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The primary mission of the Global Network Advancement Group (GNA-G) is to support global research and education using the technology, infrastructures and investments of its participants.
Research and Education within the academic community encompasses a wide range of disciplines and activities, from intellectual thought experiments to highly data driven projects. While all of these global activities use networks, these needs are the focus of the GNA-G.
In order for these data intensive collaborations to flourish, on a global scale, they require an effective means of moving, accessing and sharing, ever increasing amounts of data.
The GNA-G exists to bring together researchers, National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), Global eXchange Point (GXP) operators, regionals and other R&E providers, in developing a common global infrastructure for support of these needs.
This worldwide collaboration is built on Dependency, Democracy and Diversity. The global NREN community all depend upon one another, they all need to share in the decision processes related to network structure and use, and they all need to recognize the diverse nature of these organizations and not try to fit one model to everyone, while we ensure to always maximize results instead of looking for lowest common denominators.
To achieve these goals, the GNA-G:
The GNA-G is led by the GNA-G Leadership Team, currently consisting of five co-chairs.
AARNet
Caltech
KISTI
NORDUnet
SURF