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Indigenous tribes in Southern California join Pacific Wave
Fourteen Native American tribes in Southern California are now directly connected to the state-of-the-art International Internet Exchange, Pacific Wave, and its peering, high-performance scientific networks, and ever-expanding global connectivity. This new connection...
Networkmaine rapidly upgrades Internet in K-12 schools
Networkmaine, collaborating with the Maine Department of Education, continues to be successful in upgrading network connections at K-12 schools during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Maine School and Library Network (MSLN) project. Remote learning and hybrid...
Quantum computing and entangling MAX network with MARQI
The turn of the 20th century bore witness to the transformative power of the Internet. We are now at a 21st century inflection point, heralding (pun intended!) accelerated transformation with quantum technologies. Frontier advances can be realized with the potential...
FRGP continues to broaden the reach of R&E Networks
The Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) is the lead Research and Education Network (REN) on two NSF CC* awards. BiSON-West (BiSON) is a planning grant that is on a second year, no-cost extension. The grant’s goals are to extend FRGP services to universities, colleges, and...
SI-MORe-OFFN Award connects additional institutions to Oklahoma’s Science DMZ
A grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will expand research computing at five more Oklahoma colleges and universities. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE) and OneNet received $232,275 in funding for the Small Institution Multiple...
WVNET leads Kids Connect Initiative in West Virginia
West Virginia’s K-12 schools last fall faced an educational dilemma – how best to continue educating students during a worldwide pandemic. As school districts shifted to remote education for their students, access to high-speed internet was not available to all...
KanREN tackles rise in cybersecurity threats during pandemic
Last spring - as workplaces, medical offices and schools struggled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing a variety of online connectivity solutions - another threat lurked beneath the surface. At a time when almost every aspect of our lives became more...
ESnet supports speed everywhere through Data Mobility Exhibition
A big part of ensuring the success of science is ensuring that science data can be shared. The advanced networking resources that move this data must be performant and ready to support data transfers when, where and no matter how transfers are used. This is a...
Broadband data collection as a mechanism for community engagement in Michigan
Data gathering is an imperative first step in broadband planning and expansion efforts. However, collecting accurate information on a household level can be significantly more challenging for rural and less affluent communities. The Michigan Moonshot has developed an...
EPOC trials Virtual Deep Dives to enhance cyberinfrastructure workflows
Research and Education (R&E) networks form the "circulatory system" for science. Understanding scientific workflows, and creating technical solutions that are able to assist and adapt to the changing needs of science, remains a critical gap that must be addressed...