Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2021 Edition

By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2

Estimated reading time: 4 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 – October 24-31

• Volodymyr Kindratenko Named Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation at NCSA (opens in a new window)
• Taming the Data Deluge (MIT) (opens in a new window)
• NSF Grant Aims to Optimize Future Cyberinfrastructure (Cornell) (opens in a new window)
• With Innovation Comes Inequity (eCampus News) (opens in a new window)
• US Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Announces Inaugural Fulbright HSI Leaders Initiative (opens in a new window)
• Caltech and Amazon Partner to Create New Hub of Quantum Computing (opens in a new window)
• HECVAT 3.0 Launches … to Outer Space? (EDUCAUSE) (opens in a new window)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Partner With University of Oklahoma (opens in a new window)
• The Quilt Again Shines Collaborative Light on Future of R&E Networking (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – October 17-23

• NCSA Software Fits Many Research Toolboxes (opens in a new window)
• What Happens When a Meteor Hits the Atmosphere? (Texas Advanced Computing Center) (opens in a new window)
• Texas A&M Division Of IT National Leader In Cybersecurity Awareness Programs (opens in a new window)
• IPv6 Buzz 087: How Merit Network Used Carrots Over Sticks To Drive IPv6 Adoption (Packet Pushers) (opens in a new window)
• Bringing Inclusive Language into IT (EDUCAUSE) (opens in a new window)
• Zhenhua Liu Receives NSF Early CAREER Award (Stony Brook University) (opens in a new window)
• EDUCAUSE 2021: Transformation, Resilience and the Common Good (EdTech) (opens in a new window)
• Carnegie Mellon University CompBio Researchers Take Leading Roles in NIH SenNet Program (opens in a new window)
• San Diego State University, Community College Launch HSI STEM Pathway Project (opens in a new window)
• Expanding Rural Broadband is a Passion for OneNet’s Business Director (opens in a new window)
• Stony Brook University Research Group, Start-Up Awarded $1 Million from NSF for Robotics Proposal (opens in a new window)
• Announcing Trusted CI’s Open Science Cybersecurity Fellows Program (Applications Due Nov 12) (opens in a new window)
• Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Explore. Experience. Share (NIST) (opens in a new window)
• Make the Switch on Global Encryption Day, October 21 (Global Encryption Coalition) (opens in a new window)
• Esports at HBCUs Promote Diversity in a Thriving Industry (Insight Into Diversity) (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – October 10-16

• NSF Awards $11M to SDSC, MIT and Univ. of Oregon to Secure the Internet (HPCwire) (opens in a new window)
• One Year In, Q-NEXT Quantum Research Center is Going Strong (University of Chicago) (opens in a new window)
• Discovery Fund to Seed Local Innovation Ecosystem (University of Maryland) (opens in a new window)
• NASA Turns to the Cloud for Help With Next-Generation Earth Missions (opens in a new window)
• NOAA Upgrades Climate Website Amid Growing Demand for Climate Information (opens in a new window)
• UMaine Civil Engineering Researchers Part of $4M NSF Project to Create Next-Gen Sensor Networks to Monitor Infrastructure  (opens in a new window)
• National Center For Supercomputing Applications Researchers Contribute To USDA-Funded Agrivoltaics Project (opens in a new window)
• DigitalC Connects High-Speed Internet to Cleveland’s Lexington Village (US Ignite) (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – October 1-9

• (opens in a new window)OARnet Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Develop STEM Training and Research Resources for Higher Education
• $1M Supports Resilience to Climate Change Through Cyberinfrastructure Training (University of Hawaii)
• ‘Digital Twins’ of Texas Coastal Communities Could Shed Light on Resiliency (Texas A&M)
• Mines Professor Part of Team Using Supercomputing, Big Data to Answer Seismology’s Biggest Questions (Colorado School of Mines) (opens in a new window)
• $12 Million NSF Grant Will Establish Nationwide Atmospheric Measurement Network (Georgia Tech) (opens in a new window)
• Stony Brook University AMS Professor Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award (opens in a new window)
• University of Chicago Researchers and South Side Teachers Work Together to Engage Students in Quantum Technology (opens in a new window)
• Researchers Reach Quantum Networking Milestone in Real-World Environment (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) (opens in a new window)
• Threading the Needle for Data-Driven Science and Data Access (San Diego Supercomputer Center) (opens in a new window)
• Hear From CIO Sue Workman During I2I Webinar Oct. 12 (Case Western Reserve University) (opens in a new window)
• Grant Will Give Public Better Access to History of Black Literature (University of Kansas) (opens in a new window)
• GHub: The New Place to Be for Ice Sheet Scientists (University at Buffalo) (opens in a new window)
• DOE-Funded Research Project To Efficiently Reduce Massive Scientific Data (Texas A&M (opens in a new window)
• Cybersecurity – Put to the Test (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) (opens in a new window)
• Blockchain Technology Could Provide Secure Communications for Robot Teams (MIT) (opens in a new window)
• Transformative Technology (Georgia State University) (opens in a new window)
• Safeguarding Indiana is Focus of Upcoming Cybersecurity Summit (Indiana University) (opens in a new window)
• New “Risk Triage” Platform Pinpoints Compounding Threats to US Infrastructure (MIT) (opens in a new window)
• ‘One-Of-A-Kind’ Cellular Platform Could Help Usher in 6G Technology (Northeastern University) (opens in a new window)
• NCSA Contributes to $4.4 Million Astronomy Cyberinfrastructure Project (opens in a new window)
• SWOSU Blue Thunder Alley Accelerates Research Computing Opportunities for Students (OneNet) (opens in a new window)

Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu (opens in a new window).