Busan

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Busan
16th APAN Meetings State of APAN
2003.8.24 29
Kilnam Chon APAN Chair
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Table of Contents

• Regional Nets
• Inter-Continental Links
• Gird Computing
• User Communities
• 5. Challenges Ahead

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1. Regional Nets
Almost all areas in Asia-Pacific are covered By
APAN and its European Counterparts. North
Asia South East Asia South Asia Central Asia West
Asia (Middle East) Oceania Need more outreach
efforts.
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1-1. APAN Map with Regional Nets
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2. Inter-Continental Links
Over 15 Gbps and Increasing
Asia(Japan, )
TransPac IEEAF National nets
TEIN National nets
North America
Europe
DANTE IEEAF National nets
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3. Grid Computing
Getting ready to support various grid
computing APAN APEC GRID APGRID PRAGMA Globa
l Grid Forum
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4. User Communities

• Beyond universities and research communities
• K12, ..
• Science
• Humanity

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5. Challenges Ahead
5.1 Formalization Need to formalize APAN
operation as it grows Incorporation Management
Full time staffs
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5.2 Backbone (Intra-Continental Links)

• Need serious deployment now
• North South East
• North Oceania, South East Oceania
• Other regions to follow

Remark Cluster development has to be done, too.
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5.3 Diversity
Economic diversity Geographical
diversity Cultural diversity
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5.4 Training
Need more effort on training on Engineering Te
chnology User Community