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AREN Alabama Research and Education Network / ASC Alabama Supercomputer Authority
The Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA) is a state-funded corporation founded in 1989 to operate the Alabama Supercomputer Center (ASC) and the Alabama Research and Education
Network (AREN). The Alabama Research and Education Network (AREN) provides Internet access for Alabama state government, four-year universities, two-year colleges and K-12 schools. Legislative appropriations
from the Alabama Education Trust Fund provide this access at no cost to a limited number of public schools and colleges The Authority has become an Affiliate Member of Internet 2, a cooperative effort of 109
member universities working together with private member companies and non-profit organizations to provide the tools for scientific research and higher education in the 21st century. As a shared resource for
academic research, AREN successfully provides cutting-edge computational science tools and technology for all Alabama public education institutions.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Bandwidth Enhancement Plan for the Alabama Research and Education Network (AREN) (July 1997)
UAS University of Alabama System
The University of Alabama System schools are cooperating to bring high performance research and education networking to our State. Each of the tree schools has successfully
competed for an NSF High Performance Connections to the Internet grant (vBNS); UA and UAB have cooperated to lead a successful grant proposal from the NSF EPSCoR program
Other Universities in Alabama participating in this State-wide cooperative effort include:
- Alabama A&M
- Auburn University
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