Transcript South Asia ? Special Interest Group

South Asia – Special Interest
Group (a.k.a SA-SIG)
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Who are we?
What are our goals?
What have we done so far?
What are our plans?
How can you participate?
Who are we?
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The SA-SIG is a special interest subgroup of the Internet2 Special Interest Group
(SIG) on Emerging Research and Education Networks. See:
http://international.internet2.edu/intl_connect/emergingnetworks_sig.html
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The SA-SIG has a specific focus on South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).
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The Sub-group chair for the SA-SIG is Jim Williams of Indiana University.
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The SA-SIG has a web site located at Indiana University and reachable via:
– http://southasia.indiana.edu and from the overall Internet2 Emerging NREN page
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IMPORTANT – Please sign-up for the mailing list!!! (on the web page)
What are our goals?
• Encourage the development of NRENs in South
Asia
• Gathering and sharing information about
research, teaching, learning collaborations and
needs in and with the region
• Provide a forum for the discussion of NREN
activities and educational activities in general
within South Asia …
• Provide a mechanism for linking technology
developers in South Asia with perspective
funders.
What have we done so far?
• Web page and mailing list set up See: http://southasia.indiana.edu
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Two day workshop (Day 1 – medical applications; Day 2 – NREN
developments) at the Spring 2007 Internet2 meeting
• See: http://southasia.indiana.edu/past.shtml (NREN session)
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http://events.internet2.edu/2007/southasia/Wednesday%20Session.html
(medical session)
Network Connection to Pakistan!!
• With joint funding from the US National Science
Foundation and the Pakistan Higher Education
Commission we are in the process of
constructing a NREN connection to Pakistan.
• The actual funded connection will be from
Karachi to Singapore.
• In Singapore we will use TEIN2 resources to
reach the APAN PoP in Tokyo.
• In Tokyo we will use the US funded TransPAC2
connection to the US and the APAN networks to
reach other locations in Southeast Asia.
What are our plans?
•BOF scheduled in San Diego:
Tuesday 9-October 7:30am-8:45am
Location: Royal Palm Salon Five
•This meeting will be the focal point for determining what
activities the SA-SIG will undertake for the Spring Internet2
meeting
•Will we organize another “NREN day”? Is there something
more valuable and useful?
•Please attend the BOF and give us your feedback!!!
How can you participate?
• Attend the BOF
• Subscribe to the mailing list
• Give us your ideas!!!
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• Web site: http://southasia.indiana.edu
• BOF Tuesday 9-October 7:30am - Royal
Palm Salon Five
• SA-SIG subgroup leader
– Jim Williams – Indiana University
– [email protected]