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The Lariat Networking Project
Building connections in the rural West
Gwen JacobsMontana State University
APAN Cairns, AUJulya 6,2004
IDeANet:leveling the playing field for “have-not”
states• NIH/NCRR supported program to upgrade networking
capabilities in 23 “have-not” states in the US• Part of the NIH IDeA Program
– Includes BRIN, COBRE, INBRE– Similar to NSF EPSCoR program
• Build networks: personal and physical
• Lariat is the first piece: 6 institutions in rural states– University of Alaska, Fairbanks– University of Idaho– University of Hawaii– Montana State University– University of Nevada -Reno– University of Wyoming
Participants
• Montana State U. and University of Washington– Gwen Jacobs, Montana State University– Ron Johnson, Vice-Provost, Computing and
Communications and Vice-President, UW – Jacqueline Brown and Louis Fox, University of
Washington
• Pacific Northwest Gigapop, CENIC, Front Range Gigapop
• BRIN (INBRE)/COBRE faculty in all six states• BRIN Universities/Tribal colleges/ four year
schools
Goals of the Lariat Network
• Build two networks:– Upgrade internet connectivity in 6 rural states– Enhance and enable scientists and educators within
the BRIN/INBRE network
• Provide training and expertise • Provide access to research resources• Strengthen partnerships with other institutions• Support the goals of IDeA, BRIN, INBRE and
WWAMI
L A R I A T ’ S C H A L L A N G I N G G E O G R A P H Y &
E C O N O M Y
U. Idaho
U. Wyoming
PNWGP
U. NevadaReno
Montana State U
CENICFRGP
U. Hawaii
U. Alaska
Lariat will improve connectivity to research and education
networks
Improved connectivity will enable participation in national initiatives
E-science for the individual scientist
• Remote access to research resources– Microscopes, telescopes, synchrotons– Data repositories, databases, storage
• Group collaboration tools– Real time videoconferencing– Real time collaborative experiments
• Biomedical research– Genomics, proteomics, physiomics– Neuroscience, bioengineering, bioinformatics– Information science/resources– Public health/environmental epidemiology
Modeling structure function relationships in the nervous system
Development of modeling toolsWe have developed a software package (XModeL) for representing and evaluating complex hybrid models.
Key features:• Describe and store
models, data, and experiment protocols in portable XML
• GUI design, editing, and visualization tools
• Import/export data in many formats
• Numerical simulation using Matlab, Python, and Neuron. Easy modular expansion of numerical tools.
• Analysis, optimization, and parameter search tools.
• Distributed computation
Data from Graham Cummins
Access to remote resources
Predicting spatial distribution of synaptic inputs:simulations done remotely at NASA Ames
E-science collaborations
BIRN: An example of biomedical e-science
Research in extreme environments:
Regional public health issues
Unique to Montana
Information dissemination:lariat-west.org