Table of Contents

• MEMORANDUM

• THE ENERGY SCIENCES NETWORK STEERING COMMITTEE (ESSC) 1994

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• CONTRIBUTORS
  • ESSC Contributors
  • Other Contributors

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ESNET HISTORY

3. ESNET PROCESSES
   1. Planning Processes
      1. Planning For New Applications
      2. Planning For New Scientific Projects and Collaborations

   2. The Program Plan
   3. Organizational Processes
   4. Operational Processes
   5. Problem Resolution
   6. Performance Measurement

4. NETWORKING COMMITTEES
   1. The Office of Scientific Computing (OSC)
   2. The ESnet Steering Committee (ESSC)
   3. The ESnet Site Coordinating Committee (ESCC)
   4. The Distributed Computing Coordinating Committee (DCCC)
   5. The Coordinating Committee for Informatics Research, Development, and Application (CCIRDA)
   6. ERSUG and EXERSUG
   7. The Scientific Computing Information Exchange (SCIE)
   8. The Supercomputer Access Committee (SAC)

5. COLLABORATIONS AND LIAISONS
   
   1. Committee/Board/Panel Participation by the Office of
      Scientific Computing
   2. Liaisons Maintained by ESnet Management
   3. Liaisons Maintained by National Laboratories and Universities
   4. ESnet's International Activities

6. ESNET TODAY
   
   1. How is ESnet Managed?
   2. Who May Use ESnet?
   3. The Network Today
      1. The ESnet Backbone
      2. Network Capabilities
         1. Performance
         2. Connectivity

   4. ESnet Services
      1. Network Operations Management
      2. Network Infrastructure Services
         1. Internet Protocol Domain Name Service (IP/DNS)
         2. DEC Distributed Naming Service (DECdns)
         3. Distributed Time Services
         4. Authentication Services (Under Development)

      3. Information Services
         1. The Network Information Center (NIC)
         2. Directory Services
            1. OSI X.500 Directory Service (White Pages)
            2. Ph (Phone Book)

         3. Electronic Mail Services
            1. OSI X.400 and SMTP

         4. NetNews and Bulletin Board Services

      4. Videoconferencing Services
         1. Conference-Room Videoconferencing
         2. Workstation-Based Videoconferencing

7. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
   1. The B Factory at SLAC
   2. Computing and Networking in HEP
   3. Future Requirements
      1. Network Services
      2. Connectivity
      3. Performance
      4. Planning and Management

   4. Major HEP Experiments and Collaborating Institutions

8. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
   1. The Nuclear Physics Program
   2. Current Requirements
   3. Near-Future Requirements
   4. Future Requirements
      1. CEBAF
      2. RHIC

9. FUSION ENERGY
   1. Computing and Networking in FE Research
      1. Supercomputer Use
      2. Experimental Collaborations
      3. Theoretical Collaborations
      4. Design Collaborations

   2. Current Networking Requirements
      1. Connectivity Requirements
      2. Functional Requirements
      3. Performance Requirements

   3. Forecast of Future Requirements
      1. Operational Trends in Current Experiments
      2. The Numerical Tokamak Project
      3. Future Experiments
         1. The Tokamak Physics Experiment
         2. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)

      4. International Links
      5. Future Bandwidth Requirements

10. BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES
    1. The Divisions of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences
       1. The Division of Chemical Sciences
       2. The Division of Materials Sciences
       3. The Division of Engineering and Geosciences
       4. The Division of Energy Biosciences
       5. The Division of Advanced Energy Projects

    2. Future Requirements
       1. Connectivity Requirements
       2. Bandwidth Requirements
       3. Requirements for Network Services
       4. Metrics

11. SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
    1. The Scientific Computing Program
       1. Requirements
       2. Current Network Utilization and Development by AMS Researchers
       3. Visual Servoing: A Key "Collaboratory" Technology
       4. Forecast of Future Requirements

12. HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
    1. The Human Genome Project
       1. Background
       2. The LBL Human Genome Center on the World Wide Web
       3. Geographical Description
       4. Requirements
       5. Current Network Usage

    2. The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
       1. Requirements

    3. Global Climate Research
       1. The CHAMMP Climate Modeling Program
       2. The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
       3. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
       4. Networking Requirements for CHAMMP, ARM, and CDIAC

13. HUMAN RESOURCES
    1. Requirements
    2. Current Network Usage
    3. Future Requirements
    4. Case Study

14. EDUCATION
    1. ESnet and DOE Actions

15. TOWARD THE VIRTUAL WORKPLACE: NEW MODES OF SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
    1. Enabling Technologies
       1. Shared Computing and Mass Storage Facilities
       2. Advanced Research Databases
       3. Distributed Computing Frameworks
       4. Telepresence Tools: Workstation Videoconferencing and the Electronic Whiteboard

    2. New Opportunities for Traditional ESnet Customers
    3. New Channels for Scientific Communication
    4. Conclusion

16. ESNET TOMORROW

• APPENDIX: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS