CC*DNI Networking Infrastructure: Texas Woman's University Science Research Network

德克萨斯女子大学（TWU）致力于为教师和学生研究人员建立一个专门的科学研究网络（SRN），可以访问全球资源以丰富科学发现。 结合TWU对科学，健康科学和技术领域的资助，研究活跃的教师的密集关注，SRN对于满足越来越多学科的数据密集型要求至关重要。 主要学术课程包括但不限于物理治疗，护理远程保健，信息学，计算机科学，生物学，化学和营养学。TWU的计划是构建和支持一个10 Gbps的SRN，以便研究人员有效地使用和共享大型数据集。SRN计划与TWU的区域网络“Lonestar教育和研究网络”有10 Gbps的连接，为TWU的研究人员提供访问Internet 2的机会。 这种能力对于许多需要更多带宽的教师和学生来说是必要的。 例如，TWU最近开发的信息学课程涉及多个学科，特别是在健康信息学方面，研究问题包括医院反应时间，改善患者护理，病毒准备和医疗保健结果建模。此外，该项目为TWU多元化的学生提供了增强的研究和教育机会，其中87%为女性，19%的非洲裔美国人和超过25%的拉丁裔- TWU被指定为西班牙裔服务机构。 因此，该项目无疑进一步推动了TWU的努力，使妇女和少数民族参与关键STEM和医疗保健领域的重要研究机会。 长期以来，人们一直承认妇女和少数群体在技术领域代表性不足。

Texas Woman's University (TWU) is committed to establishing a dedicated science research network (SRN) for faculty and student researchers, with access to worldwide resources to enrich scientific discovery. In conjunction with TWU's intensive focus on funded, research-active faculty in the sciences, health sciences and technical areas, the SRN is essential to meeting the data-intensive requirements for a growing number of disciplines. Key academic programs include, but are not limited to, physical therapy, nursing telehealth, informatics, computer science, biology, chemistry and nutrition. TWU's plan is to construct and support a 10 Gbps SRN for researchers to effectively use and share large data sets. The SRN plan has 10 Gbps connectivity to TWU's regional area network, "Lonestar Education and Research Network", providing TWU researchers access to Internet2. Such capability is necessary for many faculty and students needing significantly more bandwidth. For example, TWU's recent development of an informatics program touches multiple disciplines, particularly in health informatics where study questions include hospital reaction time, improved patient care, viral preparedness, and health care outcome modeling.Additionally, this project provides enhanced research and educational opportunities to a diverse TWU student body, consisting of 87% women, 19% African American and greater than 25% Latino - TWU is designated as a Hispanic-serving institution. Thus, this project unquestionably furthers TWU's efforts to engage women and minorities in important research opportunities across critical STEM and health care fields. Recognition of underrepresentation of women and minorities in technical arenas is longstanding.