CC* Network Design: Network Upgrades to Improve Engagement in Science Discovery and Education

杜鲁门州立大学在密苏里州研究和教育网络(MOREnet)和密苏里大学的支持下，正在升级校园网络和基础设施，以通过提高大型数据集的数据传输能力，更好地获取和使用科学数据。增强的基础设施支持教职员工和本科生在以下方面的研究：了解恒星斑点，量化地理区域的光污染，了解治疗全球健康问题的药物的抑制机制，改进人工智能方法的自然语言处理，以及构建低成本、实时的土壤传感器。通过利用这些网络资源，还可以扩展课程，其中包括网络安全和IPv6技术方面的实践培训。这些改进包括网络交换机和分发技术的升级，导致STEM相关学科教师的数据传输和访问率提高了十倍，以及到校园天文台的数据传输带宽的增加，支持计算机科学课程的IPv6的部署，建立网络性能指标以告知持续增长，以及稳健和安全地访问校外研究工具和机构内协作机会(通过联合身份管理)。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Truman State University, with the support of the Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet) and the University of Missouri, is upgrading the campus network and infrastructure to better enable access to, and use of, scientific data through improved data transfer capabilities for large datasets. The enhanced infrastructure supports faculty and undergraduate research in understanding star spots, quantifying light pollution in geographical areas, understanding the inhibition mechanisms of drugs to treat global health issues, natural language processing to improve approaches in artificial intelligence, and building low-cost, real-time, soil sensors. An expanded curriculum that includes hands-on training in cybersecurity and IPv6 technologies is also enabled by utilizing these network resources. The improvements include upgrades to the network switch and distribution technologies that result in a ten-fold increase in data transfer and access rates for faculty in STEM-related disciplines, as well as increases in the data transfer bandwidth to the campus observatory, deployment of IPv6 in support of the computer science curriculum, establishment of network performance metrics to inform continued growth, and robust and secure access (through federated identity management) to off-campus research tools and intra-institutional collaboration opportunities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.