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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
http://www.educause.edu/
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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
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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)
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AN-MSI Participants
Currently 101 MSIs participate, including:
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Albany State University
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Morehouse College
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Alcorn State University
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Norfolk State University
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California State University – Los
Angeles
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North Carolina A&T State University
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Clark Atlanta University
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Oglala Lakota College
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Dillard University
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Stone Child College
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Dull Knife Memorial College
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Talladega College
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Fort Belknap College
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United Tribes Technical College
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Fort Peck Community College
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University of Houston – Downtown
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Hampton University
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University of Maryland – Eastern
Shore
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Inter American University of Puerto
Rico – Arecibo
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University of Puerto Rico – Rio
Piedras
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Jackson State University
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University of Texas – Pan American
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LeMoyne-Owen College
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Winston-Salem State University
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Lincoln University in Pennsylvania
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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
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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
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How to contact us…
For more detailed information on the project,
please visit our web site.
http://www.anmsi.org
Email inquiries are also invited!
Send email to: [email protected]
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AN-MSI / EOT-PACI
Project Overview
• About PACI
• The Grid
• Activities
Project Leader:
Stephenie McLean, NCSA
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
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Mission:
Develop human resources
through the innovative use of
emerging information
technologies to understand and
solve problems
Leadership Team
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Roscoe Giles, Raquell Holmes, Boston U.
Greg Moses, U. Wisconsin
Richard Tapia, Cynthia Lanius, Rice U.
Ann Redelfs, SDSC
Scott Lathrop, NCSA
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
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Advanced Networking With
Minority Serving Institutions
• Workshops/Training
• Grid Development
• Grid Forum
• Access Grid Deployment
• Participation in HPC
Community
• SC conference
Project Leader:
Stephenie McLean, NCSA
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Some AN-MSI / EOT-PACI Project
Activities
HPC Training
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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
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Nodes in Action: A large display screen shows the various Access Grid nodes participating in the
Alliance Chautauqua on Sept. 14. At center, Alliance Director Larry Smarr addresses a live audience at
Boston University while participants listen in from Access Grid nodes at University of Utah, University of
New Mexico, Argonne National Laboratory, Moscow State University, NCSA, UIC's Electronic
Visualization Laboratory and the Alliance Center for Collaboration, Education, Science and Software.
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SC2000 Rap Session
• Kennard Love, Clark
Atlanta University
• SC2000 Student
volunteer
• Alliance access grid
node operator
• Get your students
there!!!
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SC2000 Distributed Rap Session
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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)
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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…
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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
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HSI Project Activities (cont)
Cooperative projects
• California remote technical support
• Puerto Rico collaborative Internet
connectivity
• New York City applications and
technical support center
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NSF EDUCAUSE
Advanced Networking with
Minority-Serving Institutions
(AN-MSI) Project
Laura-Lee Davidson
Project Coordinator, HBCUs
Program Manager, Technology Transfer Project (TTP)
[email protected], 202/298-8226, ext. 201
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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)
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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)
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AN-MSI Strategies: A Closer Look
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
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DRAFT AN-MSI Mainstream Network Architecture Model
Version 5.0, 00/12/22 DRAFT
Lead and Contributing Authors and Reviewers:
Philip Long
Yale University
Ronnie Jefferson
Hampton University
Al Anderson
Salish Kootenai College
Ron Langley
California State University-Bakersfield
Wendell Barbour
California State University-Bakersfield
Kelvin Lawrence
Sitting Bull College
Jack Barden
Turtle Mountain Community College
Margaret Massey
Bethune-Cookman College
Tammy Belgarde
Turtle Mountain Community College
Tim McDonald
Oakwood College
Laurie Burns
Internet 2
Caitlin Myers
Northwest Indian College
Laura-Lee Davidson
Executive Leadership Foundation
Trent Myers
Northwest Indian College
Ricardo Diez
Interamerican University-Arecibo
Adebisi Oladipupo
Norfolk State University
Steve Dupuis
Salish Kootenai College
Alex Ramirez
Hispanic Association of Colleges and
Art Gloster
Florida International University
Eric Harmon
Winston Salem University
John Smith
Langston University
John Hurley
Clark Atlanta University
Mark Trebian
Lac Courte Orielles Ojibwa College
Henry Ingle
University of Texas-El Paso
Joyce Williams-Green
Winston Salem University
Universities
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AN-MSI Proposed Menu of Services
Executive Awareness
Resource Development
 CEO Institute, with IT experts
 Marketing / advertising support
 Info resources; bibliography
 Sources of funding
 AN-MSI web site
 Articles, materials, news releases,
PSAs
 Videoconferences
 Federal and state level advocacy
 Conference Presentations
e.g., EDUCAUSE 2001,
Snowmass – SAC, SC2001
 Fundraising, in-kind and collective
 Clearinghouse
 Group Discounts on EQ and
software and training
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AN-MSI Proposed Menu of Services (continued)
Network Technology
Applications
• Network model and related materials
•· SC2001
 Training: Seminars on Network
security and Network model
•· GridForum
• Promote certification opportunities
•· MPATH
•· Online networking course from UTEP
•· Assist with campus assessments
•· Remote access to research labs /
projects
Internet Connectivity
•· Visit faculty re: Distance Learning
protocols
•· Level-setting seminar on internet
capacity
•· Custom design
•· Videoconference series (6)
•· Pilot ALN projects
•· Workshops & training
•· Showcase wireless pilot
Evaluation/Assessment
• Develop baseline and IT goal
statements for the campuses
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A Closer Look at AN-MSI Strategies
(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
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In 1968, the first TCU was created by American Indians
for American Indians.
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Tribal College Locations
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AN-MSI:
33 Tribal Colleges and
Universities
 Information Infrastructure Assessments
 Virtual Library
 Wireless Project
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Virtual Library:
Expanding information resources through
technology
Project Components:
1. Tribal College Interfaces/Portals
2. Database Development
3. Training
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Wireless Project
• Wireless campus backbone: delivering 30Mbps to end
users over 10 mile radius
• Everything over IP: digital integration
- telephony
- Internet data
- video conferencing
• 4 test sites: Ft. Berthold, Turtle Mountain, Ft. Peck,
and Sitting Bull
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Impact on Title III
Planning and Implementation
• Information Infrastructure
assessment and
planning involving latest communications and
computational technologies
• Strengthened educational and student support
programs through access to library and online
learning resources
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