Collaborative Research: North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium

EPS-0918284，佛蒙特州立大学农学院，J。货车Houten，连接到EPS-0918033（新罕布什尔州大学），EPS-0918078（特拉华州大学），EPS-0918018（缅因州大学），EPS-0918061（罗得岛大学）合作研究：该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案资助。东北网络基础设施联盟（NECC）联合缅因州（ME）、新罕布什尔州（NH）、佛蒙特州（VT）、罗得岛（RI）和特拉华州（DE）支持需要分析大型数据集的网络研究。该项目围绕共享资源、专业知识和设施进行组织，以便在人口稀少的地区和不相邻的国家之间进行网络支持的合作研究。智力优势。该联盟有三个主要需求来支持区域性的网络支持研究：1）在东北部特定范围内长期租赁光纤，以提供具有密集波分能力的高速连接; 2）冗余的分布式数据中心，用于区域网络支持协作; 3）网络知识丰富的人员，使研究人员能够访问区域计算，分析和可视化资源。NECC网络所需的大部分物理基础设施已经存在，但ME、NH、RI和VT需要四个关键的光纤范围。在ME，需要两个延伸段，通过CANARIE（加拿大的先进网络组织）和沿着I-95走廊，为国内和国际连接提供冗余路线。沿着I-89走廊的一条光纤线路沿着为佛蒙特州和新罕布什尔州提供了到波士顿的连接。研究人员一直在与东北研究和教育网络（NEREN）合作，一旦光纤网络到位，就对其进行管理。光纤网络可以为视频会议提供足够的带宽，这一可能性导致NECC围绕STEM劳动力发展和多样性的外展计划进行区域组织。计划通过多个州的高中和本科生项目之间的伙伴关系创建一个新的流域项目。来自所有NECC州、纽约和波多黎各的学生将在这个项目中共同进行流域合作研究，否则他们甚至不会见面。经过培训，高中学生和教师或本科生团队加入国家计划，在夏季或整个夏季和学年从事流域科学工作。个别NECC国家计划是有效地提高参与STEM专业和多样性，但随着新的光纤网络和通过新的网络通信的能力，一个更大的，区域范围内的有效计划，重点是基于网络的通信和研究工具，设想。研究人员制定了一个多方面的沟通计划，将通过创新的电视节目，播客和教育材料向公众传播网络研究的重要性。大使计划将与公民科学团体合作，向公众宣传光纤网络对教育和科学的重要性，以及网络支持的宏基因组学研究对各州经济的潜在影响。光纤网络将对该地区产生巨大的经济影响。VT，NH，ME和RI湖泊水华细菌群落宏基因组学试点项目将有助于了解这些水华的起源及其毒素，这些毒素关闭了娱乐和饮用水源。东北部的湖泊对经济极为重要，据估计，每年从尚普兰湖到纽约、佛蒙特和魁北克的湖泊相关收入为15亿美元;每年从湖泊娱乐收入到缅因州的收入为20亿美元; 14,000个工作岗位，从划船、钓鱼、游泳、饮用水和财产税到新罕布什尔州的收入为18亿美元。

EPS-0918284, University of Vermont & State Agricultural College, J. L. Van Houten, linked to EPS-0918033 (University of New Hampshire), EPS-0918078 (University of Delaware), EPS-0918018 (University of Maine), EPS-0918061 (University of Rhode Island)Collaborative Research: North East Cyberinfrastructure ConsortiumThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC) unites Maine (ME), New Hampshire (NH), Vermont (VT), Rhode Island (RI), and Delaware (DE) to support cyber-enabled research that requires analyses of large datasets. The project is organized around sharing resources, expertise and facilities in order to make cyber-enabled collaborative research possible in a sparsely populated region and among non-contiguous states. Intellectual Merit. The consortium has three primary needs to support regional, cyber-enabled research: 1) long-term leases on fiber in specific reaches across the northeast to provide high-speed connectivity with dense-wave division capability; 2) redundant, distributed Data Centers for regional cyber-enabled collaborations; and 3) cyber-knowledgeable personnel to allow researchers to access regional compute, analysis and visualization resources. Much of the physical infrastructure required for the NECC network exists, but there are four key reaches of fiber needed in ME, NH, RI and VT. In ME, two stretches are required to provide a redundant route for national and international connectivity through CANARIE (Canada's advanced network organization) and along the I-95 corridor. A fiber route along the I-89 corridor provides connectivity to Boston for Vermont and New Hampshire to Boston. The researchers have been working with the Northeast Research and Education Network (NEREN) to manage the fiber network once it is in place.Broader Impacts. The possibility of a fiber network that would provide adequate bandwidth for videoconferencing has led to the NECC regional organization around outreach programs for STEM workforce development and diversity. It is planned to create a new Watershed Project through partnerships among multiple state-based programs for high school and undergraduate students. Students in this project from all the NECC states, NY and Puerto Rico, who otherwise would not even meet, will work together in collaborative watershed research. Following training, teams of high school students and teachers or undergraduates join with state programs to work on watershed science during the summer or through the summer and the academic year. The individual NECC state programs are effective in improving participation in STEM majors and diversity, but with the new fiber network and the ability to communicate over the new cybernetwork, a larger, region-wide effective program, with emphasis on cyber-based communication and research tools, is envisioned. The researchers develop a multi-faceted communication plan that will spread the word about the importance of the cyber-enabled research to the public through innovative television shows, podcasts and educational materials. An Ambassador Program will partner with citizen science groups to inform the public about the importance of a fiber network to education and science and about the potential impact of the cyber-enabled metagenomics study to the economies of the states. The fiber network will have an enormous economic impact on the region. The pilot project on metagenomics of the bacterial communities in blooms in lakes in VT, NH, ME and RI will contribute to the understanding of the origin of these blooms and their toxins that shut down access to recreational and drinking water sources. Lakes in the northeast are extremely important to economies, with estimates of $1.5B in lake-related revenues to NY, VT and Quebec each year from Lake Champlain; $2B annually from lake recreational revenues to Maine; 14,000 jobs and bring in $1.8B in revenues from boating, fishing, swimming, drinking water and property taxes to New Hampshire.