NEAAR

The Networks for European, American, and African Research (NEAAR) collaboration provides a powerful, cross organizational resource to provide services and bandwidth connecting researchers in the US with their counterparts in Europe and Africa.

Indiana University (IU) jointly leads the NEAAR collaboration with GÉANT, the European research and education network (REN), in a cooperative partnership with the African regional RENs: the UbuntuNet Alliance, the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), as well as the South African National Research Network (SANReN) and the Kenya Education Network (KENET). NEAAR also coordinates domestically with Internet2 and the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet). IU and its partners are eminently qualified to provide this service, and have a well-known history of successful networking partnerships in the NSF-funded ACE and TransPAC projects. Through its extensive regional partnerships, NEAAR has the potential to reach R&E communities in over 80 countries across three continents.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 1638863

Organizations investigating perfSONAR deployments are often limited by resources - especially for larger first-time deployments. In these cases, it is often advantageous for RENs to have access to low-cost, smaller perfSONAR nodes and to participate in in-depth, hands-on training workshops to learn how to effectively utilize the perfSONAR toolkit. The NEAAR partners work with RENs in Africa to help identify the need for perfSONAR deployments, to fund low-cost nodes, and to deliver relevant training to local network engineers. NEAAR-supported training workshops provide these engineers with an overview of the perfSONAR toolkit, a hands-on experience installing and using it, and an introduction to interpreting output and troubleshooting any observed network issues.

Interested in a perfSONAR workshop?

The NEAAR collaboration considers perfSONAR training requests on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested in requesting training, please review the requirements for funding, scheduling and planning a workshop below. Additional information about support we offer can also be found on our Engagement pages.

NEAAR-supported training can provide assistance with:

• Procurement and shipping of equipment
• Trainer travel to local host location
• Trainer accommodation

NEAAR-supported training cannot provide assistance with:

• Travel or lodging for local or regional participants for workshops
• Venue costs
• Meal costs for workshop participants

Required document submission timeline:

• Training Request questionnaire: [PDF]
  • Completed and submitted 6 months prior to potential workshop date
• Technical questionnaire: 
  • Completed 4 months from scheduled workshop date online in collaboration with NEAAR trainers.
• Logistics questionnaire: 
  • Completed 2 months from scheduled workshop date online.
• Post-workshop results checklist: 
  • Completed within 1 month of workshop end date.

To formally request a workshop, please submit a completed Training Request questionnaire to: EngageUs@iu.edu