Call for Proposals

National LambdaRail and Pacific Wave at SC|05

November 12-18, 2005
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Seattle, Washington, USA

National LambdaRail (NLR) in partnership with the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) and the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) project Pacific Wave, invites proposals for novel applications that wish to use the NLR/Pacific Wave connectivity to SC|05. 

Connectivity Available at SC2005

• 10G lambdas
• Switched gigabit Ethernet
• Please note that there will be a very limited number of connections available. 

Schedule

• Proposal Deadline: 1 June 2005
• Notification of Acceptance: 1 July 2005

Proposals

Proposals should be submitted via the web form at: http://www.nlr.net/sc2005/proposals.cfm

Information needed includes:

• Application Name
• Name and contact information of liaison
• Application Description (no more than 250 words)
• Type of network connectivity desired
• Current NLR affiliation
• Booth information at SC2005 (name, number)
• Web link to more information

Evaluation Criteria

The proposals will be reviewed by NLR staff and colleagues.  Preference will be given to applications which already have purchased networks from NLR and NLR member institutions. 

More Information

For updated information on NLR plans for the conference, see http://www.nlr.net/sc05/