Hawaii High Performance Internet Connection

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。它通过与国防研究和工程网络的合作，为夏威夷大学马诺阿分校和莫纳克亚天文台提供为期两年的DS-3连接到vBNS的支持。应用包括凯克望远镜的远程观测、时域天文学、近地小行星搜索、活火山研究、陨石学和天体生物学研究、数值天气建模和远程学习。合作机构包括加州理工学院、华盛顿大学、NASA戈达德太空飞行中心、NASA艾姆斯研究中心、佐治亚理工大学和阿尔伯克基新墨西哥大学

This award is made under the high performance connections portion of ANIR's"Connections to the Internet" announcement, NSF 98-102. It provides supportfor two years for a DS-3 connection to the vBNS for University of Hawaii atManoa and the Mauna Kea Observatories through a partnership with the DefenseResearch and Engineering Network. Applications include remote observing withthe Keck telescopes, time domain astronomy, search for near Earth asteroids,study of active volcanoes, research in meteoritics and astrobiology, numericalweather modeling and distance learning. Collaborating institutions includeCalifornia Institute of Technology, University of Washington, NASA GoddardSpace Flight Center, NASA Ames Research Center, Georgia Tech University andUniversity of New Mexico in Albuquerque