Collaborative Research: North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium

合作研究：东北网络基础设施联盟

• 批准号: 0918033
• 负责人: Scott Valcourt
• 金额: $ 120万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0918033&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; North; East; Cyberinfrastructure

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.

ps -0918284，佛蒙特大学和州立农业学院，j.l. Van Houten，与EPS-0918033（新罕布什尔大学），EPS-0918078（特拉华大学），EPS-0918018（缅因大学），EPS-0918061（罗德岛大学）合作研究：东北网络基础设施联盟。该奖励是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。东北网络基础设施联盟（NECC）将缅因州（ME）、新罕布什尔州（NH）、佛蒙特州（VT）、罗德岛州（RI）和特拉华州（DE）联合起来，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州之间进行网络协作研究。知识价值。该联盟在支持区域性网络研究方面有三个主要需求：1)在东北部特定区域长期租赁光纤，以提供具有密集波划分能力的高速连接；2)用于区域网络协作的冗余分布式数据中心；3)网络知识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，但在ME， NH， RI和VT需要四个关键的光纤到达。在ME，需要两个延伸，通过CANARIE（加拿大先进的网络组织）和I-95走廊为国内和国际连接提供冗余路线。沿着I-89走廊的光纤线路提供了从佛蒙特州到波士顿，从新罕布什尔州到波士顿的连接。研究人员一直在与东北研究和教育网络（NEREN）合作，在光纤网络到位后对其进行管理。更广泛的影响。光纤网络可能为视频会议提供足够的带宽，这导致NECC区域组织围绕STEM劳动力发展和多样性的外展计划。计划通过多个州为高中生和本科生提供的合作项目，创建一个新的分水岭项目。参加这个项目的学生来自NECC的所有州，纽约州和波多黎各，否则他们甚至不会见面，他们将共同合作进行流域研究。在培训之后，由高中生、教师或本科生组成的团队在夏季或整个夏季和学年期间加入国家项目，从事流域科学研究。个别NECC州计划在提高STEM专业的参与度和多样性方面是有效的，但随着新的光纤网络和通过新的网络网络进行通信的能力，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，被设想。研究人员制定了一个多方面的传播计划，将通过创新的电视节目、播客和教育材料向公众传播有关网络研究重要性的信息。大使项目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，以及网络元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。关于佛蒙特州、新罕布什尔州、缅因州和RI州湖泊水华细菌群落宏基因组学的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的通道。东北部的湖泊对经济极其重要，据估计，尚普兰湖每年为纽约州、佛蒙特州和魁北克省带来15亿美元的湖泊相关收入；每年有20亿美元的湖泊娱乐收入流入缅因州；14000个工作岗位，并通过划船、捕鱼、游泳、饮用水和财产税为新罕布什尔州带来18亿美元的收入。