IRNC: Core Improvement: Americas-Africa Lightpaths Express and Protect (AmLight-ExP)

IRNC：核心改进：美洲-非洲光路表达和保护 (AmLight-ExP)

• 批准号: 2029283
• 负责人: Julio Ibarra
• 金额: $ 386.47万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-12-15 至 2025-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2029283&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRNC; Core; Improvement; Americas; Africa

Big data science in South America and Sub-Saharan Africa will dramatically evolve over the next five years, with increasing dependency on advanced cyberinfrastructure and programmable networking. Significant projects include The Vera Rubin Observatory, the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider experiments and the Square Kilometer Array in S. Africa. AmLight-ExP supports high-performance network connectivity required by international science and engineering research and education collaborations involving the NSF research community, with expansion to South America and West Africa.AmLight-ExP is a reliable, leading-edge infrastructure for research and education. With significant investments from the Academic Network of São Paulo, Brazil’s Research and Education network, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, the regional network of Latin America (RedCLARA), and national R&E network of S. Africa (TENET/SANReN), the total bandwidth provided by AmLight ExP between the U.S. South America, and Africa is expected to grow to over 4 Tbps in aggregate capacity from 2020-2025. This flexible inter-regional infrastructure enables science communities to expand research and learning activities, empowered through access to scalable optical spectrum on submarine cables and programmable networks. AmLight-ExP increases the rate of discovery. Faster discovery means quicker focus on the greatest benefit for society. AmLight-ExP is a catalyst for new communities of researchers and learners with a bridge, linking U.S. Hispanic and African students, teachers and researchers. AmLight-ExP is committed to serving the needs of graduate and undergraduate education through models that bring together students and the networking community with scientists from all domains.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.

南美洲和撒哈拉以南非洲地区的大数据科学将在未来五年内发生巨大变化，对先进的网络基础设施和可编程网络的依赖程度将越来越高。 重要的项目包括维拉鲁宾天文台，高亮度大型强子对撞机实验和平方公里阵列在S。非洲AmLight-ExP支持涉及NSF研究社区的国际科学和工程研究和教育合作所需的高性能网络连接，并扩展到南美和西非。AmLight-ExP是一种可靠的领先基础设施，用于研究和教育。圣保罗学术网络、巴西研究和教育网络、大学天文学研究协会、拉丁美洲区域网络（Redunda A）和巴西国家研究与教育网络的大量投资。非洲（TENET/SANReN）是AmLight ExP在美国南美和非洲之间提供的总带宽，预计从2020年到2025年，总容量将增长到4 Tbps以上。这种灵活的区域间基础设施使科学界能够扩大研究和学习活动，通过海底电缆和可编程网络获得可扩展的光谱。AmLight-ExP提高了发现率。更快的发现意味着更快地关注社会的最大利益。AmLight-ExP是研究人员和学习者新社区的催化剂，它是连接美国西班牙裔和非洲学生，教师和研究人员的桥梁。AmLight-ExP致力于通过将学生和网络社区与来自各个领域的科学家聚集在一起的模式来满足研究生和本科生教育的需求。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。