Creating a Kentucky vBNS GigaPOP

该奖项是在ANIR的“互联网连接”公告NSF 98-102的高性能连接部分下颁发的。它为DS-3到vBNS的连接提供了两年的部分支持。应用涉及基于n维物理的可视化、创建“视觉环境”（包括支持图像引导手术的医学成像）、3D虚拟现实数字成像和VRML开发、用于药物开发的分子建模以及广域网环境中的分布式共享内存多计算。其他工作包括智能肽库搜索，利用仪器远程操作进行材料研究，以及行星大气环流研究。合作机构包括：康奈尔理论中心、哈佛医学院、布里格姆妇女医院、厄巴纳-香槟分校NCSA、橡树岭国家实验室、肯塔基大学、j.b. Speed艺术博物馆和卢茨微加工实验室。

This award is made under the high performance connections portion of ANIR's "Connections to the Internet" announcement, NSF 98-102. It provides partial support for two years for a DS-3 connection to the vBNS. Applications involve n-dimensional physics based visualizations, creation of a "vision environment" that includes medical imaging in support of image guided surgery, 3D virtual reality digital imaging and VRML development, molecular modeling for pharmaceuticals development, and distributed shared memory multi-computing in a wide-area networking environment. Other efforts include intelligent peptide library searching, materials research utilizing remote operation of instrumentation, and the study of general circulation of planetary atmospheric research. Collaborating institutions include: Cornell Theory Center, Harvard Medical School, Brigham Women's Hospital, NCSA at Urbana-Champaign, Oak-Ridge National Laboratory, University of Kentucky, J. B. Speed Art Museum, and the Lutz Microfabrication Laboratory.