NUIT Partnerships

As a global technology leader and innovator, Northwestern University actively engages in strategic partnerships, including government agencies, research institutes, corporations, and collaborative relationships to further the advancement of research, academic, and administrative endeavors. A list of active partnerships are as follows:

Government Agencies
Australia Canada
China City of Chicago
City of Evanston Czech Republic
Denmark Germany
Great Britain Ireland
Japan Netherlands
New Zealand Norway
Republic of Korea Russian Federation
Scandinavian countries Singapore
Spain State of Illinois
Sweden Taiwan
United Kingdom United States


Corporations
Anagran AT&T
Avaya Calient
Ciena Communications Cisco Systems
Force10 Networks Global Crossing
Google Hewlett Packard
IBM Corporation Inocybe Technologies
KDD Lambda Optical Solutions
Level3 Looking Glass
Microsoft Research Mitsubishi Corporation
Motorola Nortel
NTT Oracle
Quest Sakai Foundation
SBC Sun MicroSystems
T-Systems


Research Institutes
California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology, UCSD Center for Computation and Technology LSU
CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research Chinese Academy of Sciences
Communications Research Centre, Canada Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic MCNC, North Carolina
National Center for Data Mining, University of Illinois at Chicago National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UCSD
National Institute of Information Communications Technology, Japan National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), UIUC
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Renaissance Institute, North Carolina


Collaborative Relationships
Adler Planetarium Advanced Research and Education Network (AREN)
AMPATH—The International Exchange Point for Research and Education Networking in Miami Argonne National Laboratory
Asian Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) ASnet—International advanced network for Taiwan
Atlantic Wave BBC
Belgian National Research and Education Network (BellNet) Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry, and Education (CANARIE/CA*net5)
Carnegie Mellon University CaveWave—National Experimental Research Network Testbed
CENIC—California statewide advanced network CERnet—Chinese national advanced research and education network
CESNET, CzechLight, Czech Republic Chicago Historical Society
Chicago Public Schools Chinese Academy of Sciences
CIC Center for Library Initiatives CIC OmniPoP
CIC Security Workgroup Communications Research Center (CRC)
DANTE - European networking organization Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN)
Dunhuang Research Academy Energy Science Network
Fermi LightPath—Advanced optical network connecting Fermi National Accelerator to StarLight Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
FIRST - Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams GEANT—European advanced network
GEMnet—NTT research network Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
Global Lambda Integrated Facility Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD)
Great Lakes Consortium for Petascale Computing HEAnet—Irish Advanced Research Network at StarLight
Hong Kong Advanced Research Network at StarLight (HARnet) I2CAT -Advanced Optical Network Catelonia
IANS - Institute for Applied Network Security iGRID—International Grid for global community networking
I-LIGHT—Indiana optical network Illinois Century Network (ICN)
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Illinois Institute of Technology
InfraGard ISACA - Information Systems Audit and Control Association
ISC2 - International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium ISSA - Information Systems Security Association
Illinois Wired/Wireless Infrastructure for Research and Education (I-WIRE) Intercampus Communications Network of the University of Illinois
International Educational Equal Access Foundation Japan Gigabit Network II (JGN II)
John Hopkins University KOREN/KORENnet2—Korean advanced research and education network
Lincoln Park Zoo Louisiana State University
LSUWave—Advanced optical network connecting Louisiana State University to StarLight MERIT—Michigan Statewide Network
Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN) Michigan Light Rail (MiLR)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Computational Science Alliance Partners for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (NCSA/PACI) National Institutes of Health Network
National Lambda Rail NetherLight—Netherlands International Advanced Optical Network
Next Generation Internet Initiative (NGI/NGIX) NISN—NASA network at StarLight
NIUWave—Advanced optical network for Northern Illinois University NORDULight—Scandinavian International Advanced Optical Network
North Carolina State University NREN—NASA network at StarLight
NTON—Advanced Optical Networking Consortium Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ohio Academic Research Network (OARnet) Pacific Wave—West Coast optical network managed by CENIC and the University of Washington
Prous Science PurdueWave—Advanced optical network connecting Purdue University to StarLight
QUILT—Advanced Regional Networking Organization Renater—French National Research and Education Network
SARA—Dutch national expertise center in the field of high-performance computing Science, Technology and Research Transit Access Point Project, NSF (STAR TAP)
Shaanxi Provincial Wenwujiu, China SingAREN—Singapore national advanced network
Southern Light Rail Stanford University
SURFnet—National computer network for higher education in the Netherlands TaiwanLight—Taiwan link to TransLight
TeraFlow Network TeraGrid
The Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago (EVL) The Newberry Library
TransLight—Advanced International Optical Network Trans-Oceanic Production Science Initiative
TWAREN—Taiwan national advanced research and education networking UKLight—United Kingdom International Advanced Optical Network
Ultra Light Network—NSF-funded optical network for high energy physics Ultra Science Network—Department of Energy
United States Geological Survey Network (USGS) University Consortium for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
University of Bologna, Italy University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago USLHCnet Large Hadron Collider Network
WiscWave—Wisconsin optical network connecting Madison to StarLight Woodstock Community School District 200

Last Updated: 08 December 2008

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