Proposal to Create an Academic/Research Network for the State of Kentucky

9312638威廉姆斯这项提案要求提供资金，以建立一个全州范围的数据网络，将肯塔基州的公共四年制机构与服务于美国东南部的国家科学基金会中层网络SuRAnet连接起来。这一新的全州网络通过肯塔基大学将东肯塔基大学、肯塔基州立大学、莫尔黑德州立大学、默里州立大学、北肯塔基大学、普林斯顿大学、路易斯维尔大学和西肯塔基大学连接到SURAnet，旨在为111,737名学生和5,625名教职员工提供访问权限。肯塔基州教育网络(KECnet)是一个正式的联盟，它将提供治理结构，以确保所有机构得到公平代表，并采取必要步骤满足肯塔基州高等教育社区的所有连接需求。SURAnet将提供运营管理和信息服务，它将为大学和学院提供与NSFnet的连接，NSFnet是一个高速(150-4500万比特/秒)的国家骨干网络。每所大学都提供了对其组织结构的描述，并说明了互联网接入的好处，预计这些好处包括：能够访问超级计算机、图书馆和进行文件传输的更强大的功能和网络速度，以及能够实施更可靠的邮件系统。学生和教师的研究都将受益于网络，这是学校探索创新和教育资源的独特机会。***

9312638 Williams This proposal requests funds to create a statewide data network linking Kentucky's public four year institutions to SURAnet which is the NSF midlevel network that serves the southeastern United States. This new statewide network connecting Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Princeton Research, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University to SURAnet through the University of Kentucky is designed to provided access to 111,737 students and 5,625 faculty. The Kentucky Educational Network (KECnet), a formal consortium, will provide the governance structure to insure that all institutions are fairly represented and the necessary steps are taken to meet all of the connectivity needs of Kentucky's higher education community. SURAnet will provide operations management and information services and it will give the universities and colleges a connection to the NSFNET, a high speed (1.5 - 45 million bits per second) National Backbone network. Each of the universities has provided a description of its organization and a statement of the benefits of Internet access that it expects including: greater functionality and network speed to be able to access supercomputers, libraries, and make file transfers along with being able to implement a more reliable mail system. Both students and faculty research will benefit from the network which is a unique opportunity for the schools to explore innovative and educational resources. ***