ESnet

The ESnet Science Engagement team's mission is to ensure that science collaborations at every scale, in every domain, have the information and tools they need to achieve maximum benefit from global networks. In pursuing this goal, ESnet’s goal is to ensure that scientific progress will be completely unconstrained by the physical location of instruments, people, computational resources, or data - no matter where they may be located in the world. Despite high-capacity, highly capable wide area network (WAN) connections that connect Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories as well as universities, scientists still struggle with high speed, “clean” campus connections, data transfer tools, knowledge and support for seamless data transfers. The ESnet Science Engagement Team works directly with DOE scientists and stakeholders to bridge technical & cultural divides. Our goal is to advocate for investments in architectures, like the Science DMZ, which allows scientists to perform routine and reliable data transfer accelerating time to discovery. ESnet is motivated to fulfill the research mission of DOE by enabling scientists to push the boundaries of discovery. Using ESnet, scientists at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams were able to send terabytes of data across the country, analyze it in real time using NERSC’s Perlmutter, and make faster, data-informed experimental choices. ESnet has signed a long-term lease agreement with Aqua Comms for 25% of a fiber pair linking New York, Dublin, and London.