FIU AMPATH Workshop Agenda

The workshop will be held in Miami, Florida at the Florida International University Koven's Conference Center. The site is easily accessible from area hotels and the Miami International or Ft. Lauderdale International airports. The official conference hotel is Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Ave. 305-604-1601. The Loews has comfortable rooms, dining facilities, as well as a reception area and the well-known South Beach Art Deco Historical District. Bus transportation will be provided to and from the hotel to the Koven's Conference Center located on the Biscayne Bay Campus in North Miami on August 16th. 

August 15, 2001

Cisco Systems Next Generation Internet Routing 
+ Education Mini-Road Show
12:00 Noon – 5 P.M. EDT at the Loews Hotel
Offered to Senior Network Engineers in conjunction with the
AMPATH Workshop 

7:00PM - 9:00PM Welcome informal reception at the 
Loews Hotel for all Participants

August 16, 2001

7:30AM-8:15AM Bus transportation to Florida International University Kovens Conference Center.

8:15AM - 9:00AM  Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00-9:10 Welcome Introductions; Meeting Goals & Objectives, Julio Ibarra (FIU)

9:10 - 9:40 Keynote Address, Michael McRobbie (Indiana University)

9:40 - 9:50 AMPATH Update; Current Services, 6-12 Month Outlook, Julio Ibarra (FIU)

9:50 - 10:00 US National Science Foundation Future Directions
Division of Advanced Networking Infrastructure & Research, Tom Greene (NSF)

10:00-10:05 AMPATH and the international research community
Scientific research applications over the AMPATH infrastructure, Heidi Alvarez (FIU)

10:05 - 10:15 Gemini Observatory Connectivity to Facilities and Partners in South America, James Kennedy (AURA)

10:15 - 10:25 Chilean Astronomy Collaborations with Gemini scientists in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia, Luis Campusano (Universidad de Chile)

10:25 - 10:30 Questions on the Gemini Collaboration

10:30 - 10:50 Break (Coffee, soft drinks)

10:50 - 11:15 Grid Data Management Prototype for multisite data production, distribution, access and analysis operations, Harvey Newman (Caltech), inclusive of questions.

11:15 - 11:25 Parallel Cell Simulation, Claudio Geyer (UFRGS, Brazil), inclusive of questions

11:25 - 11:35 Research Program on Acquisition and Analysis of Signals PAAS-UN, Horacio Torres Sanchez (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

11:35- 11:45 United Counterdrug (UCD), Laura Burkhart (Georgia Institute of Technology) inclusive of questions

11:45 - 12:00 Discuss the Infrastructure Enabling Potential Areas of Collaboration Between the International Space Station and the Americas , Robert Bradford (NASA) inclusive of questions

12:00 - 1:20  Lunch 

• Welcome Greeting from FIU's Provost, Mark Rosenberg
• Welcome Greeting from FIU Dean of Outreach, David Grossman
• Discussion Question, "Does a high speed network represent more than a data pipe from here to there?"
• Gallery Display: AMPATH Application Content (Break Area)
• Laptop Bar Open

1:20- 1:30 Terrafly, Naphtali Rishe (FIU High Performance Database Research Center)

1:30 - 1:40 Network Applications and Remote Observing at Areceibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, Thomas Troland, (University of Kentucky)

1:40 - 1:50 Atacama Large Millimeter Array / the ALMA Project, Richard Crutcher (NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne )

1:50 - 1:55 Questions for Troland and Crutcher

2:10 - 2:20 Remote Sensing Research and Digital Archives at the University of Puerto Rico, Roy Armstrong (University of Puerto Rico)

2:20 - 2:30 Virtual Laboratory for analysis of Marine and Atomospheric sensor data, Hector D’Antoni  (NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA)

2:30 - 2:35 Questions for Armstrong and D'Antoni

2:35 - 2:45 Creating a network of high-pressure physicists and a network for thermodynamic assessment of databases on materials (metallurgy, ceramics), Surendra Saxena (FIU Center for the Study of Matter Under Extreme Conditions)

2:45 - 2:55 Thermodynamics of Complex Material Systems, Armando Fernández Guillermet (Centro Atómico Bariloche-Instituto Balseiro, Argentina)

2:55 - 3:00 Questions for Saxena and Fernández Guillermet

3:00 - 3:20 Break (Coffee, soft drinks)

3:20- 3:30 Management and Conservation of Large Rivers in the Andean Amazon Basin, Michael McClain (FIU )

3:30- 3:40 The Role of Biodiversity and Climate in the Functioning of Ecosystems, Osvaldo Sala (U. of Buenos Aires, Argentina)

3:40 - 3:45   Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research - IAI Database Information System, Luis Marcelo Achite

3:45 - 3:50 Questions for McClain, Sala and Achite

3:50 - 4:00 Starlight,  The Future of STAR TAP:Enabling e-Science Research Tom DeFanti (UIC) inclusive of questions

4:00 - 4:10 Promoting connectivity and collaboration in advanced networking in the Americas, Heather Boyles (Internet2) inclusive of questions

4:10 - 4:20 Florencio Utreras (REUNA, Chile)

4:20 - 4:30 Large Scale Implementation of an Advanced Network Infrastructure in Costa Rica, Guy de Teramond (Ministry of Science and Technology, Costa Rica)

4:30 - 4:40 General Questions / Comments

4:40 - 5:00 Concluding remarks, Julio Ibarra (FIU)
Evaluation Survey of the Workshop http://news.fiu.edu/id/ampath/evaluation_survey.asp
Purpose: Gather recommendations and perceptions from the conference at large
The survey will be included in the AMPATH workshop program and on the workshop website.

Day 1: Evening Activity 
Participants may be on their own to enjoy South Beach restaurants and nightlife

Day 2: August 17th at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel 8:30 AM - 1:00PM

Breakfast will be served for session attendees between Periwinkle and Boardroom Conference Rooms at 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
(These sessions are by invitation.  Please let us know of your interest )
Break-Out Session I: Researchers Round Table 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM in the Boardroom
This will be a smaller round table meeting of invited key researchers. The purposes of this session are:
· Outline the format and content of the report deliverable resulting from the workshop
· Build consensus on the factual findings of the workshop
· Solicit recommendations for the future of AMPATH with regard to deployment strategy, funding sources and proposal writing plans.
· Publication Plans

Break-Out Session II: Establish the AMPATH User's Group 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in the Periwinkle Conference Room
This is a session for AMPATH participant National Research Network executives and key stakeholders in the AMPATH project.
· Discussion of structure and management
· Definition of coordinated activities between AMPATH members and collaborators (research, education, and network requirements and opportunities)
· Discussion of implementation and administration methodologies
· Coordination among participants, FIU management and operations, Global NOC at Indiana University, and the AMPATH corporate sponsors (particularly Global Crossing and Terremark Worldwide NAP of the Americas)

Break-Out Session III: Establish the AMPATH Technical User's Group 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in the Periwinkle Conference Room
· Network engineers from the US NRNs and the AMPATH service area NRNs to establish the AMPATH technical users group
· Review Network Operations Center services provided by the Global NOC at Indiana University and Florida International University
· Discuss network configurations and provide support information to emerging National Research Networks in the AMPATH service area
· Recommended active equipment, quality controls

1:00 PM Workshop Closes