CC* Regional: Promoting Research and Education at Small Colleges in the Atlanta University Center and at Tuskegee University through Network Architecture Enhancements

佐治亚理工学院（GT）与南方轻轨和南方十字路口（SLR/SoX）合作，为美国东南部的研究和教育社区提供先进的网络服务。该项目扩展了先进的网络服务，并为来自四个历史上少数民族服务机构（msi）的研究人员和教育工作者提供网络基础设施（Cl）访问、培训和支持，其中三个来自亚特兰大大学中心联盟，以及塔斯基吉大学。GT与这些msi合作，实现强大而安全的10或100千兆网络，支持这些机构的计算研究和教育。此外，GT和SoX正在建立和参与外展活动，并正在确定这些机构中有兴趣获得Cl资源和培训的其他研究人员。该项目解决了MSI的网络和Cl需求，并增强了它们的连通性。通过启用、支持和促进msi的连接和计算研究，该项目对这些机构在校园范围内的研究和教育活动产生了变革性影响。它加强了东南各州的研究生态系统和专业知识网络，并扩大了参与计算研究的机构的范围。该项目促进的网络连接增加了四个合作少数民族服务机构学生的研究培训和劳动力发展，并为项目扩展到其他msi奠定了基础。此外，项目团队继续为包括妇女和少数民族在内的不同学生群体提供培训和指导机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) in collaboration with Southern Light Rail and Southern Crossroads (SLR/SoX) provides advanced networking services for the research and education (R&E) communities across the Southeastern United States. This project extends advanced network services and provides cyberinfrastructure (Cl) access, training and support to researchers and educators from four historically Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), three of them from the Atlanta University Center Consortium, plus Tuskegee University.GT works with these MSIs to implement robust and secure 10 or 100 gigabit networking that enable and support the computational research and education at these institutions. Furthermore, GT and SoX are establishing and engaging in outreach activities and are identifying other researchers in these institutions who are interested in accessing Cl resources and training. The project addresses MSI’s networking and Cl needs and enhances their connectivity. By enabling, supporting, and promoting connectivity and computational research at MSIs, this project has a transformative impact on these institutions' research and education activities campus-wide. It strengthens the research ecosystem and network of expertise in the Southeastern states and expands the range of institutions involved in computational research.The network connectivity facilitated by this project increases research training and workforce development for students at four partner Minority Serving institutions and lays the groundwork for project expansion to other MSIs. Additionally, the project team continues training and fostering mentoring opportunities for a diverse group of students, including women and minorities.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.