NUIT 2003 Annual Report - Northwestern University Information ...

STAR TAP and StarLight
StarLight, the next generation STAR TAP (Science Technology
and Research Transit Access Point), is an international
advance exchange facility for global advanced networks that
will lead federal, state and international research networking.
StarLight is designed to support large-scale global eScience
based on Grid computing and advanced applications related
to next-generation optical networking. Located at
Northwestern University, StarLight was designed and
developed in partnership with the University of Illinois at
Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, and is funded by
the National Science Foundation.
International Partnerships
iCAIR is a research partner in the TransLight project,
funded by the National Science Foundation, which is
developing an advanced global network for large scale
e-Science. iCAIR has formed a partnership with SURFnet
to conduct research on NetherLight, which links StarLight
to a science and technology center in Amsterdam. In the
Netherlands, SURFnet manages the national research
network. iCAIR is also a partner in DataTAG, a European
Union funded project, led by CERN (the European Union
particle physics laboratory), that is designing and developing
large scale next-generation infrastructure for global
e-Science based on Grid technologies and advanced optical
networks. Other partners include UKLight (Britain),
CA*net4 (Canada), CERNnet (the European Union particle
physics laboratory network), Geant (European Union), and
TransPAC (Asia Pacific networks, including those that are
coordinated through the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking
organization (APAN).
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Partnerships