From zita@ISI.EDU Tue Jul 29 11:59:53 2003 Received: from tnt.isi.edu (tnt.isi.edu [128.9.128.128]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h6TIxrJ11372 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by tnt.isi.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h6TIxrm10593 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [128.9.176.119] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19hZhL-000JAh-BL for apru-dli@isi.edu; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:59:49 +0000 Message-ID: <3F26C372.3060104@isi.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:56:50 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Apru-dli] APRUNet Newsletter (V.2, n.7) Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: APRUNET NEWSLETTER JULY 2003 (V.2, n.7) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, tele-medicine, etc. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Please send your news to . Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator =============================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 3RD APRUNet Meeting in Busan, Korea 2. APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing BoF 3. APAN Education Working Group E-Learning Workshop 4. Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 2003 5. News from APRU Institutions 6. Distance Learning News from the Chronicle of Higher Education 7. Other Related News: Transpac 8. Related Organizations 9. Related Grants 10. Related Meetings 11. Comments and Suggestions ============================================================== 1. 3RD APRUNET MEETING IN BUSAN, KOREA The next APRUNet meeting will be held on Tuesday, 26 August 2003 in Busan, Korea from 14:00-17:30 in conjunction with the next APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Association) meeting. For more information, see . Note that the will be an APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing BoF, and an E-Learning Specifications Workshop during the APAN Meeting that will be open to all who are interested (see items #2 and #3 below for more details). All APRUNet representatives are encouraged to attend. Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . 4th APRUNET MEETING Mark your calendars for the Fourth APRUNet meeting which is scheduled to take place 25-30 January 2004 in Honolulu in conjunction with the APAN and Joint Techs meetings. APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! 2. APRUNET/INTERNET2 BIRDS OF A FEATHER (BOF) This is to announce that there will be a "Birds of a Feather" (BoF) session on international coordination of videoconferencing services during the APAN meeting in Busan. Ted Hanss, Director of Applications Development for Internet2, will lead the BoF on Tuesday, 26 August 2003 from 18:00-20:00. He will present information on the Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. All APRUNet representatives are encouraged to attend and to also investigate Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification, which allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. No registration or fees are needed to attend this BoF, but registration is needed for the APAN conference . (See #10. Meetings below) 3. APAN EDUCATION WORKING GROUP E-LEARNING WORKSHOP "Building standards-based e-learning systems" This workshop will take place on Wednesday, 27 August 2003 from 09:00-17:30 during the APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium) meeting to be held in Busan, Korea (see #10. Meetings below). Space has been reserved for APRUNet representatives, but registration for the APAN conference is required and registration for the workshop should be sent to zita@isi.edu. Just as email has enabled many people all of the world to communicate and keep in touch even though they may be living in distant places, we see that e-learning, or learning with the aid of the Internet, will empower many people with new job skills, knowledge, new competencies, and a thirst for continuous and independent lifelong learning. At the same time, e-learning practitioners are embarking on e-learning projects that promote the use of reusable, sharable, learning objects and adaptive learning strategies. With learning objects, the reuse to creation ratios can go up to as high as 1000:1. Such a high ratio means that the learning objects are used and reused many, many times. This _hands-on_ workshop is being put together by the E-Learning Competency Center of Singapore and the APAN Education Working Group with the aim of introducing the development, deployment, and research of e-learning standards and to ensure that APAN communities can benefit from this initiative. Contents: Overview of APAN-wide e-learning project E-learning standards primer Proposed framework Hands-on: Labelling digital content using proposed APAN-wide vocabulary Uploading digital content Searching digital content Feedback on proposed APAN-wide meta-data schema and vocabulary 4. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCE 2003 *NEWS* **The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was postponed by the National University of Singapore due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak http://www.cdc.gov/. It will be resceduled.** More information on the new dates will be available on the conference website and will also be announced in this newsletter. The theme for this conference is "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs 5. NEWS FROM APRU INSTITUTIONS ==> Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet project that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact . - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project Mailing list: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. The following APRU member countries, Indonesia and Mexico, currently participate in these opportunities. Participating APRU universities include: Seoul National University, National Autonomous University of Mexico, National University of Singapore, Stanford University, University of Chile, University of Southern California, University of Washington, See previous newsletters or send mail to the list for more information. See previous newsletters or send mail to the list for more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project Mailing list: A series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The current series will focus on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University in the lead, and with the participation of University of Tokyo, and National University of Singapore will be held in June and July 2003. See previous newsletters or send mail to the list for more information. 6. DISTANCE EDUCATION NEWS FROM THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION --> For more about information technology in academe, including news headlines from around the Web and a daily featured website, go to . * THE U.S. HOUSE PASSED an appropriations bill on Monday that would provide $678-million for rural telemedicine programs next year -- almost $250-million more than the programs received this year. Much of the money is expected to go to colleges and universities that use technology to provide health care to people in sparsely populated areas. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003071601t.htm * THE U. OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE offers one of the few distance-education programs designed to teach working poor people the skills they need to advance in the job market. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i45/45a02901.htm * DISTANCE EDUCATION AT AMERICAN COLLEGES expanded dramatically during the online-education takeoff of the late 1990s, with more colleges offering more distance-education courses and more students taking them, according to survey results released Friday by the U.S. Education Department. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003072102t.htm * RIDING A SURGE in online distance-education enrollments, eCollege.com has reported a profit for the quarter just ended -- the first in its seven-year history. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003072802t.htm * SEVERAL MINNESOTA COLLEGES are opening technology-training centers in the northeastern part of the state to help people in rural areas learn computer skills. The centers will be run through partnerships with businesses and nonprofit groups. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003072901t.htm 7. OTHER RELATED NEWS: TRANSPAC Indiana University announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has extended funding for TransPAC(R), the high-speed international Internet service connecting research and education networks in the Asia Pacific to those in the United States. TransPAC supports such international collaborations as the Grid Physics Network (GriPhyN) for distribution and analysis of experimental results in high energy physics; the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network, providing genomic data, computational resources, and community support for medical and biological research; the Joint Program for Arctic Atmosphere Observation between laboratories at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Communications Research Laboratory in Japan; and the Japan-US collaboration in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. For the past five years, the TransPAC consortium has connected research and education networks in the Asia Pacific associated with the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) to the Internet2 Abilene network, the vBNS, US federal networks, and other global international research and education networks. Operational support for TransPAC is provided in the US by Indiana University's Global Research Network Operations Center (Global NOC(R)) and in Japan by KDDI Corporation's APAN network operations center. International circuits for TransPAC are provided by KDDI Corporation. 8. RELATED ORGANIZATIONS No news. 9. RELATED GRANTS No news. 10. RELATED MEETINGS - APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing) Birds of a Feather (BoF) 26 August 2003 (in conjunction with the APAN conference) APAN Conference Busan http://commons.internet2.edu/ - APAN Meeting (Asia Pacific Advanced Networking association) E-Learning Specifications Workshop 27 August 2003 Busan, Korea - APRU's Fourth Annual Distance Learning and the Internet Conference Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls Fall 2003 National University of Singapore Singapore - The Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN): The Power of Online Learning: Implications for Teaching and Learning November 14-16, 2003 Orlando, Florida 11. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2003 Association of Pacific Rim Universities =============================================================== From zita@ISI.EDU Wed Aug 27 00:57:05 2003 Received: from tnt.isi.edu (tnt.isi.edu [128.9.128.128]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h7R7v5N04965 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by tnt.isi.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h7R7v4C14487 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:57:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [221.161.83.52] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19rvAu-0007di-6H for apru-dli@isi.edu; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:57:04 +0000 Message-ID: <3F4C6395.9040101@isi.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:53:57 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRU Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 2003 Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: [Apologies for any duplications] Dear APRU colleagues, As you are aware, the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet (DLI) conference that was scheduled to take place at National University of Singapore (NUS) from April 2 to 4, 2003 was postponed. I am now pleased to inform you that we have worked out new dates for the DLI conference. The re-scheduled conference will be held at NUS from November 30 to December 2, 2003. The theme for this conference is "Global Knowledge Enterprise - Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs This conference is the fourth in the series and aims to bring together leading distance learning experts from academia, business and public sectors from around the world. Please encourage your university's APRUNet representatives as well as one or two other leading distance learning faculty and administrators to participate in this important APRU event. Travel and/or accommodation awards are available for participants who require such grants. Each APRU member university can request for one travel and accommodation award, if necessary. The requests can be sent to Ms KONG Hui Yi at . Registration can be done online at . Information on the program schedule, call for proposals, and accommodation booking can be found at the same website. We look forward to your support for this important APRU event. Thank you. Sincerely Dr Lawrence Loh Secretary General ========================== Association of Pacific Rim Universities c/o Office of the President National University of Singapore Singapore 119260 Tel: (65) 6874-3140 Fax: (65) 6774-8255 Email: uprlohyk@nus.edu.sg Web: www.apru.org ========================== From zita@ISI.EDU Tue Sep 9 12:29:37 2003 Received: from tnt.isi.edu (tnt.isi.edu [128.9.128.128]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h89JTaN00149 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:29:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by tnt.isi.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h89JTZZ05683 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:29:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [128.9.176.120] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19woBA-000GAJ-KP for apru-dli@isi.edu; Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:29:33 +0000 Message-ID: <3F5E295C.9060100@isi.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:26:20 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.2, n.8) Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: APRUNET NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2003 (V.2, n.8) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, tele-medicine, etc. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Please send your news to . Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator =============================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. *NEW DATES* Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 2003 December 1-2 2. APRUNet Meetings 3. News from APRU Institutions 4. Blackboard Expands to Chinese Colleges 5. Other Related News: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) 6. Related Organizations: Asia-Pacific Regional Technology Centre (APRTC) 7. Related Grants 8. Related Meetings 9. Comments and Suggestions 1. *NEW DATES* DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCE The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference that was postponed by the National University due to SARS has been rescheduled for 30 November to 2 December 2003. We appreciate your support for this conference prior to the postponement and really hope that you can attend this conference at the rescheduled dates. Registration can be done online at . Information on the program schedule, call for proposals, and accommodation booking can be found at the same website. The conference fee will be SGD$520 (inclusive of 4% Goods & Services Tax) which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from the evening of 30 November 2003 through lunch on 2 December 2003. With regards to Travel/Accommodation Award, I am pleased to forward the following details to you: The accommodation award covers the room charges for 3 nights only. The hotel will bill us directly for the room charges. The travel award covers the cost of most direct route discounted economy class airfare only. You may proceed to book the air ticket and submit the receipt to Ms Kong Hui Yi Secretary APRU DLI 2003 Working Committee on the first day of the conference. Upon receiving the receipt, Ms Kong Hui Yi will arrange for the cheque to be sent to you. The theme for this conference is "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs 2. APRUNET MEETINGS The last APRUNet Meeting was held in Busan, Korea on 26 August 2003 in conjunction with the APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium) meeting. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . The next APRUNet meeting will be held on 27 August 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the next APAN meeting. For more information, see . In cooperation with Internet2, an APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing BoF was held in Busan. The first Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Site Coordinators Workshop will take place at the APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference to be held in Singapore,. All APRUNet representatives, or their delegates, are encouraged to attend. An Internet2 representative will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! 3. NEWS FROM APRU INSTITUTIONS ==> Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact zita@isi.edu or subscribe directly to the mailing lists. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project This area was brought up at the recent APRUNet meeting in Busan. The potential is that this is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Interesting programs are shown at the Northwestern Hawaiian Island Multi-Agency Education Project and the Palau International Coral Reef Studies Center . Possible example projects include coral bleaching and clam breathing. There was also a demonstration of web sites that allowed students to manipulate a real submarine in waters in different parts of the world to examine undersea life. Please contact me, or join the mailing list (above), if you would like to explore an APRUNet Marina and Ocean Biology Project. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. Currently participating APRU universities include: Seoul National University, National Autonomous University of Mexico, National University of Singapore, Stanford University, University of Chile, University of Southern California, and the University of Washington. See previous newsletters or subscribe to the mailing list (above) for more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project A series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The current series is focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University in the lead, and with the participation of University of Tokyo, and National University of Singapore will be held in June and July 2003. See previous newsletters or subscribe to the mailing list (above) for more information. 4. BLACKBOARD EXPANDS TO CHINESE COLLEGE Blackboard has entered a partnership with the Chinese public-private education company CERNet, which provides Internet services to more than 1,000 universities in China, to create a software platform that will allow professors to post course materials, conduct discussions and administer tests online. Blackboard will furnish Chinese-language versions of the same educational software platforms it has provided to more than 3,000 clients (600 of them abroad, and in five other languages). Its China project, however, could dwarf the others in numbers of users. Another factor in the Chinese decision to select the Blackboard platform was its ability to accommodate large numbers of users (95,000 at a technical university in Monterrey, Mexico) and the fact that similar Blackboard platforms are also used at Harvard, Yale and Oxford. Blackboard technology is not particularly complex, which is one reason that some technology-averse professors say they like it. Blackboard already had a prominent Asian presence, and in Australia, where schools and universities have been early adaptors of digital technology. In Singapore, the National Technical University adopted Blackboard programs in July 2000. A discussion-group feature allows the sort of give-and-take among students and with their professors that a big-classroom atmosphere can deter. Students are more conversational and expressive behind a keyboard than face-to-face. 5. OTHER RELATED NEWS: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) As in previous years, ECAI has been invited to participate in the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) annual conference. This year's conference will be held in Bangkok at the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre from November 7-9, with workshops and recreational activities November 10. ECAI will hold an additional day of meetings on the 6th. The theme for the 2003 conference is Cultural Heritage and Collaboration in the Digital Age. ECAI will participate in PNC's paper sessions, poster/demo sessions and working groups. They will also sponsor three sessions: a Showcase of Digital Atlases, a Southeast Asia Cultural Atlas session, and a Working Group on Sources of Content for Digital Atlases. They invite you to propose contributions to these sessions. You may also propose papers on related topics including metadata and interoperability for spatial and temporal data, GIS and cultural heritage preservation, historical GIS, the geography of trade routes, gazetteer and thesaurus development, or other scheduled PNC session topics. In addition, a poster/demo session is planned for additional digital projects. They are hoping to showcase South and Southeast Asian project development in particular. If you would like to make an ECAI-related presentation at the PNC conference, please submit a title and short description to by August 22. 6. RELATED ORGANIZATIONS: Asia-Pacific Regional Technology Centre (APRTC) Just a short note to bring you up to date on developments at the Asia-Pacific Regional Technology Centre (APRTC). In this issue: Registration is now open for third semester agLe@rn courses. They are now accepting registrations for online agLe@rn courses that will be offered during the third semester of 2003. Course descriptions and content as well as instructions on how to register and apply for scholarships can be found on APRTCs Website . The courses and the dates they will be offered are: Promoting Responsible Pesticide Use Sep 15, 2003 to Oct 24, 2003 Basics of Vegetable IPM Sep 15, 2003 to Oct 24, 2003 Integrated Pest Management in Cotton Sep 29, 2003 to Nov 7, 2003 Digital Literacy for Agricultural Professionals Sep 29, 2003 to Nov 7, 2003 Introduction to Integrated Pest Management Oct 27, 2003 to Dec 5, 2003 Integrated Pest Management in Rice Oct 27, 2003 to Dec 5, 2003 Integrated Soil Fertility Management Nov 3, 2003 to Dec 12, 2003 7. RELATED GRANTS No news. 8. RELATED MEETINGS - The Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN): The Power of Online Learning: Implications for Teaching and Learning 14-16 November 2003 Orlando, Florida - APRU's Fourth Annual Distance Learning and the Internet Conference Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls 30 November  02 December Singapore - APRUNet Meeting 27 January 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii - APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Honolulu, Hawaii January 2004 9. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2003 Association of Pacific Rim Universities =============================================================== From zita@ISI.EDU Tue Sep 23 16:22:33 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h8NNMXO08250 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:22:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [128.9.161.252] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A1wUK-0000zC-MB for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:22:32 +0000 Message-ID: <3F709C7F.4030106@isi.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:18:23 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Newsletter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.2, n.9) Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: APRUNET NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2003 (V.2, n.9) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, tele-medicine, etc. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Please send your news to . Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator =============================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. *NEW DATES* Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 2003 December 1-2 2. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships: NEW Marine and Ocean Biology Project 3. APRUNet Meetings 4 Related Meetings 5 Comments and Suggestions 1. *NEW DATES* DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCE The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference that was postponed by the National University due to SARS has been rescheduled for 30 November to 2 December 2003. We appreciate your support for this conference prior to the postponement and really hope that you can attend this conference at the rescheduled dates. Registration can be done online at . Information on the program schedule, call for proposals, and accommodation booking can be found at the same website. The conference fee will be SGD$520 (inclusive of 4% Goods & Services Tax) which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from the evening of 30 November 2003 through lunch on 2 December 2003. With regards to Travel/Accommodation Award, I am pleased to forward the following details to you: The accommodation award covers the room charges for 3 nights only. The hotel will bill us directly for the room charges. The travel award covers the cost of most direct route discounted economy class airfare only. You may proceed to book the air ticket and submit the receipt to Ms Kong Hui Yi Secretary APRU DLI 2003 Working Committee on the first day of the conference. Upon receiving the receipt, Ms Kong Hui Yi will arrange for the cheque to be sent to you. The theme for this conference is "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs 2. APRUNet PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS ==> Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact or subscribe directly to the mailing lists. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project This area was brought up at the recent APRUNet meeting in Busan. The potential is that this is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Interesting programs are shown at the Northwestern Hawaiian Island Multi-Agency Education Project and the Palau International Coral Reef Studies Center . Possible example projects include coral bleaching and clam breathing. There was also a demonstration of web sites that allowed students to manipulate a real submarine in waters in different parts of the world to examine undersea life. Please contact me, or join the mailing list (above), if you would like to explore an APRUNet Marina and Ocean Biology Project. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. Currently participating APRU universities include: Seoul National University, National Autonomous University of Mexico, National University of Singapore, Stanford University, University of Chile, University of Southern California, and the University of Washington. See previous newsletters or subscribe to the mailing list (above) for more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project A series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The current series is focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University in the lead, and with the participation of University of Tokyo, and National University of Singapore will be held in June and July 2003. See previous newsletters or subscribe to the mailing list (above) for more information. 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The last APRUNet Meeting was held in Busan, Korea on 26 August 2003 in conjunction with the APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium) meeting. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . The next APRUNet meeting will be held on 27 August 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the next APAN meeting. For more information, see . In cooperation with Internet2, an APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing BoF was held in Busan. The first Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Site Coordinators Workshop will take place at the APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference to be held in Singapore. All APRUNet representatives, or their delegates, are encouraged to attend. An Internet2 representative will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! 4. RELATED MEETINGS - Learning Objects Online Conference 14-17 October Online - The Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN): The Power of Online Learning: Implications for Teaching and Learning 14-16 November 2003 Orlando, Florida - APRU's Fourth Annual Distance Learning and the Internet Conference Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls 30 November  02 December Singapore - APRUNet Meeting 27 January 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii - APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Honolulu, Hawaii January 2004 5. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2003 Association of Pacific Rim Universities =============================================================== From zita@ISI.EDU Mon Sep 29 09:13:54 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h8TGDsO10481 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:13:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [62.212.226.244] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A40ej-000N9o-2R for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:13:53 +0000 Message-ID: <3F7820F9.4070708@isi.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:09:29 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU, zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] Register Now for "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: *REGISTER NOW* DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCE The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by the National University of Singapore 30 November to 2 December 2003. Registration can be done online at . Information on the program schedule, call for proposals, and accommodation booking can be found at the same website. The conference fee will be SGD$520 (inclusive of 4% Goods & Services Tax) which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from the evening of 30 November 2003 through lunch on 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference is "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs From zita@ISI.EDU Sun Oct 5 22:24:06 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h965O6O11350 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:24:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [128.9.176.134] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1A6Nqn-000Iwj-F7 for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 05:24:06 +0000 Message-ID: <3F80C32D.3060909@isi.edu> Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 18:19:41 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRU "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: *REGISTER NOW* DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCE The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will take place 30 November to 2 December 2003 hosted by the National University of Singapore. The theme for this conference is "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Registration can be done online at . Information on the program schedule, call for proposals, and accommodation booking can be found at the same web site. The conference fee will be SGD$520 (inclusive of 4% Goods & Services Tax) which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from the evening of 30 November 2003 through lunch on 2 December 2003. From zita@ISI.EDU Mon Oct 6 19:05:04 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h97254O08415 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:05:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [204.245.214.189] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1A6hDj-000Mzy-Cp for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 02:05:03 +0000 Message-ID: <3F81E608.10400@isi.edu> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:00:40 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing Service and Workshop Press Release Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: NOTE: APRUNet/Internet2 will host the first Asia Pacific Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing Workshop during the week of 25-30 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the APRUNet and Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. [Press Release] INTERNET2 COMMONS OFFERS UNIVERSITIES SCALABLE, EASY-TO-USE VIDEO COLLABORATION SERVICE MULTI-SITE IP VIDEOCONFERENCING SOLUTION FOR ADVANCED COLLABORATION WASHINGTON, D.C.  October 6, 2003  Internet2(R) today announced the launch of the first videoconferencing service from the Internet2 Commons, making group collaboration through videoconferencing as simple as traditional phone conferencing. Network technologies and H.323 video and audio standards combine to create an affordable and accessible service for Internet2s members and partners. The Internet2 Commons grew out of our members needs for effective tools for face-to-face meetings, said Ted Hanss, Director of Applications for Internet2. Internet2 Commons subscribers can easily reserve videoconferencing ports for time-sensitive meetings such as remote research collaborations and regularly scheduled distance learning classes. They can also set-up multi-party videoconferences on the spur-of-the-moment. Tyler Johnson, Telecom Systems Analyst at the University of North Carolina added, This latest videoconferencing service is a vital stride in developing virtual collaboration environments, which can increase efficiencies in higher education and research. The affordable cost and easily deployable technology of the Internet2 Commons makes it the videoconferencing service of choice for the higher education community. For subscribers, the Internet2 Commons provides the equipment, staffing, and expertise to run this new H.323 service, which has been in development for two years. H.323 video and audio standards for Internet Protocol-based communications allow various vendor endpoints to seamlessly and compatibly connect to one another. The Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing Service via H.323 is provided for the Internet2 community in order to create a global, collaborative environment. The larger goal of the Internet2 Commons is to expand IP-based collaboration opportunities for the Internet2 research and education community, allowing members to work together more effectively over advanced networks in support of research and education. Visit http://commons.internet2.edu/h323/ to participate in the Internet2 Commons videoconferencing service. # # # About Internet2(R) Led by more than 200 U.S. universities working with industry and government, Internet2 develops and deploys advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrows Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnerships among academia, industry, and government that helped foster todays Internet in its infancy. For more information, visit: www.internet2.edu . Contact: Michelle Pollak, Internet2 +1-202-331-5345 mpollak@internet2.edu From zita@psg.com Fri Oct 17 13:13:03 2003 Received: from tnt.isi.edu (tnt.isi.edu [128.9.128.128]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h9HKD2O00453 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:13:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by tnt.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h9HKD2i11182 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:13:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ras30.isi.edu ([128.9.176.130] helo=psg.com) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1AAay4-000Kno-TN for apru-dli@isi.edu; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:13:01 +0000 Message-ID: <3F904C1B.6010601@psg.com> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:07:55 -0700 From: Zita Wenzel Reply-To: zita@ISI.EDU User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Marine and Ocean Biology Project Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: All, Here is an idea to discuss to start off the APRUNet Marine and Ocean Biology mailing list and project. To subscribe to the mailing list: INTRODUCTION AND CONTENT Could advanced Internet technologies be used to provide a look at a marine and ocean biology system across the world via HDTV, streaming video, guided submarines, etc. Could displays or options be placed in the aquarium itself? Many aquariums, for example, Lisbon Oceanarium (Lisbon, Portugal), National Aquarium in Baltimore (Balatimore, Maryland), New England Aquarium (Boston, Massachusetts), Aquarium of the Bay (San Francisco, California), John G,. Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, Illinois), Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, California) all have displays relating to marine systems in other locations and parts of the world. Two good examples are: Lisbon Aquarium -- re-creates four coastal habitats around a global ocean theme. John G. Shedd Aquarium -- illustration of the diversity of the Amazon River. TECHNOLOGY Here are some of the relevant technologies: Internet2 conducted a survey on 9 September 2002 on the number aquariums, museums, zoos, and science centers connected and their connection speeds: There was a demonstration of uncompressed HDTV over IP sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and the Research Channel in 2002. The Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation (IEEAF) provided the first long-term, trans-Atlantic 10 gigabit per second wavelength circuit dedicated to research and education provisioned from the US to Europe through the efforts of Internet2 and SURFnet. In addition, there was a demonstration of HDTV over IP at the recent Asia Pacific Advanced Networking consortium (APAN) meeting held in Busan, Korea in August 2003. Do you know of any projects in this area? Any comments? What are your views? Zita Wenzel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zita Wenzel, Ph.D. APRUNet Coordinator University of Southern California 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA +1 310 448 8462 (voice) +1 310 823 6714 (fax) zita@isi.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From zita@ISI.EDU Wed Nov 5 09:16:48 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id hA5HGmW15446 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:16:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from [209.20.253.166] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1AHRGw-0002Pk-Kn for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 17:16:46 +0000 Message-ID: <3FA92F51.2090708@isi.edu> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 09:11:45 -0800 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------020004050106060508050605" Subject: [APRU-DLI] REGISTER: First Pacific Rim APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: --------------020004050106060508050605 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit APRUNet/Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator (Videoconferencing) Workshop [First in the Pacific Rim] 3 December 2003, CIT Auditorium 3rd Floor Computer Centre Building National University of Singapore Please note that this free workshop is a separate event from the APRU Distance Learning and the Internet 2003 Conference which is also being held at the National University of Singapore. Attendance is strictly by registration only. Please contact Dr. Zita Wenzel to register. Registration is also required for the APRU Distance Learning and the Internet 2003 Conference. To register, please see the conference web site at ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Tentative Programme) Time Topic Presenter 8:30 am Welcome and Intro Zita 8:40 am Intro to National Video Conferencing Services, such as Internet2 Ted Hanss / Remote 9:00 am H.323 Standards Overview Ted Hanss / Remote Internet2 Commons and VideNet Registration Procedures Ted Hanss / Remote 10:30 am Break 10:45 am The Network Overview Affandi 11:30 am Endpoint Overview Hock Heng Multipoint Hock Heng Gateways Hock Heng Demo of Linkups CIT 12:30 pm Lunch 2:00 pm Data Collaboration Ted Hanss / Remote Numbering Plans Ted Hanss / Remote Configuring Gatekeepers Ted Hanss / Remote Campus & Classroom Site Support Ted Hanss / Remote Demo of data collaboration CIT 3:30 pm Break 3:45 pm Room Setup, Environmental Considerations, and Video Conferencing Etiquette Ted Hanss / Remote Streaming Video and Conferences Ted Hanss / Remote Scheduling use of an MCU Ted Hanss / Remote 4:45 pm Hand-on with equipment Participants 5:15 pm Wrap-up Ted Hanss / Remote --------------020004050106060508050605 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

APRUNet/Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator (Videoconferencing) Workshop
[First in the Pacific Rim]

3 December 2003, CIT Auditorium
3rd Floor Computer Centre Building
National University of Singapore

Please note that this free workshop is a separate event from the APRU Distance Learning and the Internet 2003 Conference which is also being held at the National University of Singapore. Attendance is strictly by registration only.

Please contact Dr. Zita Wenzel <zita@isi.edu> to register.

Registration is also required for the APRU Distance Learning and the Internet 2003 Conference.
To register, please see the conference web site at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/DLI2003/>

(Tentative Programme)

Time

Topic

Presenter
     

8:30 am

Welcome and Intro

Zita

8:40 am

Intro to National Video Conferencing Services, such as Internet2

Ted Hanss / Remote

9:00 am

H.323 Standards Overview

Ted Hanss / Remote
 

Internet2 Commons and VideNet Registration Procedures

Ted Hanss / Remote

10:30 am

Break

  

10:45 am

The Network Overview

Affandi

11:30 am

Endpoint Overview

Hock Heng
 

Multipoint

Hock Heng
 

Gateways

Hock Heng
 

Demo of Linkups

CIT

12:30 pm

Lunch

  

2:00 pm

Data Collaboration

Ted Hanss / Remote
 

Numbering Plans

Ted Hanss / Remote
 

Configuring Gatekeepers

Ted Hanss / Remote
 

Campus & Classroom Site Support

Ted Hanss / Remote
 

Demo of data collaboration

CIT

3:30 pm

Break

  

3:45 pm

Room Setup, Environmental Considerations, and Video Conferencing Etiquette

Ted Hanss / Remote
 

Streaming Video and Conferences

Ted Hanss / Remote
 

Scheduling use of an MCU

Ted Hanss / Remote

4:45 pm

Hand-on with equipment

Participants

5:15 pm

Wrap-up

Ted Hanss / Remote
--------------020004050106060508050605-- From zita@ISI.EDU Mon Nov 10 17:32:22 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id hAB1WMs11197 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:32:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from [128.9.160.246] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1AJNOH-000IKX-I1 for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 01:32:21 +0000 Message-ID: <3FB03C18.6050400@isi.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:32:08 -0800 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (v.2, n.10) Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: APRUNET NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2003 (V.2, n.10) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, tele-medicine, etc. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator =============================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. *REGISTER NOW* Distance Learning and the Internet Conference 1-2 December 2. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships: NEW Marine and Ocean Biology Project 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. APAN/Joint Techs Workshop Paper/Presentation/Fellowship Announcement 5. First Pacific Rim APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshops - Internet2 Commons Video Collaboration Service 6. News: NIH Tuberculosis Curriculum Coordinating Center (TCCC) 7. Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) News 8. Korean Dance Performance 9 Related Meetings 10 Comments and Suggestions 1. *REGISTER NOW* DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCE “The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference that was postponed by the National University due to SARS is rescheduled for 30 November to 2 December 2003. Online registration is available at . Information on the program schedule, call for proposals, and accommodation booking can be found at the same website. The conference fee is SGD$520 (inclusive of 4% Goods & Services Tax) which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from the evening of 30 November 2003 through lunch on 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference is "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs 2. APRUNet PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS ==> Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was brought up at the recent APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. The potential is that this is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Interesting programs are shown at the Northwestern Hawaiian Island Multi-Agency Education Project and the Palau International Coral Reef Studies Center . Possible example projects include coral bleaching and clam breathing. Please join the mailing list (above), if you would like to explore an APRUNet Marina and Ocean Biology Project. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. Currently participating APRU universities include: Seoul National University, National Autonomous University of Mexico, National University of Singapore, Stanford University, University of Chile, University of Southern California, and the University of Washington. See previous newsletters or subscribe to the mailing list (above) for more information. Also see item 6. News: NIH Tuberculosis Curriculum Coordinating Center (TCCC). - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University in the lead, and with the participation of University of Tokyo, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Southern California will continue to be held. See previous newsletters or subscribe to the mailing list (above) for more information. 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The last APRUNet Meeting was held in Busan, Korea on 26 August 2003 in conjunction with the APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium) meeting. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . The next APRUNet meeting will be held on 27 August 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the next APAN meeting. For more information, see or . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! 4. APAN/JOINT TECHS WORKSHOP PAPER/PRESENTATION/FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT All available workshop proposals are available at: . For the Fellowship Program, please see or . The 17th APAN Meetings/Joint Tech Workshop will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 25-30 January 2004 at International Conference Center at the East-West Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii. The APAN Secretariat would like to make call for paper/presentation announcement for those workshops which will be held during the meeting. Please view all available workshops which are listed below and send your paper/presentation abstract to the relevant workshop coordinator before 15th November 2003. 1) eScience Workshop 2) Optical Networking Workshop 3) Advanced Networking Usage Demonstration Workshop 4) Natural Resource Workshop 5) Application Technology Workshop 6) K12 Workshop 7) Network Technology Workshop 8) Engineering Workshop 9) Security Workshop 5. FIRST PACIFIC RIM APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCING WORKSHOPS INTERNET2 COMMONS VIDEO COLLABORATION SERVICE: MULTI-SITE IP VIDEOCONFERENCING SOLUTION FOR ADVANCED COLLABORATION In cooperation with Internet2, an APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing BoF was held in Busan. The first Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Site Coordinators’ Workshop will take place at the APRU “Distance Learning and the Internet” conference to be held in Singapore. All APRUNet representatives, or their delegates, are encouraged to attend. An Internet2 representative will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. *** Internet2 has announced the launch of the first videoconferencing service from the Internet2 Commons, making group collaboration through videoconferencing as simple as traditional phone conferencing. Network technologies and H.323 video and audio standards combine to create an affordable and accessible service for Internet2’s members and partners. For subscribers, the Internet2 Commons provides the equipment, staffing, and expertise to run this new H.323 service, which has been in development for two years. H.323 video and audio standards for Internet Protocol-based communications allow various vendor endpoints to seamlessly and compatibly connect to one another. The Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing Service via H.323 is provided for the Internet2 community in order to create a global, collaborative environment. The larger goal of the Internet2 Commons is to expand IP-based collaboration opportunities for the Internet2 research and education community, allowing members to work together more effectively over advanced networks in support of research and education. Visit to participate in the Internet2 Commons videoconferencing service. 6. NEWS: NIH TUBERCULOSIS CURRICULUM COORDINTING CENTER (TCCC) The U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded the Tuberculosis Curriculum Coordinating Center (TCCC) to the University of California, San Diego (2003-2008): Antonino Catanzaro, MD (Principal Investigator) Marguerite Jackson, PhD, RN Shawn Harrity, MD Helene Hoffman, PhD The Tuberculosis Curriculum Coordinating Center (TCCC) has assembled and will coordinate a multidisciplinary team of faculty members from medical, nursing, and allied health schools who have experience in the area of tuberculosis, curriculum development and implementation, and state-of-the-art technology for education. The Consortium consists of the TCCC located at UCSD, five Curriculum Centers (CC), and 25 Partner Schools (PS). The Consortium includes faculty members representing 13 medical schools, six nursing schools, and 12 allied health schools. APRU member schools also include: University of Southern California (Western Curriculum Center) Brenda E. Jones, MD (CC Director) Patricio Escalante, MD Maria Brown MPH University of Washington Terri A. Simpson, PhD, RN Kimberly W. Field, MSN Stanford University Samuel W. M. LeBaron, MD, PhD University of California, Berkeley Lee Riley, MD 7. ELECTRONIC CULTURAL ATLAS INITIATIVE (ECAI) NEWS The recent Neighborhood Consortium Annual Conference theme was Cultural Heritage and Collaboration in the Digital Age. ECAI hosted the following sections. - Digital Atlas Showcase - The ECAI Southeast Asia Digital Atlas/Charting Asia-Pacific Encounters - Sources of Content for Cultural Atlas Development More information is available at: < http://www.ecai.org/Activities/Conferences.asp>. 8. KOREAN DANCE PERFORMANCE The Myoung Sook Kim Nulhui Dance Company < http://www.nulhuidance.co.kr/> was created in 1996 to extend traditional Korean dance by combining traditional and modern elements. The Myoung Sook Kim Nulhui Dance Company continues to experiment with new techniques, but instead of just embracing choreographing techniques, they are integrating technology into their performances. Their 7 September 2003 performance was captured on video and broadcast internationally using advanced services such as multicast and DVTS high-quality video. APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) and Internet2 helped to broadcast this dance performance using DVIP. The broadcast was streamed using the DVTS software and the CometDVIP cards. Their intention was to capture this event with a DV recorder as well as streaming the performance live using multicast. A "replay" of the dance performance is also available using DVTS. This is posted as cooperation between APAN and Internet2. 9 RELATED MEETINGS - The Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN): The Power of Online Learning: Implications for Teaching and Learning 14-16 November 2003 Orlando, Florida - APRU's Fourth Annual Distance Learning and the Internet Conference Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls 30 November – 02 December Singapore - APRUNet Meeting 27 January 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii - APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Honolulu, Hawaii January 2004 10. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2003 Association of Pacific Rim Universities =============================================================== From zita@ISI.EDU Fri Nov 21 16:51:39 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id hAM0pcs27484 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:51:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from [209.20.253.166] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.9) id 1ANLzu-000Ktm-1k for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 00:51:38 +0000 Message-ID: <3FBEB303.5070601@isi.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:51:15 -0800 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] New APRUNet Online Distance Learning Discussion Group Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: All, This is to announce a new APRUNet online Distance Learning Discussion Group. Please see this web site to subscribe: http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld To send email to all members of the list, use the address: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zita Wenzel, Ph.D. APRUNet Coordinator Center for Scholarly Technology USC/ISI 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA +1 310 448 8462 (voice) +1 310 823 6714 (fax) zita@isi.edu http://www/apru.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From zita@ISI.EDU Wed Dec 3 01:04:45 2003 Received: from vbn.inter-touch.net ([203.125.225.98]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id hB394is01483 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 01:04:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from isi.edu (unknown [203.125.225.103]) by vbn.inter-touch.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D52FF94020 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:04:33 +0000 (/etc/localtime) Message-ID: <3FCDA707.8010800@isi.edu> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:04:07 -0800 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.2, n.11) Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: APRUNET NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2003 (V.2, n.11) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator =============================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 2. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - NEW: Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshops 5. APAN/Joint Techs Workshop Paper/Presentation Announcement 6 Related Meetings 7. Comments and Suggestions NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST Register now at 1. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . “The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . Mark your calendars! 2. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the Fall 2004 semester. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The last APRUNet Meeting was held in Singapore on 03 December 2003 in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting will be posted on the APRUNet web page . The next APRUNet meeting will be held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meeting. For more information, see or . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! 4. APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOPS In cooperation with Internet2, the first Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US. For more information see The second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held on 24-25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend. Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. If you, are your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to . 5. APAN/JOINT TECHS WORKSHOP PAPER/PRESENTATION/FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT All available workshop proposals are available at: . For the Fellowship Program, please see or . The 17th APAN Meetings/Joint Tech Workshop will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 25-30 January 2004 at International Conference Center at the East-West Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii. The APAN Secretariat would like to make call for paper/presentation announcement for those workshops which will be held during the meeting. Please view all available workshops which are listed below and send your paper/presentation abstract to the relevant workshop coordinator before 15th November 2003. 1) eScience Workshop 2) Optical Networking Workshop 3) Advanced Networking Usage Demonstration Workshop 4) Natural Resource Workshop 5) Application Technology Workshop 6) K12 Workshop 7) Network Technology Workshop 8) Engineering Workshop 9) Security Workshop 6. RELATED MEETINGS - APRUNet Meeting 27 January 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii - APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Honolulu, Hawaii 24-25 January 2004 7. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2003 Association of Pacific Rim Universitie =============================================================== From zita@ISI.EDU Thu Dec 18 12:34:34 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id hBIKYXs13731 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:34:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [128.9.176.135] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1AX4qt-000EYP-Aw for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:34:31 +0000 Message-ID: <3FE20F37.1080200@isi.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:33:59 -0800 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------020302040909070002080906" Subject: [APRU-DLI] Second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020302040909070002080906 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop (Commons Site Coordinator) 25 January 2004 University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Please contact Dr. Zita Wenzel to register. For more information on APRUNet, see For more information on the Internet2 Commons, see Note that this free workshop is a separate event from the Internet2 Joint Techs 2004 and APAN Conferences which are also being held at the University of Hawaii from 25-30 January 2004. Attendance is strictly by registration only. Joint Techs conference web site APAN conference web site ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Tentative Programme) Time Topic Presenter 8:30 am Welcome and Intro Zita Wenzel 8:40 am Intro to National Video Conferencing Services, such as Internet2 Jonathan Tyman 9:00 am H.323 Standards Overview Jonathan Tyman Internet2 Commons and VideNet Registration Procedures Jonathan Tyman 10:30 am Break 10:45 am The Network Overview Local Staff 11:30 am Endpoint Overview Local Staff Multipoint Local Staff Gateways Local Staff Demo of Linkups Local Staff 12:30 pm Lunch 2:00 pm Data Collaboration Internet2 Staff Numbering Plans Internet2 Staff Configuring Gatekeepers Internet2 Staff Campus & Classroom Site Support Internet2 Staff Demo of data collaboration Internet2 Staff 3:30 pm Break 3:45 pm Room Setup, Environmental Considerations, and Video Conferencing Etiquette Internet2 Staff Streaming Video and Conferences Internet2 Staff Scheduling use of an MCU Internet2 Staff 4:45 pm Hand-on with equipment Participants 5:15 pm Wrap-up Local Staff --------------020302040909070002080906 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop
(Commons Site Coordinator)

25 January 2004
University of Hawaii
 Honolulu, Hawaii

Please contact Dr. Zita Wenzel <zita@isi.edu> to register.

For more information on APRUNet, see <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/apru.html>
For more information on the Internet2 Commons, see
<http://commons.internet2.edu/>

Note that this free workshop is a separate event from the Internet2 Joint Techs  2004 and APAN Conferences which are also being held at the University of Hawaii from 25-30 January 2004.  Attendance is strictly by registration only.

Joint Techs conference web site <http://www.hawaii.edu/tip2004/>
APAN conference web site <http://www.apan.net/>

(Tentative Programme)

Time

Topic

Presenter
     

8:30 am

Welcome and Intro

Zita Wenzel

8:40 am

Intro to National Video Conferencing Services, such as Internet2

Jonathan Tyman

9:00 am

H.323 Standards Overview

Jonathan Tyman
 

Internet2 Commons and VideNet Registration Procedures

Jonathan Tyman

10:30 am

Break

  

10:45 am

The Network Overview

Local Staff 

11:30 am

Endpoint Overview

Local Staff
 

Multipoint

Local Staff
 

Gateways

Local Staff
 

Demo of Linkups

Local Staff

12:30 pm

Lunch

  

2:00 pm

Data Collaboration

Internet2 Staff
 

Numbering Plans

Internet2 Staff
 

Configuring Gatekeepers

Internet2 Staff
 

Campus & Classroom Site Support

Internet2 Staff
 

Demo of data collaboration

Internet2 Staff

3:30 pm

Break

  

3:45 pm

Room Setup, Environmental Considerations, and Video Conferencing Etiquette

Internet2 Staff
 

Streaming Video and Conferences

Internet2 Staff
 

Scheduling use of an MCU

Internet2 Staff

4:45 pm

Hand-on with equipment

Participants

5:15 pm

Wrap-up

Local Staff
--------------020302040909070002080906-- From zita@ISI.EDU Thu Dec 18 13:00:49 2003 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id hBIL0ns21119 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:00:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [128.9.176.135] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1AX5GI-000KSY-M3 for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:00:47 +0000 Message-ID: <3FE2155E.6080908@isi.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:00:14 -0800 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.2, N. 12) Sender: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu Errors-To: apru-dli-admin@mailman.isi.edu X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Archive: APRUNET NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2003 (V.2, n.12) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 2. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - NEW: Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshops 5. APAN/Joint Techs Workshop Paper/Presentation Announcement 6. Latin American and the Caribbeans Workshop on e-Learning 7. Partnership on Global Learning 8 Related Meetings 9. Comments and Suggestions NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST Register now at 1. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . “The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . Mark your calendars! 2. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the Fall 2004 semester. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The last APRUNet Meeting was held in Singapore on 03 December 2003 in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting will be posted on the APRUNet web page . The next APRUNet meeting will be held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meeting. For more information, see or . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! 4. APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOPS In cooperation with Internet2, the First Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US. The agenda and slides of the First APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop are available at: . The second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held on 25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend. Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. If you, are your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to . 5. APAN/JOINT TECHS WORKSHOP PAPER/PRESENTATION/FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT All available workshop proposals are available at: . For the Fellowship Program, please see or . The 17th APAN Meetings/Joint Tech Workshop will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 25-30 January 2004 at International Conference Center at the East-West Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii. The APAN Secretariat would like to make call for paper/presentation announcement for those workshops which will be held during the meeting. Please view all available workshops which are listed below and send your paper/presentation abstract to the relevant workshop coordinator before 15th November 2003. 1) E-science Workshop 2) Optical Networking Workshop 3) Advanced Networking Usage Demonstration Workshop 4) Natural Resource Workshop 5) Application Technology Workshop 6) K12 Workshop 7) Network Technology Workshop 8) Engineering Workshop 9) Security Workshop 6. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANS WORKSHOP ON E-LEARNING Latin American and the Caribbeans Workshop on Internet Technology Workshops: Track 5 on e-Learning with sections on: Track 5- e-learning. Objectives: This track covers the techniques to be mastered for the effective organization and development of on-line teaching instruments using ICT. Both the technological and pedagogical viewpoints will be considered. Audience: Teachers, Educational Managers and education professionals interested in becoming acquainted with the state of the art of computer aided instruction and web based education. Content: e-learning technological platforms Learning Management Systems Overview of Existing tools. New Open Source Tools Instructional Technology. Instructional Design Methodology and Objects of Learning Skills Development. Standards and Recommendations 7. PARTNERSHIP ON GLOBAL LEARNING > The Partnership in Global Learning (PGL) now has an online newsletter. PGL is a consortium of universities, corporations, and K-12 schools whose mission is to do applied research in E-learning. The PGL Newsletter will be produced three times each year. Click on the URL below to read a summary of the newsletter: > 8. RELATED MEETINGS - Collaborative Learning 2004 13-15 January 2004 > - APRUNet Meeting 27 January 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii - APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop Honolulu, Hawaii 24-25 January 2004 - APAN Meeting 25-30 January 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii <%3chttp:/www.apan.net/%3e> - Techs in Paradise (Internet2) 25-30 January 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii <%3chttp:/www.hawaii.edu/tip2004/%3e> 9. 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Videoconferencing experts from Internet2 member institutions will introduce a broad framework for understanding H.323 videoconferencing over advanced networks in the Second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop in Honolulu on 25 January.  Sponsored by APRUNet <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/apru.html>, the advanced networking activities division of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities <http://www.apru.org/>, and Internet2 <http://commons.internet2.edu/train/200401/>,  the workshop will be held in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop <http://www.hawaii.edu/tip2004/> and the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking (APAN) Meetings <http://apan.net/meetings/honolulu2004/>.  This day-long training will cover topics such as: H.323 basics; gateways and gatekeepers; the new H.350 directory standard; introduction to SIP; room set-up basics; tools and troubleshooting; hands-on equipment demonstrations; and more.  The partnership between APRUNet and Internet2 makes this a unique opportunity for this training in the Pacific Rim region.

Join us in Honolulu on 25 January 2004!

Contact Dr. Zita Wenzel, APRUNet Coordinator, at <zita@isi.edu> for registration and more details.
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It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 2. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 3. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 4. APRUNet Meetings 5. Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshop 6. APAN/Joint Techs Workshop Paper/Presentation Announcement 7. US, Russia, China Link up to form a Global Ring Network for Advanced Science & Education Cooperation 8. 18th APAN Meetings July 2004 9 Related Meetings 10. Comments and Suggestions NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST. Register now at 1. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . Mark your calendars! The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 2. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 3. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford Stanford Center for Professional Development > University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology 4. APRUNET MEETINGS The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004 in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see or . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 5. THIRD APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOP The third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004. All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend. If you, or your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to . Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. The second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held on 25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Th First Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US. The agenda and slides of the First APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop are available at: . 6. REPORT ON APAN/INTERNET2 JOINT TECHS WORKSHOP All available workshop papers are located at: . The 17th APAN Meetings/Joint Tech Workshop was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 25-30 January 2004 at International Conference Center at the East-West Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii. Sessions included: 1) E-science Workshop 2) Optical Networking Workshop 3) Advanced Networking Usage Demonstration Workshop 4) Natural Resource Workshop 5) Application Technology Workshop 6) K12 Workshop 7) Network Technology Workshop 8) Engineering Workshop 9) Security Workshop 7. US, Russia, China Link up to form a Global Ring Network for Advanced Science & Education Cooperation > The National Science Foundation, a broad consortium of Russian Ministries and science organizations, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, announced they have selected Tyco Global Networks to develop 155 megabit per second (Mbps) secure data connections between US and Russia and between US and China. Additionally, Russia and China are connecting their science networks completing a ring around the northern hemisphere for joint scientific and educational projects. The project, called Little GLORIAD (Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development) builds on an existing 5-year project funded by the US and Russia called "NaukaNet" ("Science net" in the Russian language). The addition of China to the network and program was completed with an agreement signed on November 12, 2003 among the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Illinois (US lead on the project) and Tyco Telecommunications. The new network uses the global reach of the Tyco Global Network and will have operational service by mid-December, 2003. 8. 18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004 You are cordially invited to attend The 18th APAN Meetings/QUESTnet 2004. The 18th APAN Meetings are being held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia. For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference. QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia. Details about the meeting including draft schedule can be found at: 9. RELATED MEETINGS - The Partnership in Global Learning: Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems 03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004 Grosvenor Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida (in Disney World) Workshop Aim: This workshop will serve as a forum for researchers and developers of e-learning objects and e-learning systems to exchange ideas, share their accomplishments and on-going R&D efforts, identify topics of interest for future work, and foster collaboration. This call is to invite your participation and contribution in forms of paper presentations, panel discussions, and/or working group discussions. For more information on the program and registration see the PGL Home Page: http://pgl.ufl.edu. and click on the link to the PGL Workshop. Hotel reservations at the Grosvenor can be made after March 1, 2004. - APAN Meeting 02-07 July 2004 Cairns, Australia The call for proposal is also available at - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 10. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities. ====================================================== --------------050200090809050106060900 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="------------070004030908080501050205" --------------070004030908080501050205 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ======================================================
 
APRUNET NEWSLETTER
JANUARY 2004 (V.3, n.1)

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

======================================================

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST

1. Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
2. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
- Global Infectious Diseases Project
- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
3.  APRUNet Distance Education Portal
4. APRUNet Meetings
5. Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshop
6. APAN/Joint Techs Workshop Paper/Presentation Announcement
7.  US, Russia, China Link up to form a Global Ring Network for Advanced Science & Education Cooperation
8. 18th APAN Meetings July 2004
9  Related Meetings
10. Comments and Suggestions

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST.
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>


1. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/>.

Mark your calendars!

The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.

The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:

1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


2. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Send offers or requests for partnerships to <apru-dld@mailman.isi.edu>

Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact <zita@isi.edu> or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below.

- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-mob>
mail to: <apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu>

This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.

There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project.  Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <http://www.k20.internet.edu/>. Some are <http://www.jason.org> and <http://www.neptune.washington.edu/>.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project  <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-gid>
mail to: <apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu>

The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-eas>
mail to: <apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu>

This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific".

A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.


3.  APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL
Please send your distance education URLs to <zita@isi.edu>
 
University of Oregon
<http://de.uoregon.edu/>
<http://www.oregonone.org/>
 
UCLA
Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/dllctl/dllctl_site/index.htm>
Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site <http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/>
 
Stanford  
Stanford Center for Professional Development <http://scpd.stanford.edu>
 
University of Southern California  
Center for Scholarly Technology
<http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/>
 
 
4. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004 in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.
 
Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!

The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet/> or <http://www.apan.net/meetings/>.

 The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet>.


5. THIRD APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOP
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>
<http://commons.internet2.edu>

The third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004.  All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend.  If you, or your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to <zita@isi.edu>.
 
Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service <http://commons.internet2.edu/> as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. 
 
The second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held on 25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.
 
Th First Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US.  The agenda and slides of the First APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop are available at:  <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/DLI2003/csc_workshop.htm>.


6. REPORT ON APAN/INTERNET2 JOINT TECHS WORKSHOP

All available workshop papers are located at:
<http://apan.net/meetings/honolulu2004/WS-Basicinfo.htm>.

The 17th APAN Meetings/Joint Tech Workshop was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 25-30 January 2004 at International Conference Center at the East-West Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii. Sessions included:
 
1) E-science Workshop
2) Optical Networking Workshop
3) Advanced Networking Usage Demonstration Workshop
4) Natural Resource Workshop
5) Application Technology Workshop
6) K12 Workshop
7) Network Technology Workshop
8) Engineering Workshop
9) Security Workshop
 
 
7.  US, Russia, China Link up to form a Global Ring Network for Advanced Science & Education Cooperation
<National Science Foundation Press Release (issued December 22, 2003)>

The National Science Foundation, a broad consortium of Russian Ministries and science organizations, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, announced they have selected Tyco Global Networks to develop 155 megabit per second (Mbps) secure data connections between US and Russia and between US and China. Additionally, Russia and China are connecting their science networks completing a ring around the northern hemisphere for joint scientific and educational projects.
The project, called Little GLORIAD (Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development) builds on an existing 5-year project funded by the US and Russia called “NaukaNet” (“Science net” in the Russian language). The addition of China to the network and program was completed with an agreement signed on November 12, 2003 among the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Illinois (US lead on the project) and Tyco Telecommunications. The new network uses the global reach of the Tyco Global Network and will have operational service by mid-December, 2003.


  8.  18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004
 
You are cordially invited to attend The 18th APAN Meetings/QUESTnet 2004.
 
The 18th APAN Meetings are being held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia.

For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference.  QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia.
 
          <http://www.questnet.net.au/Conferences.html>
 
Details about the meeting including draft schedule can be found at:
 
          <http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/>
 
 
9. RELATED MEETINGS

- The Partnership in Global Learning:  Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems
03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004
Grosvenor Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida  (in Disney World)

Workshop Aim:
This workshop will serve as a forum for researchers and developers of
e-learning objects and e-learning systems to exchange ideas, share their
accomplishments and on-going R&D efforts, identify topics of interest for
future work, and foster collaboration. This call is to invite your
participation and contribution in forms of paper presentations, panel
discussions, and/or working group discussions.

For more information on the program and registration see the PGL Home
Page:  http://pgl.ufl.edu.  and click on the link to the PGL
Workshop.  Hotel reservations at the Grosvenor can be made after March 1, 2004.

- APAN Meeting
02-07 July 2004
Cairns, Australia
The call for proposal is also available at
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/call-proposal.htm>
 
- The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004
The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE
<http://www.oui-iohe.qc.ca/>
Orlando, Florida
21-25 July 2004


10. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Please email <zita@isi.edu>

Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
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17:54:17 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020807010505070500020701 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, For those with interest in the use of digital media for Asian studies research and teaching, please make note of a meeting-in-conjunction on Asian Studies and New Media at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in San Diego. The session will include presentation and commentary by the speakers listed below. Time will also be allotted for a general business meeting to assess interest in future discussion on this topic at AAS. ******************* ASIAN STUDIES AND NEW MEDIA: Creating Digital Resources for Research and Teaching *** Meeting-in-Conjunction at AAS, San Diego Friday, March 5, 2004 7:00-9:00 p.m., Sheffield Organizer: Lewis Lancaster, University of California, Berkeley Chair: Helena Kolenda, Henry Luce Foundation Presentations: Building an International Data Network for China Studies Shuming Bao and Karl Longstreth China Data Center, University of Michigan Japan's Cultural Heritage On-line: A Japanese Historical Map Library at UC Berkeley Ruth Mostern, Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, University of California, Berkeley Commentators: Carolyn T. Brown, Library of Congress Roberta H. Martin, Asia for Educators Program, Columbia University ******************* Building an International Data Network for China Studies This presentation will demonstrate the China data network project at the China Data Center of the University of Michigan (http://chinadatacenter.org /) . Issues discussed will include internationally collaborative data development, copyright and data license, data service models, a sustainable international network for data deployment and support, and the integration of Center functions with teaching and research. Center projects will be introduced, including China Atlas of Population and Environment; China Culture Map; and the integration of China population census data with GIS. Japan's Cultural Heritage On-line: A Japanese Historical Map Library at UC Berkeley The Japanese Historical Map Collection contains about 2,300 early maps of Japan and the world. The collection was acquired by the University of California from the Mitsui family in 1949, and is housed on the Berkeley campus in the East Asian Library. The online resource (http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan/) contains about 100 digitized maps and books from the collection. --------------020807010505070500020701 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
All,

For those with interest in the use of digital media for Asian studies research and teaching, please make note of a meeting-in-conjunction on Asian Studies and New Media at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in San Diego. 

The session will include presentation and commentary by the speakers listed below.

Time will also be allotted for a general business meeting to assess interest in future discussion on this topic at AAS.

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ASIAN STUDIES AND NEW MEDIA:
Creating Digital Resources for Research and Teaching
***
Meeting-in-Conjunction at AAS, San Diego
Friday, March 5, 2004
7:00-9:00 p.m., Sheffield


Organizer: Lewis Lancaster, University of California, Berkeley
Chair: Helena Kolenda, Henry Luce Foundation

Presentations:     Building an International Data Network for China Studies
Shuming Bao and Karl Longstreth
China Data Center, University of Michigan

Japan’s Cultural Heritage On-line: A Japanese Historical Map Library at UC Berkeley
Ruth Mostern, Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, University of California, Berkeley

Commentators:     Carolyn T. Brown, Library of Congress
Roberta H. Martin, Asia for Educators Program, Columbia University

*******************


Building an International Data Network for China Studies  This presentation will demonstrate the China data network project at the China Data Center of the University of Michigan (http://chinadatacenter.org/) .  Issues discussed will include internationally collaborative data development, copyright and data license, data service models, a sustainable international network for data deployment and support, and the integration of Center functions with teaching and research.  Center projects will be introduced, including China Atlas of Population and Environment; China Culture Map; and the integration of China population census data with GIS.

Japan’s Cultural Heritage On-line: A Japanese Historical Map Library at UC Berkeley  The Japanese Historical Map Collection contains about 2,300 early maps of Japan and the world.  The collection was acquired by the University of California from the Mitsui family in 1949, and is housed on the Berkeley campus in the East Asian Library.  The online resource (http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan/) contains about 100 digitized maps and books from the collection.
--------------020807010505070500020701-- From zita@ISI.EDU Thu Apr 1 16:37:41 2004 Received: from venera.isi.edu (venera.isi.edu [128.9.176.32]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id i320bfk11495 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:37:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from isi.edu (zita.isi.edu [128.9.168.86]) by venera.isi.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA08434 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:36:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <406CB62A.9070006@isi.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:39:06 -0800 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------060200000802020102080308" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:01:34 -0800 Cc: Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.3, n.2) X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: APRUNet Distance Learning Newsletter List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 00:37:42 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060200000802020102080308 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ============================================== APRUNET NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2004 (V.3, n.2) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ============================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 2. Partnership in Global Learning Workshop 3. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 4. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 5. APRUNet Meetings 6. Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshop 7. Telemedicine Report from the APAN Meeting in Honolulu 8. 18th APAN Meetings July 2004 9 Related Meetings 10. Comments and Suggestions NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST. Register now at 1. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . Mark your calendars! The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 2. PARTNERSHIP IN GLOBAL LEARNING WORKSHOP The Partnership in Global Learning Workshop: E-Learning Objects and Systems will be held 3-4 June 2004 in Orlando, Florida. This workshop is intended to provide an opportunity for leading researchers to share perspectives on e-learning system support for the Sciences of Learning. Some limited space is available for additional presentations, and the proposal deadline has been extended. 3. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please note that an APRU conference on "Global Infectious Diseases and Society" will be held in July at Fudan University. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 4. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to >. University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford Stanford Center for Professional Development > University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology 5. APRUNET MEETINGS The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July 2004 from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see or . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 6. THIRD APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOP The third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004. All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend. If you, or your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to . Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. The second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held on 25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. The First Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US. The agenda and slides of the First APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop are available at: . 7. REPORT FROM THE APAN MEETING IN HONOLULU January 2004 -- Telemedicine There was a live demonstration of telemedicine using DVTS (digital video transfer service) for laparoscopic surgery from Korea to Japan. This was an activity of the Japan Medical Information Network Association and NPO. There was a discussion of the importance of color in telemedicine: fever or anemia diagnosis depends on color accuracy; it is not enough that pixels have constant energy with RGB because of lighting and other conditions. This needs a standard; illumination- and device-independent illumination is required for telemedicine. There was a live videoconference between the University of Hawaii, Tokyo University, Kyushu University, and Hyangyang (Korea) - three nations over a 2 gigabit network. Previous live surgeries have included gastric, colon, neuro, and cholecystectomy. There is a plan for a robotic surgery summer school in Kyushu, Japan to Seoul, Korea with pathology from NCC Korea to the Japanese Cancer Association in Fukuoka. They are also planning a videoconference with China for breast cancer. Privacy of the patient, and informed consent, are required (IRB). They used a VPN to cipher gateway. 480i (720x480 30fps [frame per second]). The audio system is important and echo cancellation is required. They used 40 Mbps during the conference. 8. 18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004 You are cordially invited to attend The 18th APAN Meetings/QUESTNet 2004. The 18th APAN Meetings are being held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia. For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference. QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia. Details about the meeting including draft schedule can be found at: 9. RELATED MEETINGS - The Partnership in Global Learning: Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems 03-05 June 4 2004 Grosvenor Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida (in Disney World) - APAN Meeting 02-07 July 2004 Cairns, Australia The call for proposal is also available at - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 - 5th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing (Grid 2004) 8 November 2004 Pittsburgh, USA (held in conjunction with SuperComputing 2004) 10. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2003 Association of Pacific Rim Universities. ====================================================== --------------060200000802020102080308 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ============================================== 
APRUNET NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY 2004 (V.3, n.2)

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

==============================================

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST

1. Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
2. Partnership in Global Learning Workshop
3. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
- Global Infectious Diseases Project
- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
4.  APRUNet Distance Education Portal
5. APRUNet Meetings
6. Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshop
7.  Telemedicine Report from the APAN Meeting in Honolulu
8. 18th APAN Meetings July 2004
9  Related Meetings
10. Comments and Suggestions

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST.
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>


1. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/>.

Mark your calendars!

The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.

The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:

1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


2.  PARTNERSHIP IN GLOBAL LEARNING WORKSHOP
<http://pgl.ufl.edu/events/>
 
The Partnership in Global Learning Workshop:  E-Learning Objects and Systems will be held 3-4 June 2004 in Orlando, Florida.  This workshop is intended to provide an opportunity for leading researchers to share perspectives on e-learning system support for the Sciences of Learning. Some limited space is available for additional presentations, and the proposal deadline has been extended. 

3. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Send offers or requests for partnerships to <apru-dld@mailman.isi.edu>

Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact <zita@isi.edu> or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below.

- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-mob>
mail to: <apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu>

This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.

There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project.  Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <http://www.k20.internet.edu/>. Some are <http://www.jason.org> and <http://www.neptune.washington.edu/>.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project  <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-gid>
mail to: <apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu>

The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please note that an APRU conference on "Global Infectious Diseases and Society" will be held in July at Fudan University.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-eas>
mail to: <apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu>

This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific".

A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.


4.  APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL
Please send your distance education URLs to <zita@isi.edu>.
 
University of Oregon

<http://de.uoregon.edu/>
<http://www.oregonone.org/>
 
UCLA
 
Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/dllctl/dllctl_site/index.htm>
 
Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site <http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/>
 
Stanford
 
Stanford Center for Professional Development <http://scpd.stanford.edu>
 
University of Southern California
 
Center for Scholarly Technology
<http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/>
 
 
5. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July 2004 from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.
 
Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!

The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet/> or <http://www.apan.net/meetings/>.

 The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet>.


6. THIRD APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOP
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>
<http://commons.internet2.edu>

The third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004.  All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend.  If you, or your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to <zita@isi.edu>.
 
Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service <http://commons.internet2.edu/> as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. 
 
The second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held on 25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.
 
The First Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US.  The agenda and slides of the First APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop are available at:  <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/DLI2003/csc_workshop.htm>.
 
 
7.  REPORT FROM THE APAN MEETING IN HONOLULU
 
January 2004 -- Telemedicine
 
There was a live demonstration of telemedicine using DVTS (digital video transfer service) for laparoscopic surgery from Korea to Japan.  This was an activity of the Japan Medical Information Network Association and NPO.  There was a discussion of the importance of color in telemedicine: fever or anemia diagnosis depends on color accuracy; it is not enough that pixels have constant energy with RGB because of lighting and other conditions.  This needs a standard; illumination- and device-independent illumination is required for telemedicine.
 
There was a live videoconference between the University of Hawaii, Tokyo University, Kyushu University, and Hyangyang (Korea) – three nations over a 2 gigabit network.  Previous live surgeries have included gastric, colon, neuro, and cholecystectomy.  There is a plan for a robotic surgery summer school in  Kyushu, Japan to Seoul, Korea with pathology from NCC Korea to the Japanese Cancer Association in Fukuoka.  They are also planning a videoconference with China for breast cancer.
 
Privacy of the patient, and informed consent, are required (IRB).  They used a VPN to cipher gateway.  480i (720x480 30fps [frame per second]).  The audio system is important and echo cancellation is required. They used 40 Mbps during the conference.
 
 
8.  18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004
 
You are cordially invited to attend The 18th APAN Meetings/QUESTNet 2004.
 
The 18th APAN Meetings are being held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia.
 
For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference.  QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia.
 
          <http://www.questnet.net.au/Conferences.html>
 
Details about the meeting including draft schedule can be found at:
 
          <http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/>
 
 
9. RELATED MEETINGS

- The Partnership in Global Learning:  Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems
03-05 June 4 2004
Grosvenor Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida
(in Disney World)
<http://pgl.ufl.edu>
 
- APAN Meeting
02-07 July 2004
Cairns, Australia
The call for proposal is also available at
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/call-proposal.htm>
 
- The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004
The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE
<http://www.oui-iohe.qc.ca/>
Orlando, Florida
21-25 July 2004
 
- 5th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing (Grid 2004)
8 November 2004
Pittsburgh, USA
(held in conjunction with SuperComputing 2004)
<http://www.gridbus.org/grid2004/> <http://www.gridcomputing.org>
           
10. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Please email <zita@isi.edu>

Copyright (c) 2003 Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
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  --------------060200000802020102080308-- From zita@ISI.EDU Wed Apr 21 15:50:37 2004 Received: from s-utl01-dcpop.stsn.com (p73.n-dcpop03.stsn.com [63.240.218.73]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with SMTP id i3LMnJ210889 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:49:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from isi.edu ([10.0.68.87]) by s-utl01-dcpop.stsn.com (SAVSMTP 3.1.0.29) with SMTP id M2004042118491427912 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:49:14 -0400 Message-ID: <4086FAC4.1080304@isi.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:50:44 -0400 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030605050505060301050004" X-ISI-4-29-7-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: zita@isi.edu X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:51:07 -0700 Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.3, n.3) X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: APRUNet Distance Learning Newsletter List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:50:37 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030605050505060301050004 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ====================================================== APRUNET NEWSLETTER MARCH 2004 (V.3, n.3) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference 2. APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshop 5. 18th APAN Meetings July 2004 6. APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 7. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 8. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 9. Congress on Cultural Atlases 10. Shibboleth 11. Related Meetings 12. Comments and Suggestions NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST. Register now at 1. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004. The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward." Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities. A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities. The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities. APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference. Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome. More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at >. The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall. He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at >. The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached. Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004. 2. APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE There will be an APRU Conference on "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004. This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health. It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations. Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones. Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information. More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly. All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn >. 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see or . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 4. THIRD APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOP The Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004. All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend. If you, or your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to . Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. The Second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held on 25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. The First Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US. The agenda and slides of the First APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop are available at: . 5. 18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004 The 18th APAN Meetings will be held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia. For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference. QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia. 6. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . Mark your calendars! The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 7. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 8. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning The University of Auckland Far Eastern National University University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford University Stanford Center for Professional Development > University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology 9. CONGRESS OF CULTURAL ATLASES Congress of Cultural Atlases: The Human Record 07-10 May 2004 University of California, Berkeley In an increasingly digital age, scholars and institutions documenting the human record have turned to geographical information, virtual reality, and the Internet to create cultural atlases. Under the sponsorship of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI), the Congress of Cultural Atlases offers an opportunity for those involved in creating digital atlases and digital representations of cultural heritage sites to come together for presentations, demonstrations, discussions, and training. Delegates will have the opportunity to participate in workshops pertaining to specific issues in atlas development: - ?Digital Gazetteers for Cultural Atlases, including a case study of database development for Chinese religious geography. - ?Reconstructing Archaeological Landscapes Using the New Technology, a virtual reality and GIS workshop - ?Training Workshop in using GIS and other strategies for building and managing a cultural atlas. For more information, please contact . 10. SHIBBOLETH Shibboleth, a project of Internet2/MACE , is developing architectures, policy structures, practical technologies, and an open source implementation to support inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to access controls. In addition, Shibboleth will develop a policy framework that will allow inter-operation within the higher education community. Key concepts within Shibboleth include: Federated Administration. The origin campus (home to the browser user) provides attribute assertions about that user to the target site. A trust fabric exists between campuses, allowing each site to identify the other speaker, and assign a trust level. Origin sites are responsible for authenticating their users, but can use any reliable means to do this. 11. RELATED MEETINGS - The Partnership in Global Learning: Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems 03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004 Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida - APAN Meeting 02-07 July 2004 Cairns, Australia The call for proposal is also available at: - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 12. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities. ====================================================== --------------030605050505060301050004 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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APRUNET NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2004 (V.3, n.3)

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

======================================================

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST

1.         Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference
2.         APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference
3.         APRUNet Meetings
4.         Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconference Workshop
5.         18th APAN Meetings July 2004
6.         APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
7.         APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
- Global Infectious Diseases Project
- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
8.         APRUNet Distance Education Portal
9.         Congress on Cultural Atlases
10.       Shibboleth
11.       Related Meetings
12.       Comments and Suggestions

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST.
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>


1.  FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE
 
The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004.  The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward."
 
Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities.
 
A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities.  The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities.
 
APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference.  Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome.  More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at <www.usyd.edu.au/apru-dsc>.  The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall.  He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at <apru-dsc@usyd.edu.au>.
 
The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached.  Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004.
 
 
2.  APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE

There will be an APRU Conference on  "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004.

This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health.  It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations.

Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a  pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones.  Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information.  More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly.

All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn>.


3. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.
 
Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!

The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet/> or <http://www.apan.net/meetings/>.

 The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet>.


4. THIRD APRUNET/INTERNET2 VIDEOCONFERENCE WORKSHOP
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>
<http://commons.internet2.edu>

The Third APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop will be held in Cairns, Australia in July 2004.  All APRUNet representatives, or their technical staff, are encouraged to attend.  If you, or your technical staff, are interested in attending please register by sending email to <zita@isi.edu>.
 
Internet2 representatives will present information on the Commons Videoconferencing Service <http://commons.internet2.edu/> as a model for national services and invite discussion on such topics as international collaboration on dialing plans and other policies, training of end users and service coordinators, and the sharing of implementation experiences and best practices. Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Certification allows member universities (APRU universities are included) to utilize and interface with Internet2's videoconferencing facilities. 
 
The Second APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held on 25 January 2004 at the APRUNet Meeting hosted by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.
 
The First Asia Pacific APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop was held at the National University of Singapore. Attendees represented Australia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the US.  The agenda and slides of the First APRUNet/Internet2 Videoconferencing Workshop are available at:  <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/DLI2003/csc_workshop.htm>.
 
 
5.  18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/>
 
The 18th APAN Meetings will be held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia.
 
For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference.  QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia.
 
          <http://www.questnet.net.au/Conferences.html>
 
 
6. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/>.

Mark your calendars!

The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.

The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:

1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


7. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Send offers or requests for partnerships to <apru-dld@mailman.isi.edu>

Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact <zita@isi.edu> or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below.

- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-mob>
mail to: <apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu>

This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.

There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project.  Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <http://www.k20.internet.edu/>. Some are <http://www.jason.org> and <http://www.neptune.washington.edu/>.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project  <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-gid>
mail to: <apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu>

The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-eas>
mail to: <apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu>

This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific".

A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia.
 
Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.


8.  APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL
Please send your distance education URLs to <zita@isi.edu>
 
Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning
The University of Auckland
<http://cfdl.auckland.ac.nz>
 
Far Eastern National University
<OpenUniversity.ru>
 
University of Oregon
<http://de.uoregon.edu/>
<http://www.oregonone.org/>
 
UCLA
Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/dllctl/dllctl_site/index.htm>
 
Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site <http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/>
 
Stanford University
Stanford Center for Professional Development
<http://scpd.stanford.edu>
 
University of Southern California
Center for Scholarly Technology
<http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/>
 
 
9.  CONGRESS OF CULTURAL ATLASES
<http://www.ecai.org/Activities/Congress2004/congress_home.html>

Congress of Cultural Atlases: The Human Record
07-10 May 2004
University of California, Berkeley

In an increasingly digital age, scholars and institutions documenting the human record have turned to geographical information, virtual reality, and the Internet to create cultural atlases. Under the sponsorship of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI), the Congress of Cultural Atlases offers an opportunity for those involved in creating digital atlases and digital representations of cultural heritage sites to come together for presentations, demonstrations, discussions, and training.

Delegates will have the opportunity to participate in workshops pertaining to specific issues in atlas development:

- Digital Gazetteers for Cultural Atlases, including a case study of database development for Chinese religious geography.
- Reconstructing Archaeological Landscapes Using the New Technology, a virtual reality and GIS workshop
- Training Workshop in using GIS and other strategies for building and managing a cultural atlas.
 
For more information, please contact <ecai@socrates.berkeley.edu>.


10.  SHIBBOLETH
<http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/>
 
Shibboleth, a project of Internet2/MACE, is developing architectures, policy structures, practical technologies, and an open source implementation to support inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to access controls. In addition, Shibboleth will develop a policy framework that will allow inter-operation within the higher education community.
 
Key concepts within Shibboleth include: Federated Administration. The origin campus (home to the browser user) provides attribute assertions about that user to the target site. A trust fabric exists between campuses, allowing each site to identify the other speaker, and assign a trust level. Origin sites are responsible for authenticating their users, but can use any reliable means to do this.
 
 
11. RELATED MEETINGS

- The Partnership in Global Learning:  Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems
03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004
Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida
<http://pgl.ufl.edu> 

- APAN Meeting
02-07 July 2004
Cairns, Australia
The call for proposal is also available at:
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/call-proposal.htm>
 
- The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004
The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE
<http://www.oui-iohe.qc.ca/>
Orlando, Florida
21-25 July 2004
 

12. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Please email <zita@isi.edu>

Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
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--------------030605050505060301050004-- From zita@ISI.EDU Tue Jun 8 22:34:50 2004 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id i595Y5i14167 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:34:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [64.65.73.122] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1BXvit-00051U-QE for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 05:34:04 +0000 Message-ID: <40C6A192.6030708@isi.edu> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:35:14 -1000 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070303050401050300050800" X-ISI-4-30-3-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: zita@isi.edu Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet's "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference 2004 X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: APRUNet Distance Learning Newsletter List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 05:34:51 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070303050401050300050800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear APRU colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the 5th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet (DLI) Conference will be held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, from October 11-13, 2004. The fifth in its series, the conference aims to bring together leading distance learning experts from academia, business and public sectors from around the world. This year's theme is: "Distance Learning - Benefiting All" with the following three sub-themes: 1. Quality control and accreditation 2. Technology trends and challenges 3. Globalization and development Issues addressed at the conference include quality assurance and assessment of technology mediated courses, emerging trends and challenges in distance learning delivery as well as the inter-relationship between globalization and internet technology. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange views on how internet technology can be effectively harnessed to benefit the educational sector and society. The call for papers is now open to all APRU members. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome. Demonstrations of working projects are particularly welcome. All abstracts of demonstrations and papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn by July 31, 2004. The conference fee will be US$260 which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from October 11-13, 2004. We are pleased to inform you that participants who require travel and/or accommodation awards may apply for such grants. These requests can be sent to Mr ZHU Guanghui at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn . Please encourage your university's APRUNet representative and leading distance learning faculty / administrators to participate in this important APRU event. Registration can be done online at the conference website at . More information on the conference can also be found at the website. You may wish to contact Tsinghua University at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn for further queries. We look forward to your support for this important APRU event. Thank you. Sincerely Dr Lawrence Loh Secretary General ========================== Association of Pacific Rim Universities c/o Office of the President National University of Singapore Singapore 119260 Tel: (65) 6874-3140 Fax: (65) 6774-8255 Email: uprlohyk@nus.edu.sg Web: www.apru.org ========================== --------------070303050401050300050800 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Dear APRU colleagues,

I am pleased to inform you that the 5th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet (DLI) Conference will be held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, from October 11-13, 2004. 

The fifth in its series, the conference aims to bring together leading distance learning experts from academia, business and public sectors from around the world.  This year’s theme is:
 
“Distance Learning – Benefiting All” with the following three sub-themes:

1.  Quality control and accreditation
2.  Technology trends and challenges
3.  Globalization and development

Issues addressed at the conference include quality assurance and assessment of technology mediated courses, emerging trends and challenges in distance learning delivery as well as the inter-relationship between globalization and internet technology.  Participants will have the opportunity to exchange views on how internet technology can be effectively harnessed to benefit the educational sector and society. 

The call for papers is now open to all APRU members.  Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome.  Demonstrations of working projects are particularly welcome.  All abstracts of demonstrations and papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn by July 31, 2004.  

The conference fee will be US$260 which will cover meal and conference arrangement expenses from October 11-13, 2004.  We are pleased to inform you that participants who require travel and/or accommodation awards may apply for such grants.  These requests can be sent to Mr ZHU Guanghui at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn.

Please encourage your university’s APRUNet representative and leading distance learning faculty / administrators to participate in this important APRU event.  Registration can be done online at the conference website at <http://dli2004.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn/>.  More information on the conference can also be found at the website.  You may wish to contact Tsinghua University at dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn for further queries.

We look forward to your support for this important APRU event.  Thank you.

Sincerely
Dr Lawrence Loh
Secretary General

==========================
Association of Pacific Rim Universities
c/o Office of the President
National University of Singapore
Singapore 119260
Tel: (65) 6874-3140
Fax: (65) 6774-8255
Email: uprlohyk@nus.edu.sg
Web: www.apru.org
==========================

--------------070303050401050300050800-- From zita@ISI.EDU Wed Jun 9 01:49:54 2004 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id i598nZi13647 for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2004 01:49:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [64.65.73.233] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1BXym0-000AJd-1e for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 08:49:28 +0000 Message-ID: <40C6CF5D.3030309@isi.edu> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:50:37 -1000 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010106020606080304000206" X-ISI-4-30-3-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: zita@isi.edu Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.3., n.4) X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: APRUNet Distance Learning Newsletter List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 08:49:55 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010106020606080304000206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ====================================================== APRUNET NEWSLETTER APRIL 2004 (V.3, n.4) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference 2. APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. 18th APAN Meetings July 2004 5. APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 6. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 7. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 8. International Symposium on Grid Computing 9. Shibboleth 10. Related Meetings 11. Comments and Suggestions APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST. Register now at 1. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004. The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward." Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities. A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities. The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities. APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference. Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome. More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at >. The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall. He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at >. The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached. Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004. 2. APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE There will be an APRU Conference on "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004. This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health. It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations. Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones. Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information. More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly. All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn >. 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see or . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 4. 18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004 The 18th APAN Meetings will be held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia. For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference. QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia. 5. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . The deadline for the Call for Papers is 31 July 2004. Demonstrations of projects or classes are particularly welcome. The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 6. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 7. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to [NEW] University of Sydney VEIN http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/about/ It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library , Faculty of Veterinary Science , Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning The University of Auckland Far Eastern National University University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford University Stanford Center for Professional Development > University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/ University of California at Berkeley "Interactive University" project 8. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GRID COMPUTING 2004 (ISGC 2004) in conjunction with LCG-Asia Workshop 26~28 July, 2004 Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Following the success of the Inaugural ISGC in 2003, the second International Symposium on Grid Computing (ISGC) will be held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on 26~28 July, 2004. The main theme of the Symposium is "Making a World Wide Grid (WWG) a Reality". The goal of ISGC is to offer an opportunity to the community in the Asia Pacific region to have a better understanding of the vision and progress of the Grid technology and Grid operation in the world. It also provides a forum for the researchers, developers, and users in Asia Pacific to present current and emerging work. By exchanging their experiences on how to develop Grid technology and application, this Symposium would provide the Grid community with invaluable insights for future collaboration. The ISGC will include a series of tutorial, plenary lectures, oral presentations and regional reports. The Symposium itself would focus on Grid core technology, Grid architecture, applications on High Energy Physics and Bioinformatics. Grid application development, installation, testbed, and collaboration among the universities would also be discussed. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Grid Middleware 2. Applications on Bio-informatics 3. Applications on High Energy Physics 4. Health/Medical Grid 5. HEP / LCG 6. e-Science 7. Semantic Grid 8. Data Grid 9. Grid Services 10. Grid Operation and Monitoring 11. Grid Technology Development The Symposium is open to all interested people; detailed information is available at http://www.twgrid.org/event/isgc2004. Any questions, please contact the Secretariat at stella@gate.sinica.edu.tw . 9. SHIBBOLETH Shibboleth, a project of Internet2/MACE , is developing architectures, policy structures, practical technologies, and an open source implementation to support inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to access controls. In addition, Shibboleth will develop a policy framework that will allow inter-operation within the higher education community. Key concepts within Shibboleth include: Federated Administration. The origin campus (home to the browser user) provides attribute assertions about that user to the target site. A trust fabric exists between campuses, allowing each site to identify the other speaker, and assign a trust level. Origin sites are responsible for authenticating their users, but can use any reliable means to do this. 10. RELATED MEETINGS - The Partnership in Global Learning: Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems 03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004 Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida - APAN Meeting 02-07 July 2004 Cairns, Australia The call for proposal is also available at: - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 11. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities. ====================================================== --------------010106020606080304000206 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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APRUNET NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2004 (V.3, n.4)

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu> <mailto:apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST


1.  Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference
2.  APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference
3.  APRUNet Meetings
4.  18th APAN Meetings July 2004
5.  APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
6.  APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
 -  Marine and Ocean Biology Project
 -  Global Infectious Diseases Project
 -  East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
7.  APRUNet Distance Education Portal
8.  International Symposium on Grid Computing
9.  Shibboleth
10. Related Meetings
11. Comments and Suggestions

APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST.
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>



1. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE

The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004. The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward."

Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities.

A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities. The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities.

APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference. Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome. More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at <www.usyd.edu.au/apru-dsc <http://www.usyd.edu.au/apru-dsc>>. The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall. He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at <apru-dsc@usyd.edu.au <mailto:apru-dsc@usyd.edu.au>>.

The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached. Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004.


2. APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE

There will be an APRU Conference on "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004.

This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health. It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations.

Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones. Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information. More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly.

All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn <mailto:2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn>>.


3. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.

Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu> <mailto:zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!


The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet/> or <http://www.apan.net/meetings/>.

The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet>.



4. 18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/>

The 18th APAN Meetings will be held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia.

For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference. QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia.

<http://www.questnet.net.au/Conferences.html>


5. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/>.

The deadline for the Call for Papers is 31 July 2004. Demonstrations of projects or classes are particularly welcome.


The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.


The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:

1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


6. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Send offers or requests for partnerships to <apru-dld@mailman.isi.edu> <mailto:%3capru-dld@mailman.isi.edu%3e>

Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact <zita@isi.edu <mailto:zita@isi.edu>> or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below.

- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-mob>
mail to: <apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu> <mailto:apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu>

This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.

There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <http://www.k20.internet.edu/>. Some are <http://www.jason.org> and <http://www.neptune.washington.edu/>.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-gid>
mail to: <apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu> <mailto:apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu>

The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-eas>
mail to: <apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu> <mailto:apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu>

This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific".

A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.


7. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL
Please send your distance education URLs to <zita@isi.edu>

[NEW] University of Sydney

VEIN http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/about/

It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library <http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/>, Faculty of Veterinary Science <http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/vetfac/>, Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science <http://www.pgf.edu.au/> and Veterinary Science Foundati <http://www.vetsci.usyd.edu.au/Foundation/>

Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning
The University of Auckland
<http://cfdl.auckland.ac.nz>

Far Eastern National University
<OpenUniversity.ru>
<fenu.ru>

University of Oregon
<http://de.uoregon.edu/>
<http://www.oregonone.org/>

UCLA
Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/dllctl/dllctl_site/index.htm>

Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site <http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/>

Stanford University
Stanford Center for Professional Development
<http://scpd.stanford.edu <http://scpd.stanford.edu/>>

University of Southern California
Center for Scholarly Technology
http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/

University of California at Berkeley
"Interactive University" project
<http://interactiveu.berkeley.edu:8000/IU/>


8. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GRID COMPUTING 2004 (ISGC 2004)
in conjunction with LCG-Asia Workshop

26~28 July, 2004
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
<http://www.twgrid.org/event/isgc2004>

Following the success of the Inaugural ISGC in 2003, the second International Symposium on Grid Computing (ISGC) will be held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on 26~28 July, 2004. The main theme of the Symposium is "Making a World Wide Grid (WWG) a Reality". The goal of ISGC is to offer an opportunity to the community in the Asia Pacific region to have a better understanding of the vision and progress of the Grid technology and Grid operation in the world. It also provides a forum for the researchers, developers, and users in Asia Pacific to present current and emerging work. By exchanging their experiences on how to develop Grid technology and application, this Symposium would provide the Grid community with invaluable insights for future collaboration.

The ISGC will include a series of tutorial, plenary lectures, oral presentations and regional reports. The Symposium itself would focus on Grid core technology, Grid architecture, applications on High Energy Physics and Bioinformatics. Grid application development, installation, testbed, and collaboration among the universities would also be discussed.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1.  Grid Middleware
2.  Applications on Bio-informatics
3.  Applications on High Energy Physics
4.  Health/Medical Grid
5.  HEP / LCG
6.  e-Science
7.  Semantic Grid
8.  Data Grid
9.  Grid Services
10. Grid Operation and Monitoring
11. Grid Technology Development

The Symposium is open to all interested people; detailed information is available at http://www.twgrid.org/event/isgc2004. Any questions, please contact the Secretariat at stella@gate.sinica.edu.tw <mailto:stella@gate.sinica.edu.tw>.


9. SHIBBOLETH
<http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/>

Shibboleth, a project of Internet2/MACE <http://middleware.internet2.edu/MACE/>, is developing architectures, policy structures, practical technologies, and an open source implementation to support inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to access controls. In addition, Shibboleth will develop a policy framework that will allow inter-operation within the higher education community.

Key concepts within Shibboleth include: Federated Administration. The origin campus (home to the browser user) provides attribute assertions about that user to the target site. A trust fabric exists between campuses, allowing each site to identify the other speaker, and assign a trust level. Origin sites are responsible for authenticating their users, but can use any reliable means to do this.


10. RELATED MEETINGS


- The Partnership in Global Learning: Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems
03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004
Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida
<http://pgl.ufl.edu>

- APAN Meeting
02-07 July 2004
Cairns, Australia
The call for proposal is also available at:
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/call-proposal.htm>

- The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004
The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE
<http://www.oui-iohe.qc.ca/>
Orlando, Florida
21-25 July 2004


11. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Please email <zita@isi.edu> <mailto:zita@isi.edu>

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--------------010106020606080304000206-- From zita@ISI.EDU Tue Jun 15 09:45:12 2004 Received: from psg.com (mailnull@psg.com [147.28.0.62]) by gamma.isi.edu (8.11.6p2+0917/8.11.2) with ESMTP id i5FGhmi07447 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:43:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [64.65.73.163] (helo=isi.edu) by psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1BaH2C-0009fq-FH for apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:43:47 +0000 Message-ID: <40CF2783.6090804@isi.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 06:44:51 -1000 From: Zita Wenzel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APRUNet Distance Learning Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070805090003020109080600" X-ISI-4-30-3-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: zita@isi.edu X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:55:31 -0700 Subject: [APRU-DLI] APRUNet Newsletter (V.3, n.5) X-BeenThere: apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: APRUNet Distance Learning Newsletter List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:45:12 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070805090003020109080600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ====================================================== APRUNET NEWSLETTER MAY 2004 (V.3, n.5) This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference 2. APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004 5. 18th APAN Meetings July 2004 6. APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 7. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 8. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 9. The 7th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region 10. Related Meetings 11. Comments and Suggestions APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST. Register now at 1. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004. The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward." Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities. A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities. The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities. APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference. Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome. More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at >. The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall. He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at >. The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached. Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004. 2. APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE There will be an APRU Conference on "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004. This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health. It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations. Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones. Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information. More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly. All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn >. 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see or . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 4. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004. "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . The call for papers is now open to all APRU members. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome. All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at by 31 JULY 2004. 5. 18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004 The 18th APAN Meetings will be held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia. For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference. QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia. 6. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at . THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004. Please send abstracts/papers/demonstration to: Again, the call for papers is now open to all APRU members. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome. All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at by July 31, 2004. The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 7. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 8. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to [NEW!] University of Sydney VEIN http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/about/ It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library , Faculty of Veterinary Science , Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning The University of Auckland Far Eastern National University University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford University Stanford Center for Professional Development > [NEW!] Institute for International Studies - Initiative on Distance Learning http://idl.stanford.edu/ Education Program for Gifted Youth http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/ AllLearn: Alliance for Distance Learning http://www.alllearn.org/ University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/ 9. The 7th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region Omiya Sonic City, Tokyo, Japan 20-22 July 2004 http://www.hpcc.jp/HPCAsia2004 Advance Registration: 20 June 2004 HPCAsia is an international conference series held every 18 months on an Asia-Pacific regional site. It provides a forum for HPC researchers, developers, and users throughout the world to exchange ideas, case studies, and research results related to all issues of high performance computing. The seventh conference, HPCAsia 2004, will be held in Omiya Sonic City, Saitama in Tokyo area, Japan on July 20-22, 2004, and will include a keynote talk, invited talks, 47 technical paper presentations, several workshops, and an exhibition related to all issues of high performance computing. 10. RELATED MEETINGS - The Partnership in Global Learning: Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems 03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004 Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida - APAN Meeting 02-07 July 2004 Cairns, Australia The call for proposal is also available at: - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 11. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities. ====================================================== --------------070805090003020109080600 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ======================================================
 
APRUNET NEWSLETTER
MAY 2004 (V.3, n.5)

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.       Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference
2.       APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference
3.       APRUNet Meetings
4.       DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004
5.       18th APAN Meetings July 2004
6.       APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
7.       APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
- Global Infectious Diseases Project
- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
8.       APRUNet Distance Education Portal
9.       The 7th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region        
10.     Related Meetings
11.     Comments and Suggestions

APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST.
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>
 
 
1.  FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE
 
The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004.  The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward."
 
Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities.
 
A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities.  The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities.
 
APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference.  Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome.  More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at <www.usyd.edu.au/apru-dsc>.  The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall.  He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at <apru-dsc@usyd.edu.au>.
 
The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached.  Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004.
 
 
2.  APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE
 
There will be an APRU Conference on  "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004.

This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health.  It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations.
 
Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a  pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones.  Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information.  More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly.

All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn>.


3. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

The next APRUNet meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the next Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.
 
Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!

The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet/> or <http://www.apan.net/meetings/>.

 The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet>.


4. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004.
 
“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/>.
 
The call for papers is now open to all APRU members. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome.  All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at <dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn> by 31 JULY 2004.
 
 
5.  18th APAN MEETING JULY 2004
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/>
 
The 18th APAN Meetings will be held 02 July 2004 (Friday) through 07 July 2004 (Wednesday) at the Cairns International Hotel and the Cairns Hilton Hotel, in Cairns, Australia.
 
For the first time an APAN meeting will be held alongside an established network technology conference.  QUESTNet is the premier network conference in Australia and typically attracts 200 to 300 people from around Australia.
 
          <http://www.questnet.net.au/Conferences.html>
 
 
6. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information will be available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/>.

THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004.  Please send abstracts/papers/demonstration to:
 
<dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn>
 
Again, the call for papers is now open to all APRU members. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome.  All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at <dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn> by July 31, 2004.
 
The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.

The theme for this conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:

1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


7. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Send offers or requests for partnerships to <apru-dld@mailman.isi.edu>

Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact <zita@isi.edu> or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below.

- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-mob>
mail to: <apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu>

This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.

There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project.  Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <http://www.k20.internet.edu/>. Some are <http://www.jason.org> and <http://www.neptune.washington.edu/>.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project  <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-gid>
mail to: <apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu>

The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-eas>
mail to: <apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu>

This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific".

A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia.
 
Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.


8.  APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL
Please send your distance education URLs to <zita@isi.edu>
 
[NEW!] University of Sydney
 
VEIN   http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/about/

It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati
 
Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning
The University of Auckland
<http://cfdl.auckland.ac.nz>
 
Far Eastern National University
<OpenUniversity.ru>
<fenu.ru>
 
University of Oregon
<http://de.uoregon.edu/>
<http://www.oregonone.org/>
 
UCLA
Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/dllctl/dllctl_site/index.htm>
 
Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site <http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/>
 
Stanford University
Stanford Center for Professional Development
<http://scpd.stanford.edu>

[NEW!] Institute for International Studies - Initiative on Distance Learning
http://idl.stanford.edu/

Education Program for Gifted Youth
http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/

AllLearn: Alliance for Distance Learning
http://www.alllearn.org/
University of Southern California
Center for Scholarly Technology
http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/
 
 
9.  The 7th International Conference on High Performance Computing and
Grid in Asia Pacific Region

Omiya Sonic City, Tokyo, Japan
20-22 July 2004

http://www.hpcc.jp/HPCAsia2004

Advance Registration:  20 June 2004

HPCAsia is an international conference series held every 18 months on
an Asia-Pacific regional site. It provides a forum for HPC researchers,
developers, and users throughout the world to exchange ideas, case
studies, and research results related to all issues of high
performance computing.  The seventh conference, HPCAsia 2004, will be
held in Omiya Sonic City, Saitama in Tokyo area, Japan on July 20-22,
2004, and will include a keynote talk, invited talks, 47 technical
paper presentations, several workshops, and an exhibition related to
all issues of high performance computing.

 
10. RELATED MEETINGS

- The Partnership in Global Learning:  Workshop On E-learning Objects and Systems
03-05 June 4 2004 Submission date: 01 March 2004
Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida
<http://pgl.ufl.edu>
 
- APAN Meeting
02-07 July 2004
Cairns, Australia
The call for proposal is also available at:
<http://apan.net/meetings/cairns2004/call-proposal.htm>
 
- The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004
The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE
<http://www.oui-iohe.qc.ca/>
Orlando, Florida
21-25 July 2004


11. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Please email <zita@isi.edu>

Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
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It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004 2. APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference 5. APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference 6. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 7. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 8. PRAGMA (Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly) Student News 9. Internet2 Commons Subscription 10. The 7th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region 11. Related Meetings 12. Comments and Suggestions APRUNet Online Distance Learning Discussion List Register now at 1. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004 "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the conference web site at . The call for papers is now open. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome. All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at by 31 July 2004. Demonstrations are particularly invited and are strongly recommended. We would also like to invite students to attend and share their views; some travel awards may be available. 2. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the APRU web site at and the conference web site at . THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004 (see above). The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for that conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The second APRUNet meeting was of 2004 was held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . The next meeting will take place in conjunction with the next "Distance Learning and the Internet" conference taking place 11-13 October 2004 at Tsinghua University in Beijingm China. Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see or . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 4. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004. The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward." Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities. A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities. The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities. APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference. Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome. More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at >. The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall. He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at >. The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached. Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004. 5. APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE There will be an APRU Conference on "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004. This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health. It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations. Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones. Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information. More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly. All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn >. 6. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives . Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 7. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to University of Sydney VEIN http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/about/ It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library , Faculty of Veterinary Science , Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning The University of Auckland Far Eastern National University University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford University Stanford Center for Professional Development > Institute for International Studies - Initiative on Distance Learning Education Program for Gifted Youth AllLearn: Alliance for Distance Learning University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology 8. PRAGMA (Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly) Student News Nine undergraduate engineering students from the University of California, San Diego have arrived in Asia and Australia to conduct collaborative research on a wide variety of topics related to cyberinfrastructure. They were selected to participate in the first of a three-year program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other organizations, to help prepare more U.S. engineers and scientists to work on international projects. As part of the Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experiences (PRIME) program, the students will work for nine weeks this summer at host research institutions in Osaka, Japan; Hsinchu and Taipei, Taiwan; and Melbourne, Australia. For more information, see />. 9. INTERNET2 COMMONS SUBSCRIPTION Subscribe now to the Internet2 Commons multipoint videoconferencing service, and you'll receive unlimited use through the end of September. Three months of unlimited use will give you plenty of time to configure your endpoints and try out the many display, bit rate, streaming, and archiving options available. It's a great way to get comfortable with the advantages of multipoint videoconferencing. This offer is limited to applications received during the month of July. The mission of the Internet2 Commons is to promote and facilitate remote collaboration throughout the Internet2 research and education community. Apply today to start the subscription process. 10. THE 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND GRID IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION Omiya Sonic City, Tokyo, Japan 20-22 July 2004 Advance Registration: June 20, 2004 HPCAsia is an international conference series held every 18 months on an Asia-Pacific regional site. It provides a forum for HPC researchers, developers, and users throughout the world to exchange ideas, case studies, and research results related to all issues of high performance computing. The seventh conference, HPCAsia 2004, will be held in Omiya Sonic City, Saitama in Tokyo area, Japan on July 20-22, 2004, and will include a keynote talk, invited talks, 47 technical paper presentations, several workshops, and an exhibition related to all issues of high performance computing. 11. RELATED MEETINGS - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 12. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities. ====================================================== --------------060404030802090501060101 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ======================================================
 
APRUNET NEWSLETTER
JUNE 2004 (V.3, n.6)

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

======================================================

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST


1.         DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004
2.         APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
3.         APRUNet Meetings    
4.         Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference
5.         APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference
6.         APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
- Global Infectious Diseases Project
- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
7.         APRUNet Distance Education Portal
8.         PRAGMA (Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly) Student News
9.         Internet2 Commons Subscription
10.       The 7th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region       
11.       Related Meetings
12.       Comments and Suggestions
 

APRUNet Online Distance Learning Discussion List
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>
 
 
1.  DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004
 
“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the conference web site at <http://dli2004.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn/>.
 
The call for papers is now open.  Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome.  All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at <dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn> by 31 July 2004.
 
Demonstrations are particularly invited and are strongly recommended.  We would also like to invite students to attend and share their views; some travel awards may be available.
 
 
2. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004.  More information is available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/> and the conference web site at <http://dli2004.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn/>.

THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004 (see above).
 
The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.
 
The theme for that conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:
 
1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


3. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

The second APRUNet meeting was of 2004 was held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.
 
The next meeting will take place in conjunction with the next “Distance Learning and the Internet” conference taking place 11-13 October 2004 at Tsinghua University in Beijingm China.  Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!
 
The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet/> or <http://www.apan.net/meetings/>.

 The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://www.apru.org/activities/aprunet>.


4. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE
 
The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004.  The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward."
 
Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities.
 
A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities.  The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities.
 
APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference.  Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome.  More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at <www.usyd.edu.au/apru-dsc>.  The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall.  He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at <apru-dsc@usyd.edu.au>.
 
The call for extended abstracts with details and procedures for the submission is attached.  Please note that the deadline for submission of the extended abstracts is 25 JUNE 2004.
 
 
5.  APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE
 
There will be an APRU Conference on  "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004.

This conference will look at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health.  It aims to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations.
 
Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a  pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones.  Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information.  More information will be available on the APRU and Fudan University web sites shortly.

All APRU universities are encouraged to participate in this conference. Interested parties can send an e-mail to Fudan University at <2004infesoc@fudan.edu.cn>.


6. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Send offers or requests for partnerships to <apru-dld@mailman.isi.edu>

Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact <zita@isi.edu> or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below.

- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-mob>
mail to: <apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu>

This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.

There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project.  Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <http://www.k20.internet.edu/>. Some are <http://www.jason.org> and <http://www.neptune.washington.edu/>.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project  <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-gid>
mail to: <apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu>

The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-eas>
mail to: <apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu>

This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific".

A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia.
 
Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.


7.  APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL
Please send your distance education URLs to <zita@isi.edu>
 
University of Sydney
 
VEIN   http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/about/

It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati
 
Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning
The University of Auckland
<http://cfdl.auckland.ac.nz>
 
Far Eastern National University
<OpenUniversity.ru>
<fenu.ru>
 
University of Oregon
<http://de.uoregon.edu/>
<http://www.oregonone.org/>
 
UCLA
Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/dllctl/dllctl_site/index.htm>
 
Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site <http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/>
 
Stanford University
Stanford Center for Professional Development
<http://scpd.stanford.edu>

Institute for International Studies - Initiative on Distance Learning
<http://idl.stanford.edu/>

Education Program for Gifted Youth
<http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/>

AllLearn: Alliance for Distance Learning
<http://www.alllearn.org/>
University of Southern California
Center for Scholarly Technology
<http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/>
 
 
8.  PRAGMA (Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly) Student News
<http://www.pragma-grid.net/>

Nine undergraduate engineering students from the University of California, San Diego have arrived in Asia and Australia to conduct collaborative research on a wide variety of topics related to cyberinfrastructure.  They were selected to participate in the first of a three-year program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other organizations, to help prepare more U.S. engineers and scientists to work on international projects.  As part of the Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experiences (PRIME) program, the students will work for nine weeks this summer at host research institutions in Osaka, Japan; Hsinchu and Taipei, Taiwan; and Melbourne, Australia.  For more information, see <http://prime.ucsd.edu/>.
 
 
9.  INTERNET2 COMMONS SUBSCRIPTION
<http://commons.internet2.edu/ >

Subscribe now to the Internet2 Commons multipoint videoconferencing service, and you'll receive unlimited use through the end of September. Three months of unlimited use will give you plenty of time to configure your endpoints and try out the many display, bit rate, streaming, and archiving options available. It's a great way to get comfortable with the advantages of multipoint videoconferencing. This offer is limited to applications received during the month of July. The mission of the Internet2 Commons is to promote and facilitate remote collaboration throughout the Internet2 research and education community. Apply today to start the subscription process.
 
 
10.  THE 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND GRID IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION 
<http://www.hpcc.jp/HPCAsia2004>

Omiya Sonic City, Tokyo, Japan
20-22 July 2004
Advance Registration:  June 20, 2004

HPCAsia is an international conference series held every 18 months on
an Asia-Pacific regional site. It provides a forum for HPC researchers,
developers, and users throughout the world to exchange ideas, case
studies, and research results related to all issues of high
performance computing.  The seventh conference, HPCAsia 2004, will be
held in Omiya Sonic City, Saitama in Tokyo area, Japan on July 20-22,
2004, and will include a keynote talk, invited talks, 47 technical
paper presentations, several workshops, and an exhibition related to
all issues of high performance computing.
 
 
11. RELATED MEETINGS


- The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004
The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE
<http://www.oui-iohe.qc.ca/>
Orlando, Florida
21-25 July 2004
 

12. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Please email <zita@isi.edu>

Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
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It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. For online current and past copies of the APRUNet Newsletter, see . Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004 2. APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference 5. APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference 6. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 7. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 8. News from APNIC 9. Internet2 Commons Subscription 10. Formation of APEET (Asia Pacific ENUM Engineering Team) 11. APAN Call for Papers 12. The Australasian Workshop on Grid Computing and e-Research (AusGrid 2005) 13. . ECAI/Digital Libraries and Digital Collections Call for Papers 14. Related Meetings 15. Comments and Suggestions APRUNet Online Distance Learning Discussion List Register now at 1. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004 "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the conference web site at . The call for papers is now open. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome. All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at by 31 July 2004. Demonstrations are particularly invited and are strongly recommended. We would also like to invite students to attend and share their views; some travel awards may be available. 2. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the APRU web site at and the conference web site at . THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO AUGUST 15. The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for that conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The next meeting will take place in conjunction with the next "Distance Learning and the Internet" conference taking place 11-13 October 2004 at Tsinghua University in Beijingm China. Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The second APRUNet meeting was of 2004 was held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see and . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 4. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004. The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward." Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities. A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities. The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities. APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference. Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome. More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at >. The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall. He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at >. 5. APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE There was an APRU Conference on "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004. This conference looked at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health. It aimed to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations. Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones. Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information. For results of this conference, see . 6. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <%3chttp:/k20.internet2.edu/%3e>. Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 7. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to University of Sydney VEIN It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library , Faculty of Veterinary Science , Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning The University of Auckland Far Eastern National University > University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford University Stanford Center for Professional Development Institute for International Studies - Initiative on Distance Learning Education Program for Gifted Youth AllLearn: Alliance for Distance Learning University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology University of Washington 8. NEWS FROM APNIC APNIC Training team recently had a collaborative joint training session with the University of Malaya in KL, Malaysia. I thought the following short report would be newsworthy material for APRUNET Newsletter. APNIC Training team was invited by University of Malaya in KL, Malaysia to conduct a session of Internet Resource Management Essentials training on the 20th July, 2004 to a group of students mainly from the University's Master graduate programme. The Dean of the Computer Science and Information Technology Faculty Professor Dr. Ir. Selvanathan Narainasamy and the Senior Lecturer Mr. Ling Tech Chaw were very glad that APNIC Internet Resource Management Essentials course was able to provide that enrichment to all the Master graduate students in IT who are either already starting work or are on the verge of getting into the work force. The training most certainly helped to put a lot of theory into perspective in real life especially in the world of business and IT. Professor Dr. Selvanathan and Mr. Ling are looking forward to a continuing collaborative effort next year and they were talking about possibly expanding the programme to a technical workshop session. 9. INTERNET2 COMMONS SUBSCRIPTION Subscribe now to the Internet2 Commons multipoint videoconferencing service, and you'll receive unlimited use through the end of September. Three months of unlimited use will give you plenty of time to configure your endpoints and try out the many display, bit rate, streaming, and archiving options available. It's a great way to get comfortable with the advantages of multipoint videoconferencing. This offer is limited to applications received during the month of July. The mission of the Internet2 Commons is to promote and facilitate remote collaboration throughout the Internet2 research and education community. Apply today to start the subscription process. 10. FORMATION OF APEET (ASIA PACIFIC ENUM ENGINEERING TEAM) Singapore, July 19, 2004 - CNNIC (China Network Information Center), JPRS (Japan Registry Service), KRNIC (Korea Network Information Center), SGNIC (Singapore Network Information Center) and TWNIC (Taiwan Network Information Center) today announced the formation of Asia Pacific ENUM Engineering Team (APEET), an informal technical project team formed to coordinate and synergize ENUM activities in the Asia Pacific region. ENUM allows IP devices to be assigned a telephone number which is globally interoperable. Before the formation of APEET, each member organization has been conducting its own ENUM trials, most of which are isolated trials conducted within each member organization's country/region. With the formation of APEET, member organizations will be able to implement technical solutions that facilitate ENUM trials across Asia Pacific. 11. APAN CALL FOR PAPERS Call for Proposals - Workshops/Sessions/Papers Asia Pacific Advanced Network Conference 19th APAN Meetings Bangkok, Thailand 24-28 January 2005 12. AUSTALASIA WORKSHOP ON GRID COMPUTING AND E-RESEARCH (AUSGRID 2005) CALL FOR PAPERS To be held in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week Newcastle, Australia, 30 January - 04 February 2005 >. The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing and its state partners are supporting e-Research by deploying a national grid infrastructure and working to grid-enable applications in areas such as physics, astronomy, chemistry, geoscience, earth sciences and life sciences. The Australian Research Council is also planning to implement an initiative to support e-Research in Australia. Topics of interest for the workshop include: * Grid applications and e-Research. * Grid computing middleware and tools. * Data Grids - applications, middleware, infrastructure, data and metadata management and integration. * Grid infrastructure - experiences with building, managing and using grids. * Grid portals and problem-solving environments. * Grid economy. * Web services and Grid services. * Semantic Web and Semantic Grid. * Collaboration using the Grid and Access Grids. * Performance evaluation and modelling. * Next generation grids. 13. ECAI/DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS CALL FOR PAPERS As in past years, ECAI has been invited to host sessions at the annual conference of the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium. This year's conference will be held from 17-22 October 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan at the Academia Sinica. The conference is co-sponsored by PNC and by the Pacific Rim Digital Libraries Association (PRDLA). The theme is Digital Libraries and Digital Collections in the Global Community. More information about the conference may be found at . ECAI invites proposals of papers, poster/demos, and sessions on the following topics: Cultural Atlas Showcase/ECAI Plenary Cultural Atlases in the Classroom Virtual Reality for Cultural Atlases Digital Gazetteers Cultural Atlas Development 14. RELATED MEETINGS - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 - Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA ) 7thWorkshop San Diego, California, USA September 2004 15. 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APRUNET NEWSLETTER
JULY 2004 (V.3, n.7)
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/apru.html>. It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. For online current and past copies of the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_newsletter.html>.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

======================================================

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST

1.         DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004
2.         APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
3.         APRUNet Meetings    
4.         Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference
5.         APRU Infectious Diseases and the Society Conference
6.         APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
- Global Infectious Diseases Project
- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
7.         APRUNet Distance Education Portal
8.         News from APNIC
9.         Internet2 Commons Subscription
10.        Formation of APEET (Asia Pacific ENUM Engineering Team)
11.       APAN Call for Papers
12.       The Australasian Workshop on Grid Computing and e-Research  (AusGrid 2005)
13.  .    ECAI/Digital Libraries and Digital Collections Call for Papers
14.       Related Meetings
15.       Comments and Suggestions
 
APRUNet Online Distance Learning Discussion List
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>  
 
1.  DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS 31 JULY 2004
 
“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the conference web site at <http://dli2004.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn/>.
 
The call for papers is now open.  Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome.  All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at <dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn> by 31 July 2004.
 
Demonstrations are particularly invited and are strongly recommended.  We would also like to invite students to attend and share their views; some travel awards may be available.
 
 
2. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004.  More information is available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/> and the conference web site at <http://dli2004.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn/>.

THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO AUGUST 15.
 
The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.
 
The theme for that conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:
 
1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


3. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_meeting.html>

The next meeting will take place in conjunction with the next “Distance Learning and the Internet” conference taking place 11-13 October 2004 at Tsinghua University in Beijingm China.  Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!
 
The second APRUNet meeting was of 2004 was held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.
 
The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apan.net/> and <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_meeting.html>.

 The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_meeting.html>.
 

4. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE
 
The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference will be hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004.  The theme for this year's conference is entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward."
 
Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offers an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities.
 
A new feature of this year's conference is a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities.  The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seek to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities.
 
APRU member universities are encouraged to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to this conference.  Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome.  More information on financial assistance, lodging and other conference information will progressively be available at the conference website at <www.usyd.edu.au/apru-dsc>.  The conference organizer at University of Sydney is Mr. Matt Hall.  He may be contacted for any queries on conference arrangements at <apru-dsc@usyd.edu.au>.
 
 
5.  APRU INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE
 
There was an APRU Conference on  "Infectious Diseases and the Society" hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai from 7-9 July 2004.

This conference looked at the development of infectious diseases research as well as the impact and implications of infectious diseases on social and public health.  It aimed to bring together public health experts, social scientists and others involved in community health, as well as biomedical researchers and the medical/scientific community, to share information and explore possible collaborations.
 
Infectious diseases and its impact on society have increasingly become a pertinent issue that needs to be addressed in a global society, as evidenced by the continuing spread of existing infectious diseases as well as the onset of new ones.  Many APRU universities are at the forefront of research and public health initiatives in this field, and it would undoubtedly be useful for these experts from APRU universities to meet and exchange experiences and information. 
 
For results of this conference, see <http://www.apru.org/>.
 

6. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Send offers or requests for partnerships to <apru-dld@mailman.isi.edu>

Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact <zita@isi.edu> or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below.

- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-mob>
mail to: <apru-mob@mailman.isi.edu>

This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available.

There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project.  Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <http://k20.internet2.edu/>. Some are <http://www.jason.org> and <http://www.neptune.washington.edu/>.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project  <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-gid>
mail to: <apru-gid@mailman.isi.edu>

The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners.

Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.

- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
<http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-eas>
mail to: <apru-eas@mailman.isi.edu>

This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific".

A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia.
 
Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information.


7.  APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL
Please send your distance education URLs to <zita@isi.edu>
 
University of Sydney
 
VEIN   <http://vein.library.usyd.edu.au/about/>

It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati
 
Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning
The University of Auckland
<http://cfdl.auckland.ac.nz>
 
Far Eastern National University
<http://OpenUniversity.ru/>
<http://fenu.ru/>
 
University of Oregon
<http://de.uoregon.edu/>
<http://www.oregonone.org/>
 
UCLA
Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project
<http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/dllctl/dllctl_site/index.htm>
 
Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site <http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/>
 
Stanford University
Stanford Center for Professional Development
<http://scpd.stanford.edu/>

Institute for International Studies - Initiative on Distance Learning
<http://idl.stanford.edu/>

Education Program for Gifted Youth
<http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/>

AllLearn: Alliance for Distance Learning
<http://www.alllearn.org/>
University of Southern California
Center for Scholarly Technology
<http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/cst/tls/>
 
University of Washington
<http://www.onlinelearning.washington.edu/ol/>
 
 
8.  NEWS FROM APNIC
 
APNIC Training team recently had a collaborative joint training session with
the University of Malaya in KL, Malaysia. I thought the following short
report would be newsworthy material for APRUNET Newsletter.
 
APNIC Training team was invited by University of Malaya in KL, Malaysia to
conduct a session of Internet Resource Management Essentials training on the
20th July, 2004 to a group of students mainly from the University's Master
graduate programme. The Dean of the Computer Science and Information
Technology Faculty Professor Dr. Ir. Selvanathan Narainasamy and the Senior
Lecturer Mr. Ling Tech Chaw were very glad that APNIC Internet Resource
Management Essentials course was able to provide that enrichment to all the
Master graduate students in IT who are either already starting work or are
on the verge of getting into the work force. The training most certainly
helped to put a lot of theory into perspective in real life especially in
the world of business and IT.
 
Professor Dr. Selvanathan and Mr. Ling are looking forward to a continuing
collaborative effort next year and they were talking about possibly
expanding the programme to a technical workshop session.
 
 
9.  INTERNET2 COMMONS SUBSCRIPTION
<http://commons.internet2.edu/ >

Subscribe now to the Internet2 Commons multipoint videoconferencing service, and you'll receive unlimited use through the end of September. Three months of unlimited use will give you plenty of time to configure your endpoints and try out the many display, bit rate, streaming, and archiving options available. It's a great way to get comfortable with the advantages of multipoint videoconferencing. This offer is limited to applications received during the month of July. The mission of the Internet2 Commons is to promote and facilitate remote collaboration throughout the Internet2 research and education community. Apply today to start the subscription process.
 
 
10.  FORMATION OF APEET (ASIA PACIFIC ENUM ENGINEERING TEAM)
<http://www.apenum.org>
 
Singapore, July 19, 2004 - CNNIC (China Network Information Center), JPRS (Japan Registry Service), KRNIC (Korea Network Information Center), SGNIC (Singapore Network Information Center) and TWNIC (Taiwan Network Information Center) today announced the formation of Asia Pacific ENUM Engineering Team (APEET), an informal technical project team formed to coordinate and synergize ENUM activities in the Asia Pacific region. ENUM allows IP devices to be assigned a telephone number which is globally interoperable.  Before the formation of APEET, each member organization has been conducting its own ENUM trials, most of which are isolated trials conducted within each member organization's country/region. With the formation of APEET, member  organizations will be able to implement technical solutions that facilitate ENUM trials across Asia Pacific.
 
 
11.  APAN CALL FOR PAPERS
<http://apan.net/meetings/bangkok2005/call-ws-7.22.txt>
 
Call for Proposals - Workshops/Sessions/Papers
Asia Pacific Advanced Network Conference
19th APAN Meetings
Bangkok, Thailand
24-28 January 2005
 
 
12.  AUSTALASIA WORKSHOP ON GRID COMPUTING AND E-RESEARCH (AUSGRID 2005) CALL FOR PAPERS
<http://www.ausgrid.org/ausgrid2005/>

To be held in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week Newcastle, Australia, 30 January – 04 February 2005  <http://www.cs.newcastle.edu.au/~acsw05/>.

The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing and its state partners
are supporting e-Research by deploying a national grid infrastructure and
working to grid-enable applications in areas such as physics, astronomy,
chemistry, geoscience, earth sciences and life sciences. The Australian
Research Council is also planning to implement an initiative to support
e-Research in Australia.

Topics of interest for the workshop include:
   * Grid applications and e-Research.
   * Grid computing middleware and tools.
   * Data Grids - applications, middleware, infrastructure, data and  metadata management and integration.
   * Grid infrastructure - experiences with building, managing and using grids.
   * Grid portals and problem-solving environments.
   * Grid economy.
   * Web services and Grid services.
   * Semantic Web and Semantic Grid.
   * Collaboration using the Grid and Access Grids.
   * Performance evaluation and modelling.
   * Next generation grids.
 
 
13.  ECAI/DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS CALL FOR PAPERS
<http://pnclink.org/PNC2004/index.htm>
 
As in past years, ECAI has been invited to host sessions at the annual conference of the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium. This year's conference will be held from 17-22 October 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan at the Academia Sinica. The conference is co-sponsored by PNC and by the Pacific Rim Digital Libraries Association (PRDLA). The theme is Digital Libraries and Digital Collections in the Global Community. More information about the conference may be found at <http://pnclink.org/PNC2004/index.htm>.

ECAI invites proposals of papers, poster/demos, and sessions on the following topics:

Cultural Atlas Showcase/ECAI Plenary
Cultural Atlases in the Classroom
Virtual Reality for Cultural Atlases
Digital Gazetteers
Cultural Atlas Development

 
14. RELATED MEETINGS

- The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004
The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE
<http://www.oui-iohe.qc.ca/>
Orlando, Florida
21-25 July 2004
 
- Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA) 7thWorkshop
<http://www.pragma-grid.net/pragma7>
San Diego, California, USA
September 2004
 

15. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Please email <zita@isi.edu>

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It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations. This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. For online current and past copies of the APRUNet Newsletter, see . Please send your news to . If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see . Zita Wenzel APRUNet Coordinator ====================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST 1. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS EXTENDED! 2. APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences 3. APRUNet Meetings 4. Acacia Pressures Academia for Patent Payments 5. Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference 6. APRUNet Projects and Partnerships - Marine and Ocean Biology Project - Global Infectious Diseases Project - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project 7. APRUNet Distance Education Portal 8. News from APNIC 9. Internet2 Commons (Videoconferencing) Workshop 10. Universiti Malaya Convocation 11. APAN Call for Papers 12. The Australasian Workshop on Grid Computing and e-Research (AusGrid 2005) 13. . ECAI/Digital Libraries and Digital Collections Call for Papers 14. Related Meetings 15. Comments and Suggestions APRUNet Online Distance Learning Discussion List Register now at 1. DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED! "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the conference web site at . The call for papers is now open. Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome. All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at by 31 August 2004. Demonstrations are particularly invited and are strongly recommended. We would also like to invite students to attend and share their views; some travel awards may be available. 2. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see "The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the APRU web site at and the conference web site at . THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS NOW. The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003. The theme for that conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes: 1. Distance Learning and Economic Development 2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning 3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs Abstracts of presentations are available at . 3. APRUNET MEETINGS The next meeting will take place in conjunction with the next "Distance Learning and the Internet" conference taking place 11-13 October 2004 at Tsinghua University in Beijingm China. Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to . APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars! The second APRUNet meeting was of 2004 was held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings . The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see and . The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page . 4. ACACIA PRESSURES ACADEMIA FOR PATENT PAYMENTS Acacia Media Technologies, which last month suffered a setback in its efforts to force adult entertainment sites to make licensing payments for using its patented streaming video technology, has now turned its attention to higher education, whipping off dozens of letters to colleges claiming the schools' use of streaming video for purposes such as distance learning violates its patents. Acacia's digital media patents were acquired from Greenwich Information Technologies in 2001 and since then Acacia has secured dozens of licensing deals with companies, including Walt Disney. And while a handful of colleges and universities have agreed to pay up, most have resisted. The American Council on Education and the Electronic Frontier Foundation both are advising colleges not to pay, citing last month's legal ruling that several terms in Acacia's patents were indefinite -- a verdict that could knock a hole in Acacia's case for demanding payments from other sectors. "Honestly, I think it's a sign of desperation," says EFF staff attorney Jason Schultz. "Acacia knows the hammer is coming down on its patents, and it's going to extract as much as it can before the apocalypse," adding that the company's tactics were "a threat to the future of education? I think that's despicable. Universities are under enough pressure in their budgets right now to try to pay for everything. The last thing they need to do is give a pound of flesh to some tech company that doesn't even make a product." (AP 9 Aug 2004) 5. FIFTH APRU DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONFERENCE The 5th APRU Doctoral Students Conference was hosted by University of Sydney from 09-13 August 2004. The theme for this year's conference was entitled "Research at Pacific Rim Universities: Economic, Scientific and Cultural Perspectives -- The Way Forward." Designed as an interdisciplinary gathering, the conference offered an excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their research and exchange ideas with fellow students from APRU universities in the various fields in science, technology, business, economics, social sciences and the humanities. A new feature of this year's conference was a series of conference workshop sessions conducted by faculty members of APRU universities. The workshops organized along the theme of "Preparing Future Faculty Members for Academic Leadership in the 21 Century" seeked to inform doctoral students on what they need to know to enter the professorate at universities. APRU member universities are encouraged to continue to select and fund the travel of at least one doctoral student to these conferences. Participation by two or more doctoral students is most welcome. 6. APRUNET PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS Send offers or requests for partnerships to Here are three APRUNet projects that are moving forward. If you are interested in participating, please contact > or subscribe directly to the mailing lists as detailed below. - Marine and Ocean Biology Project mail to: This area was initiated at the APRUNet meeting in Busan, Korea in August. This is a major area in the Pacific Rim community, and collaboration and advanced technologies may allow and encourage the exploration and comparison of different marine and coastal ecosystems that would otherwise not be available. There are a number of topics that could be examined in this project. Internet2 has a number of undersea projects in its K20 initiatives <%3chttp:/k20.internet2.edu/%3e>. Some are and . Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - Global Infectious Diseases Training Program Project mail to: The APRUNet project on Global Infectious Diseases is beginning to coalesce around online education and training in tuberculosis and SARS. A current proposal is to work on simulations with Pacific Rim partners. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. - East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project mail to: This series of multipoint video-conferences on East Asian Studies aims to reconstruct East Asian histories in perspectives growing from within its lived memories and experiences. The most current series was focusing on "Urban Youth Cultures in Asia Pacific". A set of multipoint videoconferences with Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California will continue to be held in the coming semesters. Probably topics include Chinese Nationalism and Globalization: Urban Youth Cultures in East Asia. Please subscribe to the mailing list (above) if your university would like to join, or if you would like more information. 7. APRUNET DISTANCE EDUCATION PORTAL Please send your distance education URLs to University of Sydney VEIN It was launched at the beginning of May, 2001. VEIN is an information service for veterinary and animal scientists, and allied animal health professionals, with a focus on access to high quality information and lifelong learning in the 21st Century knowledge economy. Services are provided on and off the Web. VEIN is of particular relevance to professionals based in Australasia and is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library , Faculty of Veterinary Science , Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and Veterinary Science Foundati Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning The University of Auckland Far Eastern National University > University of Oregon UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages' distance learning project Under the Language Resource at the UCLA International Institute's site Stanford University Stanford Center for Professional Development Institute for International Studies - Initiative on Distance Learning Education Program for Gifted Youth AllLearn: Alliance for Distance Learning University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology University of Washington 8. NEWS FROM APNIC APNIC Training team recently had a collaborative joint training session with the University of Malaya in KL, Malaysia. I thought the following short report would be newsworthy material for APRUNET Newsletter. APNIC Training team was invited by University of Malaya in KL, Malaysia to conduct a session of Internet Resource Management Essentials training on the 20th July, 2004 to a group of students mainly from the University's Master graduate programme. The Dean of the Computer Science and Information Technology Faculty Professor Dr. Ir. Selvanathan Narainasamy and the Senior Lecturer Mr. Ling Tech Chaw were very glad that APNIC Internet Resource Management Essentials course was able to provide that enrichment to all the Master graduate students in IT who are either already starting work or are on the verge of getting into the work force. The training most certainly helped to put a lot of theory into perspective in real life especially in the world of business and IT. Professor Dr. Selvanathan and Mr. Ling are looking forward to a continuing collaborative effort next year and they were talking about possibly expanding the programme to a technical workshop session. 9. INTERNET2 COMMONS (VIDEOCONFERENCING) WORKSHOP Here's an update on our next training opportunity. Please join us or pass this on to your colleagues. If you're new to H.323 videoconferencing technology or want to broaden your knowledge base, join us for this day-long, intensive workshop in Austin, Texas. You'll also meet others who are deploying and advancing H.323 technologies at member institutions. The training will be held in conjunction with the Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting on September 27th, though attendance and registration are independent of one another. The cost is $200. Topics include H.323 basics, Multipoint Control Units, Session Initiation Protocol, Network Troubleshooting, and more. Successful completion will certify each participant as an Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator, a requirement for participating in the Internet2 Commons H.323 service. For more information, visit: http://commons.internet2.edu/train/200409/ 10. UNIVERSITY MALAYA CONVOCATION You can view the whole proceeding of USM's 33rd Convocation live on the follwing link http://special.time.net.my/usm/ proudly presented by NRG (Network Rearch Group) of the School of Computer Sciences, USM with the collaboration and support of TIMENet and Mlabs. The archive can be viewed at www.malaysia.tv 11. APAN CALL FOR PAPERS Call for Proposals - Workshops/Sessions/Papers Asia Pacific Advanced Network Conference 19th APAN Meetings Bangkok, Thailand 24-28 January 2005 12. AUSTALASIA WORKSHOP ON GRID COMPUTING AND E-RESEARCH (AUSGRID 2005) CALL FOR PAPERS To be held in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week Newcastle, Australia, 30 January - 04 February 2005 >. The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing and its state partners are supporting e-Research by deploying a national grid infrastructure and working to grid-enable applications in areas such as physics, astronomy, chemistry, geoscience, earth sciences and life sciences. The Australian Research Council is also planning to implement an initiative to support e-Research in Australia. Topics of interest for the workshop include: * Grid applications and e-Research. * Grid computing middleware and tools. * Data Grids - applications, middleware, infrastructure, data and metadata management and integration. * Grid infrastructure - experiences with building, managing and using grids. * Grid portals and problem-solving environments. * Grid economy. * Web services and Grid services. * Semantic Web and Semantic Grid. * Collaboration using the Grid and Access Grids. * Performance evaluation and modelling. * Next generation grids. 13. ECAI/DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS CALL FOR PAPERS As in past years, ECAI has been invited to host sessions at the annual conference of the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium. This year's conference will be held from 17-22 October 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan at the Academia Sinica. The conference is co-sponsored by PNC and by the Pacific Rim Digital Libraries Association (PRDLA). The theme is Digital Libraries and Digital Collections in the Global Community. More information about the conference may be found at . ECAI invites proposals of papers, poster/demos, and sessions on the following topics: Cultural Atlas Showcase/ECAI Plenary Cultural Atlases in the Classroom Virtual Reality for Cultural Atlases Digital Gazetteers Cultural Atlas Development 14. RELATED MEETINGS - The International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications EISTA 2004 The Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE Orlando, Florida 21-25 July 2004 - Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA ) 7thWorkshop San Diego, California, USA September 2004 15. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Please email Copyright (c) 2004 Association of Pacific Rim Universities. ====================================================== --------------000907080207090607000804 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ======================================================
 
APRUNET NEWSLETTER
AUGUST 2004 (V.3, n.7)
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet.html>

This is the networking activities newsletter of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/apru.html>. It is designed as a tool to assist in the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies. The key goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences, telemedicine, etc. by sharing, networking, partnerships, and collaborations.

This newsletter may be used to give or receive information on a project or to look for partners or collaborators. Comments or suggestions are encouraged and welcomed. For online current and past copies of the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_newsletter.html>.

Please send your news to <apru-dli@mailman.isi.edu>. If you do not wish to be subscribed, or wish to add your name to the mailing list, please see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>.

Zita Wenzel
APRUNet Coordinator

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW! APRUNET ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST


1.         DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS EXTENDED!
2.         APRUNet Distance Learning and the Internet Conferences
3.         APRUNet Meetings    
4.         Acacia Pressures Academia for Patent Payments
5.         Fifth APRU Doctoral Students Conference
6.         APRUNet Projects and Partnerships
- Marine and Ocean Biology Project
- Global Infectious Diseases Project
- East Asian Studies Videoconferencing Project
7.         APRUNet Distance Education Portal
8.         News from APNIC
9.         Internet2 Commons (Videoconferencing) Workshop
10.        Universiti Malaya Convocation
11.       APAN Call for Papers
12.       The Australasian Workshop on Grid Computing and e-Research  (AusGrid 2005)
13.  .    ECAI/Digital Libraries and Digital Collections Call for Papers
14.       Related Meetings
15.       Comments and Suggestions
 

APRUNet Online Distance Learning Discussion List
Register now at <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dld>
 
 
1.  DLI 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED!
 
“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004. More information is available on the conference web site at <http://dli2004.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn/>.
 
The call for papers is now open.  Papers relating to the conference themes are welcome.  All papers are to be submitted to Tsinghua University at <dli2004@tsinghua.edu.cn> by 31 August 2004.
 
Demonstrations are particularly invited and are strongly recommended.  We would also like to invite students to attend and share their views; some travel awards may be available.
 
 
2. DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE INTERNET CONFERENCES
To subscribe to the APRUNet Newsletter, see <http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/apru-dli>

“The Fifth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference will be hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from 11-13 October 2004.  More information is available on the APRU web site at <http://www.apru.org/> and the conference web site at <http://dli2004.sce.tsinghua.edu.cn/>.

THE CALL FOR PAPERS/DEMONSTRATIONS DEADLINE IS NOW.
 
The Fourth Annual "Distance Learning and the Internet" Conference was held at the National University of Singapore from 30 November to 2 December 2003.
 
The theme for that conference was "Global Knowledge Enterprise -- Learning without Walls" with three sub-themes:
 
1. Distance Learning and Economic Development
2. Infrastructure and Technology Trends in Distance Learning
3. Learning Strategies for Distance Programs

Abstracts of presentations are available at <http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/dli2003>.


3. APRUNET MEETINGS
<http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_meeting.html>

The next meeting will take place in conjunction with the next “Distance Learning and the Internet” conference taking place 11-13 October 2004 at Tsinghua University in Beijingm China.  Details will be sent under separate cover to all APRUNet representatives. If you are an APRUNet representative for your institution and have not received information, please write to <zita@isi.edu>.

APRUNet Representatives Mark Your Calendars!
 
The second APRUNet meeting was of 2004 was held in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday, 06 July from 16:00-18:00 in Room E in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings <http://www.apan.net/>.
 
The first APRUNet meeting of 2004 was held on 27 January 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with the Internet2 Joint Techs/Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium (APAN) meetings. For more information, see <http://www.apan.net/> and <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_meeting.html>.

 The last APRUNet Meeting of 2003 was held in Singapore on 03 December in conjunction with the 4th APRU Distance Learning and the Internet conference. The slides of the meeting are posted on the APRUNet web page <http://apru.nus.edu.sg/activities/aprunet_meeting.html>.
 
 
4.  ACACIA PRESSURES ACADEMIA FOR PATENT PAYMENTS
<http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040809/D84BMF500.html>
 
 
Acacia Media Technologies, which last month suffered a setback in its
efforts to force adult entertainment sites to make licensing payments for using its patented streaming video technology, has now turned its attention to higher education, whipping off dozens of letters to colleges claiming the schools' use of streaming video for purposes such as distance learning violates its patents. Acacia's digital media patents were acquired from Greenwich Information Technologies in 2001 and since then Acacia has secured dozens of licensing deals with companies, including Walt Disney.
 
And while a handful of colleges and universities have agreed to pay up,
most have resisted. The American Council on Education and the Electronic Frontier Foundation both are advising colleges not to pay, citing last month's legal ruling that several terms in Acacia's patents were indefinite -- a verdict that could knock a hole in Acacia's case for demanding payments from other sectors. "Honestly, I think it's a sign of desperation," says EFF staff attorney Jason Schultz. "Acacia knows the hammer is coming down on its patents, and it's going to extract as much as it can before the apocalypse," adding that the company's tactics were "a threat to the future of education� I think that's despicable. Universities are under enough pressure in their budgets right now to try to pay for everything. The last thing they need to do is give a pound of flesh to some tech company that doesn't even make a product." (AP 9 Aug 2004)
 

5. FIFTH A