HPNC: High Speed Internet Connectivity at Baylor University

贝勒大学建议将高性能网络连接到德克萨斯州的GigaPOP (UTD)，以便与阿比林网络建立本地连接。这种高速连接将使贝勒大学能够接入Internet2，为贝勒大学的研究人员和学生提供一系列以前无法获得的强大工具、连接和信息来源。贝勒第二代互联网项目将包括德克萨斯州立技术学院韦科分校（TSTC）作为合作伙伴。TSTC是一个区域数据和视频网络枢纽，拥有重要的现有硬件和人员支持基础设施。贝勒大学和TSTC联合的人力和技术资源，以及两所机构承诺利用阿比林网络连接来加强现有的研究、劳动力发展和教育推广工作，将提供一个框架，以支持这些令人兴奋的应用程序在项目生命周期之后继续发展。HPNC提案是贝勒大学2012年愿景的一个组成部分，这是一个雄心勃勃的十年计划，旨在推动大学在创新教育和纯研究方面向前发展。“愿景2012”包括大学管理部门在新的终身教职员工和博士后职位、教师研究发布时间和实验室基础设施方面的重大投资。作为这一愿景的一部分，一个最先进的科学设施（约1.1亿美元）将在HPNC提案计划实施的同时上线。HPNC提案的直接影响领域包括等离子体和冲击物理的理论建模、超弦和m理论的理论建模、STEM教育推广项目、高级数据连接、分层数据传输的可扩展组播密钥交换、组播协议组件、虚拟路由基础设施、空间分析和可视化以及远程学习技术的创新应用。贝勒与TSTC的合作为HPNC项目提供了另一层用途，同时也利用了NSF的投资，从而增强了整体方案。由于TSTC的重点是劳动力的发展，与互联网2的连接将使TSTC能够在广泛的技术领域提供在职工人培训，如机器人、电子、化学仪器、安全和认证标准等等。此外，学院可以加强现有的电子商务、计算机网络和计算机体系结构课程。新的努力领域（已经在规划阶段），如模拟和训练的虚拟现实技术也将通过这项技术成为可能。对TSTC影响的最后一个领域将涉及其聋哑和听力受损的学生群体。对于这些学生来说，通过Internet2获得的课堂体验和实时口译服务以及向工作场所的过渡将大大促进带宽的增加以及这种连接所提供的实时视频链接的可能性。

Baylor University proposes to access a high performance network connection to a GigaPOP in Texas (UTD) in order to establish a local connection to the Abilene network. This high-speed connection will allow the university access to Internet2 providing Baylor researchers and students with a powerful array of previously unavailable tools, linkages and information sources. The Baylor Internet2 project will include as a collaborator, Texas State Technical College Waco (TSTC). TSTC is a regional data and video network hub with significant existing hardware and personnel support infrastructure. The combined human and technical resources of Baylor University and TSTC along with the commitment of both institutions to use the Abilene network connection to enhance existing research, workforce development and educational outreach efforts will provide a framework to support continuation of these exciting applications well beyond the life of this project. The HPNC Proposal is an integral part of Baylor University's Vision 2012, an ambitious ten-year plan for moving the university forward in both innovative education and pure research. Vision 2012 includes a significant investment on the part of the university administration in new tenure-track faculty and post-doctoral positions, faculty research release time and lab infrastructure. As part of this vision, a state of the art science facility (~$110 million dollars) will come on-line during the same time that the HPNC Proposal is scheduled for implementation. Immediate impact areas for the HPNC Proposal include theoretical modeling in plasma and shock physics, theoretical modeling in superstring and m-theory, STEM educational outreach projects, advanced data connections, scalable multicast key exchange for layered data delivery, multicast protocol components, virtual routing infrastructure, spatial analysis and visualization, and innovative applications of distance learning technology. Baylor's collaboration with TSTC enhances the overall proposal by providing another layer of use for the HPNC project while also leveraging an NSF investment. With its focus on workforce development, a connection to Internet2 would allow TSTC to provide incumbent worker training in a wide variety of technical areas such as robotics, electronics, chemical instrumentation, safety, and certification standards to name but a few. Additionally, the college could enhance its existing coursework in e-commerce, computer networking and computer architecture. New areas of endeavor (already in the planning stage) such as virtual reality technology for simulation and training would also be made possible through this technology. A final area of impact for TSTC would involve its deaf and hearing impaired student population. For such students, classroom experiences and real-time interpreting services via Internet2 as well as the transition into the workplace would be greatly facilitated by the increased bandwidth and resulting real-time video linkage possibilities provided by such a connection.