Improving Connectivity between the University of Vermont and the Vermont State Colleges for STEM Research and Education

建议编号：EPS-1107945建议标题：改善佛蒙特州大学和佛蒙特州州立STEM研究和教育学院之间的连接机构：佛蒙特州大学和州立农业学院项目主任：朱迪思·范·豪斯项目描述佛蒙特州(VT)EPSCoR提出的这项RII校际和校内网络连接(RC2)提案专注于改善从佛蒙特州大学(UVM)到位于沃特伯里的佛蒙特州州立学院(VSC)网络的校际连接，以支持研究和网络支持的科学教育和协作。这项工作是对之前资助的RII Track-2网络支持的有力补充，该支持实现了UVM和Internet2-S网络主干之间的6x10 Gbps连接。建议的改进包括：-在UVM和VSC沃特伯里枢纽之间为10 Gbps服务提供10年不变的使用权，通过它连接的学校包括佛蒙特州社区学院的12个校区、佛蒙特州技术学院的4个校区和州立学院系统的3个学院，统称为VSC。这一升级将使VSC的学生和教职员工能够更充分地参与与UVM科学家和教育工作者的合作研究。-将毗邻校园的VT EPSCoR研究中心从连接到Internet2的2 Mbps升级到直接连接到UVM主校园的1Gbps。这将支持RII Track-1和Track-2研究人员以及劳动力发展和多样性中心(CWDD)。拟议的网络连接升级将大大提高VSC教员开展研究的能力。在林登州立学院(LSC)，气象学家将能够实时到达研究地点，这在目前是不可能的。在约翰逊州立学院(JSC)，研究人员在一个石棉超级基金网站进行一个由资金资助的微生物元基因组项目，将能够通过互联网传输数据，而不是将硬盘驱动器邮寄到UVM。JSC的元基因组学研究人员以及UVM的生物信息学家和水资源专家将能够通过更好的视频会议进行更成功的合作。视频会议也将被其他VT EPSCoR研究人员使用，他们与JSC教员合作，提供关于细菌核型和水分析的RII Track-1分水岭研究数据。拟议的连接还将使EPSCoR研究中心RII Track-1和Track-2工作人员使用UVM？S计算服务，并更好地访问全国各地的联网数据资源。上述方法是对国家科技(S&T)计划的有力补充，并利用其他资助的网络项目，包括来自国家科学基金、农村公用事业服务(RUS)、美国农业部和盖茨基金会的项目。广泛影响拟议的活动将通过对网络基础设施和人员的投资来促进教学、培训和学习，以帮助使用升级后的基础设施。拟议的项目将支持一名具有网络知识的校园冠军，类似于通过国家科学基金会TeraGrid项目资助的校园冠军，他将协助JSC组织的数据密集型应用生物信息学课程，并在整个VSC范围内提供。该网络还将升级为EPSCoR研究中心，该中心容纳了RII Track-1和Track-2研究人员以及CWDD。CWDD是一个新的VT EPSCoR实体，负责监督STREAMS项目，并作为RII Track-1项目的一部分，协调研究与劳动力发展和多样性工作的整体整合，该项目重点关注尚普兰湖盆地。该项目提案包括一项计划，利用自助服务亭向学校和博物馆进行外展服务。多样性计划的重点是通过VSC学校吸引代表人数不足的少数族裔进入STEM，以及与Abenaki印第安人民族合作。

AbstractProposal Number: EPS-1107945Proposal Title: Improving Connectivity between the University of Vermont and the Vermont State Colleges for STEM Research and EducationInstitution: University of Vermont & State Agricultural CollegeProject Director: Judith Van HoutenProject DescriptionThis RII Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2) proposal from Vermont (VT) EPSCoR is focused on improving the inter-campus connections from the University of Vermont (UVM) to the Vermont State College (VSC) network at their Waterbury headquarters in order to support research and cyber-enabled science education and collaboration. This work strongly complements the previously funded RII Track-2 networking support, which has enabled a 6x10 Gbps connection between UVM and Internet2?s network backbone.The proposed improvements include:- A 10-year Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) for 10Gbps service between UVM and the VSC Waterbury hub, through which the schools that are connected include 12 campuses of the Community College of Vermont (CCV), 4 campuses of the Vermont Technical College, and 3 colleges that are part of the State College system, collectively referred to as the VSC. This upgrade will enable VSC students and faculty to more fully participate in collaborative research with UVM scientists and educators.- An upgrade for the VT EPSCoR Research Center adjacent to the campus from a 2 Mbps connection to Internet2 to a direct 1Gbps to the UVM main campus. This will support the RII Track-1 and Track-2 researchers and the Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD).Intellectual Merit The proposed upgrades in network connections will greatly improve the capacity of VSC faculty to carry out research. At Lyndon State College (LSC), the meteorologists will be able to reach research sites in real time, which currently is not possible. At Johnson State College (JSC), researchers carrying out a funded metagenomic project of microorganisms at an asbestos superfund site will be able to transfer data by the Internet instead of mailing hard drives to UVM. Metagenomics researchers at JSC and bioinformaticians and water specialists at UVM will be able to more successfully collaborate through better video conferencing. Video conferencing will also be used by other VT EPSCoR researchers working with JSC faculty members who provide RII Track-1 watershed research data on bacterial ribotypes and water analyses. The proposed connection will also allow the EPSCoR Research Center RII Track-1 and Track-2 personnel to use UVM?s compute services and better access networked data resources throughout the country. The described approach is strongly complementary to the State Science and Technology (S&T) plan and leverages other funded networking projects, including those from NSF, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), USDA, and the Gates Foundation.Broader Impact The proposed activity will promote teaching, training, and learning through investments in cyberinfrastructure and staff to assist in the use of the upgraded infrastructure. The proposed project will support a cyber-knowledgeable Campus Champion, similar to those funded through the NSF TeraGrid project, who will assist in the data-intensive applied bioinformatics course to be organized at JSC and offered VSC-wide. The networking is also being upgraded to the EPSCoR Research Center, which houses RII Track-1 and Track-2 researchers as well as the CWDD. The CWDD is a new VT EPSCoR entity that oversees the Streams Project and coordinates overall integration of research with workforce development and diversity efforts as part of the RII Track-1 project, which focuses on the Lake Champlain basin. The project proposal includes a plan to use kiosks for external outreach to schools and museums. The diversity plan focuses on attracting underrepresented minorities to STEM through the VSC schools as well as work with the Abenaki Indian Nation.