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Description
Regardless of which mechanism is used to request an REU Supplement, the
description of the REU activity should discuss the following:
(1) the nature of each prospective student''s involvement in the research project;
Two REU students are recruited to work with the FABRIC project in the following ways:
- Conduct experiments on FABRIC as early users
- Participate in FABRIC early experiment planning, execution, and demos
- Support development of learning modules for new FABRIC users, especially students
will develop sample Jupyter Notebooks showing how to use basic building blocks of
FABRIC
These activities will develop research skills for the students in a way that will blend their
research experience into the FABRIC project’s development, testing, early user
experiment enablement, troubleshooting, and documentation and demo tasks.
(2) the experience of the PI (or other prospective research mentors) in involving
undergraduates in research, including any previous REU Supplement support
and the outcomes from that support;
The students will be mentored by the entire FABRIC leadership and technical team. In
addition, Dr. Zongming Fei from University of Kentucky (UKy) will serve as a primary
supervisor for the REU students from UKy and oversee all of their REU activities. Dr.
Fei has supervised undergraduate students (REU/non-REU) in the past. Specifically, Dr.
Fei has supervised undergraduate students in the following projects:
· “CC*DNI Integration: Enhancing Science Through Custom Paths for Trusted Users”,
NSF ACI-1541426, Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC), 09/01/2015 -
08/31/2019. Outcome: Six undergraduate students (Andrew Groenewold, Peter
Oostema, Caleb Voss, John Geddes, Karthik Nayak, and Steven Penava) were funded
by the project and obtained the experience of performing research in this NSF project.
They co-authored one paper as a result of the research: Sergio Rivera, Jacob Chappell,
Mami Hayashida, Andrew Groenewold, Peter Oostema, Caleb Voss, et al, “Creating
Complex Testbed Networks to Explore SDN-based All-Campus Science DMZs,'''' Proc. of
the International Workshop on Computer and Networking Experimental Research Using
Testbeds (CNERT 2017),in Conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM, Atlanta, GA, May 1-4,
2017. They also co-authored a demo abstract accepted by IEEE INFOCOM 2017.
· “An Integrated Approach to Scalable Content Delivery over the Internet”,
CCR-0204304, 08/15/2002-07/31/2006. Outcome: One undergraduate student (Troy M.
Thompson) was hired as a REU-funded student by this project. He gained experience of
conducting research while working on the project.
(3) the nature of the mentoring that the student(s) will receive; and
The two REU students from UKy will primarily work with the “FABRIC Students” team, a
FABRIC sub-team launched in February 2021 including all undergraduate and graduate
students working with FABRIC as interns and research assistants. The team meets
weekly to discuss, plan, and track activities including, but not limited to:
? FABRIC portal learning and testing
? FABRIC experiment development, trials and tutorials
? FABRIC user support documentation review and addition
The team meetings are convened and regularly attended by Drs. Wang, Fei and Paul
Ruth from RENCI. Additional FABRIC team members also attend the meetings on
demand based on the planned discussion topics. The team meetings provide the REU
students with:
? Experience of being part of a diverse and distributed research team
? Advice and support for learning of experimentation skills
? Experience of conducting research using a national testbed
In addition to the team interactions and supports, the REU students will also be
supervised to conduct individualized research. Specifically, students will be tasked to
work with FABRIC early experimenters (including but not limited to the FABRIC Science
Design Drivers) to develop FABRIC experiments for their research projects. They will
also explore new capabilities enabled by FABRIC to conduct experiments that have not
been possible before.
Student leadership is another emphasis for the planned REU. Specifically, these
students will be among the first batch of users of the FABRIC testbed. They will help
with creating and delivering tutorials at the regular FABRIC workshops to introduce
FABRIC to a wider audience of scientific research and education. They will become a
part of the FABRIC teams that provide hands-on instructions to new users of the
FABRIC testbed. With the REU experience of working on the FABRIC, they will be the
advocates and leaders of using FABRIC and other national testbeds for research and
education in their community after they graduate.
Timeline: Here is our one year plan from Oct. 2021 -- Sept. 2022.
? 10/2021 advertisement, evaluation and selection of candidates,
? 11/2021-01/2021 participating in the group meeting and learn the basic
experiment skills using FABRIC
? 02/2022-04/2022 identifying the project to work on and have a design and a plan
? 05/2021-09/2022 finishing the project, writing a report and possibly doing a
presentation.
(4) the process and criteria for selecting the student(s). If a student has been
pre-selected (as might be true in the case of a supplement for an ongoing award),
then the grounds for selection and a brief Biographical Sketch of the student
should be included. (PIs are reminded that the student[s] must be a U.S. citizen,
U.S. national, or permanent resident of the United States.)
We will make announcements to undergraduate students in the CS department.
Students are required to submit an unofficial transcript and a brief statement less than
500 words, explaining the interest and experience relevant to the project. We will
evaluate the applicants based on these criteria:
1) Interests in experiment-based network research using testbeds, such as
FABRIC. We want students to be excited about the great potential FABRIC
brings and have a good expectation of working with the FABRIC team.
2) Academic backgrounds, including GPA, preparatory courses and experience. We
will evaluate the math and computer science background of the students and
make sure that they are prepared to take on the challenging work on the FABRIC
project. We understand that they will still go through the learning process and do
not necessarily have all the background courses. The focus is on their readiness
to start this learning process.
3) Contribution to the diversity and broadening participation. We will aim to recruit
underrepresented minorities and women and students from diverse geographical
regions.
COVID19 Impacts and Management: We expect minimum impact on the participation
of the students. We have been holding virtual group meetings and students can work
remotely on the project. We expect to have local in-person meetings starting in the fall
of 2021 and will strictly follow the CDC guidelines. Once necessary, we can also switch
to virtual local meetings.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 10/1/21 → 9/30/24 |
Funding
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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FABRIC: Adaptive Programmable Research Infrastructure for Computer Science and Science Applications
Griffioen, J. (PI) & Fei, Z. (CoI)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
10/1/19 → 9/30/24
Project: Research project