NLR's Kurt Snodgrass, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, spoke last week on the new, global TelePresence inter-network and the opportunities this presents for the research and education community at the 8th International Conference on Emerging e-Learning Technologies and Applications.
NLR TelePresence users Paradise Valley Unified School District outside of Phoenix and the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia also presented.
For abstract and slides of Kurt's talk, see: http://www.nlr.net/presentations.php.
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Quilt's Tour of New Duke TelePresence Classroom: 1st to Fill 12 Segments on NLR Exchange
The Quilt's virtual tour, via Cisco TelePresence, of Duke University's new TelePresence Classroom was a smashing success, utilizing, for the first time on the NLR-operated Research and Education Cisco TelePresence Exchange, all 12 available segments for a single TelePresence session. The event was open to any site connected to NLR or Internet2.
Here's Duke's innovative hall, enabling educators from three different locations to interact with students. We're hoping to share photos soon of the actual Quilt event.
For more info on TelePresence over NLR, please visit: www.nlr.net/telepresence
Here's Duke's innovative hall, enabling educators from three different locations to interact with students. We're hoping to share photos soon of the actual Quilt event.
For more info on TelePresence over NLR, please visit: www.nlr.net/telepresence
Duke: Global Learning via Cisco TelePresence
Today Duke University and Cisco announced a virtual lecture hall based on Cisco TelePresence to enable business school students with access to professors, business leaders and guest lecturers located around the globe, extending the in-person classroom environment across campuses and into the business world.
The Cisco announcement included recognition of NLR's national Cisco TelePresence Exchange and its role in promoting use of TelePresence among higher education across the country.
For news release and video of Cisco CEO John Chambers participating via TelePresence from San Jose in the launch festitivites, visit: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2010/prod_021010.html.
The Cisco announcement included recognition of NLR's national Cisco TelePresence Exchange and its role in promoting use of TelePresence among higher education across the country.
For news release and video of Cisco CEO John Chambers participating via TelePresence from San Jose in the launch festitivites, visit: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2010/prod_021010.html.
NLR, Internet2 on TelePresence at Joint Techs
A preview of the new unified Cisco TelePresence service for research and education (R&E), formally announced today by Internet2 and NLR, was provided at last week’s ESCC/Internet2’s Joint Techs Conference by Ben Fineman (Internet2) and Brent Sweeny (Indiana University, GRNOC and NLR Engineering).
In a joint presentation, Ben and Brent described the shared objective of connecting islands and making Cisco TelePresence widely available to US R&E in a presentation that can be viewed at: http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2010feb/20100201-sweeny-fineman.pdf. For video, see: http://events.internet2.edu/2010/jt-slc/agenda.cfm?go=stream&sessid=10000992&streamtype=23&live=0.
More details about the new service will be announced. In the meantime, questions or comments can be sent to cisco-telepresence-request@internet2.edu or cisco-telepresence-request@nlr.net. To subscribe to a mailing list: cisco-telepresence-info@internet2.edu or cisco-telepresence-info@nlr.net.
Photos of the Joint Techs workshop can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallambdarail/sets/72157623253136177/
In a joint presentation, Ben and Brent described the shared objective of connecting islands and making Cisco TelePresence widely available to US R&E in a presentation that can be viewed at: http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2010feb/20100201-sweeny-fineman.pdf. For video, see: http://events.internet2.edu/2010/jt-slc/agenda.cfm?go=stream&sessid=10000992&streamtype=23&live=0.
More details about the new service will be announced. In the meantime, questions or comments can be sent to cisco-telepresence-request@internet2.edu or cisco-telepresence-request@nlr.net. To subscribe to a mailing list: cisco-telepresence-info@internet2.edu or cisco-telepresence-info@nlr.net.
Photos of the Joint Techs workshop can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallambdarail/sets/72157623253136177/
US-UK-Georgia TelePresence Link with Help from NLR
Three locations were able to join via Cisco TelePresence in celebrating the opening of a new IPv6 lab in Tbilisi, Georgia. John Morgridge, Cisco CEO emeritus, donated the equipment and participated from Cisco's San Jose, CA office (in photo at right). And the director and CTO of Cisco's Consulting Engineering group connected in from London to the lab at the Georgian Research and Education Networking Association (GRENA) in Tbilisi. Attendees in Tbilisi including the deputy minister of science and education.
The TelePresence session ran over national research and education network (NREN) infrastructures (NLR for the US portion) and was made possible by a link between the NLR and AT&T TelePresence Exchanges. TelePresence connectivity is supported over this link between NLR-connected universities and more than 650 Cisco TelePresence rooms worldwide.
SC09: NLR's Unique TelePresence Know-How
At SC09 NLR's providing the show's only Cisco TelePresence meeting room. And daily NLR's demonstrating how it's using this pioneering, high-end audio-visual collaboration platform in its own operations.
Here are photos of TelePresence sessions with NLR's Director, Engineering and Operations Grover Browning at Indiana University and, from the Los Angeles area-based NLR/CENIC team (left to right), Tammy Sopo, executive assistant, Cindy Abercrombie, manager, NLR Layer 1 Network Operations Center, and Mary Jane Fortin, administrative manager).
EDUCAUSE Conference: NLR Session, TelePresence with Cisco
NLR made several important contributions to this week's EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Denver.NLR Board Director Ron Hutchins presented on how NLR is an extended resource for universities and colleges, giving examples of the value NLR provides Georgia Tech and other institutions on Southern Light Rail, such as flexibility of service offerings, fast turn up of new circuits and very cost effective pricing structure relative to commercial providers. Ron's presentation is available on the NLR website.
New CEO Glenn Ricart also spoke briefly about his commitment to ensuring NLR remains a highly valuable asset for the research and education community.
In addition, NLR was the platform for Cisco's TelePresence demonstrations, with TelePresence capability managed out of NLR's TelePresence Exchange in Kansas City and coming in to the show floor via NLR's Denver PoP. Wendy Huntoon, Vice Chair of the NLR Board, participated in several TelePresence sessions with visitors to Cisco's booth from her office at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), talking on how PSC and NLR increasingly use TelePresence to reduce physical travel and enhance collaboration and productivity. Conference attendee comments on TelePresence in the Cisco booth with NLR are available on Cisco's YouTube channel.
TelePresence in Action at Quilt Workshop
At the Quilt's TelePresence Workshop last week in Kansas City, Missouri, NLR was able to participate -- from across the country -- thanks to Cisco TelePresence on the NLR TelePresence Exchange.
TelePresence meeting rooms from as many as six different locations were simultaneously connected to the live event, enabling remote attendees to literally join around the conference table with those on-site and in several cases sparing speakers the need to invest a couple of days' worth of travel for an hour presentation.
Participating were two TelePresence rooms from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (where NLR Vice Chair Wendy Huntoon joined); one from MOREnet, the Missouri Research and Education Network; and at least three from various Cisco offices coast to coast.
First University-Corporate Telepresence Connection across a Research and Education Network
The first university-corporate Cisco TelePresence session through interconnection of a research and education telepresence exchange (National LambdaRail) and a commercial telepresence exchange has taken place. This significantly expands the collaboration potential of the telepresence platform for the academic and research communities.
National LambdaRail (NLR), AT&T and Cisco successfully tested and demonstrated the interconnection of the NLR Telepresence Exchange with the AT&T Telepresence Solution via the AT&T Business Exchange. NLR and AT&T are now working out the details of an ongoing interconnect service enabling additional universities or research organizations with access to NLR and a Cisco TelePresence endpoint to quickly and seamlessly use the AT&T Business Exchange to collaborate with partners in private industry.
The telepresence session involved four separate locations and worked flawlessly. Participating were: Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers from Cisco’s headquarters in San Jose; Bruce Klein, Cisco SVP of Public Sector, from Cisco offices in Herndon, Virginia; and the Duke University leadership team from two locations on the Duke campus in Durham, North Carolina.
NLR’s very excited about the increasing opportunities presented by telepresence for researchers and research groups to collaborate with colleagues around the country and the world – and now with access to the AT&T Business Exchange and to partners in the commercial space. We’ll keep you posted of the new interconnect service as plans firm up.
National LambdaRail (NLR), AT&T and Cisco successfully tested and demonstrated the interconnection of the NLR Telepresence Exchange with the AT&T Telepresence Solution via the AT&T Business Exchange. NLR and AT&T are now working out the details of an ongoing interconnect service enabling additional universities or research organizations with access to NLR and a Cisco TelePresence endpoint to quickly and seamlessly use the AT&T Business Exchange to collaborate with partners in private industry.
The telepresence session involved four separate locations and worked flawlessly. Participating were: Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers from Cisco’s headquarters in San Jose; Bruce Klein, Cisco SVP of Public Sector, from Cisco offices in Herndon, Virginia; and the Duke University leadership team from two locations on the Duke campus in Durham, North Carolina.
NLR’s very excited about the increasing opportunities presented by telepresence for researchers and research groups to collaborate with colleagues around the country and the world – and now with access to the AT&T Business Exchange and to partners in the commercial space. We’ll keep you posted of the new interconnect service as plans firm up.
NLR Keynote, TelePresence at QUESTnet
It’s a busy week for National LambdaRail (NLR) at QUESTnet, Australia’s network technology conference in Queensland. NLR CEO Tom West gave the opening keynote yesterday on The Research and Education Network as Innovation Catalyst. NLR, in cooperation with QUESTnet and Cisco, hosted several sessions via Cisco TelePresence. And the Georgia Institute of Technology presented on their partnership with Barrow County (Georgia) Schools, which uses high-powered networks (including NLR) and video to bring scientists into classrooms.
In his remarks, Tom addressed how a ready and primed infrastructure like NLR’s, with established technical expertise, at an attractive price point, is in a compelling position to enable broad-based transformation. Tom’s presentation has been posted to the NLR website: http://www.nlr.net/presentations.php.
The TelePresence sessions included multi-point between the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in North Carolina, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Indiana University in Indianapolis on How to Connect and Use Cisco TelePresence. Other topics covered were the Indiana University Global Network Operations Center (from Indianapolis) and Cloud Computing (from Pittsburgh). All sessions were handled by NLR’s TelePresence Exchange, running over NLR in the US and peering at PacificWave in Seattle with AARNet of Australia.
GeorgiaTech’s Claudia Huff and Warren Matthews presented the Direct-to-Discovery program which aims to enhance K-12 science and math learning. More information available in NLR’s June/July 2009 newsletter: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/472009/093b99b75e/1617001396/be77be9ceb/#classroom
In his remarks, Tom addressed how a ready and primed infrastructure like NLR’s, with established technical expertise, at an attractive price point, is in a compelling position to enable broad-based transformation. Tom’s presentation has been posted to the NLR website: http://www.nlr.net/presentations.php.
The TelePresence sessions included multi-point between the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in North Carolina, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Indiana University in Indianapolis on How to Connect and Use Cisco TelePresence. Other topics covered were the Indiana University Global Network Operations Center (from Indianapolis) and Cloud Computing (from Pittsburgh). All sessions were handled by NLR’s TelePresence Exchange, running over NLR in the US and peering at PacificWave in Seattle with AARNet of Australia.
GeorgiaTech’s Claudia Huff and Warren Matthews presented the Direct-to-Discovery program which aims to enhance K-12 science and math learning. More information available in NLR’s June/July 2009 newsletter: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/472009/093b99b75e/1617001396/be77be9ceb/#classroom
NLR Rolls out Multi-Point TelePresence Capability
NLR has successfully completed a demonstration of multi-point TelePresence, with a session linking the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Pennsylvania State University's College of Information Sciences and Technology with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC).
"NLR's TelePresence Exchange and its pre-set "meeting rooms," makes it very straightforward for RENCI to take advantage of the latest in TelePresence technologies to communicate with colleagues around the country and, going forward, around the world," said Alan Blatecky, Interim Director, Renaissance Computing Institute. "While the TelePresence capability significantly reduces the need for travel and its expense, the more important value is that researchers have the ability to share ideas and explore new opportunities on a moment's notice. That's something that can't be done even through travel."
"The recent demonstration of multi-point TelePresence between PSC, Pennsylvania State University and RENCI reinforces that TelePresence is the leading-edge in live video tele-conferencing," said Wendy Huntoon, director of networking at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and NLR director of operations. "It's a clear step forward in both visual quality and ease of use. For PSC, this extends our ongoing productive collaboration with Cisco and close partnership with NLR."
NLR's TelePresence Exchange, located in Kansas City and based on Cisco technologies, can link together up to 12 different, physical locations with 3 TelePresence screens each.
For full news release on NLR's multi-point TelePresence demo, please see: http://www.nlr.net/release.php?id=42.
For more information on TelePresence and how to connect to NLR's TelePresence Exchange for point-to-point and multi-point TelePresence sessions with other TelePresence-ready institutions in the US and abroad, please see: http://www.nlr.net/telepresence-faq.php#networkready.
"NLR's TelePresence Exchange and its pre-set "meeting rooms," makes it very straightforward for RENCI to take advantage of the latest in TelePresence technologies to communicate with colleagues around the country and, going forward, around the world," said Alan Blatecky, Interim Director, Renaissance Computing Institute. "While the TelePresence capability significantly reduces the need for travel and its expense, the more important value is that researchers have the ability to share ideas and explore new opportunities on a moment's notice. That's something that can't be done even through travel."
"The recent demonstration of multi-point TelePresence between PSC, Pennsylvania State University and RENCI reinforces that TelePresence is the leading-edge in live video tele-conferencing," said Wendy Huntoon, director of networking at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and NLR director of operations. "It's a clear step forward in both visual quality and ease of use. For PSC, this extends our ongoing productive collaboration with Cisco and close partnership with NLR."
NLR's TelePresence Exchange, located in Kansas City and based on Cisco technologies, can link together up to 12 different, physical locations with 3 TelePresence screens each.
For full news release on NLR's multi-point TelePresence demo, please see: http://www.nlr.net/release.php?id=42.
For more information on TelePresence and how to connect to NLR's TelePresence Exchange for point-to-point and multi-point TelePresence sessions with other TelePresence-ready institutions in the US and abroad, please see: http://www.nlr.net/telepresence-faq.php#networkready.
First Int'l R&E TelePresence Call
The first TelePresence session between national research and education networks was achieved as a result of joint efforts of NLR and its counterpart in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ANKABUT.
Demonstrating tremendous new opportunities to bridge physical distances and enable researchers and educators from other sides of the globe to collaborate live, literally face to face, NLR and ANKABUT announced they successfully arranged for and managed a Cisco TelePresence connection between the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) and Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi.
As a result, PSC engineers were able to join via TelePresence His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE and Dr. Arif Sultan Al-Hammadi, Interim President of Khalifa University in a joint session at the UAE Forum on Information and Communication Technology Research 2009 held in Abu Dhabi.
This connection was the result of tremendous teamwork across NLR and ANKABUT and kudos to all involved.
For more information, please see:
http://www.nlr.net/release.php?id=40
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