CC* Planning: Designing a Regional Science DMZ for Small Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania

宾夕法尼亚州的许多中小型校园都有引人注目的科学研究和教育活动，并意识到更好地利用网络基础设施资源所带来的好处。然而，这些资源不足的学校继续努力完成这个过程：识别、理解和量化现有的科学驱动因素；了解相应的网络基础设施；然后提供与网络基础设施相关的技术和应用支持，以支持最初和未来的研究应用。对于一些机构来说，标准的区域连接模式，即单独连接到高性能的研究和教育网络，可能并不合适。该项目与最初的一组试点学校、宾夕法尼亚印第安纳大学、拉斐特学院和LeHigh Carbon社区学院合作，为校园开发机制，以识别基于网络基础设施的应用程序，了解所需的基于网络基础设施的资源，并确定适当的校园科学非军事区架构。该项目通过扩展现有的资助项目，调查各种校园和区域科学非军事区设计的可行性，并为全州范围的区域科学非军事区开发设计，旨在以经济高效的方式为该地区的中小型校园提供获取网络基础设施资源的便利。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Many smaller and mid-sized campuses in Pennsylvania have compelling science research and education activities along with an awareness of the benefits associated with better access to cyberinfrastructure resources. Yet, these under-resourced schools continue to struggle through the process to: identify, understand, and quantify their existing science drivers; understand the corresponding cyberinfrastructure; and, then provide both the technical and application support associated with the cyberinfrastructure to support initial and future research applications. For some institutions, the standard regional connectivity model, a separate connection to a high-performance research and education network, may not be appropriate.This project works with the initial set of pilot schools, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette College and Lehigh Carbon Community College to develop mechanisms for a campus to identify cyberinfrastructure-based applications, understand the required cyberinfrastructure-based resources and identify appropriate campus science DMZ architectures. The project investigates the feasibility of various campus and regional Science DMZ designs through outreach to existing funded projects and develop a design for a statewide regional science DMZ aimed at easing access to cyberinfrastructure resources in a cost-effective manner for small and mid-sized campuses in the region.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.