Proposal to Create an Academic/Research Network for the State of Kentucky

小行星9312638威廉姆斯 该提案要求资金建立一个全州范围的数据网络，将肯塔基州的四年制公立学校与服务于美国东南部的NSF中级网络SURAnet连接起来。 这个新的全州网络通过肯塔基州大学将东肯塔基州大学、肯塔基州州立大学、莫尔黑德州立大学、默里州立大学、北方肯塔基州大学、普林斯顿研究院、路易斯维尔大学和西肯塔基州大学连接到SURAnet，旨在为111，737名学生和5，625名教师提供访问。 该肯塔基州教育网络（KECnet），一个正式的财团，将提供治理结构，以确保所有机构的公平代表性和必要的步骤，以满足所有的连接需求肯塔基州的高等教育界。 SURAnet将提供业务管理和信息服务，它将使大学和学院连接到NSFNET，一个高速（每秒150 - 4500万比特）的国家骨干网。 每一所大学都提供了其组织的描述，并陈述了其预期的互联网接入的好处，包括：更大的功能和网络速度，能够访问超级计算机，图书馆，并进行文件传输沿着能够实现更可靠的邮件系统。 学生和教师的研究将受益于网络，这是一个独特的机会，为学校探索创新和教育资源。 ***

9312638 Williams This proposal requests funds to create a statewide data network linking Kentucky's public four year institutions to SURAnet which is the NSF midlevel network that serves the southeastern United States. This new statewide network connecting Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Princeton Research, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University to SURAnet through the University of Kentucky is designed to provided access to 111,737 students and 5,625 faculty. The Kentucky Educational Network (KECnet), a formal consortium, will provide the governance structure to insure that all institutions are fairly represented and the necessary steps are taken to meet all of the connectivity needs of Kentucky's higher education community. SURAnet will provide operations management and information services and it will give the universities and colleges a connection to the NSFNET, a high speed (1.5 - 45 million bits per second) National Backbone network. Each of the universities has provided a description of its organization and a statement of the benefits of Internet access that it expects including: greater functionality and network speed to be able to access supercomputers, libraries, and make file transfers along with being able to implement a more reliable mail system. Both students and faculty research will benefit from the network which is a unique opportunity for the schools to explore innovative and educational resources. ***