NSFNET: The Partnership that Changed the World

NSFNET：改变世界的合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 0738738
• 负责人: Douglas Van Houweling
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: INTERNET2
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0738738&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSFNET; Partnership; Changed; World

From its inception in 1987 as a part of NSF's overall inventory of high speed computing and communications infrastructure development, the NSFNET program was a pioneering force in academic computing infrastructure development and in the enhancement of research efforts through advanced network services. The NSFNET backbone, in its support of the broader set of NSFNET programs, linked scientists and educators on university campuses nationwide to each other and to their counterparts in universities, laboratories, government agencies, and research centers throughout the world. By design, NSFNET backbone made high speed networking available to national supercomputer centers and to inter-linked regional networks, which in turn worked to extend network availability to other research and educational organizations. Previously, only specific communities in computer science had limited access to networks such as CSNET, BITNET, and ARPANET, so the introduction of the NSFNET backbone represented a significant development in creating a unified and more comprehensive network infrastructure.By combining high-speed networking and connections between the supercomputing centers and regional networks, NSF created a "network of networks" that served as the focal point of nationwide networking during a critical period of development and that formed the foundation of an immediate precursor to today's Internet. The project has had a lasting and significant impact over the intervening twenty years on the technology of network science, the revolution in communication, the fostering of global and multidisciplinary scientific interaction, and the practice of public and private partnership. To recognize this impact, Internet2 and Merit Network, Inc. propose a workshop to celebrate NSFNET's history and impact and to discuss and anticipate future applications and infrastructure development. The workshop is timed to mark the twentieth anniversary of the cooperative agreement, initiated in 1987, that advanced the NSFNET backbone to a truly high speed network. As one of the most significant parts of the Internet's development, the history and celebration of NSFNET represents a tool to help understand the future while learning from the past.The intellectual merit of this workshop lies in its contributions to the advancement of knowledge in advanced networking; reflection on historic perspectives; impact on science, research, education, and industry; international implications; and consideration of the future. Because the workshop will include pioneers in advanced networking development and because its proceedings will be widely available, it is likely to have broad impact in education, and in enhancing the long-term study of network architecture and management. By gathering key individuals together to reflect on this key history and to determine how it can inform the future, a greater understanding of the development of the Internet and the role of advanced networking in society will be realized beyond the higher education community. The archived information will provide a resource for a broad spectrum of people, including students, scholars, and the public at large and will help illustrate the role of federally funded research in national economic development. The project has an extensive educational component including the participation of a group of K-12 students at the meeting and attending remotely from eight mega-conference centers and via real-time webcast.

自1987年作为NSF高速计算和通信基础设施发展总体清单的一部分成立以来，NSFnet计划是学术计算基础设施发展和通过先进网络服务加强研究努力的先锋力量。NSFnet主干支持更广泛的NSFnet计划，将全国大学校园的科学家和教育工作者彼此联系起来，并将他们与世界各地的大学、实验室、政府机构和研究中心的同行联系起来。通过设计，NSFnet主干使国家超级计算机中心和互连的区域网络可以使用高速网络，这反过来又将网络可用性扩展到其他研究和教育组织。以前，只有计算机科学领域的特定社区才能有限地访问CSNET、BITNET和ARPANET等网络，因此NSFnet主干的引入代表着在创建统一和更全面的网络基础设施方面的重大进展。通过将高速联网以及超级计算中心和区域网络之间的连接结合起来，NSF创建了一个在关键发展时期作为全国联网焦点的“网络网络”，并奠定了今天互联网的直接前身。在其间的二十年里，该项目对网络科学技术、传播革命、促进全球和多学科科学互动以及公私伙伴关系的实践产生了持久而重大的影响。为了认识到这一影响，Internet2和Merit Network，Inc.提议举办一次研讨会，庆祝NSFnet的历史和影响，并讨论和预测未来的应用和基础设施发展。这次研讨会的时间是为了纪念1987年开始的合作协议20周年，该协议将NSFnet主干推进到真正的高速网络。作为互联网发展中最重要的部分之一，NSFnet的历史和庆祝是一种在学习过去的同时帮助理解未来的工具。这次研讨会的智力价值在于它对先进网络知识的进步做出了贡献；对历史的反思；对科学、研究、教育和产业的影响；国际影响；以及对未来的思考。由于研讨会将包括高级网络开发的先驱，而且其会议记录将广泛提供，因此很可能对教育以及加强网络体系结构和管理的长期研究产生广泛影响。通过将关键人物聚集在一起，反思这一关键历史，并确定它如何为未来提供信息，将在高等教育界之外实现对互联网发展和先进网络在社会中的作用的更好理解。存档的信息将为包括学生、学者和广大公众在内的广泛人群提供资源，并将有助于说明联邦资助的研究在国家经济发展中的作用。该项目具有广泛的教育内容，包括一群从K到12的学生参加会议，并从8个大型会议中心远程参加，并通过实时网络直播。