u.s. ignite presentation
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Steve Corbató gave this presentation to the Utah Broadband Advisory Council on June 21, 2012.TRANSCRIPT
Steve Corbató University of Utah
Utah Broadband Advisory Council June 21, 2012
[Slides credit: Glenn Ricart, U.S. Ignite]
Public-private partnership 501(c)(3)
Partners
• Government: 7 • Industry: 9 • Communities and foundations: 26 • Network: 10
NextGen Technologies
Next-Gen Infra-
structure
Next-Gen Apps
Compelling Application
Next-Gen App = Community Need in a National Priority Area + University (ideally GENI university) + Advanced infrastructure for testing (SDN and/or GENI rack and/or gig to user) + Foundation and/or federal funding + Assistance from US Ignite industry partner + Community organizer to put team together
Technical Drivers
Software Defined Networking / Virtual Networks
GENI Racks
Gigabit to the end user
TRANSFORMING HEALTH
LOCAL AND RESPONSIVE
APPS
NEW STARTUPS
YOUR NEXT-GEN IDEA
LOW-COST, NATURAL, HD VIDEO
GIGABIT TO END-USER
IMPROVED URBAN TRANSPORTATION
What Should You Do? • Join US Ignite • Future-proof your network
– Buy OpenFlow-capable switches & routers – Consider installing GENI Racks
• Be a leader: invent a next-gen app – Work with Mozilla – Send in an NSF grant request – Consult US Ignite
What was announced last week?
• Critical role of NSF GENI project • NSF support
– EAGER awards to pilot projects – ‘Dear Colleague’ letter for additional projects
• Mozilla U.S. Ignite contest for innovative applications
• Non-profit organization now very active
Utah Leadership in U.S. Ignite
• Glenn Ricart is CTO (U Maryland, Novell, NLR) – [email protected]
• Network Research, Univ. of Utah – GENI leadership – Prof. Rob Ricci
• Broadband development - NTIA BTOP – Utah Education Network (UEN) – UTOPIA
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Source: Prof. Rob Ricci, School of Computing Kudos to the late Prof. Jay Lepreau
More information
• NSF CISE – http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=CISE
• U.S. Ignite non-profit – http://us-ignite.org/
• Gig.U higher ed initiative – http://www.gig-u.org/