Two changes in emphasis were highlighted during last week’s NRENs and Grids Workshop in Dublin, Ireland, on 1-2 September.
The shifting relationship between Grids and virtualisation featured in day two, while the first day’s talks revealed a move from software development towards a greater focus on suporting end user access to infrastructure.
Utilising the high speed GÉANT2 and EUMEDCONNECT networks, computer modelling has allowed the sound reconstruction of an Ancient Greek musical instrument. The sound of the harp-like Epigonion has been recreated and for the first time has performed one of the oldest known musical scores.
eduPERT, a federated Performance Enhancement and Response Team (PERT) has been created to provide a central hub to help investigate GÉANT2-related network issues. This will create a community of network engineers across Europe, comprising existing PERT teams and new members, enabling them to share experience and collaborate to optimise end-to-end network performance.
Members of the international research and education community have the unique opportunity to get the latest on the 2008 Beijing Olympics by visiting http://ipv6.beijing2008.cn/en/ * - the IPv6 version of the official Games website which, for the first time in the history of this international sport event, has been developed using next generation Internet technology.
CESNET Conference 2008, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 26 September 2008.
The deadline for early registration is extended to 31 August 2008.
More information can be found at http://www.ces.net/events/2008/conference/
See the attached conference programme.
Registration has opened for the 8th Annual Global LambdaGrid Workshop. This will be held on 1-2 October 2008 at Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, USA.
Information about this event and online registration can be found at http://www.glif.is/meetings/2008/.
Please note that the special rates in the Mayflower Park Hotel and Edgewater Hotel are applicable until 9 September 2008. More information on how to book can be found on the event website.
Promoting a culture of security: mitigating risks through awareness. ENISA and FORTH-ICS invite you to the 1st Network and Information Security (NIS) Summer School, to be held in Crete, Greece.
To register visit: http://www.nis-summer-school.eu
The ORIENT project is playing a vital role in the analysis of destruction and aiding post-disaster reconstruction in the Sichuan earthquake zone in China. The high-bandwidth link is being used to transport high-resolution satellite images of the areas devastated by the earthquake from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Italy, directly to those leading relief work in China.
Network upgrades result in increased bandwidth and connectivity speeds to benefit European researchers in GÉANT2-connected countries. The planned upgrades are taking place on a number of connections between specific NRENs on the GÉANT2 backbone. Particular regions that will benefit from improved high speed routes include the Baltic States, south east Europe and Iberia.
GÉANT2 has extended its reach by providing connectivity to the University of Andorra, which now represents the National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Andorra, via RedIRIS, the Spanish NREN, and the Anella Científica, the Catalan Regional Research and Education Network. This new high bandwidth connection will enable collaboration and data transfer between Andorran research groups and associated European academia.