Collaborative Research: North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium

佛蒙特州大学EPS-0918284；州立农业学院J.L.Van Houten，链接到EPS-0918033(新汉普郡大学)，EPS-0918078(特拉华大学)，EPS-0918018(缅因州大学)，EPS-0918061(罗德岛大学)合作研究：东北网络基础设施联盟该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公共第111-5号法律)资助。东北数字基础设施联盟将缅因州(ME)、新罕布夏州(NH)、佛蒙特州(VT)、罗德岛州(RI)和特拉华州(DE)联合起来，支持需要分析大数据集的网络支持研究。该项目围绕共享资源、专业知识和设施进行组织，以便在人口稀少的地区和不相邻的州之间实现基于网络的合作研究。智力上的功绩。该联盟有三个主要需求来支持地区性的网络支持研究：1)在东北地区的特定区域长期租用光纤，以提供具有密集波分割能力的高速连接；2)为区域网络支持的协作建立冗余的分布式数据中心；以及3)拥有网络知识的人员，允许研究人员访问区域计算、分析和可视化资源。NECC网络所需的大部分物理基础设施都存在，但ME、NH、RI和VT需要四个关键光纤。在ME，需要两个路段，为通过CANARIE(加拿大的先进网络组织)和沿着I-95走廊的国家和国际连接提供冗余路线。沿着I-89走廊的光纤路线提供了从佛蒙特州到波士顿的连接，以及从新罕布夏州到波士顿的连接。研究人员一直在与东北研究和教育网络(NEREN)合作，在光纤网络到位后对其进行管理。为视频会议提供足够带宽的光纤网络的可能性导致了NECC区域组织围绕STEM劳动力发展和多样性的外联计划。该项目计划通过在多个面向高中生和本科生的州立项目之间建立伙伴关系，创建一个新的分水岭项目。参加这个项目的学生来自NECC所有州、纽约和波多黎各，否则他们甚至不会见面，他们将在合作的分水岭研究中合作。培训结束后，高中生和教师或本科生组成的团队加入国家项目，在夏季或整个夏季和学年从事分水岭科学工作。NECC各州的计划在提高STEM专业的参与度和多样性方面是有效的，但随着新的光纤网络和在新的网络上进行通信的能力，一个更大的、全地区有效的计划，重点是基于网络的通信和研究工具，是可以预见的。研究人员制定了一个多方面的交流计划，将通过创新的电视节目、播客和教育材料向公众传播网络研究的重要性。大使计划将与公民科学团体合作，向公众宣传光纤网络对教育和科学的重要性，以及网络使能的元基因组学研究对各州经济的潜在影响。光纤网络将对该地区产生巨大的经济影响。关于VT、NH、ME和RI湖泊水华细菌群落元基因组学的试点项目将有助于了解这些水华的来源及其毒素，这些毒素导致人们无法获得娱乐和饮用水水源。东北部的湖泊对经济极其重要，据估计，尚普兰湖每年为纽约州、佛蒙特州和魁北克省带来15亿美元的湖泊相关收入；每年为缅因州带来20亿美元的湖泊休闲收入；1.4万个就业机会，并为新罕布夏州带来18亿美元的划船、捕鱼、游泳、饮用水和财产税收入。

EPS-0918284, University of Vermont & State Agricultural College, J. L. Van Houten, linked to EPS-0918033 (University of New Hampshire), EPS-0918078 (University of Delaware), EPS-0918018 (University of Maine), EPS-0918061 (University of Rhode Island)Collaborative Research: North East Cyberinfrastructure ConsortiumThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC) unites Maine (ME), New Hampshire (NH), Vermont (VT), Rhode Island (RI), and Delaware (DE) to support cyber-enabled research that requires analyses of large datasets. The project is organized around sharing resources, expertise and facilities in order to make cyber-enabled collaborative research possible in a sparsely populated region and among non-contiguous states. Intellectual Merit. The consortium has three primary needs to support regional, cyber-enabled research: 1) long-term leases on fiber in specific reaches across the northeast to provide high-speed connectivity with dense-wave division capability; 2) redundant, distributed Data Centers for regional cyber-enabled collaborations; and 3) cyber-knowledgeable personnel to allow researchers to access regional compute, analysis and visualization resources. Much of the physical infrastructure required for the NECC network exists, but there are four key reaches of fiber needed in ME, NH, RI and VT. In ME, two stretches are required to provide a redundant route for national and international connectivity through CANARIE (Canada's advanced network organization) and along the I-95 corridor. A fiber route along the I-89 corridor provides connectivity to Boston for Vermont and New Hampshire to Boston. The researchers have been working with the Northeast Research and Education Network (NEREN) to manage the fiber network once it is in place.Broader Impacts. The possibility of a fiber network that would provide adequate bandwidth for videoconferencing has led to the NECC regional organization around outreach programs for STEM workforce development and diversity. It is planned to create a new Watershed Project through partnerships among multiple state-based programs for high school and undergraduate students. Students in this project from all the NECC states, NY and Puerto Rico, who otherwise would not even meet, will work together in collaborative watershed research. Following training, teams of high school students and teachers or undergraduates join with state programs to work on watershed science during the summer or through the summer and the academic year. The individual NECC state programs are effective in improving participation in STEM majors and diversity, but with the new fiber network and the ability to communicate over the new cybernetwork, a larger, region-wide effective program, with emphasis on cyber-based communication and research tools, is envisioned. The researchers develop a multi-faceted communication plan that will spread the word about the importance of the cyber-enabled research to the public through innovative television shows, podcasts and educational materials. An Ambassador Program will partner with citizen science groups to inform the public about the importance of a fiber network to education and science and about the potential impact of the cyber-enabled metagenomics study to the economies of the states. The fiber network will have an enormous economic impact on the region. The pilot project on metagenomics of the bacterial communities in blooms in lakes in VT, NH, ME and RI will contribute to the understanding of the origin of these blooms and their toxins that shut down access to recreational and drinking water sources. Lakes in the northeast are extremely important to economies, with estimates of $1.5B in lake-related revenues to NY, VT and Quebec each year from Lake Champlain; $2B annually from lake recreational revenues to Maine; 14,000 jobs and bring in $1.8B in revenues from boating, fishing, swimming, drinking water and property taxes to New Hampshire.