CC* Networking Infrastructure: Improving the University of the Virgin Islands’ Scientific Research Data Movement Infrastructure and Network Capacity

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。维尔京群岛大学(UVI)通过其信息服务和机构评估部门，并与维尔京群岛合作建立了激励竞争研究计划，旨在升级校园网络交换电子设备，实施科学DMZ(周边网络)，并为本科生提供培训机会。该项目将提供更大的网络容量和所需的冗余，以使科学数据能够移动，以进行各种基于网络的研究活动，允许先进的计算，并利用公共云计算和存储资源。这些改进将提高UVI支持正在进行的科学研究和教学的能力，并吸引新的研究人员。网络交换从10/100BASE传输速度升级到高性能的千兆位网络交换机，可提高网络容量和冗余度，从而支持移动科学数据以进行各种研究活动、实现高级计算、利用公共云计算和存储资源，并支持物联网(IoT)。这些网络改进将建立在过去NSF网络基础设施投资的基础上，支持基于UVI的海洋和环境研究，为专注于海洋生态系统健康的联邦和地区自然资源管理人员提供信息，增加研究人员和合作者之间的数据共享，并有助于促进对时间敏感的环境监测和实时模型验证。UVI的Science DMZ将提供为高性能科学应用程序的需求量身定做的网络环境，包括大型数据传输、远程实验控制、数据可视化，并解决大型研究数据集穿越防火墙时出现的网络性能问题。它还将使UVI的合作伙伴国家射电天文台更快地处理数据，国家射电天文台是国际科学界使用的射电望远镜设施。此外，来自STEM传统代表性较低群体的计算机科学和计算生物学本科生将获得实践培训和工作经验的机会。该项目具有促进专业发展的潜力，有助于在大学内部和整个地区建立高需求的技术能力，并在弗吉尼亚大学校园范围内的研究和教育方面进行稳健和长期的投资。该项目由高级网络基础设施办公室(OAC)和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)共同努力资助。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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), through its Information Services and Institutional Assessment department and in collaboration with Virgin Islands Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, aims to upgrade campus network switching electronics, implementing a Science DMZ (a perimeter network), and providing training opportunities for undergraduate students. The project will deliver increased network capacity and redundancy required to enable the movement of scientific data to conduct various network-based research activities, permit advanced computing, and take advantage of public cloud computing and storage resources. These improvements will increase UVI’s ability to support ongoing scientific research and teaching and attract new researchers. Network switching upgrades from 10/100BASE transmission speeds to high performing multigigabit network switches allow for increased network capacity and redundancy required to enable the movement of scientific data to conduct various research activities, permit advanced computing, take advantage of public cloud computing and storage resources, and also support the Internet of Things (IoT). These network improvements will build upon past NSF cyberinfrastructure investments, support UVI-based marine and environmental research that informs federal and territorial natural resources managers focused on marine ecosystems health, increase data sharing between researchers and collaborators, and help to facilitate time-sensitive environmental monitoring and real-time model validation. UVI's Science DMZ will offer a network environment tailored to the needs of high-performance science applications, including large data transfers, remote experiment control, data visualization, and addresses network performance problems that occur when large research data sets traverse through firewalls. It also will enable faster processing of data for UVI’s collaborating partner, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a radio telescope facility used by the international scientific community. Additionally, computer science and computational biology undergraduate students from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM will be provided opportunities for hands-on training and work experience. This project has potential to facilitate professional development, help build high-demand technical capacity within the university and across the Territory, and make a sound and long-term investment in campus-wide research and education at UVI.This project is funded through the collaborative efforts of the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.