[gu-l] (09/05/02) R&D of Peace Gaming and Global University System
projects
Takeshi Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Thu, 05 Sep 2002 16:37:42 -0400
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<<September 5 , 2002>>
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Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D. <vbooker@nsf.gov>
Dr. Harold J. Stolberg <hstolber@nsf.gov>
Mr. Mark Suskin <msuskin@nsf.gov>
Dr. Williams Chang <wychang@nsf.gov>
Mr. Justin L. Bloom (Fax: 301-299-5322) <bloomjl@erols.com>
Mr. John Mcleod (Fax: 619-277-3930) <Mcleod@Sdsc.edu>
Dr. Paul Baran <paul@baran.com>
URGENT APPEAL FOR YOUR MSG OF SUPPORT
Dear E-Colleagues:
(1) Pls read Dr. Booker=B9s msg in ANNEX I below.
This is her reply to our draft travel grant application for our American
colleagues to attend our planned workshop in Manaus, Amazon next March =8B
which you can retrieve at;
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/NSF%20Travel%20Gra=
n
t/NSF_application_web/NSF_Travel_Grant_App.html
> You can retrieve our =B3Grant Application to Tinker Foundation=B2 for the wor=
kshop
> at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Tinker%20Foundat=
ion/A
> pplication%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Application_to_Tinker.html
(2) Pls pay a special attention to this msg by those people who are listed
in the followings of this Tinker application;
* Section VII/E: Workshop Programs of the full proposal,
* APPENDIX VIII: Prospective Joint Programs and Projects,
* APPENDIX IX: List of Participants.
(3) Pls also read through my reply to her below, albeit long.
> I apologize the duplications appeared in my previous list distributions.
If you agree with my contentions , pls send your msg of support to her (and
Dr. Stolberg) with a copy to me.
> Your support letters will be compiled and be included in our grant
> applications (any of them from now on) =8B see previous ones in APPENDIX XI
> =B3Letter of Commitment and Support=B2 of the Tinker application.
>> If you kindly provided me with yours before and if you do not have any
>> additional things to say, you will be exempted. Thank you anyway.
>>=20
(4) Pls keep in your mind that we are now at very important point as forgin=
g
ahead to create a new educational modality with Global University System
with our =B3research and development=B2 experiences accumulated together with
your kind and generous help and cooperation in the past three decades.
Dear Dr. Booker:
(5) I apologize my terse descriptions (*) why we need to deploy an
e-learning/e-healthcare network with broadband Internet for the US/Brazil
joint =B3research=B2 and development programs and projects, which you might hav=
e
overlooked.
> (*) See followings in the Tinker application at the URL mentioned above;
> 1. Section XVI Proponent Capability Statement/B. Global University System
> (GUS)
> 2. APPENDIX VIII Prospective Joint Programs and Projects =8B particularly, =
8.
> Beowulf Mini-Supercomputer Network with Access Grid Project =8B both of whi=
ch
> are supported by the NSF fund (the former with $5 million).
>>> Pls see the following list distribution of mine about the latter;
>>> =B3(07/23/02) Inquiry on telecom requirements for joining Access Grid fro=
m
>>> overseas=B2 at;
>>> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/date.html
(6) At your suggestion, I read =B3Guidelines for Submission of Proposals (NSF
00-138)=B2 and I excerpted some of the relevant phrases in ANNEX II below.
I found that they match very well with the research and development (R&D) o=
f
our project, though the definition of your =B3research=B2 may be a bit differen=
t
from ours.
(7) Although you may be busy, I hope you read through this msg to the end.
I. R&D for Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming
(1) With a travel grant from the NSF, I presented my idea of this project a=
t
the International Computer Communication Conference (ICCC) at the Hilton
Hotel in Washington, D.C., in October of 1972 (just about 30 years ago!!).
(2) Pls retrieve the followings about how this project was initiated and
what it aims;
> (A) My draft book "Electronic Global University System and Services"
>> Chapter 1: Personal Recollections on the Inceptions of Peace Gaming and
>> Global University System
>> Chapter 5: Global Peace Gaming
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Bookwriting/Contents_of_Book.html
>=20
> (B) (03/27/02) System Dynamics simulation and its K-12 education
> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/date.html
>=20
> (C) (07/02/02) Global Peace Games
> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/date.html
>=20
(3) Technically speaking, this is to develop Globally Distributed Computer
Simulation System (GDCSS) with the use of Global Neural Computer Network.
Instead of using a single simulation model in a single computer, this idea
is to split and distribute each national or regional simulation sub-models
to their experts around the world and the sub-models are to be
interconnected via data-telecommunication networks so that all of them will
work as if in a single computer, in a sense, they are a globally distribute=
d
massively parallel computer processing system =8B it is also, in a sense, to
emulate the parallel operation of analog computer -- see Section 1.13 of
Chapter 1.
> Pls also see the followings;
> (a) Global Peace Gaming / Past and future possibilities - April 17, 2000
> http://www.friends-partners.org/utsumi/gu-l/early-2000/4-17-a.html
>=20
> (b) RAFT/Global Peace Gaming for S3 in SIMULATION - May 6, 2000
> http://www.friends-partners.org/utsumi/gu-l/early-2000/5-6-a.html
> They will tell you how this project was conceived after I had my experien=
ces
> with the world largest hybrid computer which was later used for lunar lan=
ding
> simulation at the M.I.T.; creating Summer Computer Simulation Conferences=
(as
> Program Chairman in 1970 and General Chairman in 1971); and engaged in th=
e
> initial conception of Heterogeneous Element Processor (HEP), the world fi=
rst
> commercial parallel processor with 50 CPUs.
(4) In 1981, I coined the phrase "Global Neural Computer Network" in which
each participating game player, with his/her own desktop computer, database
and sub-model, would correspond to a neuron, router to a synapses, and
Internet to nerves of global brain. Then Vice President Al Gore used this
term in a speech [Washington, D.C., 1994], as the result of one of his
staffs receiving quite a good bit of materials from me!
Al Gore then continued with the following words:
> "The Department of Defense is investing well over $1 billion in the
> development and implementation of networked distributed interactive
> simulation. This technology, which allows dispersed learners to engage i=
n
> collaborative problem solving activities in real time, is now ready for
> transfer to schools and workplaces outside of the defense sector." [Speak=
ing
> to communications industry leaders, January 11, 1994]
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> One of our colleagues investigated the possibility of this transfer and f=
ound
> in vain.
(5) Justin Bloom, then the NSF science attach=E9 at the American Embassy in
Tokyo, said to me in early 1970s, =B3Tak, you are thinking 20 years ahead of
anyone else. That is your trouble!!=B2 He seemed to be one or two decade
off, since I haven=B9t achieved this yet.
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Several years later in late 1970s, I submitted a proposal with Prof. Walter
Karplus (head of computer science dept) of the UCLA to the NSF, and was
declined. He told me that time was too early for the NSF.
John McLeod then said =B3Tak brought telecommunications to computer
simulation.=B2
(6) I was lucky to witness the power of packet-switching data communication
technology at the demonstration of ARPANET at the ICCC which was invented b=
y
Dr. Paul Baran and which technology is the basis of the present day Interne=
t
=8B Dr. Baran is one of our list members for many years and a strong supporte=
r
of our project as even generously contributed to us financially.
(7) Three necessary components for realizing peace gaming are;
1. Telecommunication Infrastructure
>> Packet-Switching --> Internet
1. Communication Means
>> E-mail --> Multimedia
1. Game Players
>> Global University System
>>=20
II. R&D for deploying Global Broadband Internet
(1) As for the Item I-(7)-1 above, as mentioned in Chapter 1 of my book
draft, I helped to extend the US packet-switching data telecom networks to
various overseas countries, particularly to Japan, which succeeded in early
1980s =8B see Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 1 of my book draft mentioned above.
> However, it was with the so-called narrow-band, and was our first round. =
The
> one we are now engaged is the second round and with the broadband Interne=
t.
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(2) As for the Item I-(7)-2 above, as mentioned in Chapter 1 of my book
draft also, I worked on the deregulation of the Japanese telecom policies
for the use of email with a help of the Late Commerce Secretary, Malcom
Baldridge.
This has been emulated by many other countries, and thus now there are more
than a half billion email users around the world =8B as saving in-measurable
amount of taxpayers=B9 money, by you and staffs of the NSF and its fund
grantees.
As mentioned in Chapter 1, this was made by a considerable amount of my
effort, time and private fortune in late 1970s to early 1980s.
Thanks to my effort, Sprint once gave me a privilege of distributing their
email accounts free of charge =8B its total turned out to be almost $1,000,00=
0
in commercial value for one and a half year period. I gave many of them to
our colleagues in Latin America and the Caribbean and also conducted
workshop trainings how to use it, as promoting packet-switching data teleco=
m
network there. In a sense, I contributed to initial development of Interne=
t
in South America, thus your colleagues there can have its benefit now.
(3) As mentioned in Chapter 2 of my book draft, I then conducted many
=B3Global Lecture Hall (GLH)=B2 multipoint-to-multipoint, multimedia,
interactive videoconferencing via analog satellites, spanning around the
world once or twice every year since 1986.
Because of narrow-band, data telecom allowed us only text-oriented msgs.
For video and diagrams, we had to rely on satellite which was very expensiv=
e
=8B but I was lucky to get their transponders free of charge every time of ou=
r
GLH, as amounting several tens thousands dollars per event =8B thanks to my
previous effort of extending packet-switching data telecom and deregulating
the Japanese telecom policies.
I then realized that this approach is too expensive for global e-learning
and also did not fit with the distributed computer simulation system.
(4) I was then lucky to encounter with the CU-SeeMe videoconferencing syste=
m
of Cornell University which was developed with $800,000 (3 years) of NSF
fund. We started to use it since 1993 as connecting Moscow, Apple in
California, CSU in Chico, SchoolNet in San Diego (with an echelon of NSF),
etc.
Initial CU-SeeMe via Internet did not provide us with good audio quality
which is absolutely vital necessity for e-learning, so that we had to rely
on the parallel use of Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) -- which is
expensive, specially when our GLH was originated from overseas countries,
e.g., Brazil, etc..
(5) Luckily, children of SchoolNet found an audio teleconferencing system
via Internet, which was developed by Mr. Kelvin, a graduate student at the
University of Illinois, and spread like a wild fire within the US =8B which
technology became the so-called Internet telephony nowadays.
I then tested it from New York to Japan and Finland without any hitch.
However, when I used it from Florianopolis, Brazil in June of 1996, it was =
a
dismal failure, though there were about 13 Internet linkages from Brazil to
the US (8) and Canada (5) -- each at only 2 Mbps.
(6) When we used NetMeeting videoconferencing system via Internet during ou=
r
GLH from Manaus in October of 1998 to connect with Houston and Ukraine, it
worked beautifully, albeit a bit of jittering and audio latency.
> After this event, the use of NetMeeting among Brazilian youngsters spread
> quickly.
I later learned that EMBRATEL of Brazil installed 3 Internet satellite
linkage between Brazil and the US with each at 45 Mbps between 1996 and
1998. This was for the success of our videoconferencing.
After this event, I visited the University of Rondonia in Porto Velho. The=
y
had only one leased terrestrial Internet linkage at 56 Kbps for several
thousands students, thus congesting all the time. Their professors gave up
its use as denouncing it badly!!
(7) From my experiences of previous GLHs, I then thought why they could not
have a direct broadband Internet satellite linkage from the US.
Steve Goldstein (Program Director, Interagency & International Networking
Coordination, Div. of Networking and Communications Research &
Infrastructure) of NSF then announced the Request For Proposal (RFP) to tes=
t
the extension of Internet-2 at 45 Mbps to overseas countries.
I asked him if he would provide money for installing satellite equipment an=
d
segment for those universities in remote/rural areas in Amazon, but
declined.
> As you may know, he provided $6 million to our colleague at the Universit=
y of
> Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) to connect with Moscow with 6 Mbps, which ha=
d a
> very successful result, -- as expanding its capacity recently. On the ot=
her
> hand, the same amount he provided to the University of Indiana to connect=
with
> Japan had the only 40% usage, as far as I heard before =8B probably due to =
the
> difficulties in Japan side, -- as reminding me the importance of solid fo=
otage
> on receiving side, or the so-called =B3demand-pull=B2 to meet with the need a=
nd
> demand of users in contents to be delivered through the broadband Interne=
t.
> This notion is letting me to have the workshop in Manaus and then counter=
parts
> of our Global University System (GUS).
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(8) We then made successful demonstrations of Internet Telephony and
real-time videoconferencing via broadband Internet =8B from Montana State
University to the University of Tampere, Finland, and from Houston Communit=
y
College to Manaus, Amazon, Brazil, etc., etc. These demonstrations prompte=
d
me to realize the vital necessity of the broadband Internet in the coming
future.
(9) My subsequent =B3research=B2 told me that the leasing satellite transponder
at 45 Mbps would cost almost $1 million to 1.5 million a year =8B very
expensive, indeed!!
I was then invited to the inauguration of the University of South Pacific
Network in Fiji which connected 4 nearby islands with 128 Kbps and 8 with 6=
4
Kbps via a spare transponder of INTELSAT free of charge. They received
almost $13 million form Japanese government and $1 million each from
Australia and New Zealand governments.
(10) I then met Late Dr. Hiroshi Inose, Director General of the National
Center for Science Information System (NACSIS) (*), the highest authority o=
f
Internet in Japan to receive his gratitude; =B3Dr. Utsum, thank you for your
having introduced Internet to Japan.=B2
> (*) who was a laureate of Marconi Award (the highest in telecom field) fr=
om
> Polytechnic University (my alma mater).
(11) Around that time, my project with Globally Collaborative Environmental
Peace Gaming lost to the so-called 5th Generation Computer Project which
spent about $500 million (10 years) of Japanese taxpayers=B9 money and did no=
t
produce any tangible results and hence became an internationally laughable
project. After losing it, I said to myself, =B3Oh well, I=B9m going to do it b=
y
myself even without money,=B2 and the rest became a history.
Dr. Inose then made his comment on our GUS project as;
> I ask to those people who wish to build artificial intelligence machine;
> =B3Which of the machine or human brain is superior?=B2 Everybody answer =B3Of
> course, human brain is superior.=B2 I then say to them =B3If so, rather than
> spending huge money to develop such machine, wouldn=B9t it be wise and
> beneficial to world society to spend such money for education of excellen=
t,
> capable youngsters in developing countries?=B2
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>> Dear John McLeod:
>>=20
>> Many thanks for your msg (ANNEX III) in response to my previous list
>> distribution =B3(08/18/02) Respect to Intellectual Property (Copyright) an=
d
>> Outline of Japan Project=B2 which can now be retrieved at;
>> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/000144.html
>=20
(12) I then suggested the echelons of Japanese parliament and government to
direct Japanese ODA fund for e-learning and e-healthcare to improve the
image of Japan, whenever I visited Japan in the past several years =8B I said
to them that many of Japanese ODA projects were ill-reputed, except only
one, i.e., the human genome project for which the Japanese government gave
the first $1 billion, British the second and the US the third and others to
become the total $5 billion project with tremendous success. I then said t=
o
them to follow the suit, and asked $5 billion (10 years) (as ten times of
$500 million I lost) which was multiplied by them later to become $15
billion (3 years).
Subsequently, I helped the Japanese government pledge US$15 billion to clos=
e
the digital divide in developing countries during the Okinawa Summit in Jul=
y
of 2000. Mr. Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, made another pledge of US$2
billion to aid education and healthcare in developing countries during the
G8 Summit in Canada last June and at the Environment Summit in Johannesburg=
,
South Africa in September.
(13) We are now then start working on the extension of the so-called
broadband Internet to various overseas countries, as our second round after
the first one mentioned above, -- particularly to rural/remote areas of
developing countries. This then requires digital satellite linkages which
are very expensive.
(14) The Amazon projects will then combine (1) the Japanese government's
Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds and (2) electronic equipment
(computer, tranceiver, dish antenna, etc.) of Japan with (a) the Internet
technology and (b) content development of the north America to help
underserved people in rural and remote areas of developing countries =8B see
APPENDIX VIII of the URL of Tinker application mentioned at the very
beginning of this msg.
GUS will emulate this approach in other developing countries around the
world in the future.
III. R&D for Establishing Global University System (GUS)
(1) With the generous funds from the InfoDev of the World Bank (US$100,000)=
,
the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) (US$50,000) (*), the
British Council, the Ministry of Education of Finland, the Soros
Foundation/Open Society Institute, the United States Information Agency
(USIA), and many others, GLOSAS and the University of Tampere conducted a
highly successful International Workshop and Conference on "Emerging Global
Electronic Distance Learning (EGEDL#99)" in August, 1999 at the University
of Tampere, Finland <http://www.uta.fi/EGEDL>.
> (*) By Mr. Mark Suskin of your office and through Burns (**)
> Telecommunications Center and Extended Studies of Montana State Universit=
y (my
> alma mater).
> (**) Senator Conrad Burn, Vice Chairman of Appropriation Committee.
We brainstormed and the workshop recommended the formation of the Global
University System (GUS). Our Amazon project is the continuation of our
Tampere event and is to establish CampusNet and Community Development
Network (CDN).
(2) We plan to =B3research and develop=B2 a new kind of global educational
system. The model of our GUS is the National Technological University (NTU=
)
in Fort Collins, CO. It is the coalition of engineering departments of man=
y
universities =8B mostly in the US. Student at anywhere can take courses from
the coalition member universities, e.g., one from Stanford, the other from
Carnegie Mellon, etc., etc. When he/she accumulated 30 credits, he/she can
receive a master degree from the NTU.
Although this frees student from being confined with one philosophy of a
university, this system works only within North American continent, because
of the coverage of the satellite footprint.
Our GUS is expanding the scope of such into global scale, e.g., student may
take one course from a university in Japan, from Canada, from Brazil, from
Finland, etc., etc., to get his degree from the GUS. This is now becoming
possible, because;
1. We will use Internet which is more inexpensive than satellite approach o=
f
the NTU,
2. Internet is global compared with regional of satellite,
3. Web based teaching enables more interaction among/between students and
instructors compared with less interaction in replicating class-room
teaching via satellite,
4. The NTU=B9s main goal is to enhance job-skills, compared with the aim of
our GUS is to attain world peace =8B extension of the spirit of the Fulbright
exchange program.
>> Incidentally, I had a very high honor of visiting Senator Fulbright seve=
ral
>> years ago. Even though he was recuperating from his severe heart attack=
, he
>> came out from his bed room with neat dress to see me. At a farewell, I
>> pledged him to spread the spirit of his program to every corner of the w=
orld
>> with the use of advanced telecom media.
(3) In order to achieve this high goal and status, we have to do many, many
=B3research=B2 (and development). However, once we have broadband Internet in
Amazon region with CampusNet coalition member universities, they can start
using it to emulate the NTU=B9s approach among the members, not only for
course exchange, but also for joint research and development of web-based
teaching materials, community development, etc., etc., and then, such
activities can be expanded to global scale. Such coalition member
universities will be able to build the network of facilitators for support
of e-learners =8B the key to the success of the NTU is their very elaborative
network of the facilitators around the US. This is why we are now working
on the GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair Program.
(4) The GUS at the University of Tampere, Finland is the headquarters Chair
of the GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program. The GUS has invited the
University of Amazona to be its counterpart Chair, and expect to have
similar ones elsewhere around the world =8B see "Building Higher Humanity wit=
h
a Global University System (pdf file)" -- Paper by Tapio Varis for World
Forum of UNESCO Chairs, 13-15 November 2002, Paris (html file) at;
> http://www.uta.fi/%7etitava/gallery.html, or
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> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20Univers=
ity%2
> 0System/Tapio's_Paper_for_UNESCO/VarisUnescoForum.htm
(5) When broadband Internet will be available and interconnect member
schools of our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program, we can expect
followings among others mentioned above;
* Learners and faculties at the member universities can promote exchange of
ideas, information, knowledge and joint research and development of
web-based teaching materials, community development, and many others
locally, regionally and even in global scale,
* Researchers in even developing countries can perform joint collaborative
Hi-Tech research and development on various subjects, e.g., Globally
Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming, micro-biology, meteorology,
chemical molecular study, DNA analysis, 3D human anatomy, design of space
shuttle (a NASA project for training high school students around the world)=
,
etc.=20
In a sense, our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair program is to construct
global scale knowledge forum with advanced ICT, e.g., with the use of
massive parallel processors of globally distributed and yet interconnected
mini-supercomputers around the world through Global Broadband Internet (GBI=
)
of the global neural computer network =AD especially with the use of Beowulf
Mini-Supercomputer Network with Access Grid Project mentioned above.
> See APPENDIX VIII-8 of our Tinker application mentioned above at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Tinker%20Foundat=
ion/A
> pplication%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Appendices/Appendix-VIII_Joint_Prog=
rams/
> APPENDIX%20VIII-8_Access-Grid/Access%20Grid%20Project.htm
(6) Along with the establishment of GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program
with the GBI and E-Rate for K-12 schools, we will forge ahead to spread and
proliferate the System Dynamics methodology (which was invented by Professo=
r
Jay W. Forrester of Massachusetts Institute of Technology), in order to
realize the Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming through Globa=
l
Neural Computer Network =8B particularly and hopefully, with the participatio=
n
of K-12 youngsters around the world. They can perceive the inter-relatednes=
s
of the world affairs with the capabilities of rational analysis and critica=
l
thinking. They can then exercise collaboratively on system analysis, policy
makings, crisis management and negotiation skills for global socio-economic
and environmental issues via global Internet.
> See my previous list distribution =B3(03/27/02) System Dynamics simulation =
and
> its K-12 education=B2 at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/000108.html
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> "System Dynamics and K-12 Teachers" by Prof. Jay Forrester at;
> http://sysdyn.mit.edu/people/jay-forrester.html
(7) The global peace gaming system mentioned above is a computerized
gaming/simulation to help decision makers construct a globally distributed
decision-support system for positive sum/win-win alternatives to conflict
and war. The idea involves interconnecting experts in many countries via
global Internet to collaborate in the discovering of new solutions for worl=
d
crises, such as the deteriorating ecology of our globe, and to explore new
alternatives for a world order capable of addressing the problems and
opportunities of an interdependent globe. Gaming/simulation is the best too=
l
we have for understanding the world's problems and the solutions we propose
for them. The understanding with scientific and rational analysis and
critical thinking would be the basis of world peace, and hence ought to be
the basic principle of global education for peace.
IV. Conclusion
(1) As you see above, the scope, range, magnitude of our projects are quite
different from the so-called academic =B3research=B2 as the 5th Generation
Computer Project mentioned above.
We spent miniscule amount of money, compared with their $500 million, and
yet, we produced profound benefits to world society, as meeting with the NS=
F
requirements (ANNEX II).
(2) As mentioned above, I prepared the money source of the Japanese
government. Our Amazon project is the first example how to spend the money
wisely and effectively.
(3) Our =B3research=B2 (and development) is more close to engineering rather
than scientific approach, even including the creation of a new educational
system in global scale for the Knowledge Age of the 21st century.
> We have many =B3research=B2 (and development) things to do on this regard -- =
see
> the agenda of our strategic mtg of GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN NETWORKING Chair Pr=
ogram
> at the University of Tampere in order to solidify our GUS activities, in
> =B3(07/17/02) GUS Strategic Mtg in Tampere, Finland in June, 2003=B2 which ca=
n now
> be retrieved at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/000138.html
Your NSF guideline emphasizes the importance of =B3integration=B2 of =B3research=B2
(and development) with education (ANNEX II).
(4) As you see above, since broadband Internet is very basic to all facets
of society, we are working on the =B3research=B2 (and development) of every
fields together, as John McLeod says (ANNEX III), education, healthcare, an=
d
distributed computer simulation, etc.
(5) Subsequently, I was puzzled with your reply, and would like to
respectfully request further explanation.
Best, Tak
ANNEX I=20
On 8/27/02 4:58 PM, "Booker, Vicki B." <vbooker@nsf.gov> wrote:
Dear Dr. Utsumi:
Unfortunately your proposal idea "Travel Grant Application for Internationa=
l
Workshop for the Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthcare in
Amazon, Brazil (March 17 to 21, 2003)" is outside the scope of activities
supported through our program. Your proposal is for the purpose of
developing a deployment plan for an e-learning/e-healthcare network, wherea=
s
an international joint workshop supported through our program is primarily
for the purpose of research collaboration among a small, diverse group of
U.S. and Non-U.S. participants. Your proposal idea is not for the purpose o=
f
research.
=20
If in the future you have an idea that resonates with the purposes of our
programs as described in our program announcement, ( located at
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf00138/nsf00138.pdf ), you can submit a
proposal electronically through the FastLane system (www.fastlane.nsf.gov
<http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov> ).
=20
With Regards,
--Vicki
ANNEX II
Excerpt
From
Guidelines for Submission of Proposals (NSF 00-138)
=20
I. PURPOSE
Support of international activities is an integral part of NSF's mission to
sustain and to strengthen the nation's science, mathematics, and engineerin=
g
capabilities, and to promote the use of those capabilities in service to
society. In particular, NSF recognizes the importance of enabling U.S.
researchers and educators to advance their work through international
collaboration, and of helping to ensure that future generations of U.S.
scientists and engineers gain professional experience beyond this nation's
borders early in their careers.
The Division of International Programs (INT) contributes to NSF's mission b=
y
promoting new partnerships between U.S. scientists and engineers and their
foreign colleagues, or new cooperative projects between established
collaborators. Activities can be in any field of science and engineering
research and education supported by NSF.
III. INT PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
A. Eligible Activities
Proposals from U.S. scientists and engineers for international activities i=
n
all fields of science and engineering research, and education supported by
NSF are eligible for consideration.
1. Cooperative approach. Projects supported by INT are based on direct
cooperation between the U.S. and foreign investigators. Joint projects must
be designed to achieve substantial mutual scientific benefits.
Communications dealing with planning and implementation of cooperative
activities supported by NSF should be carried out directly between the U.S.
and foreign investigators.
2. Cooperative research activities are based on international
collaborations, carried out either in the United States or abroad. Such
projects initiate international collaboration with foreign counterparts, or
promote new types of activities with established international partners.
Research projects are jointly designed and implemented by U.S. and foreign
researchers or educators.
>=20
3. Joint workshops and seminars are usually small and focused on a specific=
,
well-defined research area. They are designed to identify common research
priorities, and to explore possible areas of joint research cooperation.
Workshops/seminars typically involve a U.S. Co-organizer and an
international co-organizer, who collaboratively design and implement the
meeting, which can be held at either a U.S. or foreign location. INT
provides support for 10-15 U.S. participants, with no more than two from th=
e
same U.S. institution.
V. PROPOSAL REVIEW INFORMATION
A. NSF Proposal Review Process
What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge
and understanding within its own field or across different fields?
To what extent do the proposed activities suggest and explore creative and
original concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed
activity?
What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding
while promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does the propose=
d
activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., gender=
,
ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what extent will it enhance th=
e
infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities,
instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the results be
disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and technological understanding?
What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?
Integration of Research and Education
One of the principal strategies in support of NSF's goals is to
foster integration of research and education through the programs, projects=
,
and activities it supports at academic and research institutions. These
institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals may
concurrently assume responsibilities as researchers, educators, and student=
s
and where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse education with the
excitement of discovery and enrich research through the diversity of learne=
r
perspectives.
Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities
Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation of all
citizens - women and men, underrepresented minorities, and persons with
disabilities - are essential to the health and vitality of science and
engineering. NSF is committed to this principle of diversity and deems it
central to the programs, projects, and activities it considers and supports=
.
ANNEX III=20
=20
Subject: AI? =20
Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:23 PM
From: John McLeod <mcleod@sdsc.edu>
To: Martin Wildberger <mwildber@epri.com>
Cc: <Takeshi.Utsumi@sdsc.edu>, PhD <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Hi, Marty!
The following is an excerpt from a copy to me of a message from Tak Utsumi
to Don Nilson (nilson@msual.as.jp) concerning support for Tak's Amazonian
educational project.
***
I ask to those people who wish to build artificial intelligence machine;
"Which of the machine or human brain is superior?" Everybody answer Of
course, "Human brain is superior." I then say to them, if so, rather than
spending huge money to develop such machine, wouldn't it be wise and
beneficial to world society to spend such money for education of excellent,
capable youngsters in developing countries?
***
I mention this to you, Marty, because there are proponents of both schools
of thought who are considering spending not millions, but billions, of
dollars along lines they favor. So, as the subject is not dead, I would lik=
e
to write something about it in S3, but I don't know what.
Perhaps if I just published the foregoing excerpt you, and hopefully others=
,
would be willing to comment.
But it is not an "either or" case. Education is the objective of both
schools of thought. Tak's drive is to use broad band communication
technology to bring the use of medical hardware and software required for
medical practice to areas of the world where it does not currently exist.
His proposed communication system would also be used for general education.
The other school of thought, it seems, would spend available money improvin=
g
and expanding education along current lines.
I will publish nothing on this until I have discussed it with you by e-mail=
.
Cordially
John
List of Distribution
Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Caribbean Region and South America, (except Argentina, Chile)
Americas Program (SBE/INT)
Office of International Science and Engineering (INT)
Suite 935
Division of International Programs
U.S. National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22230
(703) 292-8706
Fax: (703) 292-9175
vbooker@nsf.gov
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/start.htm
Dr. Harold J. Stolberg
Program Coordinator, The Americas Program
Division of International Programs
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
703-292-8706
Fax: 703-292-9175
hstolber@nsf.gov
Mr. Mark Suskin
Program Manager
Western European Program
Division of International Programs
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
703-306-1702
msuskin@nsf.gov
www.nsf.gov/sbe/int
Dr. Williams Chang
International Program Division
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
703-292-7239
wychang@nsf.gov
www.nsf.gov
Mr. Justin L. Bloom (Fax: 301-299-5322)
President
Technology International, Inc.
11600 Georgetowne Court
Potomac, MD 20854
bloomjl@erols.com
Mr. John Mcleod (Fax: 619-277-3930)
Founder
Society For Computer Simulation International (Scsi)
8484 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, Ca 92037
858-454-0966
Mcleod@Sdsc.edu
Mcleod@Sds.Sdsc.Edu
Dr. Paul Baran
83 James Ave.
Atherton, CA 94025
415 323 5053 voice
415 323 2056 fax
paul@baran.com
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<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><<September 5 , 2002>><BR>
Archived distributions can be retrieved by clicking "Correspondence&qu=
ot; in our<BR>
home page at <<U>http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/</U>>.<BR>
For those after 2/27/01, see or bookmark:<BR>
<<U>http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/</U>> and click on=
"Date," <BR>
For example. The most recent archives are the bottom line. <BR>
<BR>
Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D. <vbooker@nsf.gov><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Harold J. Stolberg <hstolber@nsf.gov><BR>
<BR>
Mr. Mark Suskin <msuskin@nsf.gov><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Williams Chang <wychang@nsf.gov><BR>
<BR>
Mr. Justin L. Bloom (Fax: 301-299-5322) <bloomjl@erols.com><BR>
<BR>
Mr. John Mcleod (Fax: 619-277-3930) <Mcleod@Sdsc.edu><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Paul Baran <paul@baran.com><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#FF0000"><B><U>URGENT APPEAL FOR YOUR MSG OF SUPPORT<BR>
</U></B></FONT><BR>
<B><U>Dear E-Colleagues:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Pls read Dr. Booker’s msg in <B><U>ANNEX I</U></B> below.<BR>
<BR>
This is her reply to our <B>draft </B>travel grant application for our Amer=
ican colleagues to attend our planned workshop in Manaus, Amazon next March =
— which you can retrieve at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/NSF%20Travel%20Gra=
nt/NSF_application_web/NSF_Travel_Grant_App.html<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">You can retrieve our “Grant A=
pplication to Tinker Foundation” for the workshop at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Tinker%20Foundatio=
n/Application%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Application_to_Tinker.html<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(2) Pls pay a special attention to this msg by those people who are listed =
in the followings of this Tinker application;<BR>
</FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Section VII/E: Workshop Programs of the=
full proposal,
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">APPENDIX VIII: Prospective Joint Programs a=
nd Projects,
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">APPENDIX IX: List of Participants.<BR>
</FONT></UL><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(3) Pls also read through my reply to her below, albeit long.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">I apologize the duplications appear=
ed in my previous list distributions.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
If you agree with my contentions , pls send your msg of support to her (and=
Dr. Stolberg) with a copy to me.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Your support letters will be compil=
ed and be included in our grant applications (any of them from now on) ̵=
2; see previous ones in APPENDIX XI “Letter of Commitment and Support&=
#8221; of the Tinker application.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">If you kindly provided =
me with yours before and if you do not have any additional things to say, yo=
u will be exempted. Thank you anyway.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(4) Pls keep in your =
mind that we are now at very important point as forging ahead to create a ne=
w educational modality with Global University System with our “researc=
h and development” experiences accumulated together with your kind and=
generous help and cooperation in the past three decades. <BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Dr. Booker:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(5) I apologize my terse descriptions (*) why we need to deploy an e-learni=
ng/e-healthcare network with broadband Internet for the US/Brazil joint R=
20;research” and development programs and projects, which you might ha=
ve overlooked.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(*) See followings in the Tinker ap=
plication at the URL mentioned above;<BR>
</FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Section XVI Proponent Capability Statem=
ent/B. Global University System (GUS)
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">APPENDIX VIII Prospective Joint Programs an=
d Projects — particularly, 8. Beowulf Mini-Supercomputer Network with =
Access Grid Project — both of which are supported by the NSF fund (the=
former with $5 million).<BR>
</FONT></OL></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Pls see the=
following list distribution of mine about the latter;<BR>
“(07/23/02) Inquiry on telecom requirements for joining Access Grid f=
rom overseas” at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/date.html<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(6) At your suggestion, I read “Guidelines for Submission of Proposal=
s (NSF 00-138)” and I excerpted some of the relevant phrases in =
<B><U>ANNEX II</U></B> below.<BR>
<BR>
I found that they match very well with the research and development (R&=
D) of our project, though the definition of your “research” may =
be a bit different from ours.<BR>
<BR>
(7) Although you may be busy, I hope you read through this msg to the end.<=
BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#FF0000"><B><U>I. R&D for Globally Collaborative Environme=
ntal Peace Gaming<BR>
</U></B></FONT><BR>
(1) With a travel grant from the NSF, I presented my idea of this project a=
t the International Computer Communication Conference (ICCC) at the Hilton H=
otel in Washington, D.C., in October of 1972 (just about 30 years ago!!).<BR=
>
<BR>
(2) Pls retrieve the followings about how this project was initiated and wh=
at it aims;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(A) My draft book "Electronic =
Global University System and Services"<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B>Chapter 1: </B>Personal Recollec=
tions on the Inceptions of Peace Gaming and Global University System <BR>
<B>Chapter 5: </B>Global Peace Gaming <BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">http://www.friends-partners.org/GL=
OSAS/Bookwriting/Contents_of_Book.html<BR>
<BR>
(B) <U>(03/27/02) System Dynamics simulation and its K-12 education <BR>
</U>http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/date.html<BR>
<BR>
(C) <U>(07/02/02) Global Peace Games<BR>
</U>http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/date.html<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(3) Technically speaking, this is =
to develop Globally Distributed Computer Simulation System (GDCSS) with the =
use of Global Neural Computer Network.<BR>
<BR>
Instead of using a single simulation model in a single computer, this idea =
is to split and distribute each national or regional simulation sub-models t=
o their experts around the world and the sub-models are to be interconnected=
via data-telecommunication networks so that all of them will work as if in =
a single computer, in a sense, they are a globally distributed massively par=
allel computer processing system — it is also, in a sense, to emulate =
the parallel operation of analog computer -- see Section 1.13 of Chapter 1.<=
BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Pls also see the followings;<BR>
(a) <U>Global Peace Gaming / Past and future possibilities</U> - April 17, =
2000<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/utsumi/gu-l/early-2000/4-17-a.html<BR>
<BR>
(b) <U>RAFT/Global Peace Gaming for S3 in SIMULATION</U> - May 6, 2000<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/utsumi/gu-l/early-2000/5-6-a.html<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">They will tell you how this project=
was conceived after I had my experiences with the world largest hybrid comp=
uter which was later used for lunar landing simulation at the M.I.T.; creati=
ng Summer Computer Simulation Conferences (as Program Chairman in 1970=
and General Chairman in 1971); and engaged in the initial conception of Het=
erogeneous Element Processor (HEP), the world first commercial parallel proc=
essor with 50 CPUs.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(4) In 1981, I coined the phrase "Global Neural Computer Network"=
in which each participating game player, with his/her own desktop computer,=
database and sub-model, would correspond to a neuron, router to a synapses,=
and Internet to nerves of global brain. Then Vice President Al Gore u=
sed this term in a speech [Washington, D.C., 1994], as the result of one of =
his staffs receiving quite a good bit of materials from me!<BR>
<BR>
Al Gore then continued with the following words:<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">"The Department of Defense is =
investing well over $1 billion in the development and implementation of netw=
orked distributed interactive simulation. This technology, which allow=
s dispersed learners to engage in collaborative problem solving activities i=
n real time, is now ready for transfer to schools and workplaces outside of =
the defense sector." [Speaking to communications industry leaders, Janu=
ary 11, 1994]<BR>
<BR>
One of our colleagues investigated the possibility of this transfer and fou=
nd in vain.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><U><BR>
</U>(5) Justin Bloom, then the NSF science attaché at the American E=
mbassy in Tokyo, said to me in early 1970s, “Tak, you are thinking 20 =
years ahead of anyone else. That is your trouble!!” He see=
med to be one or two decade off, since I haven’t achieved this yet.<BR=
>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Several years later in late 1970s,=
I submitted a proposal with Prof. Walter Karplus (head of computer science =
dept) of the UCLA to the NSF, and was declined. He told me that time w=
as too early for the NSF.<BR>
<BR>
John McLeod then said “Tak brought telecommunications to computer sim=
ulation.”<BR>
<BR>
(6) I was lucky to witness the power of packet-switching data communication=
technology at the demonstration of ARPANET at the ICCC which was invented b=
y Dr. Paul Baran and which technology is the basis of the present day Intern=
et — Dr. Baran is one of our list members for many years and a strong =
supporter of our project as even generously contributed to us financially.<B=
R>
<BR>
(7) Three necessary components for realizing peace gaming are;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Telecommunication Infrastructure<BR>
</FONT></OL><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Packet-Switching -=
-> Internet<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Communication=
Means<BR>
</FONT></OL><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">E-mail --> Mult=
imedia<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Game Players<=
BR>
</FONT></OL><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Global University =
System<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><FONT COLOR=3D"#FF0000"=
><B><U>II. R&D for deploying Global Broadband Internet<BR>
</U></B></FONT><BR>
(1) As for the Item I-(7)-1 above, as mentioned in Chapter 1 of my book dra=
ft, I helped to extend the US packet-switching data telecom networks to vari=
ous overseas countries, particularly to Japan, which succeeded in early 1980=
s — see Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 1 of my book draft mentioned above=
.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">However, it was with the so-called =
narrow-band, and was our first round. The one we are now engaged is th=
e second round and with the broadband Internet.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(2) As for the Item I-(7)-2 above,=
as mentioned in Chapter 1 of my book draft also, I worked on the deregulati=
on of the Japanese telecom policies for the use of email with a help of the =
Late Commerce Secretary, Malcom Baldridge.<BR>
<BR>
This has been emulated by many other countries, and thus now there are more=
than a half billion email users around the world — as saving in-measu=
rable amount of taxpayers’ money, by you and staffs of the NSF and its=
fund grantees.<BR>
<BR>
As mentioned in Chapter 1, this was made by a considerable amount of my eff=
ort, time and private fortune in late 1970s to early 1980s.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks to my effort, Sprint once gave me a privilege of distributing their =
email accounts free of charge — its total turned out to be almost $1,0=
00,000 in commercial value for one and a half year period. I gave many=
of them to our colleagues in Latin America and the Caribbean and also condu=
cted workshop trainings how to use it, as promoting packet-switching data te=
lecom network there. In a sense, I contributed to initial development =
of Internet in South America, thus your colleagues there can have its benefi=
t now.<BR>
<BR>
(3) As mentioned in Chapter 2 of my book draft, I then conducted many ̶=
0;Global Lecture Hall (GLH)” multipoint-to-multipoint, multimedia, int=
eractive videoconferencing via analog satellites, spanning around the world =
once or twice every year since 1986.<BR>
<BR>
Because of narrow-band, data telecom allowed us only text-oriented msgs. &n=
bsp;For video and diagrams, we had to rely on satellite which was very expen=
sive — but I was lucky to get their transponders free of charge every =
time of our GLH, as amounting several tens thousands dollars per event ̵=
2; thanks to my previous effort of extending packet-switching data telecom a=
nd deregulating the Japanese telecom policies.<BR>
<BR>
I then realized that this approach is too expensive for global e-learning a=
nd also did not fit with the distributed computer simulation system.<BR>
<BR>
(4) I was then lucky to encounter with the CU-SeeMe videoconferencing syste=
m of Cornell University which was developed with $800,000 (3 years) of NSF f=
und. We started to use it since 1993 as connecting Moscow, Apple in Ca=
lifornia, CSU in Chico, SchoolNet in San Diego (with an echelon of NSF), etc=
.<BR>
<BR>
Initial CU-SeeMe via Internet did not provide us with good audio quality wh=
ich is absolutely vital necessity for e-learning, so that we had to rely on =
the parallel use of Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) -- which is expensive=
, specially when our GLH was originated from overseas countries, e.g., Brazi=
l, etc..<BR>
<BR>
(5) Luckily, children of SchoolNet found an audio teleconferencing system v=
ia Internet, which was developed by Mr. Kelvin, a graduate student at the Un=
iversity of Illinois, and spread like a wild fire within the US — whic=
h technology became the so-called Internet telephony nowadays.<BR>
<BR>
I then tested it from New York to Japan and Finland without any hitch.<BR>
<BR>
However, when I used it from Florianopolis, Brazil in June of 1996, it was =
a dismal failure, though there were about 13 Internet linkages from Brazil t=
o the US (8) and Canada (5) -- each at only 2 Mbps.<BR>
<BR>
(6) When we used NetMeeting videoconferencing system via Internet during ou=
r GLH from Manaus in October of 1998 to connect with Houston and Ukraine, it=
worked beautifully, albeit a bit of jittering and audio latency.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">After this event, the use of NetMee=
ting among Brazilian youngsters spread quickly.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
I later learned that EMBRATEL of Brazil installed 3 Internet satellite link=
age between Brazil and the US with each at 45 Mbps between 1996 and 1998. &n=
bsp;This was for the success of our videoconferencing.<BR>
<BR>
After this event, I visited the University of Rondonia in Porto Velho. &nbs=
p;They had only one leased terrestrial Internet linkage at 56 Kbps for sever=
al thousands students, thus congesting all the time. Their professors =
gave up its use as denouncing it badly!!<BR>
<BR>
(7) From my experiences of previous GLHs, I then thought why they could not=
have a direct broadband Internet satellite linkage from the US.<BR>
<BR>
Steve Goldstein (Program Director, Interagency & International Networki=
ng Coordination, Div. of Networking and Communications Research & =
Infrastructure) of NSF then announced the Request For Proposal (RFP) to test=
the extension of Internet-2 at 45 Mbps to overseas countries.<BR>
<BR>
I asked him if he would provide money for installing satellite equipment an=
d segment for those universities in remote/rural areas in Amazon, but declin=
ed.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">As you may know, he provided $6 mil=
lion to our colleague at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) to c=
onnect with Moscow with 6 Mbps, which had a very successful result, -- as ex=
panding its capacity recently. On the other hand, the same amount he p=
rovided to the University of Indiana to connect with Japan had the only 40% =
usage, as far as I heard before — probably due to the difficulties in =
Japan side, -- as reminding me the importance of solid footage on receiving =
side, or the so-called “demand-pull” to meet with the need and d=
emand of users in contents to be delivered through the broadband Internet. &=
nbsp;This notion is letting me to have the workshop in Manaus and then count=
erparts of our Global University System (GUS).<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(8) We then made successful demons=
trations of Internet Telephony and real-time videoconferencing via broadband=
Internet — from Montana State University to the University of Tampere=
, Finland, and from Houston Community College to Manaus, Amazon, Brazil, etc=
., etc. These demonstrations prompted me to realize the vital necessit=
y of the broadband Internet in the coming future.<BR>
<BR>
(9) My subsequent “research” told me that the leasing satellite=
transponder at 45 Mbps would cost almost $1 million to 1.5 million a year &=
#8212; very expensive, indeed!!<BR>
<BR>
I was then invited to the inauguration of the University of South Pacific N=
etwork in Fiji which connected 4 nearby islands with 128 Kbps and 8 with 64 =
Kbps via a spare transponder of INTELSAT free of charge. They received=
almost $13 million form Japanese government and $1 million each from Austra=
lia and New Zealand governments.<BR>
<BR>
(10) I then met Late Dr. Hiroshi Inose, Director General of the National Ce=
nter for Science Information System (NACSIS) (*), the highest authority of I=
nternet in Japan to receive his gratitude; “Dr. Utsum, thank you for y=
our having introduced Internet to Japan.”<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(*) who was a laureate of Marconi A=
ward (the highest in telecom field) from Polytechnic University (my alma mat=
er).<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(11) Around that time, my project with Globally Collaborative Environmental=
Peace Gaming lost to the so-called 5th Generation Computer Project which sp=
ent about $500 million (10 years) of Japanese taxpayers’ money and did=
not produce any tangible results and hence became an internationally laugha=
ble project. After losing it, I said to myself, “Oh well, I̵=
7;m going to do it by myself even without money,” and the rest became =
a history.<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Inose then made his comment on our GUS project as;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">I ask to those people who wish to b=
uild artificial intelligence machine; “Which of the machine or human b=
rain is superior?” Everybody answer “Of course, human brai=
n is superior.” I then say to them “If so, rather than spe=
nding huge money to develop such machine, wouldn’t it be wise and bene=
ficial to world society to spend such money for education of excellent, capa=
ble youngsters in developing countries?”<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>Dear John McLeod:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Many thanks for your msg (<B><U>ANNEX III</U></B>) in response to my previo=
us list distribution “(08/18/02) Respect to Intellectual Property (Cop=
yright) and Outline of Japan Project” which can now be retrieved at;<B=
R>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q3/000144.html<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(12) I then suggested the echelons=
of Japanese parliament and government to direct Japanese ODA fund for e-lea=
rning and e-healthcare to improve the image of Japan, whenever I visited Jap=
an in the past several years — I said to them that many of Japanese OD=
A projects were ill-reputed, except only one, i.e., the human genome project=
for which the Japanese government gave the first $1 billion, British the se=
cond and the US the third and others to become the total $5 billion project =
with tremendous success. I then said to them to follow the suit, and a=
sked $5 billion (10 years) (as ten times of $500 million I lost) which was m=
ultiplied by them later to become $15 billion (3 years).<BR>
<BR>
Subsequently, I helped the Japanese government pledge US$15 billion to clos=
e the digital divide in developing countries during the Okinawa Summit in Ju=
ly of 2000. Mr. Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, made another pledge =
of US$2 billion to aid education and healthcare in developing countries duri=
ng the G8 Summit in Canada last June and at the Environment Summit in Johann=
esburg, South Africa in September.<BR>
<BR>
(13) We are now then start working on the extension of the so-called broadb=
and Internet to various overseas countries, as our second round after the fi=
rst one mentioned above, -- particularly to rural/remote areas of developing=
countries. This then requires digital satellite linkages which are ve=
ry expensive.<BR>
<BR>
(14) The Amazon projects will then combine (1) the Japanese government's Of=
ficial Development Assistance (ODA) funds and (2) electronic equipment (comp=
uter, tranceiver, dish antenna, etc.) of Japan with (a) the Internet technol=
ogy and (b) content development of the north America to help underserved peo=
ple in rural and remote areas of developing countries — see APPENDIX V=
III of the URL of Tinker application mentioned at the very beginning of this=
msg.<BR>
<BR>
GUS will emulate this approach in other developing countries around the wor=
ld in the future.<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#FF0000"><B><U>III. R&D for Establishing Global University=
System (GUS)<BR>
</U></B></FONT><BR>
(1) With the generous funds from the InfoDev of the World Bank (US$100,000)=
, the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) (US$50,000) (*), the B=
ritish Council, the Ministry of Education of Finland, the Soros Foundation/O=
pen Society Institute, the United States Information Agency (USIA), and many=
others, GLOSAS and the University of Tampere conducted a highly successful =
International Workshop and Conference on "Emerging Global Electronic Di=
stance Learning (EGEDL#99)" in August, 1999 at the University of Tamper=
e, Finland <<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>http://www.uta.fi/EGEDL</U></FONT>&g=
t;.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(*) By Mr. Mark Suskin of your offi=
ce and through Burns (**) Telecommunications Center and Extended Studies of =
Montana State University (my alma mater).<BR>
(**) Senator Conrad Burn, Vice Chairman of Appropriation Committee.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
We brainstormed and the workshop recommended the formation of the Global Un=
iversity System (GUS). Our Amazon project is the continuation of our T=
ampere event and is to establish CampusNet and Community Development Network=
(CDN).<BR>
<BR>
(2) We plan to “research and develop” a new kind of global educ=
ational system. The model of our GUS is the National Technological Uni=
versity (NTU) in Fort Collins, CO. It is the coalition of engineering =
departments of many universities — mostly in the US. Student at =
anywhere can take courses from the coalition member universities, e.g., one =
from Stanford, the other from Carnegie Mellon, etc., etc. When he/she =
accumulated 30 credits, he/she can receive a master degree from the NTU.<BR>
<BR>
Although this frees student from being confined with one philosophy of a un=
iversity, this system works only within North American continent, because of=
the coverage of the satellite footprint.<BR>
<BR>
Our GUS is expanding the scope of such into global scale, e.g., student may=
take one course from a university in Japan, from Canada, from Brazil, from =
Finland, etc., etc., to get his degree from the GUS. This is now becom=
ing possible, because;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">We will use Internet which is more inex=
pensive than satellite approach of the NTU,
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Internet is global compared with regional o=
f satellite,
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Web based teaching enables more interaction=
among/between students and instructors compared with less interaction in re=
plicating class-room teaching via satellite,
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">The NTU’s main goal is to enhance job=
-skills, compared with the aim of our GUS is to attain world peace — e=
xtension of the spirit of the Fulbright exchange program.<BR>
</FONT></OL><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Incidentally, I had a v=
ery high honor of visiting Senator Fulbright several years ago. Even t=
hough he was recuperating from his severe heart attack, he came out from his=
bed room with neat dress to see me. At a farewell, I pledged him to s=
pread the spirit of his program to every corner of the world with the use of=
advanced telecom media.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(3) In order to achieve this high goal and status, we have to do many, many=
“research” (and development). However, once we have broad=
band Internet in Amazon region with CampusNet coalition member universities,=
they can start using it to emulate the NTU’s approach among the membe=
rs, not only for course exchange, but also for joint research and developmen=
t of web-based teaching materials, community development, etc., etc., and th=
en, such activities can be expanded to global scale. Such coalition me=
mber universities will be able to build the network of facilitators for supp=
ort of e-learners — the key to the success of the NTU is their very el=
aborative network of the facilitators around the US. This is why we ar=
e now working on the GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Chair Program.<BR>
<BR>
(4) The GUS at the University of Tampere, Finland is the headquarters Chair=
of the GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program. The GUS has invited the Unive=
rsity of Amazona to be its counterpart Chair, and expect to have similar one=
s elsewhere around the world — see "<U>Building Higher Humanity w=
ith a Global University System (pdf file)</U>" -- Paper by Tapio Varis =
for World Forum of UNESCO Chairs, 13-15 November 2002, Paris (<U>html file</=
U>) at;<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">http://www.uta.fi/%7etitava/gallery=
.html, or<BR>
<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20Universit=
y%20System/Tapio's_Paper_for_UNESCO/VarisUnescoForum.htm<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(5) When broadband Internet will be available and interconnect member schoo=
ls of our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program, we can expect followings am=
ong others mentioned above;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Learners and faculties at the member un=
iversities can promote exchange of ideas, information, knowledge and joint r=
esearch and development of web-based teaching materials, community developme=
nt, and many others locally, regionally and even in global scale,=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Researchers in even developing countries ca=
n perform joint collaborative Hi-Tech research and development on various su=
bjects, e.g., Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming, micro-biolo=
gy, meteorology, chemical molecular study, DNA analysis, 3D human anatomy, d=
esign of space shuttle (a NASA project for training high school students aro=
und the world), etc. <BR>
</FONT></UL><FONT SIZE=3D"5"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><BR>
</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">In a sense, our GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Netwo=
rking Chair program is to construct global scale knowledge forum with advanc=
ed ICT, e.g., with the use of massive parallel processors of globally distri=
buted and yet interconnected mini-supercomputers around the world through Gl=
obal Broadband Internet (GBI) of the <B>global neural computer network</B> &=
#8211; especially with the use of Beowulf Mini-Supercomputer Network with Ac=
cess Grid Project mentioned above.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">See APPENDIX VIII-8 of our Tinker a=
pplication mentioned above at;<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Wo=
rkshop/Tinker%20Foundation/Application%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Appendices=
/Appendix-VIII_Joint_Programs/APPENDIX%20VIII-8_Access-Grid/Access%20Grid%20=
Project.htm<BR>
</U></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(6) Along with the establishment of GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN Networking Program w=
ith the GBI and E-Rate for K-12 schools, we will forge ahead to spread and p=
roliferate the System Dynamics methodology (which was invented by Professor =
Jay W. Forrester of Massachusetts Institute of Technology), in order to real=
ize the <B>Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming</B> through Glo=
bal Neural Computer Network — particularly and hopefully, with the par=
ticipation of K-12 youngsters around the world. They can perceive the inter-=
relatedness of the world affairs with the capabilities of rational analysis =
and critical thinking. They can then exercise collaboratively on system anal=
ysis, policy makings, crisis management and negotiation skills for global so=
cio-economic and environmental issues via global Internet.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">See my previous list distribution &=
#8220;(03/27/02) System Dynamics simulation and its K-12 education” at=
;<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/200=
2q1/000108.html<BR>
</U></FONT><BR>
"System Dynamics and K-12 Teachers" by Prof. Jay Forrester at;<BR=
>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>http://sysdyn.mit.edu/people/jay-forrester.html<BR=
>
</U></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(7) The <B>global peace gaming system</B> mentioned above is a computerized=
gaming/simulation to help decision makers construct a globally distributed =
decision-support system for positive sum/win-win alternatives to conflict an=
d war. The idea involves interconnecting experts in many countries via globa=
l Internet to collaborate in the discovering of new solutions for world cris=
es, such as the deteriorating ecology of our globe, and to explore new alter=
natives for a world order capable of addressing the problems and opportuniti=
es of an interdependent globe. Gaming/simulation is the best tool we have fo=
r understanding the world's problems and the solutions we propose for them. =
The understanding with scientific and rational analysis and critical thinkin=
g would be the basis of world peace, and hence ought to be the basic princip=
le of global education for peace.<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#FF0000"><B><U>IV. Conclusion<BR>
</U></B></FONT><BR>
(1) As you see above, the scope, range, magnitude of our projects are quite=
different from the so-called academic “research” as the 5th Gen=
eration Computer Project mentioned above.<BR>
<BR>
We spent miniscule amount of money, compared with their $500 million, and y=
et, we produced profound benefits to world society, as meeting with the NSF =
requirements (<B><U>ANNEX II</U></B>).<BR>
<BR>
(2) As mentioned above, I prepared the money source of the Japanese governm=
ent. Our Amazon project is the first example how to spend the money wi=
sely and effectively.<BR>
<BR>
(3) Our “research” (and development) is more close to engineeri=
ng rather than scientific approach, even including the creation of a new edu=
cational system in global scale for the Knowledge Age of the 21st century.<B=
R>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">We have many “research”=
(and development) things to do on this regard -- see the agenda of our stra=
tegic mtg of GUS/UNESCO/UNITWIN NETWORKING Chair Program at the University o=
f Tampere in order to solidify our GUS activities, in “(07/17/02) GUS =
Strategic Mtg in Tampere, Finland in June, 2003” which can now be retr=
ieved at;<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/200=
2q3/000138.html<BR>
</U></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
Your NSF guideline emphasizes the importance of “integration” o=
f “research” (and development) with education (<B><U>ANNEX II</U=
></B>).<BR>
<BR>
(4) As you see above, since broadband Internet is very basic to all facets =
of society, we are working on the “research” (and development) o=
f every fields together, as John McLeod says (<B><U>ANNEX III</U></B>), educ=
ation, healthcare, and distributed computer simulation, etc.<BR>
<BR>
(5) Subsequently, I was puzzled with your reply, and would like to respectf=
ully request further explanation.<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ANNEX I=20
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
On 8/27/02 4:58 PM, "Booker, Vicki B." <vbooker@nsf.gov> wr=
ote:<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF">Dear Dr. Utsumi:<BR>
Unfortunately your proposal idea "Travel Grant Application for Interna=
tional Workshop for the Community Development with E-Learning and E-Healthca=
re in Amazon, Brazil (March 17 to 21, 2003)" is outside the scope of ac=
tivities supported through our program. Your proposal is for the purpose of =
developing a deployment plan for an e-learning/e-healthcare network, whereas=
an international joint workshop supported through our program is primarily =
for the purpose of research collaboration among a small, diverse group of U.=
S. and Non-U.S. participants. Your proposal idea is not for the purpose of r=
esearch.<BR>
</FONT> <BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF">If in the future you have an idea that resonates with=
the purposes of our programs as described in our program announcement, ( lo=
cated at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf00138/nsf00138.pdf ), you can submi=
t a proposal electronically through the FastLane system (www.fastlane.nsf.go=
v <http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov> ).<BR>
</FONT> <BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF">With Regards,<BR>
--Vicki<BR>
</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><HR A=
LIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ANNEX II<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Excerpt<BR>
From<BR>
Guidelines for Submission of Proposals (NSF 00-138)=20
</FONT>
<P>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><BR>
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"> <BR>
<B>I. PURPOSE<BR>
</B><BR>
Support of international activities is an integral part of NSF's mission to=
sustain and to strengthen the nation's science, mathematics, and engineerin=
g capabilities, and to promote the use of those capabilities in service to s=
ociety. In particular, NSF recognizes the importance of enabling U.S. resear=
chers and educators to advance their work through international collaboratio=
n, and of helping to ensure that future generations of U.S. scientists and e=
ngineers gain professional experience beyond this nation's borders early in =
their careers.<BR>
<BR>
The Division of International Programs (INT) contributes to NSF's mission b=
y promoting new partnerships between U.S. scientists and engineers and their=
foreign colleagues, or new cooperative projects between established collabo=
rators. Activities can be in any field of science and engineering research a=
nd education supported by NSF.<BR>
<BR>
<B>III. INT PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS<BR>
</B><BR>
<B>A. Eligible Activities<BR>
</B><BR>
Proposals from U.S. scientists and engineers for international activities i=
n all fields of science and engineering research, and education supported by=
NSF are eligible for consideration.<BR>
<BR>
<B>1. Cooperative approach.</B> Projects supported by INT are based on dire=
ct cooperation between the U.S. and foreign investigators. Joint projects mu=
st be designed to achieve substantial mutual scientific benefits. Communicat=
ions dealing with planning and implementation of cooperative activities supp=
orted by NSF should be carried out directly between the U.S. and foreign inv=
estigators.<BR>
<BR>
<B>2. Cooperative research</B> activities are based on international collab=
orations, carried out either in the United States or abroad. Such projects i=
nitiate international collaboration with foreign counterparts, or promote ne=
w types of activities with established international partners. Research proj=
ects are jointly designed and implemented by U.S. and foreign researchers or=
educators. <BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B>3. Joint workshops and seminars=
</B> are usually small and focused on a specific, well-defined research area=
. They are designed to identify common research priorities, and to explore p=
ossible areas of joint research cooperation. Workshops/seminars typically in=
volve a U.S. Co-organizer and an international co-organizer, who collaborati=
vely design and implement the meeting, which can be held at either a U.S. or=
foreign location. INT provides support for 10-15 U.S. participants, with no=
more than two from the same U.S. institution.<BR>
<BR>
<B>V. PROPOSAL REVIEW INFORMATION<BR>
</B><BR>
<B>A. NSF Proposal Review Process<BR>
</B><BR>
<B>What is the intellectual=
merit of the proposed activity?<BR>
</B><BR>
How=
important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding=
within its own field or across different fields? <BR>
<BR>
To what extent do the proposed activities suggest and explore creative and =
original concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity=
?<BR>
<BR>
<B>What are the broader imp=
acts of the proposed activity?<BR>
</B><BR>
How=
well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while promoting =
teaching, training, and learning? How well does the proposed activity broade=
n the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, dis=
ability, geographic, etc.)? To what extent will it enhance the infrastructur=
e for research and education, such as facilities, instrumentation, networks,=
and partnerships? Will the results be disseminated broadly to enhance scien=
tific and technological understanding? What may be the benefits of the propo=
sed activity to society?<BR>
<BR>
<B>Integration of Research =
and Education<BR>
</B><BR>
One=
of the principal strategies in support of NSF's goals is to <FONT COLOR=3D"#F=
F0000">foster integration of research and education through the programs, pr=
ojects, and activities it supports at academic and research institutions.</F=
ONT> These institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals may=
concurrently assume responsibilities as researchers, educators, and student=
s and where <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF0000">all can engage in joint efforts that infus=
e education with the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the=
diversity of learner perspectives.<BR>
</FONT><BR>
<B>Integrating Diversity in=
to NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities<BR>
</B><BR>
<FO=
NT COLOR=3D"#FF0000">Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation o=
f all citizens - women and men, underrepresented minorities, and persons wit=
h disabilities - are essential to the health and vitality of science and eng=
ineering.</FONT> NSF is committed to this principle of diversity and deems i=
t central to the programs, projects, and activities it considers and support=
s.=20
</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"><B><U>ANNEX III=20
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"> <BR>
<B>Subject: </B>AI? <BR>
<B>Date: </B>Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:23 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>John McLeod <mcleod@sdsc.edu><BR>
<B>To: </B>Martin Wildberger <mwildber@epri.com><BR>
<B>Cc: </B><Takeshi.Utsumi@sdsc.edu>, PhD <utsumi@columbia.edu>=
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Hi, Marty!<BR>
<BR>
The following is an excerpt from a copy to me of a message from Tak Utsumi =
to Don Nilson (nilson@msual.as.jp) concerning support for Tak's Amazonian ed=
ucational project. <BR>
<BR>
&nb=
sp; *=
**<BR>
I ask to those people who wish to build artificial intelligence machine; &q=
uot;Which of the machine or human brain is superior?" Everybody a=
nswer Of course, "Human brain is superior." I then say to th=
em, if so, rather than spending huge money to develop such machine, wouldn't=
it be wise and beneficial to world society to spend such money for educatio=
n of excellent, capable youngsters in developing countries? <BR>
&nb=
sp; *=
**<BR>
<BR>
I mention this to you, Marty, because there are proponents of both schools =
of thought who are considering spending not millions, but billions, of dolla=
rs along lines they favor. So, as the subject is not dead, I would like to w=
rite something about it in S3, but I don't know what.<BR>
<BR>
Perhaps if I just published the foregoing excerpt you, and hopefully others=
, would be willing to comment.<BR>
<BR>
But it is not an "either or" case. Education is the objecti=
ve of both schools of thought. Tak's drive is to use broad band commun=
ication technology to bring the use of medical hardware and software require=
d for medical practice to areas of the world where it does not currently exi=
st.<BR>
<BR>
His proposed communication system would also be used for general education.=
<BR>
<BR>
The other school of thought, it seems, would spend available money improvin=
g and expanding education along current lines. <BR>
<BR>
I will publish nothing on this until I have discussed it with you by e-mail=
.<BR>
<BR>
Cordially<BR>
<BR>
John<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Monaco"><TT><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></TT><=
/FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">
</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>List of Distribution=20
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
Vicki B. Booker, Ph.D. <BR>
Program Manager<BR>
Caribbean Region and South America, (except Argentina, Chile)<BR>
Americas Program (SBE/INT)<BR>
Office of International Science and Engineering (INT)<BR>
Suite 935<BR>
Division of International Programs<BR>
U.S. National Science Foundation<BR>
National Science Foundation<BR>
4201 Wilson Boulevard<BR>
Arlington, Virginia 22230<BR>
(703) 292-8706<BR>
Fax: (703) 292-9175<BR>
vbooker@nsf.gov<BR>
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/start.htm<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Harold J. Stolberg<BR>
Program Coordinator, The Americas Program<BR>
Division of International Programs<BR>
National Science Foundation<BR>
4201 Wilson Blvd.<BR>
Arlington, VA 22230<BR>
703-292-8706<BR>
Fax: 703-292-9175<BR>
hstolber@nsf.gov<BR>
<BR>
Mr. Mark Suskin<BR>
Program Manager<BR>
Western European Program<BR>
Division of International Programs<BR>
National Science Foundation<BR>
4201 Wilson Blvd.<BR>
Arlington, VA 22230<BR>
703-306-1702<BR>
msuskin@nsf.gov<BR>
www.nsf.gov/sbe/int<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Williams Chang<BR>
International Program Division<BR>
National Science Foundation<BR>
4201 Wilson Blvd.<BR>
Arlington, VA 22230<BR>
703-292-7239<BR>
wychang@nsf.gov<BR>
www.nsf.gov<BR>
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Mr. Justin L. Bloom (Fax: 301-299-5322)<BR>
President<BR>
Technology International, Inc.<BR>
11600 Georgetowne Court<BR>
Potomac, MD 20854<BR>
bloomjl@erols.com<BR>
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Mr. John Mcleod (Fax: 619-277-3930)<BR>
Founder<BR>
Society For Computer Simulation International (Scsi)<BR>
8484 La Jolla Shores Drive<BR>
La Jolla, Ca 92037<BR>
858-454-0966<BR>
Mcleod@Sdsc.edu<BR>
Mcleod@Sds.Sdsc.Edu<BR>
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83 James Ave.<BR>
Atherton, CA 94025<BR>
415 323 5053 voice<BR>
415 323 2056 fax<BR>
paul@baran.com<BR>
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