Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2021 Edition

By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions.

Community News Recap – August 29-31

• IEEE and Edge Announce Partnership to Enhance Research Data Management and Collaboration with IEEE DataPort
• New Scientific Approach Reduces Bias in Training Data for Improved Machine Learning (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Caltech to Build Quantum Network Testbed
• Who Can Bend Light for Cheaper Internet? (MIT)
• Carnegie Mellon University and Emerald Cloud Lab to Build World’s First University Cloud Lab
• Computer Science Professor Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award to Improve Robot Teamwork (Colorado School of Mines)
• NSF Grant Will Help Indiana University Train Next Generation of AI, Cybersecurity Professionals

Community News Recap – August 22-28

• Announcing the Oregon Broadband Middle-Mile Futures Report (Link Oregon)
• REN-ISAC Releases New Resource on Using Inclusive Language in IT
• Outdoor Wi-Fi Access on Campus Expanded (The University of Utah)
• Data and artificial intelligence technologies take on infectious disease outbreaks (Case Western Reserve University)
• Cybersecurity Professor Works to Close the Door on Hackers (Purdue University)
• Digitizing Scholarship: Students Use Six Weeks Over Summer to Build Digital Scholarship in Broad Range of Topics (Lafayette College)
• Biondo Biondi: How to Measure an Earthquake Through the Internet (Stanford University)
• Educause Assessment Tool Gauges Institutional Analytics Capabilities (Campus Technology)
• Mountains of Data: An Unprecedented Climate Observatory to Understand the Future of Water (Berkeley Lab)
• Registration is now open for the 2021 NSF Cybersecurity Summit (Trusted CI)
• This Technology Could Bring the Fastest Version of 5G to Your Home and Workplace (UC San Diego)

Community News Recap – August 15-21

• Southeastern Oklahoma State University Leverages Virtual Reality for Immersive Learning (OneNet)
• He Troubleshoots the World’s Fastest Supercomputers, Where System Failure Can Cost Millions (Northeastern University)
• Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) Program Selects SC21 SCinet Cohort
• Texas Governor Abbott Appoints Three to Governor’s Broadband Development Council
• Astrophysicists, Social Scientists to Probe the Universe’s Deepest Mysteries (Northwestern University)

Community News Recap – August 8-14

• Carnegie Mellon University Computer Scientists Use Algorithm To Innovate Roots of Democracy
• NASA Awards $18 Million for Research at Minority Serving Institutions
• $3.4 Million NSF Grant Aims to Make LIGO Multimessenger Discoveries Commonplace (Penn State)
• Do You Hear What I Hear? A Cyberattack. (Carnegie Mellon University)
• ORNL’s Simulation Tool Creates Digital Twin of Buildings From Coast to Coast
• Nation’s Largest Fleet of Autonomous, Electric Shuttles Launches in Colorado (Colorado School of Mines)
• Ransomware: To Pay or Not to Pay? (Ed Tech)
• Big Data-Derived Tool Facilitates Closer Monitoring of Recovery From Natural Disasters (NSF)
• Affordable Broadband for Low-Income Students (Inside Higher Ed)
• Download NASA E-Books on National Book Lovers Day

Community News Recap – August 1-7

• Michigan State University and Trusted CI Collaborate to Raise Awareness of Cybersecurity Threats to the Research Community
• World-Renowned Data Science Experts to Discuss the Future of Digital Fairness (Penn State)
• Northeastern Receives Rare Designation by FCC to Expand Wireless Technology Research
• Now at Texas A&M, Southern Regional Climate Center Continues Key Services
• OneOCII-OneNet Collaboration Leads to $11 Million in Research Funding
• VR Revisited: Why We Need it Now More Than Ever Before (eCampus News)
• Study Examines Digital Divide Impact on Black Families Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (Diverse)
• Broadband Access Still a Struggle for Tribal Colleges and Universities, 18 Months Into the Pandemic (Diverse)
• What’s in a Name? MARCC Becomes ARCH, Turbocharging Johns Hopkins High-Performance Computing

Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu.