FIU to Host Major Internet Workshop on AMPATH Project, Sponsored by NSF
August 10, 2001
MIAMI FLORIDA -
Florida International University is hosting a three-day workshop
starting today -- Wed., Aug. 15 -- on the AMPATH Project, a high-speed
research and education computer network linking South and Central
America, including Mexico and the Caribbean, to Internet2. The
workshop, which is being sponsored by a grant from the National
Science Foundation, is being held at FIU-Biscayne Bay's Kovens
Conference Center (3000 N.E. 151st St., North Miami). It is intended
to identify new potential areas of scientific collaboration between
U.S. research interests and others throughout the AMPATH service
region.
More than 100 universities, corporations and organizations will be
represented at the Aug. 15-17 workshop, with participants coming from
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Canada and
other countries. Presenters from such organizations at the National
Science Foundation, the U.S. Dept. of Defense and NASA will discuss
future AMPATH applications, Internet traffic routing and international
research collaboration. Cisco Systems is offering an engineering
workshop in conjunction with the event. FIU and Global Crossing
announced the creation last year of the AmericasPATH or AMPATH
project, which uses Global Crossing's terrestrial and submarine
optical-fiber network to connect service-region users to Internet2 and
Next Generation Internet networks globally. Participating research
centers have the opportunity to contribute to research and development
of applications for the advancement of Internet technologies.
As its contribution to the AMPATH project, Global Crossing is donating
a DS3 connection on its network to each participating country for a
period of three years. The donated DS3s connect the research and
education networks of each country to the AMPATH point-of-presence in
Miami at the Network Access Point of the Americas, which is owned and
operated by Terremark Worldwide, Inc. The implementation of the AMPATH
project was aided earlier this year by new donations from Cisco
Systems (a GSR 12012 router) and Lucent Technologies (a CBX ATM
switch) to further the successful implementation of AMPATH.
FIU is one of America's leading public research universities, with
more than $42 million in annual, federally sponsored research and more
than $61 million in total yearly contracts and grants. A recipient of
the Carnegie Foundation's top ranking for research universities, the
school is home to major research centers in such areas as
telecommunications, engineering and environmental technology.
Contact:
FIU Integrated Media Group, Office of Media Relations
PC 519 Miami, FL 33199
ph: +1.305.348.2232