CC*DNI Networking Infrastructure: Dedicated High-Speed Research and Education Network Connection

该项目提供南伊利诺伊大学爱德华兹维尔（SIUE）的中西部地区教育网络（MREN）在芝加哥，IL其中Internet 2和其他研究网络同行的直接连接。该项目包括购买路由设备和PerfSONAR服务器，以测量与远程位置的连接速度。这种新的连接提供了10倍的速度，从目前的连接到Internet 2与商品互联网流量共享，为研究人员，教师和学生提供更快地访问远程资源和合作者。这有利于正在进行的研究和教学活动，其中包括：理解X射线体系中的超强激光团簇相互作用，确定纳米粒子掺杂对液晶系统的影响，使用NSF资助的BlueWaters设施进行结构-功能研究（使用丙型肝炎病毒作为模型系统）以及阿尔兹海默病的药物测试，以及NIH（NIGMS）资助的ANTON系统，以了解纳米生物分子开关的详细行为。信息会议，教师的认识和使用调查将进行记录增加使用校外计算资源和数据传输能力的额外教师的研究和教学活动。

This project provides Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) a direct connection to the Midwest Regional Education Network (MREN) in Chicago, IL where Internet2 and other research networks peer. The project includes purchases of routing equipment and PerfSONAR servers to measure the connection speeds to remote locations.This new connection offers a 10x speed increase to Internet2 from current connections that are shared with commodity Internet traffic, providing researchers, faculty, and students faster access to remote resources and collaborators. This benefits the ongoing research and teaching activities, which include: understanding ultra intense laser-cluster interactions in the X-ray regime, determining the effects of nanoparticle doping on liquid crystal systems, using the NSF funded BlueWaters facility for structure-function studies (using the hepatitis C virus as a model system) and also drug testing for alzhimer's disease, as well as the NIH (NIGMS) funded ANTON system to understand the detailed behavior of a nanobiomolecular switch. Informational sessions, faculty awareness, and use surveys will be performed to document increased use of off-campus computing resources and data transfer capabilities by additional faculty for research and teaching activities.