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ProgrammeThis is the Final Programme of the TERENA-NORDUnet Networking Conference 1999. The Programme is also available as a Word 6.0 file.
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14:00 - 15:30 (Room B)
Conference Introduction:
Welcome Address:
Keynote Speech:
On-Line Address:
15:30 - 16:00 Refreshments Break
16:00 - 17:30 (Room A)
Computer networks enable both scientists and students to access new
sources of information, independent of time and place. Whole courses
can be put on the network and teachers reached through videoconferencing;
research groups can join together in more powerful virtual research
groups using scientific equipment over the network; and departments can
join together to create new virtual research centers.
This session will include presentations which address the technical, organisational and pedagogical challenges involved in content creation and learning in virtual universities.
1A1 Lund Virtual University - Learning of Tomorrow?
1A2 Implementation and Usage of an Extended Whiteboard for TeleTeaching and Authoring on the Fly
1A3 Content Creation Including the Usage of Video and Videoconferencing in Virtual Universities
16:00 - 17:30 (Room B)
A number of new technologies are promising to bring permanent high-speed
Internet connections to homes and small offices, thus replacing
traditional dial-up access. These include wireless Internet,
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), and cable TV. Also local infrastructure
technologies are developing beyond traditional Ethernet and
include fibre-based infrastructures and specialised home networks.
The session will look at pilot projects and latest developments in this area.
1B1 Cellular Internet Connections
1B2 Building Gigabit Access Cheap: Merging IP and MAC Addressing
1B3 Licence-Free Wireless Internet Access Technologies - An Overview
18:30 - 20:00 Opening Reception
9:00 - 10:30 (Room A) In various application areas virtual reality used over networks provides alternative dimensions of experience and opens up new possibilities for collaborative working. Virtual Reality can be used for reproduction of real objects, visualization of scientific results or navigation in information spaces. In this session, on-line presentation techniques of 3D-objects and examples from different application environments will be discussed.
2A1 Virtual Reality Movies - Real-Time Streaming of 3D Objects
2A2 CAVERN: The CAVE Research Network
2A3 Cybernavigation in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
9:00 - 10:30 (Room B) Improving the Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees will be the major challenge of tomorrow's Internets and Intranets. Several approaches were proposed by the IETF, ranging from reservation-based solutions to packet-marking schemes. This session examines were we stand today, with a special focus on the Differentiated Services approach. The discussion continues in Session 3B.
2B1 Differentiated Services: Overview and Standards
2B2 Building Differentiated Services Using the Assured Forwarding PHB Group
2B3 QBone - Building a Testbed for IP Differentiated Services
9:00 - 10:30 (Room C) In the 'Telematics for Research' sector of the Fourth Framework Programme, the European Union currently supports 12 research and development projects addressing the needs of users in the European research community. These projects are working on diverse telematics applications covering many user disciplines. Topics include videoconferencing tools, collaborative working using the Web, security and the underlying network infrastructure. In this Seminar, which is also open to persons who have not registered for the conference, a number of the 'Telematics for Research' sector projects will present their most recent results. During the conference, some of the projects will also demonstrate the services and software that they have developed in the conference exhibition area.
2C1 Introduction to the 'Telematics for Research' Open Seminar
2C2 The SCIMITAR2 Project
2C3 The ICE-CAR Project
2C4 THETIS: an Environmental Information System for the Support of Coastal Zone Management Nicky Ferguson, University of Bristol, United Kingdom 10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments Break SESSION 3
11:00 - 12:30 (Room A)
This session describes how networks can be efficiently used to control
facilities, objects, etc. remotely. Currently the most
suitable graphical interface, or at least the most easy to implement,
is a Web-based interface. Specific or generic remote control
applications can thus enable many activities to be
performed from remote sites, and implement what
some people call "tele-presence".
Both large facilities located at a specific site where
hundreds of people spread around the world collaborate,
or a number of objects distributed at various sites which
need control from a few people located at a single site
are the area where this use of the network can produce its
greatest benefits. Already, even with current medium-speed
networks a lot of activity is being performed, and the
availability of high-speed networks will further increase the
number of cases where remote control via the network can be applied.
3A1 New Approach for Management Services by the Web Browser
3A2 The Web as a Means to Remotely Control a High Energy Physics Experiment
3A3 Remote Control and Observing for Astronomy
11:00 - 12:30 (Room B)
This session complements Session 2B. Van Jacobson will open the session with a 45 minute presentation on "Congestion Control in the Internet", the rest of the session will take the form of a panel discussion where all the panellists will debate the current options available, and present their views on the future of QoS issues in the Internet.
3B1 Congestion Control in the Internet
This session is a continuation of Session 2C. Further presentations will
be given on recent results of 'Telematics for Research' projects.
3C1 Collaborative Filtering of Web and News (EU SELECT Project)
3C2 ADVISER II: Discovering, Disseminating and Exploiting Project Deliverables and Other Results of Framework 4 and 5 RTD Projects
3C3 Recent Advances in the MECCANO Project
3C4 The QUANTUM and Q-MED Projects
14:00 - 15:30 (Room A)
Digital libraries and networked information resources aim to
enhance information retrieval from the information network and
provide access pathways to information resources and knowledge.
This session will deal with the wide range of aspects involved in
the collection and long-term preservation of electronic documents
and the setup of on-line information resources.
4A1 LeMO: a Virtual Exhibition of 20th Century German History
4A2 Kulturarw3 - Preserving the Internet for Future Generations
4A3 A Concept for an Electronic Magazine
14:00 - 15:30 (Room B)
Networks for research need ever increasing bandwidth to cope
with growing user demands and to serve as platform for
advanced applications. This session will describe examples of
high performance research networks that use different underlying technologies.
4B1 Implementation of the Pan-European Academic Research Network: TEN-155
4B2 Update on Canadian Developments in High-Speed Networking
4B3 SUNET
4B4 DFN Gigabit Testbed Bavaria/Berlin
14:00 - 15:30 (Room C)
This session is a continuation of Sessions 2 and 3C. Further presentations will be given on recent results of 'Telematics for Research' projects.
4C1 CoBrow - A Virtual Presence System Towards Ubiquitous Online Presence
4C2 The CESAR Project
4C3 TEISS - Telematics - European Industry Standards Support
4C4 The Nectar Project
15:30 - 16:00 Refreshments Break
16:00 - 17:30 (Room A)
This session will present recent results from various
research projects. With less formal papers
and presentations, the recent result session provides a forum
for debate and exchange of ideas, and an opportunity to ask
questions and give opinions on topical subjects in research networking.
5A1 JISC Programme for Middleware Development
5A2 Surveyor Design and Recent Results
5A3 Simulation for Cache Mesh Design
5A4 Towards Multicast Session Directory Services
5A5 An Approach to Automate a Process of Detecting Unauthorized Accesses
16:00 - 17:50 (Room B)
This session will take the form of a panel discussion where
panellists will debate high-speed networking initiatives.
Panellists include:
09:00 - 10:30 (Room A)
For some time, World Wide Web (WWW) browsers have gained a new role
in the network, which extends beyond their original scope. In fact,
many new tools and applications are developed using the WWW browser as a
common Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the application itself.
An obvious advantage of this approach is that the application
does not require a specific "client" installed on the user's
computer. This session is dedicated to presenting new tools
which interact with the WWW service itself, including searching
WWW information and interacting with the WWW service via the WWW interface.
6A1 Search-Engines Next Generation?
6A2 Talking Back to the WWW
6A3 The WWW as a Generic Tool Interface - Users and Programmers Ideas
6B4 Panel Session
09:00 - 10:30 (Room B)
Compared to the recent rapid development in application-level
technologies, the underlying protocols of the Internet might
appear to be developing slowly. Recently, however, a new era
of deployment has begun and this session will attempt to
look at some of the key developments in the very fabric of
the Internet itself which have come to fruition over the
last year or so including the emergence of the "Middleware" concept
for supporting applications and the wide-scale deployment
of replication and caching services .
6B1 Web Replication and Caching Update
6B2 Middleware
6B3 The Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure Project (I2-DSI)
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments Break
11:00 - 12:30 (Room A)
Research and Education has always had needs which might be
considered more demanding than those of the commodity
Internet user. The TERENA Technical Programme is the
vehicle for many new and exciting developments in networking,
specifically aimed to support the Research and Education
networking community. In this session, some of the current activities will be presented.
7A1 Preliminary Results of the QUANTUM Test Programme
7A2 Support for Decisions in E-mailed Groups
7A3 Integrated Satellite and Terrestrial Networks for Effective Delivery of Education and Training
7A4 TERENA Mirror Tracker Project
11:00 - 12:30 (Room B)
Video transmission is an integrated part of distance learning and
videoconferencing. However, the availability of a broad range
of network bandwidths has introduced a spectrum of
transmission protocols and CODECs to sustain an acceptable
video quality and frame rate. This session will deal with
the technical aspects and challenges involved in low-bit
rate and high-bit rate video transmission in uni- and
multicast networks. Different approaches will be discussed.
7B1 The State of Multicast Protocols for IP
7B2 FUNET-TV
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 (Room A)
Network managers are concerned that their networks should be used
responsibly. In order to help them in their tasks, new tools are
continually being developed. Some tools are concerned with
monitoring usage, whilst other try to actively control use of
the network. This session will look at new developments for
both monitoring and controlling network usage.
8A1 Providing Secure Mobile Access to Information Servers with Temporary Certificates
8A2 MEHARI: A System for Analysing the Use of the Internet Services
8A3 Providing Security to the University Environment Communications
14:00 - 15:30 (Room B)
The past two years have seen dramatic changes in the landscape
of switching and routing devices: Gigabit Ethernet Switches,
a new generation of ATM Switches, Multi-Gigabit routers, and
hybrid devices which mix high-speed switching and routing
functions. The session will deal with LAN switching and Ethernet
switching; when to switch and when to route; and how do the
different techniques scale when we move from Gigabit to Terabit?
8B1 Gigabit Ethernet Switching and Non-Traditional Applications
8B2 Trends and Technology in High-Speed Switching
8B3 Gigabit Ethernet Network Architecture and Products
15:30 - 16:00 Refreshments Break
16:00 - 17:30 (Room A)
Session Sponsored by Elsevier Science
The development of new security products, services and infrastructures
is a great enabler for electronic applications that were previously
not possible on the Internet. Previous concerns about the integrity
and confidentiality of data transfer, and the authentication of
remote users, can now be overcome using the latest encryption techniques.
This session will look at a range of recent developments in this area,
introducing some of the new applications that have now become possible
thanks to the introduction of enhanced Internet security.
9A1 SETECS System for Global Electronic Commerce
9A2 Electronic Proposal Submission for the V Framework
9A3 Registered Electronic Mail
16:00 - 17:30 (Room B)
Optical fibre technology promises nearly unlimited transmission
bandwidth and it is the basis of today's high-speed transmission
systems. In the future, photonic components may perform switching
and multiplexing functions and thus allow entire photonic
networks to be built. This session will discuss the fundamentals
of photonic networks, and compare its promises with today's state of
the art Gigabit networking.
9B1 Optical Communication Technologies Roadmap
9B2 Optical Networks: status and trends
9B3 High Speed Supercomputer Communications in Broadband Networks
09:00 - 10:30 (Room A)
The ever increasing need for high speed and high quality
networks for the research and higher education communities
requires significant investments in networking. This happens
despite some benefits resulting from the liberalization of
telecommunications. The session will discuss the funding aspects
(public versus private), possible evolution scenarios, end-user
responsibility in the network costs and policies related to network usage.
10A1 Gigabit Networking - Is Europe up to it?
10A2 Development of Funding Model for FUNET
10A3 Policy Towards Research Networking
09:00 - 10:30 (Room B)
IP has become the preferred protocol not only in academic but
also in public and private networks. The deregulation of
telecommunications is leading to a fundamental restructuring
of the industry and packet switched data networks will soon
be taking market shares from circuit switched voice telephony.
This session will take a look at some issues surrounding IP
Telephony including: which standards ensure speech quality
in Voice over IP (VoIP); what experiences are there in running
VoIP; and what new services in VoIP, multimedia and mobility
will be provided by the telecommunications suppliers?
10B1 IP-Telephony and Public Telephony: Requirements and Future Trends
10B2 IP-Telephony in Research Networks: the big picture
10B3 IP Telephony Today and Tomorrow
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments Break
11:00 - 12:30 (Room B)
Keynote Speech: "Internet Technology: Trends and Prospects"
Keynote Speech: "Conference Highlights"
Announcement of TERENA Networking Conference 2000
Announcement of NORDUnet Conference 2000
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