Research Infrastructure: FABRIC Operations - Accelerating Innovation and Research

FABRIC项目在调试阶段部署了最先进的可编程全球网络基础设施，由NSF中型研究基础设施-1计划资助。该基础设施连接了全球的研究设施，使突破性的分布式应用程序和服务成为可能，同时已经部署了30多个相互连接的FABRIC站点。FABRIC增强了在广域网协议、物联网（IoT）、大数据、机器学习、移动技术和高性能计算方面的研究能力，促进了科学发现和跨学科合作。FABRIC项目目前处于运营阶段，旨在进一步发展用户社区，促进卓越运营，开发新功能，并向利益相关者社区展示成功。扩大用户基础可以放大FABRIC和其他NSF测试平台对科学的影响。通过提供可靠的服务，FABRIC确保了复杂实验的可重复性。新特性的开发吸引了来自不同社区的用户，有助于满足他们的特定需求。通过可测量的结果展示成功，向资助者提供信息，并加强FABRIC对利益相关者社区的影响。它的智力优势在于基础设施的可编程性和互联性，使分布式系统能够以前所未有的规模进行实验。它支持科学可重复性，是科学网络基础设施生态系统的关键组成部分。它的影响跨越多个领域，如高能物理、天体物理学、网络安全和科学仪器流媒体服务，使研究人员能够实现突破性发现。FABRIC的广泛影响延伸到计算机科学、工程和领域科学（如基因组学、天文学和气候研究）的研究人员。它通过KNIT研讨会和大使计划积极参与研究界，旨在将FABRIC的影响范围扩大到所有学科和机构的研究人员，无论其背景如何。FABRIC为教师提供教育资源，并与少数族裔服务机构开展合作，简化了许多社区获得先进研究工具和基础设施的途径。项目网站[https://www.fabric-testbed.net]]作为项目更新、数据、代码和资源的中央存储库，促进全球协作和可访问性。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 FABRIC project has deployed a state-of-the-art programmable world-wide network infrastructure during the commissioning phase funded through the NSF Midscale research infrastructure-1 program. This infrastructure connects research facilities globally, enabling groundbreaking distributed applications and services using while more than 30 interconnected FABRIC sites already deployed. FABRIC enhances research capabilities in wide-area networking protocols, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Big Data, machine learning, mobile technologies and high-performance computing, fostering scientific discoveries and cross-disciplinary collaborations.The FABRIC project, now in its operations phase, aims to further grow user communities, foster operational excellence, develop new features, and demonstrate success to its stakeholder communities. Expanding the user base amplifies the impact of FABRIC and other NSF testbeds on science. By providing reliable services, FABRIC ensures reproducibility of complex experiments. The development of new features attracts users from various communities, helping address their specific needs. Demonstrating success through measured outcomes informs the funders and reinforces FABRIC's impact on stakeholder communities. Its intellectual merits lie in infrastructure programmability and interconnectivity, enabling experimentation with distributed systems at unprecedented scales. It supports scientific reproducibility and is a crucial component of the scientific cyberinfrastructure ecosystem. Its impact spans diverse domains, such as high-energy physics, astrophysics, cybersecurity, and scientific instrument streaming services, empowering researchers to achieve breakthrough discoveries. FABRIC's broader impacts extend to researchers in computer science, engineering, and domain sciences such as genomics, astronomy and climate research. It actively engages the research community through KNIT workshops and the ambassador program designed to expand FABRIC’s reach to researchers from all disciplines and institutions, regardless of background. FABRIC provides educational resources to faculty, and develops collaborations with minority-serving institutions, simplifying access to advanced research tools and infrastructure for many communities. The project website, [https://www.fabric-testbed.net], serves as a central repository for project updates, data, code, and resources, fostering collaboration and accessibility worldwide.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.