High Performance Network Planning Workshop

August 13-15, 2002
Reston, Virginia

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science invites scientific network end-users and visionaries to participate in a three-day workshop to discuss strategic issues relevant to development of advanced high-performance network infrastructure.

The Office of Science has a vision for a seamless, high-performance network infrastructure in which science applications and advanced facilities are "n-way" interconnected to terascale computing, petascale storage, and high-end visualization capabilities. This advanced network would facilitate collaborations among researchers and interactions between researchers and experimental and computational resources, thus moving science, especially large-scale science, to a new regime that eliminates isolation, discourages redundancy, and promotes rapid scientific progress through the interplay of theory, simulation, and experiment.

A Provisional Strategic Approach developed by the Office of Science will be the starting point for discussions during the workshop. Participants will examine the environment and dynamics of the envisioned network and will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the provisional approach, potential external support opportunities, and risks that should be considered.

The end product of the workshop will be a report that documents the findings and recommendations of the participants.

Participation will be limited to 75 attendees, so please register right away if you want to participate.