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Collaborative Cyberinfrastructure Development: The NECC Five-State Consortium Overview

The NECC consortium, comprising five New England states, successfully secured $18.7 million in funding to enhance cyberinfrastructure for research and education. We recognized the necessity for pooled resources to build a robust and redundant fiber network, critical for addressing growing demands in data-intensive research. Our achievements include substantial bandwidth upgrades, providing essential connectivity for next-generation sequencing and collaborative projects, such as the metagenomic analysis of algal blooms. This collaborative effort not only advances research but also develops future cyber-savvy professionals.

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Collaborative Cyberinfrastructure Development: The NECC Five-State Consortium Overview

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  1. NECC – A Successful Five-State Cyber-Consortium Karl V. Steiner, University of Delaware Internet2 Annual Meeting Arlington, VA, April 24, 2012

  2. Higher Education Broadband Networks

  3. In the Beginning… Before there were funding opportunities on the horizon, we recognized that • New England needed Cyberinfrastructure • Only pooled funds could build the redundant fiber network • Collaboration would provide critical mass for research and education: Alone we are small, but together we can build the bench strength to rival large research universities • Funding was secured through Collaborative Proposals: • CollaborativeNSF EPSCoR Track-2, submitted Jan. 2009: ($6M) • MultipleNIH-NCRR awards spring 2009: $8.4M • Multiple NSF EPSCoR C2 awards to DE, RI, ME and VT: $4.3M • Total awards – $18.7M

  4. Where are we now? • What bandwidth upgrades have we achieved? • Vermont went from 450 Mb Max capacity to 120 Gb through an 20-year Indefeasible-Right-of-Use agreement • Delaware has significantly upgraded inter- and intra-campus connectivity • What research needs this kind of bandwidth? • Next generation sequencing that creates data at the rate of several Terabytes per day • Mega – Giga – Peta – Tera – The data just keeps growing • We need to train and hire Cyber-experts to collaborate with our Scientific Experts to conduct 21st Century Research and Education

  5. Job 1: Install Fiber! • Interstate Fiber in the Northern Tier, • Crossing into Canada to reach CANARIE • Intrastate in Rhode Island and Delaware

  6. Connect NECC to Middle and Last Mile in Vermont • Fred the Fiber Horse and Claude Demarais pull fiber in Vermont • 19th Century Methods for the Cyber Demands of the 21st Century

  7. Cyber-based Communication • Videoconferences enable and facilitate Collaborations on Research and Education Projects

  8. Little Skate Sequencing

  9. Metagenome of Algal Blooms • Metagenomic Analysis of Blooms in NECC Regions • Algal blooms in Lakes • Endangers $5.5B in lake-related income to VT, ME, NH • Only possible through a Collaborative Network • Distributed scientists, data accessed at distributed centers in two states, DE and ME • Datasets are huge

  10. Vermont Outreach • Data-intensive, applied bioinformatics course offered statewide through Vermont College System by Dr. Jim Vincent • I-2 evangelist for Vermont Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGP) program – Dr. Patrick Clemins

  11. The Watershed Project • Collaboration among NECC states’ water outreach programs for workforce development and broadening participation • Interaction, and exchange, of students from Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont • Training the next generation of cyber-savvy researchers…

  12. We’re just about ready… NECC - Rhode Island Cyber-infrastructure

  13. NECC State Teams and Lead PIs: Judy Van Houten, VT Patricia Hand & Vicky Nemeth, ME Zahir Shaikh & Jennifer Specker, RI Michelle Gregoire, NH Karl Steiner & Cathy Wu, DE Funding Organizations NIH - IDeA Program NSF - EPSCoR Program Acknowledgements

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