Closing the Digital Gap in Underdeveloped Regions

最近的接入网格（AG）技术，将被用来建立和加强网络债券的研究人员在司法管辖区参与实验计划，以刺激竞争力的研究（EPSCoR）。 这将促进向该国人口稠密和技术发达地区的主要研究中心进行技术转让，并与之建立合作关系。 AG是一个多站点、交互式多媒体系统，允许组对组协作。为了将AG节点部署到EPSCoR状态，需要协调一致的努力来打包所需的硬件，记录安装过程，帮助解决问题并提供培训。 在建立AG节点后，将在EPSCoR各州建立六个多媒体电话会议设施：堪萨斯大学、肯塔基州大学（已到位）、蒙大拿州立大学、北达科他州立大学、南卡罗来纳州大学和西弗吉尼亚大学。 该项目作为原型，或EPSCoR社区内可行性概念的证明，旨在建立合作伙伴关系（例如，此外，阿贡国家实验室，沿着在伊利诺伊大学的国家计算科学联盟将作为技术资源）。 除了建立六个AG站点外，该项目还将探讨影响AG运营的研究问题。 例如，空间化音频（能够对声音进行定性区分，使单个声音更容易区分）、音频、设置、平衡和质量（用于远程设置和检测音频平衡的机制），视频（改进：用于监控色彩平衡和质量的工具），联网（指定重要流以动态切换和重新路由流量）和应用集成（可视化流集成）。

The recently Access Grid (AG) technology, will be used to establish and strengthen the networking bonds to researchers in jurisdictions participating in the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). This will facilitate technology transfer to and formation of collaborations with, the major research centers in the more densely populated and technologically developed parts of the country. The AG is a multi-site, interactive multimedia system which allows group to group collaboration. To deploy AG nodes to EPSCoR states, a concerted effort is needed to package the required hardware, document the installation process, assist in trouble shooting, and provide training. Six multimedia teleconferencing facilities in the EPSCoR states would be established after constructing nodes of the AG at: the University of Kansas, the University of Kentucky (in place), Montana State University, North Dakota State University, the University of South Carolina, and West Virginia University. The project, serving as a prototype, or proof of concept of viability within the EPSCoR community, is geared toward establishing partnerships (e.g., additionally, the Argonne National Laboratory, along with the National Computational Science Alliance at the University of Illinois will serve as technical resources). In addition to establishing the six AG sites the project will also explore research issues that affect AG operation. For example, Spatialized Audio (ability to make a qualitative differentiation to separate voices to make individual voices more distinguishable), Audio, Setup, Balance and Quality (mechanisms for remotely setting and detecting audio balances), Video (improvements: tools to monitor and control color balance and quality), Networking (designate important streams to dynamically switch and re-route traffic), and Application Integration (visualization stream integration).