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2024-12-05

At this year's #Network #PerformingArts Production Workshop (#NPAPW), the Czech NREN, #CESNET, used their #LowLatency MVTP technology during two unique musical performances, a jazz duo and a classical trio, allowing musicians in different locations to collaborate in real time over the GÉANT Network as if they were on the same stage!

Read more: connect.geant.org/2024/12/02/p

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Testing connection before the performance at the 2024 Network Performing Arts Production Workshop (NPAPW)
2024-12-02

How can we all contribute to improving #education? We spoke with @evelienrenders , President of #EUNIS and Advisor for International Collaboration at @SURF , to hear more about her various roles and to get an insight of what EUNIS means to the community: connect.geant.org/2024/11/27/i

This article was also published in #CONNECT47, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine: connect.geant.org/connect47

#EdTech #HigherEducation #StudentMobility #Interoperability

Evelien Renders speaking at TNC24 in Rennes, France. Photo by Maël Gonnet
2024-11-25

Emerging technologies can develop in ways we cannot foresee, so do we ensure that they meet public values?

Two recent publications from @SURF zoom in on #ResponsibleTech and Responsible #Quantum Technologies: connect.geant.org/2024/11/21/r

This article by @duuk and John Walker was also published in #CONNECT47, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine: connect.geant.org/connect47

#Tech #Technology #AI #XR #QT #PublicValues #QuantumTech #EmergingTechnologies #Ethics #Innovation

2024-11-18

The EU co-funded #EUMEDplus project, launched in Sep. 2024, represents a significant step towards enhancing digital #connectivity and #research #collaboration across Arab #Mediterranean countries & #Europe.

We spoke to Yousef Torman (ASREN) and Tom Fryer (GÉANT) about the project's long-term vision, its alignment with EU’s #SouthernNeighbourhood Agenda, its focus on #genderequality, its impact on researchers, students, institutions: connect.geant.org/2024/11/18/b

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Yousef Torman, Managing Director of the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN)Tom Fryer, Head of International Relations at GÉANTNRENs & GEANT at ASREN bi-annual meeting in Rabat, Morocco, 29th May 2024CNRST hosting a workshop at their premises during ASREN bi-annual meeting in Rabat, Morocco, 31st May 2024
2024-11-13

This year, @DFN celebrates 40 years of supporting #science and #education in #Germany!

It was founded in 1984 as a central joint scientific institution and now operates and develops the communications #infrastructure for Germany's broader scientific community, bringing together #universities, #research institutions and R&D oriented companies across 850 locations!

For the occasion, we interviewed DFN's CEO Christian Grimm: connect.geant.org/2024/11/11/d

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"40 Jahre DFN-Verein!" cakeChristian Grimm, CEO of DFN1991 | One year after German reunification, 51 scientific institutions from the former German Democratic Republic are connected to the X.25-WiN scientific network of the DFN. Hans-Martin Adler from DFN introduces the network.1989 | The scientific network X.25-WiN goes live with 230 connections. The first private-sector service contract of the Deutsche Bundespost and DFN was signed by Federal Minister Dr. Christian Schwarz- Schilling, Friedrich Winkelhage and Prof. Dr. Eike Jessen (from the left).
2024-11-12

Since 2017, our CLAW workshop has supported the international #research and #education community with #CrisisManagement planning and preparedness.

We spoke with Vladislav Bidikov (FINKI / UKIM, Skopje), to learn how the experience of CLAW inspired him to design and develop a course for university students: connect.geant.org/2024/11/12/f

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#SecurityAwareness #CrisisCommunication #IncidentResponse #cybersecurity

Vladislav Bidikov, senior system engineer and cybersecurity expert at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (FCSE) at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia.
2024-11-05

Dorcas Muthoni is one of #Kenya and #EastAfrica’s leading innovators and the woman behind some of the most widely used web and cloud applications in #Africa.

She was also one of the first women to join the Kenyan NREN KENET, and a member of the Board of UbuntuNet Alliance.

We spoke to her about AFCHIX, a mentorship & #CapacityBuilding initiative she co-founded, for women in computing across Africa: connect.geant.org/2024/11/04/d

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#research #education #WomenInSTEM

Dr. Dorcas MuthoniAfChix TechWomen Summit 2017. Credits to AfChix.
2024-10-31

In response to the rise of cyberthreats to global infrastructure, #NRENs around the world are increasingly coupling their NOCs with #Security Operation Centres (#SOCs).

We spoke to Cynthia Wagner @evilolive28, CISO and Security Manager at @restena, to learn more about their plans to build an #OpenSource-based SOC for the Luxembourgish R&E community through the #LuCySe4Re project: connect.geant.org/2024/10/30/r

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#CyberSecMonth #Cybersecurity #Luxembourg #OSS #FOSS

The team of the LuCySe4Re project (Enhancing Cybersecurity Services for the Luxembourgish Research and Education community)
2024-10-28

👤✅👤Time to find your match!

We are talking about the GÉANT Mentoring Programme, tailored to support and develop talent using a pool of Mentors from the global community and from all genders: connect.geant.org/2024/10/28/m

#Mentoring is a powerful tool, but often the challenge lies in finding time to get started... the GÉANT #MentoringProgramme streamlines and simplifies the process, with accurate partner matching & hassle-free scheduling!
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2024-10-23

After the recent European Elections, President Ursula von der Leyen's first task was to appoint a new team of Commissioners.

How has the political landscape changed and what does this mean for the GÉANT community?

In the latest CONNECT Magazine, we hear more from Hendrik Ike: connect.geant.org/2024/10/23/o

"As public organisations, #NRENs are best suited to protect the European digital space and support the health of vital institutions."

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2024-10-21

The latest GÉANT CONNECT Magazine, #CONNECT47 is out!

This issue is packed with insights from the global #research and #education networking community, including:
🔸 An inspiring interview with Dorcas Muthoni, co-founder of AFCHIX
🔸 Everything about #OCRE2024 Framework
🔸 and the #Network eAcademy

We also celebrate two major milestones:
🎉 The 40th anniversary of @DFN
🎉 The launch of #EUMEDplus

& much more! Thank you to all contributors!

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