Internet2: Priorities for Today and Tomorrow

Special Guest

Dr. Douglas E. Van Houweling
President and CEO, Internet2

Douglas E. Van Houweling, president and CEO of Internet2, is a professor in the School of Information and former vice provost for information and technology at the University of Michigan. He is actively involved in higher education IT-related panels and forums, co-authored Higher Education in the Digital Age, and received the EDUCAUSE 2002 Excellence in Leadership Award. Van Houweling played a major role in Internet development in the United States. He has long been active in inter-university initiatives and has chaired and served on various boards. Before joining Michigan, Van Houweling was vice provost for computing and planning at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Van Houweling came to Carnegie-Mellon from Cornell University, where he was an assistant professor of government who took on the additional responsibilities for IT leadership and became the director of academic computing and central computing services. Van Houweling received his undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and his Ph.D. from Indiana University. More > >

Summary

Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Dr. Van Houweling, and the topic will be "Internet2: Priorities for Today and Tomorrow."

Internet2 was established as an Educom project in 1996, more than 7 years ago. Many of its initial objectives have been accomplished, yet the challenges to unleashing high-performance Internet-based applications are still formidable. As a result, the Internet2 community has extended its efforts to include middleware, end-to-end performance, security, and optical networking technology. We will discuss this evolution, the key foci of Internet2's efforts today, and the community's requirements for the future.

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