CC-NIE Network Infrastructure: Enabling Data-Intensive Research at the University of Connecticut Through Science DMZ

该项目的目标是改善康涅狄格大学(UConn)斯托尔斯主校区和法明顿健康中心的网络基础设施，以实现数据密集型研究。具体地说，该项目(1)在斯托尔斯园区建设了一个科学DMZ，为其区域网络提供商提供了100Gbps的总接入带宽；(2)重新设计了法明顿园区的当前科学DMZ，并将其接入带宽从2Gbps增加到100Gbps；(3)在斯托尔斯和法明顿园区之间建立了40Gbps的第2层连接，专门用于这两个园区之间的科学流量。智力优势：预计该项目将显著提高向物理、地理、统计学、生物学、生物信息学、定量细胞生物学和模拟以及计算基因组学等特定项目的数据传输率，直接造福于广泛学科的研究。增强的网络连通性还将对两个校区的紧密互联产生影响，促进可导致科学突破的多学科研究。更广泛的影响：该项目将增强研究人员托管数据并与其他机构的研究人员共享数据的能力，这将使更多的研究人员受益。拟议的基础设施还将通过为计算机网络课程和培训方案提供平台，为我们目前的GENI教育活动提供便利。参与该项目的研究人员将继续他们目前让少数群体和代表性不足的学生参与研究的做法，并将通过期刊和会议出版物向科学界传播他们的研究成果。

The goal of this project is to improve the network infrastructure at the University of Connecticut (UConn), in both the main campus at Storrs and the Health Center at Farmington, to enable data-intensive research. Specifically, the project (1) constructs a Science DMZ at the Storrs campus that provides an aggregate access bandwidth of 100Gbps to its regional network provider, (2) re-architects the current Science DMZ at the Farmington campus and increases its access bandwidth from 2Gbps to 100Gbps, and (3) establishes a 40Gbps layer-2 connection between the Storrs and Farmington campuses dedicated to scientific traffic between these two campuses. Intellectual Merit: The project is expected to significantly increase data transfer rate to specific projects in physics, geography, statistics, biology, bioinformatics, quantitative cell biology and simulations, and computational genomics, directly benefiting research in a wide range of disciplines. The enhanced network connectivity will also make an impact on closely interlinking the two campuses, fostering multidisciplinary research that can lead to scientific breakthroughs. Broader Impacts: The project will enhance the capabilities of researchers to host data and share data with researchers in other institutions, which can benefit a larger community of researchers. The proposed infrastructure will also facilitate our current GENI educational activities by providing a platform for computer networking courses and training programs. The researchers participating in the project will continue their current practice of involving minority and underrepresented students in research, and will disseminate their research outcomes to the scientific communities through journal and conference publications.