CC*DNI Networking Infrastructure: Building a High Performance Network to Support Advanced Instrumentation, Computation-Intensive Analysis and Data-Intensive Science Research

锡耶纳学院是一所充满活力的本科文科学院，拥有强大的科学学院。锡耶纳的科学教师进行前沿研究，并让本科生参与这项研究。作为本科生研究和创意活动中心（CURCA）计划的一部分，学生还在教师的监督下进行独立研究。这个为期两年的项目创建了一个最先进的研究导向网络基础设施，以支持学院的STEM研究。 计算化学（使用锡耶纳的高性能计算集群或HPCC），纳米科学，生物物理学，天体物理学和粒子物理学领域的研究项目受到当前有限的网络传输速度的阻碍。该项目大大提高了教师和学生开展工作的能力。该项目创建了一个网络基础设施，旨在优化高性能科学应用的网络和安全性。这包括提高科学建筑群内的学校和科学与HPCC所在的学院数据中心之间的数据传输速度。拟议的升级还使锡耶纳能够与外部高性能网络建立联系，如NYSERnet和Internet2，促进与其他机构的研究人员的合作，并获得其他机构的仪器和研究工具。复杂的网络基础设施是科学研究计划的关键基础，该项目为锡耶纳学院奠定了基础。

Siena College is a vibrant undergraduate liberal arts college with a strong School of Science. Siena faculty in the sciences conduct cutting-edge research and involve undergraduate students in that research. Students also conduct independent research with faculty supervision as part of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (CURCA) program.This two-year project creates a state-of-the-art research oriented network infrastructure to support STEM research at the College. Research projects in the fields of computational chemistry (using Siena's High Performance Computing Cluster or HPCC), nanoscience, biophysics, astrophysics, and particle physics have been hampered by currently limited network transfer speeds. This project significantly enhances the ability for faculty and students to carry out their work.The project creates a network infrastructure designed to optimize networking and security for high performance scientific applications. This includes improving data transfer speeds within the School of Science building complex and between the sciences and the College data center where the HPCC is housed by a factor of 10. The proposed upgrades also position Siena to create connections to external high-performance networks such as NYSERnet and Internet2, facilitating collaboration with researchers at other institutions as well as access to instrumentation and research tools at other institutions.As a result of this project interdisciplinary research projects are fostered and encouraged. Sophisticated cyberinfrastructure is a critical underpinning to scientific research initiatives and this project creates that foundation at Siena College.