CC* Networking Infrastructure: Enhancing network connectivity for data-intensive, multi-institution collaborative science

该项目加强了普渡大学与世界的外部连接，为普渡大学内部的数据密集型研究提供快速网络，并将连接扩展到服务不足的研究设施。这些网络扩展使普渡能够应对尖端研究中的数据挑战，并使人工智能等新兴研究能够跨越几个学科。该项目包括几项教育和劳动力发展活动，包括正式培训和指导，以吸引本科生参与网络基础设施的部署和运营，并支持普渡大学校园的体验式和住宿式学习计划。通过这个项目，普渡将通过400 Gbps的广域网络连接到印第安纳州的GigaPOP和ESnet网络。此次升级使普渡大学能够充分利用Internet2的S第五代主干网以及包括普渡大学在内的400Gbps跨大西洋大型强子对撞机开放网络环境。此外，该项目还提供到普渡研究农场、农学和动物科学的快速连接，以支持服务不足的设施中的新兴科学。最后，该项目扩展了普渡科学非军事区，以实现普渡探索园区内实时视频分析和公私合作所需的高带宽、低延迟通信。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 project enhances Purdue University’s external connectivity to the world, delivers fast networking for data intensive research within Purdue, and extends connectivity to under-served research facilities. These network expansions position Purdue to address data challenges in cutting-edge research and enable emerging research such as artificial intelligence across several disciplines. Several educational and workforce development activities, including formal training and mentorship, are included in this project to engage undergraduate students in the deployment and operation of network infrastructure and support experiential and residential learning programs on Purdue’s campus. With this project, Purdue connects to Indiana GigaPOP and the ESnet network with a 400 Gbps wide-area network. This upgrade enables Purdue university to fully leverage Internet2’s fifth generation backbone as well as the 400 Gbps transatlantic Large Hadron Collider Open Network Environment that includes Purdue as a participating site. Furthermore, the project provides fast connectivity to Purdue research farms, Agronomy, and Animal sciences to support emerging science in under-served facilities. Finally, the project expands Purdue’s science DMZ to enable high-bandwidth, low latency communication required for real-time video analytics and public-private partnerships within the Purdue Discovery Park District.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.