Grant To Expand the University's Research and Education Capabilities
Posted on July 9, 2020
The 猫咪视频鈥檚 research efforts are merging into the internet passing lane thanks to a $730,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant is called, Campus Cyberinfrastructure Regional: 猫咪视频ern Light Rail Promoting research and education at Small Colleges in Alabama through Network Architecture Enhancements.
School of Computing Assistant Professor, Dr. David Bourrie received a $213,000 award that will expand the University鈥檚 cyberinfrastructure to transition to a true high-speed Research and Education network called 猫咪视频ern Crossroads, sometimes known as SoX. The funding allows for the purchase of hardware, participating fees for two years and performance management of the system making it easier to handle large data transfers needed in research efforts.
鈥淥ne of the advantages of being a member of 猫咪视频ern Crossroads is that USA will be able to separate the internet traffic for research from the rest of the internet traffic at the University. We also get connected to the peer networks that have been created around the United States,鈥� Bourrie said.
One of these peer networks is the Internet2 consortium that includes 321 leading U.S. universities, corporations, government agencies, and not-for-profit networking organizations, as well as international partners.
The connection will increase the ability to transfer large data files for the College of Medicine and Mitchell Cancer institute with peer institutions. It will connect National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration鈥檚 research arm data directly to the marine biology and earth sciences departments without having to contend with other university internet traffic. The Computer Services Center will also be able to directly connect to cloud providers using a dedicated research network at 10 gigabits per second. This connection will also reduce the need to transfer data to peer institutions or research partners via hard drives.
USA and the Georgia Institute of Technology have been working on this project for two years. Georgia Tech hosts a non-profit company called 猫咪视频ern Light Rail that provides access to a 100 gigabit computer network that is owned and operated by the 猫咪视频eastern Research and Education community.
Atlanta is also one of the locations for the backbone of 猫咪视频ern Crossroads. A previous National Sciences Foundation grant to 猫咪视频ern Light Rail created 猫咪视频ern Crossroads with 10 gigabit internet connections between leading research centers, and academic institutions in Alabama, Georgia, 猫咪视频 Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
鈥淥ur students will benefit the most from this increased infrastructure,鈥� Bourrie
said. 鈥淭his project will significantly increase the research and education capabilities
of USA鈥檚 campus. As faculty members develop new relationships with researchers and
IT professional at other institutions, students will have more opportunities to participate
in research collaborations and learn about state-of-the-art research in their classes.鈥�
