2001: AMPATH Workshop to Identify Areas of Scientific Collaboration between the US and the AMPATH Service Area

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.

For workshop report click here, Appendix A, and Appendix B.

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 Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, Thomas Troland, (University of Kentucky)

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

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

1:55- 2:10 Modeling 13-C and 15-N Chemical Shifts in Crystalline systems, Julio Facelli (the University of Utah, Center for High-Performance Computing) inclusive of questions – via the Access Grid

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 Atmospheric 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 – 1:00 PM
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 roundtable 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

2001: AMPATH Workshop participants

Number of Participants: 84    (sorted  by last name)

Country Organization Representative email
BRAZIL IAI Achite, Luis Marcelo lmachite@dir.iai.int
Canada Global Engineering Services Limited Aggarwal, Bharat (Brad) globalengineering@home.com
USA Florida International University Alvarez, Heidi heidi@fiu.edu
USA University of Miami Anderson, Michael manderson@miami.edu
USA University of Puerto Rico Armstrong, Roy roy@cacique.uprm.edu
Mexico AVANTEL Basurto, Abelardo abasurto@avantel.com.mx
USA Florida Center for Analytical Electron Mircoscopy Beasley, Tom beasley@fiu.edu
USA internet2 Boyles, Heather heather@internet2.edu
USA NASA Bradford, Robert bob.bradford@msfc.nasa.gov
USA Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Branch, Charles branch@auburn.edu
USA STAR TAP Brown, Maxine maxine@uic.edu
USA Cisco Buja, Christopher cbuja@cisco.com
USA BellSouth Buonomo, Miriam miriam.buonomo@bellsouth.com
USA Georgia Tech Research Institute Burkhart, Laura laura.burkhart@gtri.gatech.edu
USA National Science Foundation Bush, Aubrey abush@nsf.gov
USA HPCf – University of Puerto Rico Caban-Babilonia, William william@hpcf.upr.edu
Chile GEMINI Campusano, Luis luis@das.uchile.cl
Argentina RETINA Cicileo, Guillermo gcicileo@retina.ar
USA National Library of Medicine Cid, Victor vcid@nih.gov
USA National Center for Supercomputing Applications Clark, Allison aclark@ncsa.uiuc.edu
USA Internet2 Corbato, Steve corbato@internet2.edu
USA University of Puerto Rico Cormier, Guy guy@hpcf.upr.edu
USA Gemini 8m Telescope Project Cornwell, Kevin cornwell@gemini.edu
Canada CANARIE Inc. Cote, Jason jason.cote@canarie.ca
USA National Science Foundation CISE/ANIR Cox, Donald A. dcox@nsf.gov
USA National Center for Supercomputing Applications Crutcher, Richard crutcher@uiuc.edu
USA NASA Ames Research Center D’Antoni, Hector hdantoni@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Costa Rica Ministry of Science and Technology de Téramond, Guy gdt@micit.go.cr
USA UIC DeFanti, Tom tom@uic.edu
US NASA Research and Education Network DESJARDINS, RICHARD rdesjardins@arc.nasa.gov
Costa Rica Ministry of Science and Technology Espinoza, Luis Diego lespinoz@micit.go.cr
USA University of Utah, Ctr. for High Computing Facelli, Julio facelli@chpc.utah.edu
US The George Washington University Feinstein, Jerald jerry@gwu.edu
Dominican Republic INTEC Fernandez, Antonio antoniof@intec.edu.do
Argentina RETINA / CRIBABB / UTN-FRBB FRANK, Carlos frank@criba.edu.ar
USA Fratkin Associates Fratkin, Melyssa melyssa@fratkin.com
USA California Institute of Technology Galvez, Philippe galvez@hep.caltech.edu
Brazil II-UFRGS Geyer, Claudio geyer@inf.ufrgs.br
USA National Library of Medicine Gill, Michael mike_gill@nlm.nih.gov
USA FIU gomez, cristian gomezribba@yahoo.com
Mexico AVANTEL Gonzalez Pico, Guillermo ggonzalez@avantel.com.mx
USA National Science Foundation Greene, Thomas tgreene@nsf.gov
USA Fermilab Grigaliunas, Vyto vyto@fnal.gov
Brazil RNP-Rede Nacional de Pesquisa Grojsgold, Alexandre algold@rnp.br
Argentina Centro Atomico Bariloche-Instituto Balseiro Guillermet, Armando afg@cab.cnea.gov.ar
US Organization of American States Hahn, Saul shahn@oas.org
USA Florida International University Ibarra, Julio E. julio@fiu.edu
USA Juniper Networks Jamison, JJ jjamison@juniper.net
USA Gemini Kennedy, Jim jkennedy@gemini.edu
USA Relate Systems King, Brooks bking@relatesystems.com
USA Internet2 Love, Paul epl@internet2.edu
USA JOhn L. Mack & Associates Mack, John L. jlmack@erols.com
Mexico AVANTEL Martinez, Juan Paulo jpmartinez@avantel.com.mx
Colombia Centro de Investigacion de las Telecomunicaciones Martinez, Manuel mmartinez@cintel.org.co
USA Florida International University McClain, Michael mcclainm@fiu.edu
USA Florida International University McGowan, John jmcgowan@fiu.edu
USA National Center for Supercomputing Applications McLean, Stephenie mclean@ncsa.uiuc.edu
USA Indiana University McRobbie, Michael vpit@indiana.edu
USA CalTech Newman, Harvey newman@hep.caltech.edu
Argentina RETINA / CRIBABB / UTN-FRBB Pavone, Luis Roberto rpavone@criba.edu.ar
Dominican Republic INTEC University Pichardo, James jimx@ns.intec.edu.do
USA Univeristy of Florida Pokorney, David dp@ufl.edu
USA FIU Rey, Miguel reym@fiu.edu
USA Florida International University, Computer Science Rishe, Naphtali rishen@cs.fiu.edu
USA NLANR Ritke, Ronn ritke@nlanr.net
Dade Optronics ROCHE, HECTOR hroche@bellsouth.net
CUBA CITMA Rodriguez Jorge, Javier H. javier@ceniai.inf.cu
South America University of Buenos Aires Sala, Osvaldo sala@ifeva.edu.ar
Brazil Lafex/CBPF Santoro, Alberto santoro@fnal.gov
USA FIU Saxena, Surendra saxenas@fiu.edu
USA New World Symphony Snook, Tom admin@nws.org
USA Merit. Network Stovall, Bob bes@merit.edu
USA Indiana University Sweeny, Brent sweeny@indiana.edu
USA Florida International University Theisen, Lee Scott theisenl@fiu.edu
USA FIU Thurman, Catherine thurmanc@dsrt.fiu.edu
Colombia, South America National University of Colombia Torres, Horacio htorres@paas.unal.edu.co
Colombia HyperCAD Torres, Myriam myriamtorresp@hotmail.com
US NCSA Towns, John jtowns@ncsa.uiuc.edu
USA Univeristy of Kentucky Troland, Tom troland@pa.uky.edu
Chile REUNA Utreras, Florencio futreras@reuna.cl
USA Indiana University Williams, James william@indiana.edu
USA New World Symphony Woehrle, Paul pwoehrle@nws.org
USA UCAR/Unidata Yoksas, Tom yoksas@unidata.ucar.edu
USA Global Crossing Zima, John jmzima@globalcrossing.com


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