North Carolina State University

The Shibboleth software
http://archives.internet2.edu/guest/archives/I2-NEWS/log200210/msg00004.html

Shibboleth enables inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to access controls, as is often required in classes offered jointly by multiple universities. It permits off-campus students with broadband connections to access licensed, digital-library content transparently, and allows scientists and faculty to share research web sites securely with remote colleagues.

University of Amsterdam

http://archives.internet2.edu/guest/archives/I2-NEWS/log200205/msg00003.html

An international team set a new record for Internet performance by transferring the equivalent of an entire compact disc's contents across more than 7608 miles (12,272 km) of network in 13 seconds. The rate of 401 megabits per second achieved in transferring 625 megabytes of data from Fairbanks, Alaska to Amsterdam in the Netherlands is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem.

University of Oregon

Performance Record
http://archives.internet2.edu/guest/archives/i2-news/log200209/msg00008.html

By transferring 3.47 gigabytes over 3000 miles of network from Oregon to New York in one hour, the team set an I2-LSR IPv6 category record of 39.81 terabit meters per second. The mark was established in the course of an ongoing project that uses IPv6 to transfer over 60 gigabytes of Internet newsgroup data between the institutions each day. Now that they have a transcontinental network supporting IPv4 and IPv6 over the same infrastructure, they believe the time has come to deploy real applications over Ipv6 and work with members to make it a reality on campuses.

MIT and University College London

Transatlantic Touch
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2002/touchlab3.html

Touch signals were successfully transmitted between California and MIT, and between California and University College London, allowing two users to perform a cooperative manipulation task in a shared virtual environment. Although improving network speeds is the researchers’ main hurdle, they also hope to improve the robotic arm (in place of a mouse) and its capabilities, as well as the algorithms that allow the user to “feel” via computer.

Georgetown University

Various Applications/Projects
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/i2/

Applications at Georgetown include: researchers using large calculations utilizing several workstations and software such as tcgmsg, terminal emulators for molecular modeling via the net using servers for the computations (including graphics), and remote database searches; multi-site collaboration on interactive brain mapping using functional MRI; videoconferencing/lectures; testbed networks for a number of high-performance networking applications in health care; transforming bioethics information services from a site-based resource to a digital library that provides instant access for interested clients on a global basis.

Additional Project Links

Internet2 Updates - Monthly Newsletters from UCAID
Internet2 International Activities and Events
Internet2 news -Jan 2003
Internet2 virtual briefing
Internet2 Commons

For more information on projects involving Internet2 please visit the Internet2 members website at http://members.internet2.edu/membersites.html