Ongoing projects and collaborations by PREN institutions
MRU (Multiple Radio Unit) - Wireless Network Pilot Project.
Wireless is having an impact on our faculty,students and administrative processes. Portland State university(PSU) and Oregon health and Science university(OHSU) have a unique oppurtinity to test and demonstrate soon to be released powerful wireless technology - IEEE 802.16 or "WiMAX" This technology promises more bandwidth, more distance and potentially many new applications for all NWACC instrtutions.Characterization of Internet Gaming Applications: Using the infrastructure provided by Internet2, we have studied the impact that emerging on-line games are having on networks. The results of our work have shown that such applications pose a significant threat to the design and provisioning of networks and network equipment.The results of this work have been published in several conferences and a journal submission is pending.
Online marine forecasting network: CORIE is designed to serve multiple scientific and management purposes. Initial development, funded by the Office of Naval Research, emphasized the role of CORIE as a scientific tool. Broad goals are the enhanced understanding and prediction of the physical oceanography, ecology, and water-quality of highly stratified estuaries, inlets and plumes.
Internet2 Projects at OHSU:
Visible Embryo Project: The project's purpose is to demonstrate how leading-edge information technologies in computation, visualization, collaboration, and networking can expand capabilities in science and medicine for developmental studies, clinical work and teaching. Comprising a network of medical collaboration workstations installed at eight project locations and interconnected over high-performance networks operating at data rates over 100 megabits per second nationwide, The project allows doctors to visualize and manipulate high-resolution image data collaboratively for diagnoses, clinical case management and medical education.
Heart research: We have constructed surface models of the Stage 13 (28 day) and Stage 15 human heart. These models are the most anatomically accurate models ever generated.
Medical informatics : Dr. William Hersh and Dr. Charles Friedman used the Abilene backbone to share courses in Medical Informatics training programs between OHSU and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Featured in I2 Health Sciences Initiative
Internet2 Projects at PSU:
Internet2 general information at PSU
National and regional projects
Internet2 National
Website
The Northwest
Access Exchange (NWAX), a spin-off of the PREN project, is a
Portland regional project allowing institutions to exchange traffic
locally. In addition, PSU has worked with the City of Portland to turn our
original DS3/Sonet circuits into a gigabit ethernet “local
loop”.
