CIF21 DIBBs: EI: Integrated Platform for Applied Network Data Analysis (PANDA)

随着互联网以及社会对它的依赖程度的增长，网络的结构和动态，以及它与其所处的政治经济的关系，越来越受到研究人员、运营商和政策制定者的关注。该项目为收集、分析、查询和解释互联网生态系统的测量数据提供了一个新的平台和支持工具。它直接支持NSF的目标，即提供强大、安全的网络基础设施，以加快数据密集型科学和工程领域的研究、教育和新能力。这个项目的更广泛的影响包括提高公众对互联网结构、动态、性能和演变的认识，这为当前和未来大规模网络中的关键问题的讨论提供了信息。这个应用网络数据分析平台(PANDA)整合了应用互联网数据分析中心以前开发的现有研究基础设施测量和分析组件，并为广泛的研究活动提供新的科学方向、实验和数据产品。该项目的设计强调对TB级档案的高效索引和处理，高级可视化工具来显示互联网结构的地理和经济方面，以及对显示的结果的详细解释。该项目积极吸引来自四个目标学科的合作者：网络，安全、经济和公共政策。这些活动包括建立和促进多学科合作的研讨会，开发针对非网络专家和以课堂为重点的材料的在线视频教程，带注释的书目和讨论论坛，以及战略咨询委员会。该奖项由高级网络基础设施办公室内的数据和网络计划共同支持。

As the Internet, and society's dependence on it, have grown, the structure and dynamics of the network, and how it relates to the political economy in which it is embedded, are gathering increasing attention by researchers, operators and policy makers. This project offers a new platform and supporting tools for collecting, analyzing, querying, and interpreting measurements of the Internet ecosystem. It directly supports the NSF goal of providing robust, secure cyberinfrastructure to accelerate research, education, and new capabilities in data-intensive science and engineering. Broader impacts of this project include increased public awareness of Internet structure, dynamics, performance, and evolution, which informs discussions of critical issues in current and future large-scale networking.This Platform for Applied Network Data Analysis (PANDA) integrates existing research infrastructure measurement and analysis components previously developed by the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis, and enables new scientific directions, experiments, and data products for a wide range of research activities.   The design of PANDA emphasizes efficient indexing and processing of terabyte archives, advanced visualization tools to show geographic and economic aspects of Internet structure, and detailed interpretation of displayed results.  The project actively engages collaborators from four targeted disciplines: networking, security, economics, and public policy.  Activities include workshops to establish and stimulate multi-disciplinary collaborations, development of online video tutorials targeting non-networking experts and classroom-focused materials, an annotated bibliography and discussion forum, and a strategic advisory board. This award is supported jointly by both the Data and Networking programs within the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure.