Report On NSF ANIR Experimental Infostructure Networks 2002

Smarr, L., Clapp, G., DeFanti, T., Brown, M.

Executive Summary

On May 20-21, 2002, a NSF-funded Workshop was held at the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering in Irvine, California, to gather the opinions and recommendations of a dozen key corporate technology leaders regarding the future of advanced research and education networks. In particular, the focus was on Experimental Networks as differentiated from Operational Research (i.e., Production) and Research Networks. Also attending were NSF personnel who fund advanced networking and computing, and academics who help build computing and networking information infrastructures (“infostructures” for short). The goal of the May Workshop was to answer these questions: Does the computer and telecommunications industry agree on a need for Experimental Infostructure Networks? If yes, for what reasons, and what should they look like in the near and long term? What roles should industry, government and academia play?

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