1. Campus Research Collaboration and NSF Grant Opportunities

2. Brian Murphy Professor of Physics and Astronomy John Hoinowski Sr. Network & Security Engineer Presenters:

3. Agenda Brian and his research Brian’s process Pain points How funding will help Questions?

4. Brian’s process: Step 1 Identify target or area to observe 4

5. Brian’s process: Step 2 Observe target or area 5

6. Brian’s process: Step 3 Data from telescope transfers to PC over network 6

7. Brian’s process: Step 4 Data moves from PC to IMACs using Flash Drives! 7

8. Brian’s process: Step 5 Process data/images on IMACs 8

9. Brian’s process: Step 6 Data transfers from IMACs to shared server over network 9

10. Brian’s process: Step 7 Preliminary analysis on server: application compares images for differences 10

11. Brian’s process: Step 8 Data is transferred back to IMACs over network for final analysis 11

12. Brian’s process: Step 9 Data is moved online to Google docs: collaboration occurs here 12

13. Brian’s process: Step 10 Papers are “written” and submitted to research group 13

14. Pain Points Lack of central storage Fiber infrastructure limitations

15. How Funding Will Help A dedicated storage repository for research would speed up the research process tremendously Improved redundancy with fiber infrastructure would provide confidence and willingness to increase research footprint

16. Summary Brian and his research Brian’s process Pain points How funding will help

17. Questions?