BRIN Western Region Infonet

描述(由申请人提供)： 我们将制定和实施一项计划，为目前处于地理数字鸿沟另一边的六个农村州的生物医学研究人员提供高速电信网络。这一西部布林信息网络将使阿拉斯加、夏威夷、爱达荷州、蒙大拿州、内华达州和怀俄明州的科学家和教育工作者能够利用美国其他地区科学家可用的丰富的远程研究资源和专业知识。西部布林信息网络将作为支持教育和研究需求的工具，并将把这一地区凭借其高度宝贵的智力资本带入美国科学和医疗保健服务的主流，就像我们国家其他地方所享有的那样。西布林信息网络将提供具有网络基础设施能力的连接，消除严重的瓶颈，确保可扩展的增长，并在需要的地方允许专用带宽。我们的项目将创建两种类型的网格：1)由生物医学研究人员组成的研究网络，其生产力将通过协作、培训和获得研究工具来提高；2)物理通信网络，通过升级Brin-Grid站点与华盛顿大学主要卫生科学研究设施以及西雅图太平洋西北Gigapop(PNWGP)事实上的“Brin-Hub”的网络连接而创建。因此，该项目将解决两个关键问题：提供获取资源的途径和在社区中建立网络。高速网络基础设施在支持广泛的科学和教育目标方面的重要性已经得到很好的确认，许多国家和国际的例子都是例证。在美国国内，Internet2及其Abilene高速主干为我们的研究和教育界提供了良好的服务。今天的研究和教育界已经认识到并接受了高速网络的使用，将其作为实现其目标所必需的工具套件中的关键组件。西布林地区的州没有配备最先进的网络基础设施，西布林信息网络的建立将使西部地区与同行平起平坐。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We will develop and implement a plan to provide a high-speed telecommunications network for biomedical researchers in the group of six rural states currently on the other side of the geographical digital divide. This Western BRIN InfoNet will enable scientists and educators in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming to take advantage of the wealth of remote research resources and expertise available to scientists in other areas of the country. The Western BRIN InfoNet will serve as an instrument supporting educational and research needs and will bring this region with its highly valuable intellectual capital into the mainstream of American science and healthcare delivery, as enjoyed elsewhere in our country. The Western BRIN InfoNet will provide cyber lnfrastructure capable connectivity, eliminate crippling chokepoints, ensure scalable growth, and allow dedicated bandwidth where needed. Our project will create two types of Grids: 1) a research network composed of biomedical researchers whose productivity will be increased through collaboration, training and access to research tools, and 2) a physical communications network created by upgrading the network connectivity of BRIN-Grid sites to both the University of Washington's major health sciences research facilities, and to a de facto 'BRIN-hub' at the Pacific NorthWest Gigapop (PNWGP) in Seattle. Thus, this project will address two key issues: providing access to resources and building networks in the community. The importance of high-speed network infrastructure in supporting a wide range of science and educational objectives has been well identified and numerous national and international examples stand as exemplars. Within the United States, our research and educational communities are well served by Internet2 and its Abilene high-speed backbone. Today's research and educational communities have come to recognize and embrace the use of high-speed networks as key components in their suite of instruments essential to meeting their objectives. The states in the Western BRIN region are not equipped with state-of-the art network infrastructure, and the establishment of the Western BRIN InfoNet will bring the western region on par with its peers.