Ray Ford is a professor of Computer Science and the chief information & technology officer at The University of Montana.  He serves as chair of the Internet2 Applications, Middleware, and Services Advisory Council, co-chair of the Strategic Planning Execution Committee, and on the Internet2 Board of Trustees.  Previously he served on Internet2’s Network Policy & Planning Advisory Council and Campus Expectations Task Force, and is the past chair of the Northern Tier Networking Consortium.
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Internet2, in partnership with CAST-USA, CERNET, CSTNet, and host site Indiana University, is pleased to announce this year’s Chinese-American Networking Symposium will be held 20-22 October 2008 in Indianapolis, IN. Networking experts from both China and the United States will gather at CANS to discuss new ideas and advancements in networking technologies. ...more

Internet2 has partnered with the 100x100 Clean Slate Project to provide dedicated nationwide network facilities that will enable researchers to re-examine the basic building blocks of the Internet. Utilizing this national testbed network designed by Rice University and Stanford University, project researchers will work to develop new networking technologies that aim to address the Internet's current challenges including scalability, security, and access. ...more