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Linking U.S.-Russian Science, Education, Research & Development with High Performance Networking Natasha Bulashova, Friends and Partners Foundation Greg Cole, University of Tennessee Joe Gipson, University of Tennessee NSF HIGH PERFORMANCE INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SERVICES PROGRAM MIRnet • • • • NSF Cooperative Agreement (ANI9730330) to the University of Tennessee with matching funds from Russian Ministry of Science and Technology to Russian partners A 6 Mbps IP/ATM service between STAR TAP in Chicago and the M9 switch in Moscow for purpose of linking high performance science and education networks in US and Russia A program to encourage applications of high performance networking for US-Russian scientific collaboration Network running reliably since July, 1999 Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Introduction • • • • Connectivity Peering Management Project Development Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Connectivity • • • • • 6 Mbps IP/ATM Service U.S. Terminates at STAR TAP in Chicago Russia Terminates at M9 switch in Moscow US/Transatlantic transport - Teleglobe Russian transport - RASCOM Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Network Topology NAP in Chicago is represented with router and ATM switch connected to STAR TAP NAP in Moscow is represented with router and ATM switch connected to Internet Exchange in M9 which is managed by Russian Institute of Public Networks. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future G are Qraphics uickTim needed decom e™ toand see pressor athis picture. MIL (956) Other (404) U.S. Users NOAA(2,941) • Traffic to U.S. – 93% educational – 7% .gov/.mil NASA (3,234) DOE (15,533) NIH(4,606) G are Qraphics uickTim needed decom e™ toGovernment and see pressor athis picture. US agency use of MIRnet (megabytes transferred since July, 2000) MIL (8,993) • Traffic from U.S. – 92% educational – 8% .gov/.mil USGS (2,886) NOAA(1,668) DOE (43,093) NASA (39,632) NIH(29,038) Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Russian Users Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future International Traffic Flow to Russia #7 Canada 3% (22 G) #2 Sweden #4 Finland 12% (99G) 4% (31G) #6 U.K. 3% (24G) #5 Netherlands 3% (27G) #13 Japan #1 U.S. #3 France 63% (508 G) 4% (33G) 0.3% (2.8G) #12 China 0.4% (3G) Primary Country Providers of Traffic to Russia since July 1, 2000 Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Introduction • • • • Connectivity Peering Management Project Development Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future MIRnet Consortium • US Partners include: – – – – – • University of Tennessee STAR TAP Indiana University Funding provided by US National Science Foundation Connectivity provided by Teleglobe Russian Partners include: – – – – – – Intro Russian Institute of Public Networks Friends and Partners Foundation Moscow State University Russian Academy of Science Funding provided by Ministry of Science & Technology Connectivity provided by RASCOM/Teleglobe Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Budget • NSF Funding – $800K annually ($4.0 million total) – $600K for transport (Chicago - Denmark) – $135K operations ($65K overhead) – $150K cost sharing (UT) Intro Statistics Engineering • Russian Ministry of Science Funding – $500K annually – ~$300K for transport (Denmark - Moscow) Outreach Impact Funding Future The Russian Team • • • • Friends & Partners Foundation Russian Institute of Public Networking Moscow State University Russian Academy of Science Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future QuickTime™ and a Photo - JPEG decompressor are needed to see this picture. Friends & Partners Foundation • Originating member of Russian MIRnet team • Worked with US staff for 7 years on several US-Russian networking projects • Focus on developing domestic Russian infrastructure via CIVnet program Intro Statistics Engineering Natasha Bulashova, President, F&P Outreach Impact Funding Future Russian Institute for Public Networking Alexei Platonov, Exec. Director, RIPN Russian Backbone Network (RBnet) Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Moscow State University (MSU) • Added late to original NSF proposal • ATM decision changed leadership to MSU • Recipient of Ministry Funds • Controls Project in Russia • Determines who in Russia is routed across MIRnet Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Russian Academy of Science Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Introduction • • • • Connectivity Peering Management Project Development Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Review Oct ‘00 Teleglobe Sep ‘00 Project Development Demo Jun ‘00 Demo Feb 22 ‘00 Demo Aug 8 ‘00 MADAS 2 Sep ‘00 Meeting Nov ‘99 Launch Sep ‘99 Moscow/ MASS Nov’98 Announce Sep’98 Cooperative Agreement Jul’98 F&P Jan’94 Intro KORRnet Jun’94 Statistics NATO Sep’95 Engineering IP Down Jul ‘99 IP Up Jun’99 MADAS 1.0 Sum’99 Revised Proposal Mar’98 CIVnet Jan’97 Outreach Impact Newsletter Sep ‘00 Teleglobe Sep’98 Renegotiate Fall/Winter ‘97 Proposal Aug’97 NSF RFP Jun’97 Funding Future Usage Statistics • Usage Analysis • MIRnet Administrative Data Analysis System (MADAS) Intro Statistics Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Usage Statistics • More traffic has transited MIRnet in the 4.5 months since June 1, 2000 (1.2 terabytes) than in the 9 previous months (1.1 terabytes) (total daily network throughput in gigabytes) Intro Statistics Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Monthly Traffic Flow - destination country 40 0,00 0 35 0,00 0 30 0,00 0 25 0,00 0 Fra nce Swede n Fi nlan d 20 0,00 0 Denm ark USA Russ ia 15 0,00 0 10 0,00 0 50 ,000 1999-09 1999-10 1999-11 1999-12 2000-01 2000-02 2000-03 2000-04 2000-05 2000-06 2000-07 2000-08 2000-09 2000-10 Intro Statistics Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Monthly Traffic Flow - source country 40 0,00 0 35 0,00 0 30 0,00 0 25 0,00 0 Neth erlan ds Fra nce 20 0,00 0 Fi nlan d Swede n Russ ia USA 15 0,00 0 10 0,00 0 50 ,000 0 1999-09 1999-10 1999-11 1999-12 2000-01 2000-02 2000-03 2000-04 2000-05 2000-06 2000-07 2000-08 2000-09 2000-10 Intro Statistics Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Russian Use by Institution (% total) 10 0% 80 % Othe r 60 % Ural State Univ (Ekateri nburg ) RU Space Scien ce Inte rnet MIRnet Multi cas t Service 40 % Russ ian Aca demy o f Science MEPHI FREEne t 20 % Chern ogol ovka Moscow Sta te Uni v 0% 199909 Intro 199910 Statistics Statistics 199911 199912 200001 200002 Engineering 200003 200004 200005 200006 Outreach 200007 200008 200009 Impact 200010 Funding Future U.S. Top 10 Institutions (% total) 10 0% 80 % USC 60 % Univ o f Wi sco nsin Univ o f Chicago UW-Madi son Brown Un iv UC Berkely 40 % UIUC Georg ia Tech MIT NLANR 20 % 0% 199909 Intro 199910 Statistics Statistics 199911 199912 200001 200002 Engineering 200003 200004 200005 Outreach 200006 200007 200008 Impact 200009 200010 Funding Future Russian Use by Protocol (% total) 10 0% 80 % 60 % Othe r ICMP UDP-Other TCP-WWW TCP-FTP 40 % TCP-Othe r 20 % 0% 1999-09 Intro 1999-10 1999-11 Statistics Statistics 1999-12 2000-01 2000-02 Engineering 2000-03 2000-04 2000-05 Outreach 2000-06 2000-07 Impact 2000-08 2000-09 2000-10 Funding Future U.S. Use by Protocol (% total) 10 0% 80 % 60 % Othe r TCP-SMTP ICMP UDP-Other TCP-FTP 40 % TCP-WWW TCP-Othe r 20 % 0% 199909 Intro 199910 199911 Statistics Statistics 199912 200001 200002 200003 Engineering 200004 200005 200006 Outreach 200007 200008 Impact 200009 200010 Grand Total Funding Future MIRnet Administrative Data Analysis System (MADAS) • Tracks all MIRnet usage • SQL database fed every 10 minutes from Cisco Netflow data • All non-proprietary software tools • Analysis by countries, domains, hosts, protocols, time periods, traffic volume • Generates standard graphics and allows user-based queries • Supplements standard tools (mrtg, etc.) Intro Statistics Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Network Engineering • Link Configuration • MIRnet Access Scheduling System (MASS) • NOC Services Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Link Configuration PVC for regular applications (PVCr), 4 Mbp/s PVC for multicast applications (PVCm) Router CISCO7507 Chicago Router CISCO7507 Moscow PVC for special application (PVCs) Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future MIRnet Access Scheduling System • Proposed system to provide users mechanism for registering themselves and their applications and to reserve use of the network for certain applications and time periods with reasonable assurance that resources they need will be available. • To provide management with mechanism for implementing policy in an on-line database system which, for the most part, will run unattended. • To provide differentiated classes of services (via PVCs) which can be reserved and which are managed in such a way as to ensure reasonable network service Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future MIRnet Access Scheduling System • The reservation system will involve a registry of users, applications, and networks, and a reservation database with which users can reserve service for specified dates and times. • The actual approval of request is to be policy driven as much as possible and mostly automated so that users receive immediate response. • The database system will interact with the MIRnet end point routers in Moscow and Chicago periodically updating access control lists which govern which PVCs the IP flows traverse. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future MIRnet Access Scheduling System • Through this system we can formalize the provision of network services so that users can feel confident about the network meeting their needs. • System satisfies concerns of DOE for authorizing users and applications - and for providing an audit trail of actual use. Meets the same security concerns on the Russian side. • Use of the system should lead to an increased confidence in the network and resulting increased use. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future MIRnet Access Scheduling System • Elements in place include: – MIRnet administrative Data Analysis System (for back-end monitoring and reporting) – User/application registry • Elements to be developed include: – Network description component – Calendar/scheduling component – Policy component Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future MIRnet NOC Services • Currently using public domain software for monitoring network and contacting series of pagers (24/7) if problems found • Transitioning to arrangement with Indiana University for providing 24/7 NOC services Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Outreach Activities • Presentations • Demonstrations • F&P Outreach • Information Dissemination Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Information Dissemination • MIRnet Users Database System • 1000 US-Russian Partnerships Described • Partnerships Funded by NSF, DOE, CRDF, NIH, IREX • US Russian/NIS Language Programs • Searchable by Institution, City, Investigator, Keyword Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Information Dissemination • Letter/Newsletter distributed to over 500 US-Russian partnerships Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future The MIRnet WWW Site • • • • • • Bilingual Database driven Dynamic Page Construction Browser independent Mirrored in US, Russia Content – – – – – Intro Proposal Project Information Applications Services Usage Statistics Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Impact • Institutional Users • Applications • Benefits Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Russian Institution Users Megabytes transferred July 1 - October 14, 2000 Intro Institution Source Moscow Sta te Uni ve rsity Chern agol ovka MEPHI MIRnet Multi cas t Service Moscow Power Engin eerin g In stitute Gubkin Ru ssia n Sta te Uni ve rsity o f Oil and Ga s Chel ya bins k FREEn et Ural State Universi ty (Eka terin burg) Sta te Pu blic Scientific-Techni cal Lib rary of Ru ssia Russ ian Space Scien ce Inte rnet RAS Ural Regio nal Aca demi c Netwo rk She myaki n an d Ovchi nnikov In stitute of Bi och emis try Pla ntetary Geoph ys ics RAS Stekl ov Mathe mati cal Ins titu te Kurchatov Ins titu te In stitute of Pre cis ion Me cha nics an d Comp uters Ya rosla vl Regio nal Ne twork RAS Insti tute of Ra dioe ngin eerin g an d Ele ctro nics Sem ye nov In stitute of Che mical Ph ys ics Ze lins ky In stiu te o f Organ ic Ch emis try Novgoro d Sta te Uni ve rsity Nesm eyanov Insti tute of Eleme ntal -Org anic Comp ound s Othe r 77 ,966 19 ,178 7,380 1,966 8,469 1,990 11 ,818 46 1 4,521 1,733 3,232 20 0 53 1 7,480 48 6 1,951 66 9 1,901 67 6 49 6 63 6 16 0,54 8 To tal 31 4,28 8 Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Perce nt De stina tion Perce nt 24 .8% 6.1% 2.3% 0.0% 0.6% 2.7% 0.6% 3.8% 0.1% 1.4% 0.6% 1.0% 0.1% 0.2% 2.4% 0.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 51 .1% 29 8,24 9 24 1,04 0 78 ,194 52 ,818 30 ,725 30 ,217 29 ,018 26 ,363 17 ,767 14 ,444 13 ,679 10 ,114 9,597 9,021 8,870 7,248 7,207 4,798 4,703 4,497 4,265 4,023 75 ,640 30 .4% 24 .5% 8.0% 5.4% 3.1% 3.1% 3.0% 2.7% 1.8% 1.5% 1.4% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 7.7% 10 0.0% 98 2,49 7 10 0.0% Funding Future US Institution Users (megabytes transferred from June 1 - October 14, 2000) Institution Intro Source Perce nt De stina tion Perce nt NLANR Univers ity of Chicago Root Servers.net Pen n Sta te Uni ve rsity Univers ity of Wis con sin STAR TAP Brown Un iversity Oak Ridge Natio nal Lab Univers ity of Ill inoi s UC NOAA Univers ity of Ten ness ee Georg ia Tech Univers ity of Southern Ca lifo rnia Univers ity of Texas MIT Ohio State Univers ity Georg etown Un iversity Arg onne Natio nal Lab Univers ity of Mich igan Univers ity of Virg inia Univers ity of Kans as Rutg ers Uni ve rsity Othe r 69 ,224 5,980 11 ,109 6,042 24 ,189 3,094 25 1 1,170 13 ,131 1,248 11 ,905 28 ,450 44 9 2,367 28 ,648 1,754 14 3 8,659 5,400 68 3 4,197 1,019 29 7,53 2 13 .1% 1.1% 2.1% 1.1% 4.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 2.5% 0.2% 2.3% 5.4% 0.1% 0.4% 5.4% 0.3% 0.0% 1.6% 1.0% 0.1% 0.8% 0.2% 56 .5% 5,540 5,208 4,317 3,701 3,279 3,091 2,927 2,837 2,826 2,765 2,738 2,345 2,195 2,078 2,072 2,009 1,832 1,712 1,695 1,680 1,605 1,539 68 ,208 4.3% 4.1% 3.4% 2.9% 2.6% 2.4% 2.3% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 2.1% 1.8% 1.7% 1.6% 1.6% 1.6% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 53 .2% Total 52 6,64 5 10 0% 12 8,20 0 10 0% Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future US-Russia Networking Project: Web Cache for Science and Education Averaging nearly 1.2 gigabytes of total traffic per day, the heaviest single application of MIRnet during its first year has been between the U.S. National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR) web cache and the Russian academic web cache located in Chernogolovka (scientific city located 50 km northeast of Moscow). Managed by the Theoretical Physics Institute, the goal of the project is to study the properties of WWW traffic and determine optimal path calculations for receiving and sending information via the distributed cache servers. The Cherogolovka web cache functions as the root web-cache for the Russian science and education community. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach . Impact Funding Future Telecommunications for Technology Transfer and Distributed Learning The primary goal of the project is to develop an advanced infrastructure able to supply video conferencing (both point-topoint and multi-point) as a regular service for institutions involved in US-Russia research and academic collaboration and the commercialization of technologies. During the first year of MIRnet’s operation, the two involved institutions (the Zelinsky Institute and the University of Missouri-Columbia) have engaged in regular video-conferences supporting a variety of programs - and have achieved good results using very low bandwidth (64 kbps) H.323 and H.120 technologies. Intro Statistics Engineering . Outreach Impact Funding Future Moscow State/Iowa State University Cooperation in Nuclear and High-Energy Physics The project is in support of cooperation between three units of Moscow State University -- the Institute of Nuclear Physics, the Department of Theoretical High Energy Physics and Department of Physics of Atomic Nucleus -- and the International Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics at Iowa State University. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach MIRnet traffic between Iowa State University and Moscow State University often exceeds 500 megabytes daily. The graph above shows total traffic transiting MIRnet between the two institutions since September, 1999. . Impact Funding Future Nonproliferation and Arms Control Projects in the FSU Since February, 2000, MIRnet has been used by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to support its various collaborations with the Kurchatov Institute and other Russian research laboratories. In June, 2000, peering arrangements were put in place enabling all DOE laboratories in the US to use MIRnet. The primary applications discussed and observed related to US-RF programs are in nonproliferation and arms control. Several videoconferencing demonstrations have been held including with senior US government leaders - to demonstrate the utility of high performance networks in supporting existing US-RF collaborative efforts. All of these demonstrations have been coordinated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Kurchatov Institute. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach . Oak Ridge Kurchatov Institute traffic from February, 2000. Impact Funding Future Weapons Disposal: Reactor Physics / Thermal hydraulics Analyses for Plutonium Disposition The US and RF are engaged in a cooperative program to dispose of weapons usable plutonium in pressurized water reactors in both countries. While plutonium fuels have been routinely used in western pressurized water reactors (PWRs) in France and Germany, such fuels have not been used in Russian reactors (VVERs). For the past four years, ORNL has been responsible for transferring technology for mixed oxide (MOX) fuel to Russia and Kurchatov Institute has been responsible for educating ORNL staff as to the design and operation of VVERs. Academician Ponimarev-Stepnoi (seated, on screen from Moscow) of the Kurchatov Institute addresses the June 13, 2000 video-conference involving participants from Moscow, Washington, Argonne National Lab in Chicago and Oak Ridge. Included was Howard Baker, former US Senate Majority leader, heading up a Blue Ribbon Panel observing US-Russian programs. MIRnet has supported this cooperative program through video-conferencing, ftp, use of the Centra Symposium web-based teaching package, whiteboard, and applications sharing. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future US-Russia Materials Protection, Control & Accountability program The objective of the lab-to-lab MPC&A Program is to enhance, through U.S.-Russian technical cooperation, the effectiveness of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting in Russian nuclear facilities. The enhancements are implemented by Russian institutes. The U.S. laboratories provide funding for the Russian institutes through laboratory-to-laboratory contracts. The two partnering institutions, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow, have used MIRnet since February, 2000 to support a variety of applications - including videoconferencing (demonstrations, seminars, contract negotiation), large database (200+ Mbytes) transfer, radio propagation analysis, and application sharing. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach US participants interact with Dr. Evgenii Velikhov, President of the Moscow Kurchatov Institute, and other Russian academicians during the February 22 videoconference between Moscow, Washington, Knoxville and Oak Ridge. In addition to the video-conferencing, a demonstration was conducted of application sharing for joint control of a radio propagation analysis Impact Funding Future NASA-Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) Collaboration FTP dominates as the primary application between hosts on NASA’s high performance NREN network and the Russian Space Science Internet. With daily flows occasionally reaching 500 megabytes or more, MIRnet supports a wide variety of NASA-RSSI programs and activities. Traffic from NASA hosts to RSSI hosts is shown above. The primary application is ftp which often exceeds 256 Megabytes transferred daily. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future US-Russian Military Officers Training: Humanitarian Law This program is in support of a new Russian Federation Defense order which requires humanitarian law training for all members of the Russian Armed Forces. Working with the University of Virginia Center for National Security Law, the Russian Ministry of Defense will begin utilizing MIRnet to support curriculum development, transfer of training materials, and live classroom training between sites in Moscow and Charlottesville, Virginia. The initial demonstration event is scheduled for November 30, 2000. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Sample Academic Partnerships Utilizing MIRnet Services • • Experimental High Energy Physics High energy physicists in the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics at Moscow State University use MIRnet for collaborating with US partners at the Fermi National Accelerator and the Stanford Linear Accelerator. Data is shared and analyzed from experiments performed in the particle accelerators for the purpose of obtaining insight into macroworld structures. Investigation of Magnetospheric Perturbances Moscow State University and the Space Physics Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan are using MIRnet in support of a joint project involving a heavy computational component and the creation/maintenance of a shared cosmophysical information database addressing experimental and theoretical research in the area of magnetospheric and space physics. Intro Statistics Engineering • Research of on-line collaboration methods in distance learning technology development Based on the collaboration of Ural State University, Perm State University, and North Caroline State University in the framework of their 1997-2000 project “Collaboration in the field of distance learning in the area of business management” supported by the US State Dept., the project is exploring methods of remote collaboration via video- and audio- data exchange (mBONE and H.32x). • US-Russia Collaboration in Plasma Astrophysics Project is multi-disciplinary, involving specialists in numerical magnetohydrodynamics, plasma physics, and astrophysics. Russian scientists work at Cornell during one-month visits, and the US scientists visit Russia on a regular basis. Collaboration on developing 2D computer codes between Keldysh Institute and Cornell. Outreach Impact Funding Future Benefits • Increased network capacity for data sharing • Some capacity available for richer communications (video-conferencing) • Spurring development of high performance infrastructure in Russia • Encouraging US and Russian partners to learn about new network technologies Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Funding • US Potential – NSF REU Supplement – NASA, DOE, DOD • Russian Reality Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future The Future • • • • Applications Capacity Expansion Russian High Performance Network Expansion Extension to other NIS countries Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Application of Scientific Visualization to Marine Ecosystem Analysis Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at Old Dominion Univ. with oceanographic colleagues in Moscow and Vladivostok. MIRnet services for visualization (fly-thrus of oceanographic models), large data sets (ftp), video-conferencing, etc. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Radiation Epidemiology Collaboration The Radiation Epidemiology Branch of NCI proposes to use MIRnet to cooperate with partners in Russia, Kazahkstan, Ukraine and Belarus. Part of the project focuses on epidemiological follow-up on the Chernobyl disaster. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Distance Learning: International Security in a Changing World Stanford University will offer a course "International Security in a Changing World" to students at Yaroslavl State University and Southern Ural State University. Both Russian universities are now (recently) routed across MIRnet. Efforts focus now on identifying mutually available technology to be used for the coursework. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach IS/IDL, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Impact Funding Future US-Russian Internet Physics Olympiad Saint Petersburg, Russia Seattle, Washington In April '00 high school students in Novosibirsk and St.-Petersburg (Russia) combined with students in Seattle and San Diego (America) to participate in an internet-based science competition. Each of eight teams were composed of four American and four Russian students. Each pair of team halves were linked with their own private chat and whiteboard connection so they could consult in solving the problems. They were presented with questions and then submitted answers through an internet-based platform which was controlled at a central site; the system delivered each team's answers to separately located panels of judges. Novosibirsk, Siberia San Diego, California Sixty Four Students And a Significant Number of Physicists and Technologists! Novosibirsk State University and Cornell University propose to use MIRnet to enhance opportunities and expand participation. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Collaboration on Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Interest from and potential collaboration with Kurchatov Institute, Obninsk, other Russian scientific communities on the new Spallation Neutron Source project being constructed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Planned Capacity Expansion • Negotiations with Teleglobe and Russian partners to expand to 155 Mbps • Link split between MIRnet (80 Mbps) and academic commodity traffic (75 Mbps) Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Russian High Performance Network Expansion • Critical need to expand beyond Moscow region • First priorities: St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk • Success depends upon working with Russian academic network partners (RBnet) • Recent dramatic decrease in regional telecommunications costs for non-profit purposes will help Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Impact Funding Future Extension to other NIS countries • Conversations with Ukrainian and Kazakh academic communities • Interest from US side in Belarus • Can happen only after MIRnet upgrade Intro Statistics Engineering Outreach Russia Belarus Ukraine Impact Kazakhstan Funding Future