ACE: Opportunities For African Connectivity To The USA
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![Jim Williams,[object Object],Director, International networking,[object Object],Indiana University Bloomington, In - USA,[object Object],william@indiana.edu,[object Object],America Connects to Europe (ACE): Opportunities for African Connectivity to the USA; Ideas and Models for Developing Sustainable and Long-term U.S.-Africa Science Collaborations,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-1-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Topics,[object Object],Background on the IRNC program and the ACE project,[object Object],US-EU infrastructure collaborations,[object Object],Specific ACE initiatives related to Africa,[object Object],Connectivity in place….now what…,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-2-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Background on the IRNC Program and the ACE project,[object Object],Kevin Thompson has provided IRNC background…I have nothing to add there,[object Object],The America Connects to Europe (ACE) project provides multiple high-performance network connections from Europe to the US. Diagram follows.,[object Object],The primary ACE objective is to provide cyber infrastructure (CI), access to CI and CI support to facilitate US global science collaborations. ,[object Object],Africa is now a significant partner in these global science collaborations…as we all have seen. This is facilitated by….much better continental connectivity; improving local connectivity, educational and commercial focus.,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-3-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Steve Song - http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-4-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Steve Song - http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-5-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![US-EU infrastructure collaborations,[object Object],The US and the European Commission work closely on a number of CI related matters. ,[object Object],The ACE Project is a partnership with DANTE/GEANT in the development of the US-EU network connections seen on the previous ACE slide.,[object Object],The TransPAC3 Project is a partnership with DANTE/TEIN3 and APAN in the development of networking to Asia and via TEIN3, on to Europe. ,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-7-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![ACE EU-US Network Connection points,[object Object],AMS->NYC 2x10G IP ,[object Object],FRK->DC 2x10G IP,[object Object],AMS->CHI 10G circuits,[object Object],Paris->NYC 10G circuits,[object Object],London->NYC 10G circuits,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-8-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Specific ACE/TP3 network initiatives related to Africa,[object Object],London – NYC 10G network connection,[object Object], Landing in the DANTE POP in London,[object Object], Same space as UbuntuNet router,[object Object], Direct connection London to NYC (MANLAN),[object Object], Available 15-October-2011 (hopefully),[object Object],Also, visit the US-India workshop page at: http://internationalnetworking.iu.edu/us-india-workshop,[object Object],Also, focus on measurement, operations and security. ,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-9-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Connectivity in place….now what…,[object Object],Building a sustainable technical support structure in Africa. ,[object Object],Providing opportunities for encouraging, supporting and developing sustainable Africa – global science collaborations enabled by CI.,[object Object],This workshop is an example. Also see:,[object Object],http://internationalnetworking.iu.edu/us-india-workshop,[object Object],Goal: Engaging Africa as a full partner in the global CI-enabled science community.,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-11-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Summary,[object Object],International connectivity is now in place….,[object Object],Within country and region connectivity is developing.,[object Object],As always, funding is an issue…,[object Object],Science collaborations facilitated or enabled by CI are now possible from a CI perspective. What is needed is a mechanism to develop new collaborations and enhance existing ones from a science perspective.,[object Object],Sustainability…… in every dimension….,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-12-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
![Additional information,[object Object],IN@IU: http://internationalnetworking.iu.edu/,[object Object],DANTE – AfricaConnect: http://www.africaconnect.eu/MediaCentre/Pages/EC-fundedresearchinfrastructure.aspx,[object Object],An interesting site: http://www.africanbrains.net/,[object Object],Another very interesting site: http://www.cablemap.info/,[object Object],Me: williams@indiana.edu,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/boulderpresentation-110806191840-phpapp01/75/ace-opportunities-for-african-connectivity-to-the-usa-13-2048.jpg?cb=1668325507)
ACE: Opportunities For African Connectivity To The USA
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Ideas and models for developing sustainable and long-term U.S.-Africa science collaborations.
