CC* Regional: A Purpose-built SoCal Science DMZ for Catalyzing Scientific Research Collaborations

Los Nettos区域网络是一个历史悠久的区域研究和教育（R E）网络，在大洛杉矶地区为其30多个成员和同事提供科学和工程研究支持。该项目在多个南加州大学校园建立了一个无摩擦的区域科学DMZ网络，促进了各机构的合作研究能力。该项目建立了必要的网络基础设施和软件，以促进区域和国家科学合作的大规模研究数据的高速传输。包括在网络中的校园是洛约拉马里蒙特大学，西方学院，和克莱蒙学院联盟，其中包括克莱蒙研究生大学，克莱蒙麦肯纳学院，哈维穆德学院，凯克研究生院，皮策学院，波莫纳学院和斯克里普斯学院。这个专门构建的科学网络是专门为每个机构的独特需求定制的，并遵循ESnet制定的著名的科学DMZ指南。新的网络与州、国家和国际网络互连，如CENIC的加州研究和教育网络（CalREN）、Internet2和Pacific Wave。各个科学领域的许多项目都受益于该项目所支持的网络容量的显著增加。区域一级的协调活动，包括对每个校区的管理人员和研究人员进行技术培训，确保维持统一的标准。这个可扩展的研究与教育网络将来可以扩展到其他较小的区域机构的研究人员和学生（例如，Charles R.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。

The Los Nettos Regional Network is a long-standing regional research and education (R&E) network with a history of supporting science and engineering research for its more than 30 members and associates in the greater Los Angeles area. This project builds a friction-free regional Science DMZ network across multiple Southern California college campuses, catalyzing collaborative research capabilities at the institutions. The project establishes the network infrastructure and software necessary to facilitate high speed transfers of large-scale research data for regional and national scientific collaborations. The campuses included in the network are Loyola Marymount University, Occidental College, and The Claremont Colleges consortium, which consists of Claremont Graduate University, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Keck Graduate Institute, Pitzer College, Pomona College, and Scripps College. This purpose-built science network is specially customized for each institution’s unique needs and follows the well-known Science DMZ guidelines established by ESnet. The new network interconnects with state, national, and international networks, such as CENIC’s California Research and Education Network (CalREN), Internet2, and Pacific Wave. Many projects in various science domains benefit from the significant network capacity increase that this project supports. Coordinated activities at the regional level, including technical training for administrators and researchers at each campus, ensure uniform standards are maintained. This scalable R&E network can be expanded in the future for researchers and students at other smaller regional institutions (e.g., Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, ArtCenter College of Design) as their need for collaboration widens.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.