CC* Network Design: Network Infrastructure for Improved Student Engagement in Science Discovery and Innovation

CC* 网络设计：提高学生参与科学发现和创新的网络基础设施

• 批准号: 1659259
• 负责人: Carol Smith
• 金额: $ 21万
• 依托单位: DePauw University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659259&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CC; Network; Design; Infrastructure; Improved

DePauw University has a strong history of undergraduate participation in science research and education through its rich science curriculum, experiential programs in science and technology, high-impact teaching practices, and nationally recognized teaching and mentoring. DePauw graduates in science, technology, and mathematics are well-prepared to successfully enter graduate school and careers, many receiving prestigious postgraduate scholarships or fellowships.This project improves DePauw's cyberinfrastructure and internet connectivity in three areas to reduce limitations that hinder effective data exchange and use of remote applications in the process of scientific discovery and education, by increasing the campus connection to national research networks through Indiana's regional network provider, ILight, from 1Gpbs to 10Gbps; creating internet redundancy via a secondary fiber optic link to I-Light; and implementing a re-architected network border prioritizing science data flows with high performance data transfer and PerfSonar nodes.These improvements address immediate research needs for DePauw projects in computer science, biology, and chemistry that are improving understanding of tools for developing interactive documents that blend text and data-driven arguments, adding to general understanding of heart regeneration with the potential to influence treatments for heart-attacks, helping the scientific community better understand how cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology can help patients with rare genetic diseases, and supporting women computer science students to persist in computational fields by decreasing feelings of isolation through online interaction with mentors and role models. Further, these improve access to national research networks and resources that enables DePauw to expose a greater number of undergraduate students to participation in innovative science research and discovery.

DePauw University通过其丰富的科学课程，科学和技术体验计划，高影响力的教学实践以及国家认可的教学和指导，在本科生参与科学研究和教育方面有着悠久的历史。DePauw科学、技术和数学专业的毕业生为成功进入研究生院和职业生涯做好了充分准备，其中许多人获得了著名的研究生奖学金或研究金。该项目在三个领域改进了DePauw的网络基础设施和互联网连接，以减少阻碍有效数据交换的限制以及在科学发现和教育过程中使用远程应用程序，通过印第安纳州的区域网络提供商ILight将校园与国家研究网络的连接从1Gbps增加到10 Gbps;通过二级光纤链路与ILight建立互联网冗余;并实施一项改革，架构的网络边界，通过高性能数据传输和PerfSonar节点优先考虑科学数据流。这些改进解决了以下方面的即时研究需求：DePauw在计算机科学，生物学和化学方面的项目正在提高对开发交互式文档的工具的理解，这些文档融合了文本和数据驱动的论点，增加了对心脏再生的一般理解，有可能影响心脏病发作的治疗，帮助科学界更好地了解尖端DNA测序技术如何帮助罕见遗传疾病患者，通过与导师和榜样在线互动，减少孤立感，支持计算机科学女学生坚持在计算领域工作。此外，这些改善了对国家研究网络和资源的访问，使DePauw能够让更多的本科生参与创新科学研究和发现。