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NSF Advanced Networking Project With Minority-Serving Institutions (AN-MSI)

NSF Advanced Networking Project With Minority-Serving Institutions (AN-MSI). Valerie Rice, AN-MSI Project Assistant EDUCAUSE. AN-MSI Project. Four-year, $6 million grant (ANI-9980537) from the National Science Foundation (NSF)

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NSF Advanced Networking Project With Minority-Serving Institutions (AN-MSI)

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  1. NSF Advanced Networking Project With Minority-Serving Institutions (AN-MSI) Valerie Rice, AN-MSI Project Assistant EDUCAUSE

  2. AN-MSI Project • Four-year, $6 million grant (ANI-9980537) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) • Includes $1 million subcontract to EOT-PACI (the Education, Outreach, and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure) • For more information, please visit http://www.eot.org • Overall Goal: • To assist minority-serving institutions as they improve Internet connectivity, campus networks and their technical support, and advanced use of the networks

  3. AN-MSI Partners • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) • Executive Leadership Council and Foundation • National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) • The College Fund/UNCF • National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) • Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) • Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) • Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) • American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)

  4. Albany State University Alcorn State University California State University – Los Angeles Clark Atlanta University Dillard University Dull Knife Memorial College Fort Belknap College Fort Peck Community College Hampton University Inter American University of Puerto Rico – Arecibo Jackson State University LeMoyne-Owen College Lincoln University in Pennsylvania Morehouse College Norfolk State University North Carolina A&T State University Oglala Lakota College Stone Child College Talladega College United Tribes Technical College University of Houston – Downtown University of Maryland – Eastern Shore University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras University of Texas – Pan American Winston-Salem State University AN-MSI ParticipantsCurrently 101 MSIs participate, including:

  5. AN-MSI Committees • Executive Awareness • Assists campus decision-makers in visualizing and planning for effective integration of the Internet in their institutions • Resource Development • Locates additional funding to make possible the improvements developed by AN-MSI • Network Technology • Addresses the networking technical, operational, and support issues facing MSIs, including campus network planning, local consulting and training, and remote technical support centers

  6. AN-MSI Committees (continued) • Internet Connectivity • Develops wireless/satellite pilot projects, innovative wired technology, and cooperative connectivity projects • Applications • Encourages and implements high-performance applications and assists other applications making use of the improved networks • Evaluation & Assessment • Assesses the project’s effectiveness and modifies the project as appropriate

  7. AN-MSI Wireless Project: New Wireless Network Model • Wireless Multiservices IP Network • Scalable, fully meshed network • Use of wideband wireless devices • Spread Spectrum and Ultra-Wideband • Support of new Internet applications

  8. AN-MSI Wireless Project: Services to be Offered • VoIP for telephony • Internet data • Videoconferencing (two MPEG-2 streams) • Wireless campus backbone delivering 30 Mbps over a 10-mile radius • Wireless Mobility

  9. AN-MSI Wireless Project:Four Awards to Date • Ft. Berthold • Turtle Mountain • Ft. Peck • Sitting Bull

  10. For more detailed information on the project, please visit our web site.http://www.anmsi.orgEmail inquiries are also invited!Send email to: info@anmsi.org How to contact us…

  11. Valerie Rice, AN-MSI Project AssistantOffice: (202) 331-5371 Email: vrice@educause.eduDave Staudt, AN-MSI Project DirectorOffice: (202) 331-5350 Email: dstaudt@educause.eduhttp://www.educause.edu How to contact us…

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