| Session Title |
Opening Plenary |
| Chair |
Hualin Qian [Chief Scientist of
CNIC(Computer Network Information Center,CAS)]
Professor Hualin Qian has over 30 years experience in the computing industry and has been responsible for many of the major internet projects in China. He has made important contribution in bringing the internet to China since 1989 and finished the initial internet connection in 1994. In the same year, he finished the construction and operation of top-level domain of China (.cn). His team developed the fist X.25 network in China in 1984. As a chief designer, he finished the design of the computer network system for the 11th Asia Games in 1990. He currently serves as deputy director at CNNIC Steering Committee, vice chair of IS(Internet Society of China), Executive Committee member of APNIC, board member of APTLD, chief scientist and former deputy director for CNIC(Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences). He also serves as editor for journals such as JCST (Journal of Computer Science and Technology, English version) and Journal of Software. He was a visiting scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States from 1980 to 1982. |
| Speakers |
9:00-9:15-Welcome
Speech by APAN Chair
Shigeki Goto
9:15-9:45-New Frontiers in Science: Pacific
Rim Cyber-Environment and Virtual Organizations
William Y. B. Chang [Director, National Science Foundation Office]
Abstract: New discoveries and innovative science applications have been greatly facilitated by the state-of-the-art
cyber-infrastructure services in the Pacific Rim region. These services allow users to share computing
and data-storage resources, take advantage of distributed instrumentation, and cooperate in visualization
and sensor network development. These successes are largely attributed to the development of advance network
and GRID technologies contributed by virtual organizations (VO). NSF encourages and supports the development
of virtual organizations, such as PRAGMA, GLORIAD, and TRANSPac, which provide a platform to link the scientists
in the Pacific Rim for science cooperation in cyber-environments. This report will introduce the key VOs and
counterpart organizations such as CSTnet, CERNet, and TWAREN in the Pacific Rim region, including their missions
and accomplishments, as well as how they are enabling e-science applications using these updated
cyber-environments.
Biography: In February 2005, Dr. William Y. B. Chang was appointed the
first
Director of the National Science Foundation’s Beijing Office
and S&T Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The purpose of
this NSF office is to facilitate and strengthen collaboration between
American and Chinese scientists and engineers in order to advance U.S.
science and technology interests. Dr. Chang has over 25 years
experience in the areas of science and engineering research, education,
program management, and policy. Prior to heading NSF’s
Beijing Office, Dr. Chang was the Program Director responsible for the
Foundation’s cooperative programs with China, Taiwan,
Mongolia and Southeast Asia, in the Office of International Science and
Engineering (OISE). He joined the Foundation in 1988 as China Program
Manager in the Division of International Programs. He has long been
active in NSF activities related to cyberinfrastructure development.
For example, he initiated the Pacific Rim Applications and Grid
Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA) and the Pacific Rim Experience for
Undergraduates (PRIME), and served on NSF’s
Cyberinfrastructure Working Group. He also contributed to the
successful connection of GLORIAD, an advanced Internet linkage for
research and education between U.S.-China-Russia. Before coming to NSF,
Dr. Chang was a faculty member in aquatic ecology at the University of
Michigan between 1979 and 1988. He received his M.A. (1975) and Ph.D.
(1978) in biology from Indiana University, with a minor in mathematics
and statistics. He earned his M.S. in marine science from the
University of the Pacific in 1973. From 1990-1993, in addition to his
NSF position, he also served as a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at
the EPA’s Environmental Research Laboratory at Corvallis,
Oregon, leading an international research effort on the impact of
monsoons on large lake ecosystems. He has served as science advisor to
many research institutes and national committees, and as Senior
Technical Adviser to the United Nations Development Program.
Dr. Chang is the author of more than eighty publications in the areas
of ecology, environmental science, and water resources. He has edited
three books, and serves on the advisory and editorial boards of five
learned societies.
9:45-10:30-The evolution of IP Network
Weimin Chang [Chief Technical Director,ZTE ]
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|Last Updated 28 Aug 2007