Big Data, Big Networks: Big Opportunities for Collaboration between Mexico and the United States

美国和墨西哥的研究与教育(R&Amp；E)社区有着悠久的跨境合作历史。鉴于加州和墨西哥研发机构的研究距离和广度，加强依赖网络的跨境科学研究和教育合作的机会大有可为。墨西哥科学研究和高等教育中心(CICESE)和加州大学圣地亚哥分校(UCSD)开展了一项重要的跨境合作。2010年，NSF国际研究网络连接(IRNC)计划资助了FIU的美洲光路(AmLight)计划，其中包括将洛杉矶、圣地亚哥和提华纳之间的网络连接升级到10Gbps。在墨西哥国家科学和技术委员会(CONACYT)、墨西哥互联网公司和其他机构的支持下，10Gbps的网络连接从提华纳延伸到恩塞纳达，以连接CICES。由于墨西哥和加利福尼亚州之间使用了增强的网络基础设施，在跨境科学研究和教育合作方面仍然存在挑战，美国和墨西哥的研究人员必须更好地了解Amlight项目提供的网络能力。并探索如何利用网络？S的能力来显著增强跨境研究和教育活动。为了刺激跨境科学研究和教育活动的增长，FIU和CEEN(AMLight项目的利益相关者)在UCSD、CUDI和大数据、大网络研讨会的支持下，探索如何增强现有的或形成新的跨境协作网络，研究人员和学生之间通过Amlight West 10G链路连接起来。大数据，大网络研讨会的更广泛影响旨在确定与AmLight跨境网络基础设施一起巩固当前和计划中的跨境大数据项目的机会，并与旨在促进跨境科学研究和教育合作的美墨政府间活动相联系，例如促进创新和教育的倡议。

The Research and Education (R&E) communities of the U.S. and Mexico have a long history of cross-border collaborations. Given the proximity and the breadth of research taking place at R&E institutions in California and Mexico, the opportunity for enhancing network-dependent cross-border science research and education collaborations holds great promise. An important cross-border collaboration involves Mexico's Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE) and the University of California San Diego (UCSD).In 2010, the NSF International Research Networks Connections (IRNC) program funded FIU's Americas Lightpaths (AmLight ) proposal, which included upgrading the network connection between Los Angeles, San Diego, and Tijuana to 10Gbps. With support from Mexico's National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT), Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet (CUDI), and other institutions in Mexico, the 10Gbps network connection was extended from Tijuana to Ensenada to connect CICESE.There are continuing challenges in cross-border science research and education collaborations benefiting from the use of the enhanced network infrastructure between Mexico and California, and the U.S. Researchers, both in the U.S. and Mexico, must be better informed of the network capability the AmLight project has made available, and explore how to leverage the network?s capability to dramatically enhance cross-border research and education activities.In an effort to stimulate growth in cross-border science research and education, FIU and CENIC (stakeholders of the AmLight project), with support from UCSD, CUDI, and CICESE, a Big Data, Big Networks workshop explores how to enhance existing or to form new cross-border networks of collaboration between researchers and students connected by the AmLight West 10G link. The broader impacts of the Big Data, Big Networks workshop are aimed at identifying opportunities to underpin with the AmLight cross-border network infrastructure the current and planned cross-border Big Data projects, and at linking into U.S.-Mexico inter-governmental activities aimed at fostering cross-border science research and education collaborations, such as initiatives fostering innovation and education.