Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Learn what it takes to build the fastest network in the world. SCInet is a year-long effort, fueled by 200+ volunteers from 100+ organizations globally, to design, build, and deploy this high-performance network that supports the annual Super Computing Conference. This talk will walk through the intense planning, rapid implementation, and the unique challenges of creating a network that lives only for a week and is torn down in a day!
Annalicia Duran: I'm a Network Engineer at Internet2, where my team contributes to the critical architecture of the network. With over 15 years of IT experience spanning networking, provisioning, and troubleshooting. My journey began in the dial-up era of rural West Texas, fueling a lifelong curiosity for all things IT. Now I'm here at NANOG, sharing my experience as a volunteer for SCinet, helping to build the fastest temporary network in the world for SC25! Beyond the world of packets and protocols, I am a Superfan of comic book culture. You can find me at my local comic book store shopping for books and action figures or at fan conventions meeting the stars of sci-fi television shows and movies!
Corey Eichelberger: Corey Eichelberger is a network engineer supporting high performance computing and scientific research at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) with over 15 years of IT experience spanning networking, security and high performance computing.
Speaker Annalicia Duran - Internet2
Corey Eichelberger - Texas Advanced Computing Center
Learn what it takes to build the fastest network in the world. SCInet is a year-long effort, fueled by 200+ volunteers from 100+ organizations globally, to design, build, and deploy this high-performance network that supports the annual Super Computing Conference. This talk will walk through the intense planning, rapid implementation, and the unique challenges of creating a network that lives only for a week and is torn down in a day!
Annalicia Duran: I'm a Network Engineer at Internet2, where my team contributes to the critical architecture of the network. With over 15 years of IT experience spanning networking, provisioning, and troubleshooting. My journey began in the dial-up era of rural West Texas, fueling a lifelong curiosity for all things IT. Now I'm here at NANOG, sharing my experience as a volunteer for SCinet, helping to build the fastest temporary network in the world for SC25! Beyond the world of packets and protocols, I am a Superfan of comic book culture. You can find me at my local comic book store shopping for books and action figures or at fan conventions meeting the stars of sci-fi television shows and movies!
Corey Eichelberger: Corey Eichelberger is a network engineer supporting high performance computing and scientific research at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) with over 15 years of IT experience spanning networking, security and high performance computing.
Speaker Annalicia Duran - Internet2
Corey Eichelberger - Texas Advanced Computing Center
