COLLEGE PARK, MD (June 3, 2013) — Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) announces the launch of Double HELIX (Health, Education, Life Sciences, and Internet eXchange), the new high-performance point of presence (PoP) located at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research in Rockville, Maryland. Double HELIX offers high-speed big data transfer services through a 100 Gbps-capable networking infrastructure to the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center and the surrounding research … Read More »

The University of Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) Board of Directors announce the appointment of Tripti Sinha as the Executive Director of MAX and the addition of several new members to the organization’s leadership team. Sinha has served in a variety of technical leadership positions within the University of Maryland since 1990. She will also continue in her current roles as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Networks and Communication Technologies within the Division of Information Technology at the … Read More »

The University of Maryland was awarded a $915,900 grant by the National Science Foundation. The goal of this effort is to make existing, advanced network functions an integral component of science application workflows in the end‐to-­end sense to facilitate big data flows. The University of Maryland is partnering with The George Washington University, and the award is effective October 1, 2012. Read More »

Anthony “Tony” Conto, Director of Administration and Member Relations
Tony Conto joined the University of Maryland in July, 1977. He returned from retirement to join MAX as the Director of Member Relations in October, 2012. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Executive Director of MAX, and Associate Director for Network Infrastructure on the College Park campus. He has also served as the Acting Director for Information Technology for University Libraries with responsibility for delivering information services to … Read More »