CC*DNI Networking Infrastructure: Building a High Performance Network to Support Advanced Instrumentation, Computation-Intensive Analysis and Data-Intensive Science Research

锡耶纳学院是一所充满活力的本科文科学院，拥有强大的理学院。锡耶纳理工学院的教师从事尖端研究，并邀请本科生参与这项研究。作为本科生研究和创新活动中心(CURCA)计划的一部分，学生还在教师的监督下进行独立研究。这个为期两年的项目创建了一个以最先进的研究为导向的网络基础设施，以支持学院的STEM研究。目前有限的网络传输速度阻碍了计算化学(使用锡耶纳的高性能计算集群)、纳米科学、生物物理学、天体物理和粒子物理等领域的研究项目。该项目显著提高了教师和学生开展工作的能力。该项目创建了一个网络基础设施，旨在为高性能的科学应用程序优化网络和安全。这包括提高科学学院建筑群内部以及科学和学院数据中心之间的数据传输速度，HPCC是HPCC的10倍。拟议的升级还使锡耶纳能够建立与外部高性能网络(如NYSERnet和Internet2)的连接，促进与其他机构的研究人员的合作，以及访问其他机构的仪器和研究工具。作为该项目的结果，促进和鼓励跨学科研究项目。复杂的网络基础设施是科学研究活动的关键基础，该项目为锡耶纳学院奠定了这一基础。

Siena College is a vibrant undergraduate liberal arts college with a strong School of Science. Siena faculty in the sciences conduct cutting-edge research and involve undergraduate students in that research. Students also conduct independent research with faculty supervision as part of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (CURCA) program.This two-year project creates a state-of-the-art research oriented network infrastructure to support STEM research at the College. Research projects in the fields of computational chemistry (using Siena's High Performance Computing Cluster or HPCC), nanoscience, biophysics, astrophysics, and particle physics have been hampered by currently limited network transfer speeds. This project significantly enhances the ability for faculty and students to carry out their work.The project creates a network infrastructure designed to optimize networking and security for high performance scientific applications. This includes improving data transfer speeds within the School of Science building complex and between the sciences and the College data center where the HPCC is housed by a factor of 10. The proposed upgrades also position Siena to create connections to external high-performance networks such as NYSERnet and Internet2, facilitating collaboration with researchers at other institutions as well as access to instrumentation and research tools at other institutions.As a result of this project interdisciplinary research projects are fostered and encouraged. Sophisticated cyberinfrastructure is a critical underpinning to scientific research initiatives and this project creates that foundation at Siena College.