Improving Connectivity between the University of Vermont and the Vermont State Colleges for STEM Research and Education

摘要提案号：ps -1107945提案题目：改善佛蒙特大学和佛蒙特州立学院之间的STEM研究和教育联系机构：佛蒙特大学和州立农业学院项目主管：来自佛蒙特州（VT） EPSCoR的RII校园间和校园内网络连接（RII C2）提案侧重于改善佛蒙特大学（UVM）与佛蒙特州立学院（VSC）网络在沃特伯里总部的校园间连接，以支持研究和网络科学教育与合作。这项工作有力地补充了先前资助的RII Track-2网络支持，该网络支持在UVM和Internet2之间实现了6x10 Gbps的连接。S网络骨干网。提议的改进包括：- UVM和VSC沃特伯里中心之间10Gbps服务的10年不可剥夺使用权（IRU），通过该中心连接的学校包括佛蒙特社区学院（CCV）的12个校区，佛蒙特技术学院的4个校区，以及州立学院系统的3个学院，统称为VSC。这次升级将使VSC的学生和教师能够更充分地参与与UVM科学家和教育工作者的合作研究。-将校园附近的VT EPSCoR研究中心从2mbps连接到Internet2升级到1Gbps直接连接到UVM主校区。这将支持RII Track-1和Track-2研究人员以及劳动力发展和多样性中心（CWDD）。建议的网络连接升级将大大提高VSC教师开展研究的能力。在林登州立大学（LSC），气象学家将能够实时到达研究地点，这在目前是不可能的。在约翰逊州立大学（JSC），在石棉超级基金站点进行微生物宏基因组项目的研究人员将能够通过互联网传输数据，而不是将硬盘驱动器邮寄到UVM。JSC的宏基因组学研究人员和UVM的生物信息学家和水专家将能够通过更好的视频会议更成功地合作。视频会议也将用于其他VT EPSCoR研究人员与JSC教职员工合作，这些教职员工提供RII Track-1流域研究数据，包括细菌核糖型和水分析。拟议的连接还将允许EPSCoR研究中心RII Track-1和Track-2人员使用UVM？S计算服务，更好地接入全国联网数据资源。所描述的方法是对国家科学技术（S&amp；T）计划的有力补充，并利用了其他资助的网络项目，包括来自NSF、农村公用事业服务（RUS）、USDA和盖茨基金会的项目。拟议的活动将通过对网络基础设施和人员的投资来促进教学、培训和学习，以协助使用升级后的基础设施。拟议的项目将支持一个网络知识渊博的校园冠军，类似于通过国家科学基金会TeraGrid项目资助的那些人，他们将协助在JSC组织的数据密集型应用生物信息学课程，并在vsc范围内提供。该网络也正在升级到EPSCoR研究中心，该中心拥有RII Track-1和Track-2研究人员以及CWDD。CWDD是一个新的VT EPSCoR实体，负责监督Streams项目，并协调研究与劳动力发展和多样性工作的整体整合，作为RII Track-1项目的一部分，该项目专注于尚普兰湖盆地。该项目提案包括使用信息亭向学校和博物馆进行外部宣传的计划。多元化计划的重点是通过VSC学校吸引代表性不足的少数民族加入STEM，并与阿本纳基印第安民族合作。

AbstractProposal Number: EPS-1107945Proposal Title: Improving Connectivity between the University of Vermont and the Vermont State Colleges for STEM Research and EducationInstitution: University of Vermont & State Agricultural CollegeProject Director: Judith Van HoutenProject DescriptionThis RII Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2) proposal from Vermont (VT) EPSCoR is focused on improving the inter-campus connections from the University of Vermont (UVM) to the Vermont State College (VSC) network at their Waterbury headquarters in order to support research and cyber-enabled science education and collaboration. This work strongly complements the previously funded RII Track-2 networking support, which has enabled a 6x10 Gbps connection between UVM and Internet2?s network backbone.The proposed improvements include:- A 10-year Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) for 10Gbps service between UVM and the VSC Waterbury hub, through which the schools that are connected include 12 campuses of the Community College of Vermont (CCV), 4 campuses of the Vermont Technical College, and 3 colleges that are part of the State College system, collectively referred to as the VSC. This upgrade will enable VSC students and faculty to more fully participate in collaborative research with UVM scientists and educators.- An upgrade for the VT EPSCoR Research Center adjacent to the campus from a 2 Mbps connection to Internet2 to a direct 1Gbps to the UVM main campus. This will support the RII Track-1 and Track-2 researchers and the Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD).Intellectual Merit The proposed upgrades in network connections will greatly improve the capacity of VSC faculty to carry out research. At Lyndon State College (LSC), the meteorologists will be able to reach research sites in real time, which currently is not possible. At Johnson State College (JSC), researchers carrying out a funded metagenomic project of microorganisms at an asbestos superfund site will be able to transfer data by the Internet instead of mailing hard drives to UVM. Metagenomics researchers at JSC and bioinformaticians and water specialists at UVM will be able to more successfully collaborate through better video conferencing. Video conferencing will also be used by other VT EPSCoR researchers working with JSC faculty members who provide RII Track-1 watershed research data on bacterial ribotypes and water analyses. The proposed connection will also allow the EPSCoR Research Center RII Track-1 and Track-2 personnel to use UVM?s compute services and better access networked data resources throughout the country. The described approach is strongly complementary to the State Science and Technology (S&T) plan and leverages other funded networking projects, including those from NSF, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), USDA, and the Gates Foundation.Broader Impact The proposed activity will promote teaching, training, and learning through investments in cyberinfrastructure and staff to assist in the use of the upgraded infrastructure. The proposed project will support a cyber-knowledgeable Campus Champion, similar to those funded through the NSF TeraGrid project, who will assist in the data-intensive applied bioinformatics course to be organized at JSC and offered VSC-wide. The networking is also being upgraded to the EPSCoR Research Center, which houses RII Track-1 and Track-2 researchers as well as the CWDD. The CWDD is a new VT EPSCoR entity that oversees the Streams Project and coordinates overall integration of research with workforce development and diversity efforts as part of the RII Track-1 project, which focuses on the Lake Champlain basin. The project proposal includes a plan to use kiosks for external outreach to schools and museums. The diversity plan focuses on attracting underrepresented minorities to STEM through the VSC schools as well as work with the Abenaki Indian Nation.