CC* Networking Infrastructure: YinzerNet: A Multi-Site Data and AI Driven Research Network

YinzerNet支持匹兹堡大学、卡内基梅隆大学和匹兹堡超级计算中心之间突破性的合作科学研究和教育倡议。该网络基础设施消除了数据移动、共享和研究计算方面的瓶颈，提高了跨学科协作的工作效率。凭借其创新的设计，YinzerNet集成了经过修改的边缘数据传输节点(Cloudlet)，配备了图形处理单元(GPU)、数据处理单元(DPU)和基本OpenStack实例，促进了集装箱化工作流的部署。该网络采用开源网络操作系统覆盖的云中开放网络软件(SONIC)来连接分布式站点，促进实验和企业网络解决方案，并增加了未来扩展和连接其他学术机构的能力。通过提升网络能力和支持基于Cloudlet的分布式研究平台，YinzerNet能够探索新的联合人工智能(AI)模型和网络监控工具，随着联合服务成为标准，这一点至关重要。它服务于广泛的研究领域，包括卫星通信、安全、生命科学、机器人、高能物理、天文学和神经科学，展示了对这些领域的直接影响。YinzerNet不仅代表着网络基础设施方面的重大进步，也是未来技术进步和与国家网络基础设施生态系统连接的催化剂。它的设计和实施强调了协作平台在加速科学发现和创新方面的重要性，展示了通过增强研究能力带来显著社会效益的潜力。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。

YinzerNet supports groundbreaking collaborative scientific research and education initiatives between the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. This network infrastructure eliminates bottlenecks in data movement and sharing and research computing, enhancing the productivity of interdisciplinary collaborations. With its innovative design, YinzerNet integrates modified Data Transfer Nodes at the edge (cloudlets), equipped with Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Data Processing Units (DPUs), and a basic OpenStack instance, facilitating the deployment of containerized workflows. The network employs Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC), an open-source network OS overlay, to connect distributed sites, fostering experimental and enterprise network solutions, and adds the ability to expand and connect with other academic institutions in the future.By advancing network capabilities and supporting cloudlet-based distributed research platforms, YinzerNet enables the exploration of new federated Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and network monitoring tools, crucial as federated services emerge as a standard. It serves a wide range of research domains, including satellite communications, security, life sciences, robotics, high-energy physics, astronomy, and neuroscience, demonstrating immediate impacts on these fields.YinzerNet not only represents a significant step forward in networking infrastructure but also acts as a catalyst for future technological advancements and connections to the national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem. Its design and implementation underscore the importance of collaborative platforms in accelerating scientific discovery and innovation, showcasing the potential for significant societal benefits through enhanced research capabilities.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.