SIG-AI Meeting Showcases AI Potential for NRENs
Today the inaugural meeting of the Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence for NRENs (SIG-AI) was held in Poznań, Poland, hosten by Polish NREN PSNC. SIG-AI has been created to allow European Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to come together and share experience and emerging best practices in the application of AI tools in NREN […]
Stronger digital ties across the Atlantic
Dutch, Nordic, and Canadian research and education networks upgrade their trans-Atlantic link to 400 Gigabits per second (Gbps) as part of the Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) consortium. The research and education network organizations of the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Canada have signed an agreement to upgrade the existing connection between Amsterdam and Montréal from […]
How Does Trust Drive Global Research Collaboration?
Earlier today, Licia Florio, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at NORDUnet, delivered an ispiring keynote at the 18th CHPC National Conference, in Gqeberha, South Africa. The audience gained valuable insights from her talk, titled Building Global Federated Infrastructure in the R&E Community. The theme of this year’s conference, Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration: Towards Accelerated Impact, emphasizes the importance […]
Thank you, Erik Huizer!
For the past seven years, Erik Huizer has served as CEO of the GÉANT Association, steering the organization through a transformative period. He joined GÉANT at a time when the European collaboration of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) faced significant challenges. With a focus on trust-building and fostering a shared sense of purpose, Erik […]
Joint Statement on Strengthening European Digital Gateways with Polar Connect
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and NORDUnet today released a joint statement, stressing the importance of of the European Digital Gateways and their commitment to support the Polar Connect initiative aiming at safeguarding European digital sovereignty. The partners have signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing to collaborate to achieve secure and resilient connectivity across […]
LHC networkers meet in Beijing
This week, experts in high-performance networking, research computing, storage infrastructure, and high-energy physics experiments met in Beijing, China, for the biannual LHCOPN-LHCONE meeting. The 53rd LHCOPN-LHCONE meeting was hosted by the the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. IHEP was recently designated a Tier-1 data center for the Worldwide […]
Presentation of EOSC EU NODE for the stakeholders
Today, was the first official launch of EOSC EU NODE, a reference node for EOSC provided by the European Commission The presentation was held for European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) and EOSC Association. The launch event was organised in a hybrid […]
EUMEDplus: Strengthening the NRENs of EU’s Southern Neighbourhood
This autumn NORDUnet will take part in launching “EUMEDplus”, a new project aimed at supporting NREN infrastructure and services in what is known as EU’s Southern Neighbourhood, viz. Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia. The project has three main objectives: Supporting Research and Education by strengthening the NRENs in the countries and […]
Polar Connect webinar 7 October 2024 Opportunities for a Long-Term Arctic Observatory
Join the discussion! Let your voice be heard! Date and time: Monday, 7 October 2024 at 14:00-16:00 CEST Register: http://npf.nordu.net/webinar NORDUnet together with the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and Vetenskapsrådet/Sunet invites you to a webinar to explore science opportunities on Polar Connect. During the webinar will present and discuss opportunities for scientific data collection along the […]
NORDUnet 2024 keynote: AI as the next generation of automation
“My advice is that you should look at AI the same way you receive a new intern.” “Take a Teams call like the one we are having right now. Soon, AI at my side will be able to predict how your software will perform, optimizing the user experience for both of us.” Bob Friday is […]
