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About Internet2

Internet2 is a consortium being led by 202 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today´s Internet in its infancy. The primary goals of Internet2 are to:

  • Create a leading edge network capability for the national research community
  • Enable revolutionary Internet applications
  • Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader Internet community.

Through Internet2 Working Groups, Internet2 members are collaborating on:

  • Partnerships
  • Initiatives
  • Applications
  • Engineering
  • Middleware

Member Universities Map (PDF)

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Member Universities


Internet2 and Research at the University of Minnesota

The Internet2 infrastucture at the University of Minnesota is utilized by a number of different organizations and projects, including the following:

Bioinformatics Research Network (BIRN)

Digital Technology Center

Laboratory for Computational Science and Engineering (LCSE)

Minnesota Supercomputer Institute (MSI)

Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing system (MAST)

National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics (NCED) at Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory


Internet2 Minnesota Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGP)

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)

Technology, Information, and Education Services (TIES)


Internet2 Initiatives

Internet2 Health Sciences Initiative

Internet2 K20 Initiative

The Quilt

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