. Camp, CIO at Wayne State. “We are now members of a small and elite group of universities nationally that are investing in high-performance networks to strengthen research and facilitate collaboration.” The network will connect the universities to each other and to national and international networking hubs in Chicago, including the National LambdaRail, Starlight, and a growing set of network connections that are building the U.S. cyber infrastructure supporting science and new discovery. Merit, Michigan’s R&E network operator, will also use MiLR for collaboration in advanced research and education between the United States and Canada. Merit and Ontario’s ORION network are interconnecting between Detroit and Windsor.
Halifax hosting CANARIE workshop
Nova Scotia is set to welcome Canada’s R&E networking community at CANARIE's 10th Annual Advanced Networks Workshop, in Halifax November 22 to 24, 2004. This year's workshop will focus on developing common network tool sets and services for shared access to research infrastructure facilities across Canada using the high speed networks of CA*net 4 in partnership with the Optical Regional Advanced Networks in each province. A major theme is the new class of shared infrastructure, called "intelligent infrastructure", which is transforming computational and network research and leading to new distributed architectures for data collection, storage, distribution and analysis. The conference will feature leading international speakers who are involved with the cyber-infrastructure and e-infrastructure programs. Other invited speakers will include representatives from some of Canada's major research infrastructure projects. As well there will be a number of national and international speakers who will be talking about the next generation research optical networks that will be required to support e large i-Infrastructure initiatives. The annual IWAY Awards will also be presented. Learn more at www.canarie.ca.
RISQ annual conference
The 15th annual conference of the Réseau d'informations scientifiques du Québec (RISQ) will be held in Montreal, October 26 to 28. ORION President/CEO Phil Baker will be among the presenters in an Oct. 28 session on the broader global research and education network community. This year, the conference agenda will focus on member services and practical uses of the RISQ network. Learn more at www.risq.ca
Korea & Barcelona send HD over CA*net 4
Researchers at KISTI (with ANF HDTV TF) in Korea and i2CAT in Barcelona Spain have recently carried experiments by transmitting HDTV video over Canada's CA*net 4 network, demonstrating that Digital Cinema HDTV quality transmission can work smoothly over vast distances. The research used CANARIE’s User Controlled LightPaths (UCLP), which permits end user control of the traffic engineering of the IP network route and allowed direct peering between Korea's KREONet2 network and Barcelona's i2CAT network over CA*net4. The transmissions were compressed HDSDI at 270Mbps, with the collaboration of Research Channel. For the first time, HDTV over IP transmission spanned three continents - Europe, North America and Asia. The Korean team at GIST in Gwangju, Korea got several cultural productions about Gaudi architecture taped in HDTV format by i2CAT. The User Controlled LightPaths used software developed by the Communications Research Centre in Ottawa and the University of Ottawa, which has been deployed across CA*net4. Learn more at www.canarie.ca/canet4/uclp/uclp_software.html
New Lakehead Research VP aims for the top
Dr. Rui Wang, who starts in his new function as VP of Research at Lakehead University, aims to place the Thunder Bay institution among Canada’s top 25 research universities within the next five to ten years. Dr. Wang, who aims to achieve that vision by “strengthening our research strongholds and motivating the whole academic community”, says Lakehead will also strive to become internationally competitive. Dr. Wang comes to Lakehead from the University of Saskatchewan where he was Professor and the Leader of the Cardiovascular Research Group and of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Network. Prior to this, Dr. Wang was an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan (1997 to 2001) and an Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal (1993 to 1997). Dr. Wang’s research on cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology has been funded by CIHR, NSERC, and other agencies and industry. He is the author of two books, holds two patents, and lists 95 published papers.
SHARCNET workshop to focus on SMP
This year’s SHARCNET Fall Workshop is scheduled for October 13 to 15, at Waterloo’s Wilfrid Laurier University. The sessions will focus on Shared Memory Programming (SMP) systems, and their associated techniques. A bonus day has been included on Oct. 12 for those interested in a general Introduction to High Performance Programming. The workshop will feature talks on leading-edge computing hardware, tutorials on software such as libraries, and seminars and keynotes on fundamental computing strategies. Learn more at www.sharcnet.ca/events/fw2004/
€93 million for massive GEANT upgrade
The European Commission in Brussels has signed a contract for €93million ($145 million CDN), covering under 50 per cent of total anticipated costs of a massive upgrade to Europe’s GEANT communications network for research and education. Upgrades will include high-performance services and a mobility-roaming service that will enable scientists to stay connected to GÉANT wherever they are doing their research. New End-to-end connectivity will enable scientists to have their “own” virtual private networks. GÉANT and its partners, the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), together provide the research communications backbone infrastructure for 34 countries in Europe. The European Commission’s contribution to this project, €93 million, is estimated at less than 50% of total expenditures. The remainder will be co-financed by the participating countries. The upgraded network, co-coordinated by DANTE, will use a hybrid architecture that combines the best technology from the worlds of telephony (switching) and the Internet (routing). This will provide faster, more powerful services for the most demanding users, creating dedicated routes along predictable traffic paths. Learn more at www.geant.net.
Georgian offers U of Windsor Engineering Degree
Beginning in September 2005, Barrie’s Georgian College will offer an accredited four-year Bachelor of Applied Science - Mechanical Engineering (Automotive Option) from the University of Windsor. This is a first in Ontario. No other Ontario college has partnered with a university to deliver an accredited engineering degree. This is the first degree-completion program at the Barrie campus in the technology field. Georgian College President Brian Tamblyn gave credited the vision and commitment of teams from both the college and the university. The B.A.Sc. degree prepares students to become professional engineers upon completion of the required work experience. “The ability to offer this specific engineering degree at the Barrie Campus supports recognition of our two institutions as being leaders in the automotive education field in Canada,” Tamblyn said. Learn more at www.georgianc.on.ca
Seneca Hosts Open Source Conference
Toronto’s Seneca College is hosting its third annual Open Source Symposium, at its Don Mills campus on Oct. 29. The purpose is to share information and promote the greater use and appreciation of the Open Source concept. Seneca is a leader in field. The Open Source Team at the School of Computer Studies at Seneca received the McGraw-Hill Ryerson Award for Innovation in Education in 2003. Seneca’s CIO Terrence Verity is also a panel member at this year’s Open Source Summit, in Scottsdale, Arizona, Dec. 1-3, 2004. Highlights of last year’s event are posted at http://cs.senecac.on.ca/~sos2
$1M Xerox endowment to McMaster
Xerox Canada has announced a $1 million endowment to Hamilton’s McMaster University, toward the building of a new Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a first of its kind in Ontario. The funding is a joint gift from Xerox Canada and The Xerox Foundation to establish the Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation within McMaster’s School for Engineering Practice. An expert team of faculty and staff will operate the Centre, assembled to research and teach the mechanisms of translating technical expertise into product and process innovation and commercial success.
New Internet land speed record
Internet2 announced Sept. 30 that a team from Sprint Corporation and The Swedish University Network (SUNET) has set a new Internet2(R) Land Speed Record. The record was set using the same IPv4 protocols deployed throughout the global Internet today. The team successfully transferred over 1830 gigabytes of data in approximately 60 minutes across nearly 29,000 kilometers of networks at a rate of 4.31 gigabits per second -- 4000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection. The record was set with the support of Cisco Systems, Intel Corporation and The Luleå University of Technology. More information can be found at: http://proj.sunet.se/LSR3-s/ Details of past winning entries, complete rules, submission guidelines, and additional details are available at: http://lsr.internet2.edu/
$3M boost for cancer research
Seven cancer research projects, designed to speed the development of promising new cancer treatments, will share in a $3.1 million boost from the Ontario Cancer Research Network (OCRN). Among the projects – all based in Toronto institutions - is research to make better vaccines to combat leukemia, and creating an internet-based collaborative community to encourage patient participation in cancer clinical trials. The support is from the OCRN's $56 million Cancer Research Fund. Learn more at www.ocrn.on.ca.
LionShare open source code released
Penn State and Internet2 have announced the release of open source code for their collaborative software project, LionShare, bringing plans for secure, high-powered, peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology for academia closer to reality. LionShare merges electronic file-exchange capabilities with information gathering tools into one dynamic application. The release provides the opportunity to contribute feedback and suggestions. Partners, including Internet2, BC’s Simon Fraser University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will continue to fine-tune the software, slated for official beta release for universities and institutions this January. LionShare’s unique capabilities include the ability to transfer audio, video, scientific simulations, text, documents, research papers, Web resources and other learning activities. Learn more at http://lionshare.its.psu.edu/main/.
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