High Performance Network Connection to vBNS

该奖项是根据NCRI宣布的“连接到互联网”的高性能连接部分颁发的，NSF96-。它为OC-3连接到超高性能主干网络服务(VBNS)提供为期两年的部分支持。这种连接是通过大都会研究和教育网络(MREN)进行的，这是一个OC-12 ATM环，将芝加哥地区的几个研究机构相互连接起来，并连接到vBNS。应用包括编译器、VLSI CAD、分布式高性能计算、优化技术和X射线研究等项目。合作机构包括圣地亚哥超级计算机中心、阿贡国家实验室、康奈尔理论中心、匹兹堡超级计算机中心和国家超级计算机应用中心。

This award is made under the high performance connections portion of NCRI's "Connections to the Internet" announcement, NSF 96-64. It provides partial support for two years for an OC-3 connection to the Very High Performance Backbone Network Service (vBNS). The connection is through the MREN (Metropolitan Research and Education Network) ), an OC-12 ATM ring connecting several research institutions in the Chicago area to each other and to the vBNS. Applications include projects on compilers, VLSI CAD, distributive higher performance computing, optimization techniques, and x-ray research. Collaborating institutions include San Diego Supercomputing Center, Argonne National Laboratory, Cornell Theory Center, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, and the National Center for Supercomputer Applications.