Expanding and Improving the C-Light Regional Optical Network

该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。该项目将翻新南卡罗来纳州、南卡罗来纳州轻轨和C-Light现有的地区性光研究和教育网络基础设施。该项目将在南卡罗来纳州校园和国家研究和教育网络之间建立更高的带宽连接。该项目将用运营商级路由器取代位于格林维尔C-Light网络边界的现有路由器，并使用该路由器与夏洛特的Internet2和北卡罗来纳州研究和教育网络以及亚特兰大的Southern CrossRoads/Southern Light Rail、Internet2和National Lambda Rail进行对等连接。亚特兰大和格林维尔之间的连接带宽将扩大，并将使用多个光波连接格林维尔和夏洛特。南卡罗来纳州轻轨内的校园接入点将增加新的交换机。一些研究项目将从增强的连接中受益。这些研究包括：城堡的航空电子学研究；克莱夫林大学对蛋白质稳定性的结构机制的研究；南极洲上空云层形成的模拟研究；南卡罗来纳海岸大学进行的利用考古计量学开发古代建筑的数字重建(也由海岸卡罗莱纳大学进行)；弗朗西斯·马里恩大学的一名研究人员对星系碰撞的模拟研究；南卡罗来纳医科大学、南卡罗来纳大学和田纳西大学的研究人员对蛋白质对接的研究；南卡罗来纳医科大学的信号转导网络分析以及组织工程和生物制造研究；以及南卡罗来纳大学研究人员对聚合物的模拟，包括生物聚合物、它们与合成表面和其他聚合物的相互作用、使用纳米孔技术进行DNA测序和检测的方法，以及材料的多尺度建模。该项目将为南卡罗来纳州内学术机构进行的研究提供基础设施。由于各种不同的机构，包括两所历史上的黑人学院和大学，正通过其他资金与南卡罗来纳州轻轨相连，加强南卡罗来纳州轻轨与国家研究和教育网络之间的联系不仅将使南卡罗来纳州轻轨校长克莱姆森、南卡罗来纳大学和南卡罗来纳州医科大学受益，而且将使整个南卡罗来纳州范围更广的机构受益。该项目包括在海岸卡罗莱纳大学(一门平行编程课程)、南卡罗来纳州立大学和南卡罗来纳州州长科学和数学高中(利用远程计算资源进行课堂教学)的教育活动。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).This project will renovate the existing regional optical research and education network infrastructure in South Carolina, the South Carolina Light Rail and C-Light. The project will lead to a higher bandwidth connection between South Carolina campuses and national research and education networks.The project will replace an existing router at the border of the C-Light network, in Greenville, with a carrier-class router and use this to peer with Internet2 and the North Carolina Research and Education Network in Charlotte, and with Southern Crossroads/Southern Light Rail, Internet2 and National Lambda Rail in Atlanta. The bandwidth of the connection between Atlanta and Greenville will be expanded and multiple optical waves will be used to connect Greenville and Charlotte. Campus Points of Presence within South Carolina Light Rail will be augmented with new switches.A number of research projects will benefit from the enhanced connectivity. These include: research on avionics at the Citadel; research at Claflin University into the structural mechanisms responsible for the stability of proteins; modeling studies of cloud formation over Antarctica conducted by Coastal Carolina University; the use of archeometrics to develop digital reconstructions of ancient buildings (also by Coastal Carolina University); modeling studies of galaxy collisions by a researcher at Francis Marion University; research into protein docking by investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Tennessee; network analyses of signal transduction as well as research on tissue engineering and biofabrication at the Medical University of South Carolina; and the simulation of polymers, including biopolymers, their interactions with synthetic surfaces and other polymers, approaches to DNA sequencing and detection using nanopore techniques, and multi-scale modeling of materials, by investigators at the University of South Carolina. The project will provide infrastructure for research conducted at academic institutions within the state of South Carolina. Because a variety of different institutions, including two historically black colleges and universities, are being connected to South Carolina Light Rail through other funding, enhancing the connections between South Carolina Light Rail and the national research and education networks will benefit not only the South Carolina Light Rail principals, Clemson, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina, but also a broader range of institutions throughout South Carolina. The project includes educational activities at Coastal Carolina University (a parallel programming course), South Carolina State University, and the South Carolina Governor's High School for Science and Mathematics (using the remote computing resources for classroom education).