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Evaluating INT, JTI, and sFlow @ AmLight

December 5-9, 2022

Renata Frez, Dr. Julio Ibarra, and Jeronimo Bezerra participated in the Internet2 Technology Exchange – a premier technical event in the global research and education community. The conference convenes technologists, scientists, engineers, architects, analysts, students, and anyone passionate about technology, innovation, and challenging tasks … Read More

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AmLight supporting Network Research Exhibition (NRE) demonstrations at SuperComputing (SC22)

November 13-18, 2022

The SC Conference Series is a test bed for cutting-edge developments in high-performance networking, computing, storage, and analysis. Network Research Exhibition (NRE) demonstrations leverage the advanced capabilities of SCinet, SC’s dedicated high-capacity network. Additionally, each year, a selection of NRE participants are invited to share the results of their demos and experiments from the preceding year’s conference as part of the Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS) Workshop. Network researchers and professionals from government, education, research, and industry are invited to submit proposals for demonstrations and experiments at the SC Conference that display innovation in emerging network hardware, protocols, and advanced network-intensive scientific applications. This year the AmLight infrastructure carried out multiple Network Research Exhibitions to support Research and Educational Networks (RENs) high-performance showcases  … Read More

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RedCLARA thanks the former Executive Director of CUDI

October 11, 2022

RedCLARA thanks the former Executive Director of CUDI (the Mexican academic network), Carlos Casasús, for his enormous contribution to the development of our regional advanced network since its formation. Casasús was one of the leaders who participated in the creation of RedCLARA and was president of its Board of Directors in different periods. We are sure that, even if he is no longer ahead of CUDI, his contribution will be remembered in RedCLARA forever. Check out his farewell letter from CUDI  … Read More (en español)

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A new section of the High-Speed ​​Network will strengthen R&E in the Austral Macrozone

September 12, 2022

The “Patagonia Project” initiative, led by REUNA, is a joint effort with the National Research and Development Agency (Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, ANID). The new section of the network involves an investment of 800 million pesos to move towards a scalable, secure, and resilient digital infrastructure, which will integrate the Aysén and Magallanes regions into the Global Academic Networks. Read More (en español)

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RNP presents its 5G strategy at networks in Latin America event

November 30, 2022

How can 5G and 6G technologies benefit students, professors, and researchers at universities and research institutes in Brazil? According to the National Education and Research Network (RNP), the academic community, made up of increasingly younger students with off-campus activities, demands more mobility and a high-performance connectivity experience, similar to optical fiber. With that in mind, RNP presented its 5G strategy at the “Dialogue on the Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean” event, held between November 14th and 18th in Montevideo, Uruguay … Read More

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Announcing the 4th National Research Platform (4NRP) meeting

February 8-10, 2023

The 4NRP meeting will be held at the University of California (UC) San Diego, February 8-10, 2023. NRP is a partnership of more than 50 institutions, led by researchers and cyberinfrastructure professionals at UC San Diego, supported in part by awards from the U.S. National Science Foundation. NRP is the name of the set of programs, facilities, and policies that are designed for distributed growth and expansion. NRP’s primary computation, storage, and network resource is a ~300 node distributed cluster called Nautilus that continues to grow significantly. Nautilus hosts many network-testing Data Transfer Nodes (DTNs), including ones used by the Open Science Grid (OSG). … Read More

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SKA Observatory celebrates the start of telescope construction in Australia and South Africa

December 5, 2022

In ceremonies at both sites in Australia and South Africa, the SKA Observatory celebrated the start of construction of its world-leading radio telescopes and announced €300 million worth of construction contracts. SKA will be the largest radio telescope in the world when completed in 2028 and will address the biggest questions in astrophysics. It will perform the most precise tests of Einstein’s theories and even search for extra-terrestrials. Delegations from the eight countries leading the project are attending ceremonies in the remote Murchison shire in Western Australia and in the Karoo of South Africa’s Northern Cape … Read More

Scholarship Opportunities in the US

Women in the IT field who are located in the United States are encouraged to apply!

ACCESS: Student Training and Engagement Program (STEP)

ACCESS Operations is kicking off recruitment for its Student Training and Engagement Program (STEP). Students interested in pursuing careers in HPC operations, data & networking, and cybersecurity are encouraged to apply. The experience includes a 2-week immersive experience in Miami, FL in May 2023, a full-time work experience in summer 2023, as well as an option for a year-round experience. Encourage students whom you know who might be interested to apply today! … Read More

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Women in Networking at SC (WINS) 2023 Call for Participation

Submission deadline: January 27, 2023

The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program is seeking qualified female candidates in their early- to mid-career to join the SCinet volunteer workforce for the Supercomputing 2023 Conference (SC23), to be held in Denver, CO November 12-17, 2023. WINS strives to have a diverse representation of organizations and applicant backgrounds in the cohort each year. Selected candidates will receive full travel support and mentoring by well-known engineering experts in the research and education community before, during, and after the conference … Read More

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AmLight-ExP project is supported by NSF Award #1451018 and #2029283. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in AmLight ExP materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.