IRNC

(International Research Network Connections)

 

The United States research and education community communicates, cooperates and collaborates with colleagues in the global community.  Members of this community access remote instruments, data, and computational resources located throughout the world, often as part of international collaborations. Similarly, major NSF investments in large-scale science and engineering facilities located both inside and outside the U.S. are utilized by multi-national research and education collaborations.

 

NSF International Research Network Connections Program (IRNC) has funded five projects to provide network connections linking U.S. research networks with peer networks in other parts of the world. Links funded by this program support science and engineering research and education applications.   Funded projects assist the U.S. research and education community by enabling state-of-the-art international network services similar to and interconnected with those currently offered or planned by domestic research networks.

In Washington DC, on April 28, 2006 each IRNC project presented material concerning current progress and future plans.  The presentations are available for download.

NSF International Research Network Connections Program Final Report – January 8, 2008
 

This report is a summary of the work conducted in support of NSF Award # OCI-0730691.
Report Team: Alan Blatecky (Renaissance Computing Institute); Peter Arzberger (UCSD), David
Lassner (University of Hawaii), Miron Livny (University of Wisconsin)

 

The following projects are funded through the NSF IRNC program.

 

 

• TransPAC2 – NSF Award Abstract - #0441096, PI:  James Williams (williamsindiana.edu), Indiana University

 

 

• WHREN (Western Hemisphere Research and Education Networks) – NSF Abstract - #0441095, PI: Julio Ibarra (juliofiu.edu), Florida International University

 

 

• TransLight / StarLight – NSF Award Abstract - #0441094, PI: Thomas DeFanti (tomuic.edu), University of Illinois at Chicago

 

• TransLight/Pacific Wave – NSF Award Abstract - #0441119, PI: John Silvester (silvesterusc.edu), University of Southern California

 

 

• GLORIAD (Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development) – NSF Award Abstract - #0441102, PI: Greg Cole (gcolegloriad.org), University of Tennessee Knoxville.

 

Two additional Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) were awarded:

 

• Network Measurement for International Connections - NSF Award Abstract - #0457404, PI: Matthew Zekauskas (mattinternet2.edu), Internet2
• Exploratory Research on Network Measurement for International Connections - NSF Award Abstract - #0513437, PI: Matthew Mathis (mathispsc.edu), Carnegie-Mellon University

 

Maps and related links:

    International Measurement Wiki page

    IRNC Measurement page 

TransLight:

• Download Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF) maps:

 

The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) is functionally tied into the

International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program of the NSF.

• Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)
• Past resources (NSRC)

 

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