NREN

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NREN
Its Existence and Mission

• Predrag Pale
• Predrag.Pale_at_FER.hr

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Yesterday

• the world without networks
• no technology
• no service
• academic community as
• inventor (of technology)
• experimentator (with applications)

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Today

• commercial networks available
• networking services are a commodity
• (usually) significant gap between AC and other
  communities
• primary and secondary education
• (public) libraries
• cultural institutions

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Tomorrow

• ?

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The Mission

• MNREN ( RAC )
• MNREN the mission
• RAC the role of academic community

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The Role of Academic Community

• is the Academic Community
• autistic ?
• science because of science
• self-sufficient
• outside of society
• and its needs and problems
• or
• the leader in development (of society) ?
• (deeply) engaged
• in needs and problems of the society
• proactive
• a paradigm and a test-bed
• for future changes in society
• in service of science or in service of society

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The Role of IT in AC

• is Information Technology (in AC)
• a support system ?
• for traditional activities
• an infrastructure ?
• essential for new way of academic work and life
• a tool ?
• to achieve main goals

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The Role of a NREN

• is a NREN
• a support organization ?
• acts on request (from members of AC)
• a coordinator ?
• acts jointly (with members of AC)
• a leader ?
• acts as an initiator
• of programs, projects
• acts as an awareness agent
• in academic community
• in the society as a whole

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The Domain of a NREN

• academic community only ?
• the whole educational community ?
• the whole non-profit area ?
• public libraries
• NGOs
• the whole public services ?
• government services
• judicial system
• semi-commercial services ?
• public health system

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The Role Activities of a NREN
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Why To Extend The Domain

• other domains
• do have an (urgent ?) need
• do not have organization like NREN
• could public interest be trusted to for-profit
  organizations ?
• NREN does have
• accumulated knowledge and experience
• a network of partners and suppliers
• an active user base (academic community)
• both are financed from the (same) budget

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What has NATO to do with Information Warfare ?
I dont know. But I do know that, in the future
when there will be such (IW) a threat, NATO will
be called to act. Therefore, we have to get
ready, today.

• Admiral Harold Gehman, Jr.
• NATO Commander in Chief Pacific
• at Open Road 99, Norfolk

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Communication Infrastructure

• connectivity as a commodity
• high-tech experimental test-bed

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Computer Infrastructure

• common servers
• common and general purpose classrooms

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Information Infrastructure

• information systems
• (scientific) databases
• (user) support
• implementation assistance

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Education

• tutorials for new technologies
• courses for new tools
• customized literature
• knowledge verification

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Experience

• to create, gather, store and disseminate
  experience
• ICT application research development
• pilot projects
• cooperation
• knowledge management

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Promotion

• awareness building
• communication enhancing
• events
• media
• marketing

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Leading

• large scale projects
• initiation
• coordination
• consulting
• supervision
• project management

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Influencing

• creating and pursuing the vision
• defining strategies
• accepting interns
• infiltration by sharing people