vBNS Connectivity for Southern Methodist University

该奖项是在ANIR的“连接到互联网”公告NSF 968-102的高性能连接部分下颁发的。它为OC-3连接到vBNS提供了两年的部分支持。应用包括网络QoS管理项目，涉及国内和国际合作者的远程手术的远程机器人控制；自由流体动力学模拟、多媒体通信研究、高能粒子物理、地质和考古科学数据库以及远程学习。合作机构包括德克萨斯a&m，康奈尔大学，GTE，布林莫尔，梅多斯艺术学院，达拉斯国际颅面研究所和俄罗斯莫斯科神经外科研究所N.N. Burdenko。

This award is made under the high performance connections portion of ANIR's "Connections to the Internet" announcement, NSF 968-102. It provides partial support for two years for an OC-3 connection to the vBNS. Applications include projects in network QoS management, remote robotics control for tele-surgery involving both national and international collaborators; simulation of free fluid dynamics, research in multimedia communications, high energy particle physics, databases in geological and archaeological sciences and distance learning. Collaborating institutions include the Texas A&M, Cornell U, GTE, Bryn Mawr, the Meadows School of the Arts, International Craniofacial Institute in Dallas and the Institute of Neurosurgery N.N. Burdenko in Moscow, Russia.