Prairie Light: Next Generation Networking for Mid-continent Science

提案编号：EPS-1006860提案标题：Prairie Light：中大陆科学的下一代网络机构：堪萨斯大学研究中心。该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案资助的（公法111-5）。堪萨斯研究基础设施改善校园间和校园内网络连接项目将增加骨干带宽，可靠性，以及堪萨斯的互联网连接冗余。将直接受益的机构包括大学、2年制和4年制学院、学区、图书馆、医院和博物馆，这些机构从事非正式的科学和技术教育。该项目提供的增强的网络能力将促进多机构研究和研究培训合作以及虚拟组织。该项目将加强新兴的网络基础设施举措，如远程仪器、全州和区域计算和存储网格、共享实时传感器数据和远程呈现活动。智力价值该奖项将促进生态预测、气候变化和可再生能源领域的研究和教育活动。堪萨斯和俄克拉荷马州的研究人员正在合作开发生态预测模型。拟议的升级将使研究人员之间能够更好地交流，分享来自不同环境传感站的数据。气候变化研究包括来自堪萨斯大学的社会、自然和物理科学家和工程师。这项工作涉及开发新的模型系统，用于使用包括气候和人类变量在内的最先进的建模技术来理解和预测气候变化情景。可再生能源研究的重点是太阳能的有效转换。 在不同地点制造的基于纳米技术的太阳能转换装置将通过合作大学远程交互式共享研究设备来表征。更广泛的影响网络连接的增强将对研究、研究培训和教育产生积极影响，并促进堪萨斯广泛的教育机构之间的互动。该项目符合国家在气候变化和可再生能源问题上的利益。堪萨斯刺激竞争研究的实验计划将通过网络基础设施投资得到加强。该项目活动将培训下一代网络专业人员，并增加美洲原住民、非裔美国人、西班牙裔和妇女对STEM学科的参与。外联活动将从学术部门延伸到公共和私营部门的利益攸关方。

Proposal Number: EPS -1006860Proposal Title: Prairie Light: Next Generation Networking for Mid-continent ScienceInstitution: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc.This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).The Kansas Research Infrastructure Improvement Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity project will increase the backbone bandwidth, reliability, and redundancy of the internet connectivity across Kansas. The institutions that will directly benefit include universities, 2- and 4-year colleges, school districts, libraries, hospitals, and museums that are engaged in informal science and technology education. The increased cyber capability provided by this project will facilitate multi-institutional research and research training collaborations and virtual organizations. Emerging cyberinfrastructure initiatives such as remote instrumentation, statewide and regional computing and storage grids, shared real-time sensor data and telepresence activities will be strengthened by this project. Intellectual MeritThe research and education initiatives that will be facilitated by this award are in the areas of ecological forecasting, climate change, and renewable energy sources. Ecological forecasting models are being developed through collaborations among researchers in Kansas and Oklahoma. The proposed upgrades would enable better communication among the researchers in sharing the data from different environmental sensing stations. Climate change studies include social, natural, and physical scientists and engineers from universities in Kansas. The work involves developing new model systems for understanding and predicting climate change scenarios using state-of-the-art modeling techniques that include climate and human variables. Renewable energy research focuses on efficient conversion of solar energy. Nanotechnology based solar energy conversion devices fabricated at different sites would be characterized through remote, interactive sharing of research equipment by collaborating universities. Broader ImpactsThe enhancements to cyber connectivity will positively impact research, research training and education and facilitate interactions among a broad range of educational institutions in Kansas. This project is well aligned with the state interests in climate change and renewable energy issues. The Kansas Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research will be strengthened by the cyberinfrastructure investments. The project activities will train the next generation of network professionals and increase participation by Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics and women in STEM disciplines. The outreach activities will reach beyond the academic sector to public and private sector stakeholders.