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General Content Information on the Creating Internet2 Virtual Seminar Why Internet2? What will the CREN Virtual Seminar Teach Me? Who Has Access to the Virtual Seminar? Why Internet2? Internet2 is not some pipe dream. It's here, now. A number of major universities have already been connected through its regional aggregation points, called "gigaPoPs." The gigaPoP serves as part of the backbone for a new infrastructure that augments rather than replaces the current Internet. There are already over 25 gigaPoPs stretched across the United States, and the number is growing rapidly. The increased bandwidth made possible by an advanced network like Internet2 will undoubtedly affect the way we teach and conduct research. Remote teaching, research, and data manipulation may someday become as mundane as e-mail. Real-time audio and video, real-time and delayed collaboration, distributed computing, and tele-immersion will be the building blocks for myriad applications limited only by our own creativity. Return to top. What Will the CREN Virtual Seminar Teach Me? Creating Internet2 offers examples of Internet2 applications currently under development at places like UC San Diego and Cornell University. The aim of the seminar, however, is not simply to describe what's already out there, but to make you an active part of its creation and evolution. The seminar supplies you with enough background information to understand both the technology and the history behind the launching of Internet2. It gives you a framework for understanding the relationship between high-performance networks and high-performance applications, and it describes the Internet2 working groups set up to engineer these advancements. Hyperlinks to these working groups are included, giving you direct access to the people shaping the next internet. Different institutions will have different schedules for joining Internet2. Creating Internet2 supplies the pragmatic information you need to make decisions for your specific institution. It answers questions like: What kind of changes in bandwidth are we talking about for the next internet? What types of network connections will support these bandwidths? What will connect my institution to the Internet2 infrastructure? What needs to be done to prepare my institution for this connection? What variables affect when my institution should join? How much is it going to cost? CREN's Creating Internet2 Virtual Seminar puts at your fingertips the specific information you need to get a jump on the future of networking. Return to top. Who Has Access to the Virtual Seminar? Any individual affiliated with a CREN member institution can either view Creating Internet2 here at our website or order a CD version of the seminar. If you are unsure of whether or not your institution is a CREN member, please check our member list. If you are interested in learning how your institution can become a member of CREN, please visit our membership information page. Return to top.