SURFnet and Stichting Kennisnet today announced enhancements to their joint video management and distribution platform. The platform, called MediaMosa, delivers rich media content to the Dutch educational sector, is now available to open source developers worldwide.
CSC offers a national Funet network roaming service for students and staff of Funet member organisations. Network roaming is based on reciprocity between organisations: if organisations A and B are involved in a roaming contract, the users of organisation A can use the public access network of organisation B and vice versa. Hence, visiting researchers and students are allowed fast and convenient network access by using the same user name and password combination which they use in their home organisation’s network.
Registration for the first TERENA and Internet2 hands-on audio/video production workshop is open until 8 July 2009. Potential participants are cordially requested to register as soon as possible via http://www.garr.it/papws.
The workshop will be held on 13-15 July 2009, hosted by GARR in cooperation with the Music Conservatory of Trieste, in Italy. The event will emphasise the equipment and staffing requirements for interactive performing arts education, multi-site performance events and high quality netcasting. It is meant to be the first in a series of annual workshops on this topic.
A major concert will today demonstrate the unique collaboration between technology and art. Utilising the high speed GÉANT and EUMEDCONNECT networks, computer modelling by the ASTRA project allows the harp-like Epigonion to perform alongside physical instruments. The Epigonion will play alongside physical instruments in the Musica @ Fisica concert in Catania, Italy on the 26 June 2009. The concert will also be broadcast live via the internet, accessible via GARR, the Italian research and education network.
For the first time in six years, the Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (TERENA) has a new president. Dorte Olesen (UNI·C, Denmark) handed over the role to Janne Kanner (CSC/Funet, Finland) following his election during a TERENA General Assembly meeting last week, Thursday 11 June 2009.
Speaking in recorded interviews, the former and new presidents expressed their views about the association’s achievements and future goals.
The new president of the Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (TERENA) was elected by the General Assembly of its members during a meeting held on 11-12 June 2009 in Malaga, Spain. TERENA’s vice-president for conferences and treasurer were also re-elected and the association's 2009 membership fees and service costs were reviewed.
This year’s TERENA Networking Conference concluded today, Thursday 11 June, with a playful invitation for attendees to visit TNC in Vilnius, Lithuania. from 31 May to 3 June 2010.
Laimutis Telksnys of the Lithuanian research and education network LITNET presented a short film highlighting the city’s attractions, and participants of TNC 2009 received a picturesque puzzle-cube to take home as a reminder to attend next year.
As the TERENA Networking Conference wound down to its fourth and final day, participants were treated to various presentations that illustrated how robust technology can result in more possibilities for mobile computing, identity federations and web services.
The intricacies of planning a major research network and of understanding evidence for global climate change were the topics of the plenary session at TNC 2009 yesterday, Wednesday 10 June.
“Thanks for keeping our science in business by keeing the data flowing,” began Stefan Rahmstorf of Potsdam University. He presented an overview of evidence for anthropogenic climate change and said that recent observations show that earlier climate change predictions were too optimisitic. Even if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide tomorrow, atmospheric warming cannot be reversed, only slowed and possibly stopped, he said.
Postgraduate students met leading figures from TERENA and Cisco at the TERENA Networking Conference this week, Tuesday 9 June. Recognising that today’s students are the future leaders of the networking community, TERENA invited students of relevant fields to attend TNC 2009. Cisco endorsed the initiative by providing sponsorship, enabling the students to attend the event free of charge, so being exposed to current best practices and cutting-edge technologies.