RedCLARA: The RedCLARA: The Research And Education Research And Education Network Of Latin Network Of Latin AmericaAmerica

Florencio I. UtrerasExecutive DirectorCooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas (CLARA)

RedCLARA: The NetworkRedCLARA: The Network

The ALICE ProjectThe ALICE Project

@LIS Research Networks Initiative12.5 Million Euros where 10 Million provided by EuropeAid, 2.5 Million provided by LA PartnersEuropean Partners: DANTE, FCCN, GARR, RedIRIS, RenaterLatin American Partners: 18 National Research and Education Networks coordinated by CLARAStart dage: June 1, 2003End date: March 31, 2008Proposed continuation until 2011

ALICE’s ResultsALICE’s Results

A regional Research and Education Network has been created13 LA Countries connected8 New NREN’s have been createdTechnical training provided to engineers of all 18 NREN’sOver 750 Universities and Research Institutions connectedSeveral Research Collaborations of large scale with high end science groups

The WHREN/LILA ProjectThe WHREN/LILA Project

WHREN: Western Hemisphere Research and Education NetworkLILA Links Interconnecting Latin AmericaSubmited to NSF in April 2004 leaded by CENIC and FIUAproved by NSF in December 20041.2 Gbps Link Tijuana-San Diego-LA2.4 Gbps Sao Paulo-Miami shared with CHEPREO and ANSPConnections to PacWave and Atlantic Wave

LILA Links

RedCLARA: The R&E NetworkRedCLARA: The R&E Network

Backbone links

Link to Europe

RedCLARA’s Development RedCLARA’s Development PlanPlan

Future backbone should be composed at least of CLARA owned dark fiber in the following links

AR-CL

AR-BR

The Intercontinental link to Europe should reach 2.5 Gbps during 2009 growing to 1.2 Gbps in 2008

The PA-MX and PA-CL should be at least STM-4 as well as the BR-MX

The Node in Miami should be connected to PA at 1.2 Gbps

RedCLARA will have an additional peering point in Miami with US Networks

Most links to countries should reach STM-1 speed by 2009

CLARA: The CLARA: The OrganizationOrganization

CLARA: Cooperación Latino CLARA: Cooperación Latino Americana De Redes Americana De Redes AvanzadasAvanzadas

18 Latin American NREN’s are the partners

Not for Profit International Organization Legally established in Uruguay in December 2004

Vision:System of collaboration for the research, science and innovation of Latin America through the use of advanced networks

CLARA’s ObjectivesCLARA’s Objectives

Coordination among the National Research and Education Networks of Latin America and with those of other regionsCooperation for the promotion of science and technology Planning and Implementation of network services for the regional interconnection to the NREN’sDevelopment of a Regional Network: RedCLARA to interconnect the NREN’s of LA and of them to other continents

CLARA’s OrganizationCLARA’s Organization

General Assembly

Executive Director

CLARA NOC CLARA NEG CLARA IS & PR Project Manager Financial Officer

A Decentralized A Decentralized OrganizationOrganization

Network Operation: CUDI, México

Network Engineering: RNP, Brasil

Information Systems and Public Relations: REUNA, Chile

Finantial Officer: CLARA, Uruguay

Project Management: CLARA, México

Executive Direction: CLARA, Chile

Project Development in Project Development in CLARACLARA

Project ManagementProject Management

Foster the development of Collaboration Proposals using Networking and ICT Technology

Support the preparation of proposals to submit them to funding agencies

Support the Management, Administration and Quality Conrol of the Projects

Overview the execution of the Strategic Plan

EELA: The LA-Europe EELA: The LA-Europe Computational GridComputational Grid

EELA: Extending EGEE to Latin America.

Computational Grid connecting Europe and LA Computational facilitiesIST Funded in Call 4January 2006-December 2007

EELA2 already submitted to the EC under FP7

Extend EELA Grid to 12 countriesOver 80 LA institutions participating

RINGrid: Remote RINGrid: Remote Instrumentation On Next Instrumentation On Next Generation NetworksGeneration Networks

Create a Grid of Instruments with a common access platforms

Funded by EC’s IST under FP6Started October 2006Planned end: September 2008

3 LA Countries

12 institutions

Instruments ranging from Electronic Microscopes to Telescopes and Sensors

AugerAcess And ExpressAugerAcess And Express

AugerAccess:To connect Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargüe, Argentina to Argentina’s R&E Network: InnovaRed

To develop new ways to remotely access and use extended cosmic ray sensor facility

Funded by EC under FP6

EVALSO:To connect ESO’s Paranal Observatories to Chile’s R&E Network

To develop new ways of doing astronomy using ICT and large capacity networks

Submitted to FP7

RedCLARA is an opportunity for RedCLARA is an opportunity for innovation in LA using innovation in LA using information technologies and information technologies and collaboration through high speed collaboration through high speed networksnetworks

http://www.redclara.net

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