Transforming Education Through Information Technologies NSF Advanced Networking Project With...

Transforming Education Through Information Technologies

http://www.educause.edu/

NSF Advanced Networking Project

With Minority-Serving Institutions (AN-MSI)

Dave Staudt, AN-MSI Project Director, EDUCAUSE

Valerie Rice, AN-MSI Project Assistant, EDUCAUSE

Laura-Lee Davidson, HBCU Project Coordinator, ELC

Al Kuslikis, TCU Project Associate, AIHEC



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)

• Overall Goal:• To assist minority-serving institutions as they

improve Internet connectivity, campus networks and their technical support, and advanced use of the networks



AN-MSI Partners• EDUCAUSE and EOT-PACI

• Three Minority-Serving Communities(101 first cohort members out of over 300 higher education institutions)

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

• Executive Leadership Foundation’s Technology Transfer Project (TTP)

• 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)



AN-MSI ParticipantsCurrently over 100 MSIs participate, including:

• 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 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



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



For more detailed information on the project, please visit our web site.

http://www.anmsi.org

Inquiries are invited.

Send email to: [email protected]

AN-MSI / EOT-PACIProject Overview

• About PACI

• The Grid

• Activities

Project Leader:Stephenie McLean, NCSA

http://www.eot.org/



PACI (Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure)

• Foster/create partnerships between science

researchers and computer scientists.

• Push the edges of computer science and

application research.

• Develop access to distributed resources – the Grid



Leadership Team Roscoe Giles, Raquell Holmes, Boston U.Greg Moses, U. WisconsinRichard Tapia, Cynthia Lanius, Rice U.Ann Redelfs, SDSCScott Lathrop, NCSA

Mission: Develop human resources through the innovative use of emerging information technologies to understand and solve problems



Some PACI Technical Thrusts

• Advanced Computing

• Supercomputers

• Scalable Clusters

• Advanced Networking: the Grid

• Distributed computers, databases, instruments, and other resources

• Access Grid for Group Collaboration



Advanced Networking With Minority Serving Institutions

• Workshops/Training

• Grid Development

• Grid Forum

• Access Grid Deployment

• Participation in HPC

Community

• SC conferenceProject Leader:Stephenie McLean, NCSA

Some AN-MSI / EOT-PACI Project Activities



HPC Training



Clusters

• Linking Clusters of PC’s or Workstations to form

a powerful parallel computer is a key affordable

and scalable technology

• Cluster demonstrations

• Cluster workshop in the summer



Nodes in Action: A large display screen shows the various Access Grid nodes participating in theAlliance Chautauqua on Sept. 14. At center, Alliance Director Larry Smarr addresses a live audience atBoston University while participants listen in from Access Grid nodes at University of Utah, University ofNew Mexico, Argonne National Laboratory, Moscow State University, NCSA, UIC's ElectronicVisualization Laboratory and the Alliance Center for Collaboration, Education, Science and Software.



SC2000 Rap Session

• Kennard Love, Clark

Atlanta University

• SC2000 Student volunteer

• Alliance access grid node operator

• Get your students there!!!



SC2000 Distributed Rap Session



SC Grant Overview

• Supercomputing Conference

• Grant written by Roscoe Giles and Allison Clark

• Funding provided by SC Sponsors IEEE and ACM for approximately 30 MSI Participants @ $1800

• Travel

• Lodging

• Conference registration

• Twelve SC2000 MSI Participants Funded

• Grant runs until SC01 (then need to renew)



Conclusions

• AN-MSI / EOT-PACI project links MSI’s to

advanced computing and networking applications

• Working with select institutions to develop model

applications

• Developing outside support such as SC grant,

GridForum support, PACI

• Open to new activities that highlight educational

applications of Internet2…



HSI Project Activities

• 35 institutions in 8 states - • CA, CO, FL, IL, NM, NY, PR, TX

• Applications-oriented projects• Distance education training courses

• Six courses• Summer campus visits

• Graduate level networking course• EOT-PACI high performance activities



HSI Project Activities (cont)

Cooperative projects• California remote technical support• Puerto Rico collaborative Internet

connectivity• New York City applications and

technical support center



NSF EDUCAUSE Advanced Networking with Minority-Serving Institutions

(AN-MSI) Project

Laura-Lee DavidsonProject Coordinator, HBCUs

Program Manager, Technology Transfer Project (TTP)[email protected], 202/298-8226, ext. 201



AN-MSI Project Partners• EDUCAUSE AND EOT-PACI

• THREE MINORITY-SERVING COMMUNITIES (101 first cohort members out of over 300 higher education institutions)

- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)• Executive Leadership Foundation’s Technology Transfer Project (TTP)• 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• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)

- Tribal Colleges• American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)



Provide Technical Assistance: Local Network Planning

• Mainstream Network Architecture Model

• Assess and Redesign / Modify / Enhance Campus

Network Architecture – Williams Pilot Project

Establish Remote Technical Support Centers

• HBCU Pilot

AN-MSI Strategies: A Closer Look



DRAFT AN-MSI Mainstream Network Architecture Model

Version 5.0, 00/12/22 DRAFT

Lead and Contributing Authors and Reviewers:

Philip Long Yale University

Al Anderson Salish Kootenai College

Wendell Barbour California State University-Bakersfield

Jack Barden Turtle Mountain Community College

Tammy Belgarde Turtle Mountain Community College

Laurie Burns Internet 2

Laura-Lee Davidson Executive Leadership Foundation

Ricardo Diez Interamerican University-Arecibo

Steve Dupuis Salish Kootenai College

Art Gloster Florida International University

Eric Harmon Winston Salem University

John Hurley Clark Atlanta University

Henry Ingle University of Texas-El Paso

Ronnie Jefferson Hampton University

Ron Langley California State University-Bakersfield

Kelvin Lawrence Sitting Bull College

Margaret Massey Bethune-Cookman College

Tim McDonald Oakwood College

Caitlin Myers Northwest Indian College

Trent Myers Northwest Indian College

Adebisi Oladipupo Norfolk State University

Alex Ramirez Hispanic Association of Colleges and

Universities

John Smith Langston University

Mark Trebian Lac Courte Orielles Ojibwa College

Joyce Williams-Green Winston Salem University



AN-MSI Proposed Menu of Services

Resource Development

Marketing / advertising support

Sources of funding

Articles, materials, news releases, PSAs

Federal and state level advocacy

Fundraising, in-kind and collective

Clearinghouse

Group Discounts on EQ and software and training

Executive Awareness

CEO Institute, with IT experts

Info resources; bibliography

AN-MSI web site

Videoconferences

Conference Presentations

e.g., EDUCAUSE 2001, Snowmass – SAC, SC2001



Applications

SC2001

GridForum

Custom design

MPATH

Remote access to research labs / projects

Visit faculty re: Distance Learning protocols

Videoconference series (6)

Pilot ALN projects

Evaluation/Assessment

• Develop baseline and IT goal statements for the campuses

Network Technology

• Network model and related materials

Training: Seminars on Network security and Network model

• Promote certification opportunities

Online networking course from UTEP

Assist with campus assessments

Internet Connectivity

Level-setting seminar on internet capacity

Workshops & training

Showcase wireless pilot

AN-MSI Proposed Menu of Services (continued)



Initiate Satellite / Wireless Pilot Projects

• Tribal Colleges Wireless Initiative with Dandin Group

Prototype New Networking Technologies

• AMPATH – Global Crossing Project

Involve communities in high performance computing applications / collaborations

• EOT-PACI Grid Forum Activities, Seminars and Advanced Applications Development with I2 schools

A Closer Look at AN-MSI Strategies (continued)



In 1968, the first TCU was created by American IndiansIn 1968, the first TCU was created by American Indians for American Indians.for American Indians.



Tribal College Tribal College LocationsLocations

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AN-MSI:AN-MSI:33 Tribal Colleges and 33 Tribal Colleges and

UniversitiesUniversities

Information Infrastructure AssessmentsInformation Infrastructure Assessments

Virtual LibraryVirtual Library

Wireless ProjectWireless Project



Project Components:Project Components:

1.1. Tribal College Interfaces/PortalsTribal College Interfaces/Portals

2. Database Development2. Database Development

3. Training3. Training

Virtual Library:Virtual Library:Expanding information resources Expanding information resources

through technologythrough technology



• Wireless campus backbone: delivering 30Mbps Wireless campus backbone: delivering 30Mbps

to end users over 10 mile radius to end users over 10 mile radius

• Everything over IP: digital integrationEverything over IP: digital integration

- telephony- telephony

- Internet data- Internet data

- video conferencing- video conferencing

• 4 test sites: Ft. Berthold, Turtle Mountain, Ft. 4 test sites: Ft. Berthold, Turtle Mountain, Ft.

Peck, and Sitting BullPeck, and Sitting Bull

Wireless ProjectWireless Project



Impact on TCUImpact on TCUMath, Science and EngineeringMath, Science and Engineering

• Online research collaborationsOnline research collaborations for faculty and studentsfor faculty and students• Access to SMET instructionalAccess to SMET instructional

materialsmaterials• Access to advanced SMETAccess to advanced SMET

courses onlinecourses online• Online Bridges programsOnline Bridges programs

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