ESnet News
In-Network Caching Shown to Enhance Science Community's Access to Experimental Data
An in-network caching trial demonstrated how a network of servers located within a 500-mile region could provide scientists with experimental data faster and more reliably than a single overseas connection. Read More
Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Caltech to Build Quantum Network Testbed
Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley will be home to a cutting-edge quantum network testbed, thanks to a new five-year, $12.5 million funding award from the U.S. Department of Energy. Read More
U.S. Department of Energy to Provide $6 Million for Research on Advanced Networking
This week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a plan to fund five projects in basic research to advance 5G wireless networking for science applications. One of those projects is the “Large-scale, Self-driving 5G Network for Science” led by ESnet Research Scientist Mariam Kiran. Read More
ESnet and GÉANT Upgrade European Research Network Bandwidth to 200Gbps
To ensure that data generated by European experiments, like the Hi-Luminosity LHC, reach scientists around the world quickly, ESnet recently increased the capacity of its network loop in Western Europe to 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps). Read More
Meet Jon-Paul Herron, ESnet’s New Department Head of Network Services
This month, Jon-Paul Herron joined ESnet as the new Department Head of Network Services. Read More
Mariam Kiran Wins Rising Star Award for Network Engineering
ESnet's Mariam Kiran has been named a Networking-Networking Women (N2Women) Rising Star in Networking and Communications for 2021. Read More
Continuing Arecibo’s Legacy
Through its affiliation with EPOC, ESnet is part of a multi-institutional partnership formed to safely transfer over three petabytes of data from 50 years of Arecibo Observatory sky scans. Read More
ESnet and NERSC Take Scientific Data Collaboration to the Next Level
When the Dark Energy Science Collaboration needed a fast, secure, and convenient way to share large data sets with scientists outside of the collaboration, they turned to Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences for help, ultimately choosing an innovative data-sharing solution: the Modern Research Data Portal. Read More
ESnet and FIU Receive NSF Award for Q-Factor
Energy Science Network (ESnet) and Florida International University (FIU) received a two-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure research grant for “Q-Factor: A framework to enable high-speed data transfer optimization based on real-time network state information provided by programmable data planes.” Read More
Superfacility Model Brings COVID Research Into Real Time
Researchers at NERSC and the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC are collaborating to leverage the superfacility model for real-time data analysis in the worldwide quest to decipher the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Read More
Machine Learning to Add Another Dimension to ESnet's Toolbox for Predicting Data Patterns
A research project called DAPHNE, led by ESnet’s Mariam Kiran, is exploring how artificial intelligence can be used to design and efficiently manage distributed network architectures to improve data transfers, guarantee high-throughput, and improve traffic engineering. Read More
ESnet Summer Students Make the Most of Their Remote Internships
Like many organizations adjusting to a changing work environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, all of ESnet’s summer students did their internships remotely this year. As their internships draw to a close, we talked with a few of our students about their experiences. Read More
ESnet Applying Global Networking Expertise to GRETA Spectrometer for Experiments at Michigan Facility
A team of ESnet engineers is helping to create a specialized network that will transport and organize data for the Department of Energy's Gamma Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) experiment. Read More
New DOE Blueprint to Pave the Way for a Nationwide Quantum Internet
In this Q&A with ESnet Director Inder Monga, he discusses ESnet's role in efforts to build scalable quantum communication networks and what it will take to create the first quantum Internet. Read More
Supercomputing Pipeline Aids DESI’s Quest to Create 3D Map of the Universe
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is combining high-speed automation, high-performance computing, and high-speed networking to produce the largest 3D map of the universe ever created. Starting in late 2020, DESI's five-year mission is to capture light from 35 million galaxies and 2.4 million quasars and transmit that data to NERSC - DESI’s primary computing center - for data processing and analysis. Read More
Meet Todd Anderson, ESnet’s Newest Director
Meet Todd Anderson, ESnet's New Director of Systems and Software Engineering Read More
ESnet’s iperf3 Tool Helps Comcast Meet Customer Demand During COVID-19 ISP Surge
A network performance measurement tool developed by engineers at ESnet and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is being widely used by Comcast, which operates the largest residential Internet network in the United States, to ensure that its services remain up and running at top speed during the COVID-19 crisis. Read More
ESnet, NERSC Continue to Deliver Supercomputing, Networking Support for Nation’s Scientists during Pandemic
While people around the world hunker down in their homes to try to slow the advance of the COVID-19 virus and many services have decreased or stopped, NERSC and ESnet continue to provide critical computing and networking resources to thousands of scientists, including some who are exploring ways to fight the pandemic. Read More
ESnet cybersecurity staff awarded the first-ever “ESNET"
Three members of the Energy Sciences Network’s Cybersecurity team – Michael Dopheide, Vlad Grigorescu, and Sam Oehlert – were recently honored with an Extra Special Noteworthy Exemplary Trophy Award for their SANS 2019 Holiday Hack Challenge entry. Read More
Patty Giuntoli: Learning at the Speed of Life
After 11 years ar Berkeley Lab and a 30+ career in networking, Patty Giuntoli will be retiring on February 25. Read More
