I-Light Applications Workshop 2002 Proceedings

Abstract

Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon symbolically lit the fiber of the I-Light network on December 11, 2001. I-Light is a unique, high-speed fiber optic network connecting Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, and Purdue University West Lafayette with each other and with Abilene, the national high-speed Internet2 research and education network. This unique university-owned high speed network connects three of the Indiana's great research campuses. One year after the lighting of the network, we invited researchers from Indiana University and Purdue University to come together to discuss some of the research and instructional achievements that have been made possible in just one short year of the existence of I-Light. The results were dramatic: on December 4, 2002, more than 150 researchers gathered together in Indianapolis to discuss research and instructional breakthroughs made possible by I-Light.