Fat Pipes Aren

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Fat Pipes Arent Enough Health Science
Applications
See http//apps.internet2.edu/health

• Mary Kratz
• Chair, Internet2 Health Sciences Working Group
• AAMC GIR Spring 2001
• March 10, 2001

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                         "When the explorer is
ready the guide will appear." -- Himalayan
Saying (Reference from EVL at UIC)
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The Scope of the Internet2 Health Science
Workgroup includes clinical practice, medical
and related biological research, education, and
medical awareness in the Public.
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With an Emphasis On

• Medical applications on the Internet.
• Development of application tools to take
  advantage of Internet2 advanced network services.
  
• Leverage and influence Internet2 resources to
  apply solutions to the medical domain.
• Inform the medical community of these activities.

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Goals and Objectives

• Focus on research partnerships for advanced
  applications
• Enhance collaboration and information sharing
• Development of demonstrations and tools
• Cooperate on standards to maintain global
  interoperability

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NCRR Integration Role for Internet2
Virtual Laboratories
Biocomplexity
Data Management
Multidisciplinary
Security
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Internet2 Member Universities185 Members As of
February 2001

• 120 internet2 member universities have medical
  colleges (AAMC members)
• About 50 members
  active in health sciences
• Strong leadership team
• Working closely
  with NIH/NLM

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Roadmap

• Networking Health Prescriptions for the
  Internet
• National Research Council Report
• Current and future Internet
• Released 24 February 2000
• National Academy Press
• ISBN 0-309-06843-6

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Network of Collaborations

• People to people
• Collaborations
• Engineering expertise
• Medical expertise
• Information access
• Libraries and knowledge bases
• Data stores (ie. Clinical)
• Metadata definitions
• Resources
• Abilene backbone
• Advanced research applications and tools
• Facilities
• Virtual laboratories
• Super computers
• Knowledge Clearinghouse

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Application Attributes

• Interactive research collaboration and
  instruction
• Real-time access to remote resources
• Large-scale, multi-site computation and data
  mining
• Shared virtual reality
• Any combination of the above

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3D Brain Mapping Watching the Brain in Action

• University of Pittsburgh
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

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Teleimmersion

• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Illinois-NCSA
• Old Dominion University

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The CAVE
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The BIG Picture
  http//www.nas.nasa.gov/Pubs/NASnews/97/09/ipg_f
ig1.html
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Much More Information

• Mary Kratz
• Internet2, Health Sciences
• 3025 Boardwalk, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
• 1.734.352.7004
• Mkratz_at_internet2.edu
• www.internet2.edu
• www.internet2.edu/health

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