Joel L. Hartman, Ed.D. - US grants

The availability and accessiblity of the computing and networking resources at Bradley University has led many of the faculty to incorporate information technology application into their curriculum as an integral part of their course offerings, and has helped stimulate interest in, and a rapid growth of, faculty research. The purpose of this project is to provide access to facilities and resources not available at Bradley University and to provide a means of communication between Bradley University faculty and advanced students and their counterparts in other institutuions all over the nation, particularly in the sceintific and technological disciplines where progress is rapid and currency is essential. This will be made possible by NSF's support of appropriate routing equipment and a medium speed communication connection (56,000 bits per second) to the CICnet, the appropriate regional network, which is in turn connected to the NSFNET nationwide backbone network.

Bradley University with participation and support form major educational institutions and industry, and a strong working partnership with CICNet, the state of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS), and with considerable networking experience within its member shop, is prepared to develop the necessary technical and organizational infrastructure to establish and operate this network known as netIllinois. This network with its connection to regional and national networks, will support partnerships, consortia, and multi- disciplinary research activities; it will also enable statewide access t computing resources, databases, library information electronic mail and messaging capabilities. Specific emphasis will be given to Illinois-based information resources and research opportunities. The educational institutions that will participate include: Western Illinois Univ., Eastern Illinois Univ., Governors State Univ., Northeastern Illinois Univ., Chicago State Univ., Wheaton College, Illinois Benedictine Col., Olivet Nazarine Col., Elmhurst Col., College of DuPage, and Illinois Valley Community College. The network will provide a consistent statewide architecture for NSFNET access for a broad variety of entities engaged in education and research. This cooperative network will provide gateways to regional, national, and international networks and will be consistent with their standards. It will further the institutions' work in enhancing the state's economic development through a well-educated workforce, accessible training opportunities, and research and development partnerships. Another goal of the network is to facilitate collaborative projects and sharing of resources between institutions, including those outside the state.***

Bradley University with participation and support from major educational institutions and industry, and a strong working partnership with CICNet, the state of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS), and with considerable networking experience within its member shop, has developed a communications network known as netIllinois. This network in cooperation with sixteen (16) Illinois colleges and universities (Aurora University, College of Saint Francis, Illinois Central College, Knox College, Lewis University, Monmouth College, Moraine Valley Community College, National-Louis University, North Central College, Rockford College, Roosevelt University, Rosary College, Saint Xavier College, Southern Illinois University Medical School Library, University of Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School, and William Rainey Harper College) requests support to connect these institutions to netIllinois. The requested connections will support connectivity to netIllinois,m CICNET, NSFNET, and the greater Internet. It will also provide access to state, regional, and national computing resources and databases; and foster communication and collaboration among teachers, students, scholars, and researchers at these institutions and their peers within the worldwide education and research community. The network will provide a consistent statewide architecture for NSFNET access for a broad variety of entities engaged in education and research. This cooperative network will provide gateways to regional, national, and international networks and will be consistent with their standards. It will further the institutions' work in enhancing the state's economic development through a well-educated workforce, accessible training opportunities, and research and development partnerships. Another goal of the network is to facilitate collaborative projects and sharing of resources between institutions, including those outside the state.

9318370 Hartman Bradley University with participation and support from major educational institutions and industry, and a strong working partnership with CICNet, the state of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS), and with considerable networking experience within its member shop, has developed a communications network known as netIllinois. NetIllinois request support to provide Internet connection to thirteen (13) Illinois colleges and universities (Barat College, College of Lake County, Columbia College, Eureka College, Heartland Community College, Illinois Wesleyan University, John A. Logan College, John Wood Community College, Kaskaskia College, Milliken University, Parkland College, Prairie State College, Quincy University). The requested connections will support connectivity to netIllinois, CICNET, NSFNET, and the greater Internet. It will also provide access to state, regional, and national computing resources and databases; and foster communication and collaboration among teachers, students, scholars, and researchers at these institutions and their peers within the worldwide education and research community. The network will provide a consistent statewide architecture for NSFNET access for a broad variety of entities engaged in education and research. This cooperative network will provide gateways to regional, national, and international networks and will be consistent with their standards. It will further the institutions' work in enhancing the state's economic development through a well-educated workforce, accessible training opportunities, and research and development partnerships. Another goal of the network is to facilitate collaborative projects and sharing of resources between institutions, including those outside the state. ***

9405926 Hartman Bradley University with participation and support from major educational institutions and industry, and a strong working partnership with CICNet, the state of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS), and with considerable networking experience within its member shop, has developed a communications network known as netIllinois. NetIllinois request support to provide Internet connection to thirteen (19) Illinois colleges and universities (Blackburn College, Carl Sandburg, College, Danville Area Com. College, Illinois College, Joliet Jr College, Kendall College, Kishwaukee College, Knowledge Systems Institute, Lewis and Clark Com. College, MacMurray College, McKendree College, North Park College, Rand Lake College, Rock Valley College, Sauk Valley College, Shawnee College, Southeastern Illinois College, Trinity College, and Triton College) The requested connections will support connectivity to netIllinois, CICNET, NSFNET, and the greater Internet. It will also provide access to state, regional, and national computing resources and databases; and foster communication and collaboration among teachers, students, scholars, and researchers at these institutions and their peers within the worldwide education and research community. The network will provide a consistent statewide architecture for NSFNET access for a broad variety of entities engaged in education and research. This cooperative network will provide gateways to regional, national, and international networks and will be consistent with their standards. It will further the institutions' work in enhancing the state's economic development through a well-educated workforce, accessible training opportunities, and research and development partnerships. Another goal of the network is to facilitate collaborative projects and sharing of resources between institutions, including those outside the state.

9412928 Hartman Bradley University with participation and support from major educational institutions and industry, and a strong working partnership with CICNet, the state of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS), and with considerable networking experience within its member shop, has developed a communications network known as netIllinois. NetIllinois request support to provide Internet connection to seventeen (17) Illinois colleges and universities (Belleville Area College, Richard J. Daley College, Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X College, Olive-Harvey College, Harry S. Truman College, Harold Washington College, Wilbur Wright College, Elgin Com. college, Greenville College, Kankakee Com. College, Lake Land College, Lincoln Land Com. College, McHenry County College, Richland Com. College, State Com. College, and Waubonsee Com. College (all are community colleges except Greenville). The requested connections will support connectivity to netIllinois, CICNET, NSFNET, and the greater Internet. It will also provide access to state, regional, and national computing resources and databases; and foster communication and collaboration among teachers, students, scholars, and researchers at these institutions and their peers within the worldwide education and research community. The network will provide a consistent statewide architecture for NSFNET access for a broad variety of entities engaged in education and research. This cooperative network will provide gateways to regional, national, and international networks and will be consistent with their standards. It will further the institutions' work in enhancing the state's economic development through a well-educated workforce, accessible training opportunities, and research and development partnerships. Another goal of the network is to facilitate collaborative projects and sharing of resources between institutions, including those outside the state.

This award is made under the high performance connections portion of NCRI's Connections to the Internet announcement, NSF 96-64. It provides partial support for the connection of four universities: the University of Florida, Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Miami to the NSF very high performance Backbone Network Service (vBNS). Under this award, each institution will implement a DS-3 (45 Mbps) ATM connection to a Florida gigaPop which, in turn, will be connected to the vBNS through a shared OC-3 (155Mbps) connection to the Southern Crossroads connection point at GCATT, from which there is access to the vBNS. This proposal will support a number of advanced network-based research projects, in areas such as: brain research, image processing, quantum physics, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, global weather forecasting, real-time multicasting, virtual reality 3D diagnostic anatomy, global satellite remote sensing, ocean modeling, medical informatics and many others. These new vBNS connections will facilitate research collaboration not only among the four institutions but also with federal laboratories such as Sandia and Nasa Jet Propulsion laboratory, other research institutions, and agencies such as NASA Langley. This award provides partial support for establishing and operating the four institutional vBNS connections for a period of two years. Within the next several months, additional research universities will connect to the Florida gigaPoP, and the bandwidth of individual institutional connections will be increased from DS-3 to OC-3.