Jordan University of Science and Technology Prof.

Transcript:Jordan University of Science and Technology Prof.:
Jordan University of Science and Technology Prof. Omar Al-Jarrah President of JUST Irbid 22110, Jordan Tel. : + 962 (0) 2 7201000 Fax : + 962 (0) 2 7095123 email: just@just.edu.jo www.just.edu.jo جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية Jordan University of Science and Technology www.just.edu.jo 2. R&E infrastructures in Jordan: * JUNet (Jordanian Universities Network) was very active and being the leading NREN in the Arab region: - Hosted the Regional Operation center for Grid services in the Arab & African regions. - The first Arab Certificate Authority to provide digital certificates to research and education users. - Member of the EUMEDGRID computing network - Ported some applications on the grid network. - Connected to EUMEDCONNECT projects 1&2 - Key institution to create and establish ASREN - In addition to provide services to the universities including license consolidation, internet services, video conferencing, capacity building and more. * Currently: - JUNet is not connected to any R&E network except the Internet which is not the right connection to be provided to the R&E communities. - JUNet is only limited to the Public Universities - Services are limited to volume licensing and Internet consolidation - Not active in global NREN communities Prof. Omar Al-Jarrah President of JUST Irbid 22110, Jordan Tel. : + 962 (0) 2 7201000 Fax : + 962 (0) 2 7095123 email: just@just.edu.jo 3. What JUNet should do? * Connect with Global R&E networks and can make use of the EUMEDCONNECT3 co-funding * Connect SESAME, King Hussein Cancer Center, Private Universities to its network so that they can access computing and applications services provided by ASREN and other networks: - SESAME is a key regional research facility and should be accessed from other networks in the region. SESAME can also bring more funded projects. - King Hussein Cancer center is a key player in the upcoming global project on biotechnology and health and should be connected too. * Implement eduroam services in the universities: otherwise, Jordanian users cannot use roaming services when they are on travel * Establish national based education and research services: - cloud infrastructure, - national science gateway, and - community portal based services * Establish national federation of identity infrastructure: without this, Jordanian users will not get access to most of the services around the world in the very near future. Prof. Omar Al-Jarrah President of JUST Irbid 22110, Jordan Tel. : + 962 (0) 2 7201000