CC* Regional: A Purpose-built SoCal Science DMZ for Catalyzing Scientific Research Collaborations

Los Nettos区域网络是一个长期存在的区域研究和教育（R&amp；E）网络，拥有为大洛杉矶地区的30多个成员和合作伙伴提供科学和工程研究支持的历史。该项目在多个南加州大学校园之间建立了一个无摩擦的区域科学非军事区网络，促进了机构的合作研究能力。该项目建立了必要的网络基础设施和软件，以促进区域和国家科学合作的大规模研究数据的高速传输。该网络中的校园包括洛约拉玛丽蒙特大学、西方学院和克莱蒙特学院联盟，该联盟由克莱蒙特研究生院、克莱蒙特麦肯纳学院、哈维马德学院、凯克研究生院、皮策学院、波莫纳学院和斯克里普斯学院组成。这个专门建立的科学网络是为每个机构的独特需求专门定制的，并遵循ESnet建立的著名的科学DMZ指南。新的网络与州、国家和国际网络互连，如CENIC的加州研究和教育网（CalREN）、Internet2和Pacific Wave。不同科学领域的许多项目都受益于该项目所支持的显著的网络容量增加。区域一级的协调活动，包括对每个校区的行政人员和研究人员进行技术培训，确保维持统一的标准。这个可扩展的R&amp；E网络可以在未来扩展到其他较小的区域性机构（例如，Charles R. Drew医学与科学大学，艺术中心设计学院）的研究人员和学生，因为他们需要扩大合作。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Los Nettos Regional Network is a long-standing regional research and education (R&E) network with a history of supporting science and engineering research for its more than 30 members and associates in the greater Los Angeles area. This project builds a friction-free regional Science DMZ network across multiple Southern California college campuses, catalyzing collaborative research capabilities at the institutions. The project establishes the network infrastructure and software necessary to facilitate high speed transfers of large-scale research data for regional and national scientific collaborations. The campuses included in the network are Loyola Marymount University, Occidental College, and The Claremont Colleges consortium, which consists of Claremont Graduate University, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Keck Graduate Institute, Pitzer College, Pomona College, and Scripps College. This purpose-built science network is specially customized for each institution’s unique needs and follows the well-known Science DMZ guidelines established by ESnet. The new network interconnects with state, national, and international networks, such as CENIC’s California Research and Education Network (CalREN), Internet2, and Pacific Wave. Many projects in various science domains benefit from the significant network capacity increase that this project supports. Coordinated activities at the regional level, including technical training for administrators and researchers at each campus, ensure uniform standards are maintained. This scalable R&E network can be expanded in the future for researchers and students at other smaller regional institutions (e.g., Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, ArtCenter College of Design) as their need for collaboration widens.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.