I wanted to bring this call for award nominations to the
attention of the CNI community. Internet2 has been running this
program for the last few years, and it's a great opportunity to
showcase and recognize applications that combine high performance
networking and data intensive scholarship in creative ways.
Internet2 Issues Call for IDEA Award Nominations
Award recognizes innovative applications of advanced networking
Ann Arbor, Michigan - January 25, 2010 - Internet2 announced today
that nominations are now being accepted for the
2010 Internet2 Driving Exemplary
Applications (IDEA) Award. IDEA Award winners are establishing new
frontiers in the application of networking technology, and are
considered role models for the entire research and education
networking community. The judging committee, made up of
representatives from Internet2 councils and working groups, expects an
especially strong pool of applicants this year.
Open to established or new applications, the IDEA Award was created in
2006 to recognize and encourage innovative applications of advanced
network technology that have made-or promise to make-the most
significant impact on the research and education community. The award
also presents an important opportunity for the Internet2 community to
recognize members who are changing the way we think about the
possibilities and uses of advanced networking.
"IDEA Award winners represent advanced networking at its best,
demonstrating in very real ways the promise of advanced networking,
not just for the research and education community, but for the public
at large," said Tom Knab, CIO of the College of Arts and Sciences at
Case Western Reserve University and chair of the IDEA awards judging
committee. "In fact, winning IDEA applications have already had a
revolutionary impact on a wide range of disciplines. In radio
astronomy, they have enabled powerful new methods for high-resolution
imaging of distant radio sources. In the performing arts, they have
reinvented theatre performance for a virtual, worldwide stage. In
health sciences, they have accelerated the exchange of critical
medical information."
Last year's winner, Enabling Virtual Organizations (EVO), originally
developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech) to meet the complex demands of the High Energy Physics
community, is already being used by thousands of educators, students
and researchers to seamlessly bridge remotely located collaborators
and resources across the globe.
2010 IDEA Award winners will be recognized at the Internet2 Spring
2010 Member Meeting, held in Arlington, Virginia, April 26-28, 2010
and will be provided a track session during the meeting to present
information on or demonstrate their winning projects to attendees.
Entries may be submitted by any individual affiliated with an
Internet2 member, a Sponsored Educational Group Participant (SEGP), or
a Sponsored Participant. The deadline for submissions is February 28,
2010. For additional information, submission guidelines and online
application, click
here.
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exacting applications of today-and spark the most essential
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current and future networking needs since 1996, Internet2 blends its
human, IP and optical networks to develop and deploy revolutionary
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today's Internet, our community is forging the Internet of the
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