Tuesday, October 23, 2001

National Science Foundation Awards High-Speed Connections to 22 Institutions By MICHAEL BLASENSTEIN The National Science Foundation has awarded high-performance-network connections to 19 universities, a research museum, and 2 research institutes. This brings to 221 the number of institutions with NSF-awarded connections to high-speed networks. The awards average $150,000 for each institution, and support two years of work. The institutions will provide matching funds from their own budgets. Institutions can use the awards to connect either to the Internet2 consortium's Abilene network or to the very-high-performance Backbone Network System, which is known as vBNS and is operated for the science foundation by MCI WorldCom. The foundation's High Performance Network Connections program has been in place since 1995, with the goal of facilitating scientific collaboration by connecting researchers at speeds of up to 2.4 billion bits per second. More information about the foundation's advanced networking efforts is available at http://www.cise.nsf.gov/anir/ Following are the new award recipients: Institution: American Museum of Natural History, New York Principal investigator: Francis Lees Project title: High Speed Network Connectivity for the American Museum of Natural History Institution: Bowling Green State University, Ohio Principal investigator: G. Comer Duncan Project title: Internet II Connection for Research in Numerical Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics at Bowling Green State University Institution: Bradley University, Illinois Principal investigator: John Yost Project title: HPNC for Bradley University in Science and Engineering Research Institution: Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Principal investigator: John Hurley Project title: High Performance Network Connections at Clark Atlanta University Institution: Cleveland State University, Ohio Principal investigator: David Ball Project title: High Performance Network Connections for Science and Engineering Research HPNC Institution: DePaul University, Illinois Principal investigator: Gregory Brewster Project title: High Performance Network Connections For Science and Engineering Research Institution: Emporia State University, Kansas Principal investigator: David Wang Project title: High Performance Network Connections in Support of Low Temperature Astrophysics Studies and Other Collaborative Research Institution: Fond du Lac Tribal College, Minnesota Principal investigator: Loran Wappes Project title: High Performance Network Connection for Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Institution: Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. Principal investigator: Cynthia King Project title: Gallaudet Connection to MAX and Abilene In Support of Science Research, Engineering, and Education Institution: Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, New York Principal investigator: Charles Weeks Project title: High Performance Network Connections for Hauptman-Woodward Institute Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology Principal investigator: Michael Hites Project title: A 10Gbit/s High Performance Network Connection for Illinois Institute of Technology Science and Engineering Research Institution: Marist College, New York Principal investigator: Kamran Khan Project title: Enhancing Collaborative Research at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution Institution: Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts Principal investigator: Michael Crowley Project title: RUI: Sponsored Membership in Internet2 for Mount Holyoke College: Applications and Network Institution: Pace University, New York Principal investigator: Susan Merritt Project title: Internet 2 at Pace University Institution: Saint Louis University, Missouri Principal investigator: Thomas Moberg Project title: High Performance Network Connections for Science and Engineering at Saint Louis University Institution: Southern Illinois University Principal investigator: Geoffrey Nathan Project title: Southern Illinois University High Performance Network Connections for Science and Engineering Research Institution: State University of New York at Albany Principal investigator: Christopher Delia Project title: University at Albany Connection to vBNS and Abilene via NYSERNet Network Institution: Temple University, Pennsylvania Principal investigator: Eugene Kwatny Project title: High Performance Network Connection for Knowledge Discovery Research Institution: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Principal investigator: Victor Spitzer Project title: Visible Human Co-Laboratory Institution: University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth Principal investigator: Wendell Brown Project title: Internet2 Connection for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology Institution: Wichita State University, Kansas Principal investigator: David Alexander Project title: High Performance Network Connection in Support of Meritorious Research at Wichita State University Institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts Principal investigator: Arthur Gaylord Project title: High Performance Internet Connections for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Easy-to-print version E-mail this article

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