ERN Previous Projects

These ERN projects reflect past collaborative efforts that advanced the ERN mission, addressing the growing need for a research platform that offers layered, transparent access to shared data, computing, and a broad range of services and resources.

Workshops

With support from the National Science Foundation, ERN hosted a series of virtual workshops in six different areas that are important to realizing the ERN vision of lowering barriers to collaboration between researchers and educators on different campuses.

perfSONAR Mesh

The ERN perfSONAR mesh was a tool used for identifying and diagnosing network throughput and delay issues between research and educational institutions in the Northeast. The mesh included more than 25 perfSONAR nodes spanning nine states.

Cyberteams

ERN Members collaborated on two programs that aimed to improve access to research computing resources for small and mid-sized institutions by building a regional pool of Research Computing Facilitators that could be shared across institutional boundaries. Research Computing Facilitators combine their knowledge of computing and domain science to help researchers and educators make efficient use of available research computing resources.

Resource Sharing Proof of Concept

The ERN Resource Sharing Proof of Concept implemented a user-friendly method for launching high performance computing jobs across federated clusters at nine cooperating campuses plus the Google Cloud. The proof of concept contributed ideas and experience that have informed the virtual workshops noted above. It was retired in 2020.