Smart Gigabit Cities:How Advanced Networks Drive Economic Development

Joe Kochan

June 9, 2015

But now what do we do?

Public-private partnership

Launched at White House in 2012

501(c)(3)

What is US Ignite?

60 next-generation applications1Infrastructure

Next-Gen Applications

Economic Leadership

200 community testbeds2

Accelerate economic development3

US Ignite’s goals

IoT, CPS, Smart Cities

Small, inexpensive sensors (common)

Local, capable storage and compute (less common)

Low latency, reliable network (critical)

Smart, adaptive, responsive systems

Symmetric gigabit wired / wireless fabric

Adaptable, virtualizable network

Locavore computing and storage

Technologies

BIGQuick

Sliced

Data4K Streaming video (including VR)

IoT / CPS smart sensorsVirtual reality

PrivacySecurity

Symmetric gigabit networking

50 ms

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5 sec

1 min

10 min

100 min

16 hrs

1 week

10 weeks

2 years

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Online backup

The Gigabit Frontier

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Cizzle

Synchrophaser

Remote 3D printer

Fly-through data visualization

CASA

Sim Center

Future CASA

Flood CubeLive radiology

4K video

Uncom

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HD vid

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NVIDIAPollution Viewer

Library Browser

USC Microscope

Physical Therapy as a Service

The Gigabit Frontier

11

10 Mbps

Home or Small Business

Today’s Infrastructure

12

Gig

Home or Small Business

Locavore Infrastructure

13

Gig

Home or Small Business

Locavore Infrastructure

14

• Big data to the end user / anchor institution• Visual data exploration (“fly-through”)• Virtual reality / augmented reality• Real-time (apparently instantaneous)• Very low latency• Reliable (no hiccups)• Cyberphysical interactions• Collaborative (in the moment)

Typical Application Characteristics

Gigabit-networked microscopy to extend reach of research universities

Differentiators• Chattanooga STEM students gain access to researchers, 4k microscopic images,

and knowledge from 1,800 miles away

• Students able to learn about and manipulate sophisticated microscope in real time

• Analysis of Pacific micro-organisms integrated into STEM biology curriculum

• Low-latency gigabit networks enable three simultaneous streams: high-resolution

images, video conferencing, and microscope manipulation

Demo Participants• Dr. Richard Weinberg, USC School of Cinematic Arts

• Student Maria Jefferson from Chattanooga STEM high school

Enable Experiential Learning

Virtual-reality based training for wind and solar industry workers

Differentiators• Entry-level trainees learn relevant skills via immersive, cloud-based VR platform

• Educational modules will help train thousands of workers in solar cell and small

wind turbine design, installation and maintenance tasks

• System reduces investment in equipment, lab space, personnel, and field visits

• Platform to be made available to 60+ BTOP-funded public computing centers in

Philadelphia

• Public computing centers able to offer VR-based training by being connected to

local cloud storage and compute capabilities via gigabit networks

Demo Participants• Professor Kapil Dandakar, Drexel University

Train the “tech generation” workforce

Cleveland’s EDA-funded 100 Gig fiber network drives innovation and jobs

Differentiators• 100 Gig-enabled 3-mile Health-Tech corridor has brought new jobs from big

data companies, developers, and data centers

• Early College High School (within John Jay HS) graduation rate went from

<40% to #1 in state in part through use of gigabit video collaboration platform

• OneCommunity partnered with 40 cities in NE Ohio through its "Big Gig

Challenge" to support deployment of broadband infrastructure to downtown

innovation zones, and foster research accelerators, public safety applications,

and new services for community health clinics

Demo Participants• Lev Gonick, CEO, OneCommunity

Spur economic development and entrepreneurship

So what?

Burlington, Vermont

Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:

• Assembled team under mayor’s leadership to complete BTV Ignite Playbook

• Enhanced community infrastructure– Gigabit connections to schools, libraries, museums, maker spaces, and among research universities

• Identified core application capabilities– Cyber-security, edu-gaming, additive manufacturing, neuroscience, smart systems, and food systems

• Stimulated constant stream of application development events for small businesses built around core application capabilities

– Maker space events, Code for America Brigade-sponsored hackathons

• Coordinated best-practice sharing nationwide– Apps from KC and Chattanooga, techniques for closing skill gaps

• Unleashed groundswell of national publicity and entrepreneurial activity

• Burlington named one of Top Ten Most-Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in 2014

Flint, Michigan

Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:

• Assembled accelerator team under mayor’s leadership to complete Flint Ignite Playbook

– Includes broad-based group of community leaders

• Discovered and mapped under-utilized fiber infrastructure to schools and other anchor institutions

• Began planning for 8 new applications that could utilize existing fiber infrastructure and Kettering GENI

rack

• Identified core application capabilities

– Transportation logistics, automotive manufacturing, life sciences, food manufacturing

• Engaged entrepreneurial community within Flint and Kettering, U of M Flint, MSU, and Mott CC

• Began planning constant stream of application development events for small businesses at Kettering

Innovation Center, U of M Innovation Incubator, and Mott CC FabLab

• Coordinated best-practice sharing nationwide

– Apps from Utah and Burlington, techniques for closing tech skill gaps

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Supported leadership in driving economic development:• Leveraging fastest city-wide network in the Western Hemisphere, with gig speeds available to

150,000

• Focused efforts on smart grid, additive manufacturing, healthcare, and education / training

“teachepreneurs”

• GigTank accelerator driving development of entrepreneurial ecosystem and dozens of startups

• “Hackanooga,” Startup Weeks, other events driving new applications

• Planning Innovation District

• Established businesses choosing GigCity

– Amazon, Volkswagen, Access America, HomeServe USA

• Over 4,000 new jobs created within past five years, with over half attributed to Gig network