️ Time and Frequency (T&F) services are crucial to many sectors, including telecommunications, geo-positioning, energy, finance, advanced scientific use cases. Read about the work of GÉANT and of the #NRENs in this area https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/22/what-time-is-it-and-why-is-it-important

This article is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine. Read the full issue here: https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Quantum Key Distribution (#QKD) brings #quantum-#security to critical communication infrastructure, and it is being increasingly deployed globally.

#Toshiba looks at some deployment practicalities in today's fibre #networks https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/29/quantum-key-distribution-deployment-practicalities-in-todays-networks

This article is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine. Read the full magazine here https://connect.geant.org/connect44

With a PhD in developmental biology and a commitment to building communities, Connie Clare works to give multidisciplinary experts the space to overcome #research data challenges.

We interviewed her about #ResearchDataManagement (#RDM) and her work with @resdatall https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/22/connect-interview-connie-clare-research-data-alliance

This interview is part of a section dedicated to #OpenScience on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of our CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Do you #NeMo? No, we are not talking about the fish !

Originally developed by @dfncert for @DFN , NeMo is now the #DDoS attack detection & mitigation solution for #NRENs.

Our, Senior Information #Security Officer Roderick Mooi tells us about the planning process, deployment, migration to NeMo to detect & protect, in the event of DDoS attacks, the #GÉANTnetwork, related infrastructure & NREN uplinks https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/22/nemo-the-ddos-solution-for-nrens-interview-with-roderick-mooi-senior-information-security-officer-geant

#CONNECT44 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Fostering the visibility of African scholarly works.

#LIBSENSE is building a community that raises the profile of African scholarship through policy, capacity building & community-owned infrastructure

WACREN partners with @DOAJ & DOAB to create avenues for journals & books to be indexed in these schemes

WACREN partners with EIFL & AJOL to support diamond #OpenAccess publishing in #Africa

https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/22/fostering-visibility-of-scholarly-works-to-raise-the-african-voice

#CONNECT44 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

#Quantum Key Distribution has emerged as a viable and robust option to enhance the #security of optical #network infrastructure.

Huawei tells us about the advantages of Continuous-Variable #QKD in easing the integration of QKD in metropolitan-area networks https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/22/network-integration-of-quantum-key-distribution

This article is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine. Read the full magazine here https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Last September, the #OSFAIR2023 in Madrid was attended by many #NRENs in our community.

We spoke with Tamara Gvenetadze from the Georgian Research & Education Network #GRENA about emerging topics in the field of #OpenScience and GRENA's initiatives in this domain https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/15/nrens-at-the-open-science-fair-2023-interview-with-tamara-gvenetadze-grena

Also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect44/

What is the true value of #trust?

Trust is a key part of our strategy, one of our core values, and a key element of our services.

Our Trust & Identity team helps shape that trust through various measures.

Our Head of T&I operations Nicole Harris explores its significance in the current #internet landscape https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/15/what-is-the-true-value-of-trust

Also featured on #CONNECT44 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

The Portuguese #supercomputer #Deucalion is the latest addition to the #EuroHPC initiative.

Co-funded by FCT, FCCN & the EuroHPC JU, this petascale #supercomputer can execute >10 petaflops and its capabilities will be accessible to researchers, institutions & companies throughout Europe https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/08/deucalion-supercomputer-inaugurated-a-milestone-for-european-high-performance-computing

Also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of ourCONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Students from Aarhus University in #Denmark developed tools to train neural networks for sleep research on the LUMI supercomputer.

This significant contribution to international #research will facilitate loading more sleep data sets, leading to better sleep scoring models and more accurate interpretations of sleep data https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/15/big-sleep-data-lumi-supercomputer-trains-neural-networks-for-sleep-research

Also featured on #CONNECT44 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

#SleepResearch #SleepData #NeuralNetworks #HPC #SleepScoreModels #DeiC #LUMIhpc #ML @nordunet

With #EuroQCI, the EU is creating a pan-European network of #Quantum communication infrastructures and shaping the future of #cybersecurity.

#NRENs' collaboration is at its heart: we took an in-depth look at HellasQCI (led by #GRNET) & PIONIER-Q (led by #PSNC) https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/15/the-future-of-cybersecurity-quantum-internet-and-the-role-of-nrens-in-building-national-quantum-communication-infrastructure-enabling-robust-european-quantum-communications

Also featured on #CONNECT44 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

The #Skills4EOSC project aims to create a coordination network of Competence Centres for Open & FAIR science.

At #OSFAIR2023, we spoke with the coordinator Emma Lazzeri about the project and about #GARR’s #OpenScience initiatives in #Italy https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/15/nrens-at-the-open-science-fair-2023-interview-with-emma-lazzeri-garr

The interview is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Librarian & information system specialist at the Athena #Research Centre, Elli Papadopoulou is also the #OpenAIRE coordinator for #Greece and involved in several projects.

In our recent interview she tells us about her work and passion for #OpenScience and #ResearchDataManagement (#RDM) https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/08/connect-interview-elli-papadopoulou-athena-research-centre

Also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Following the inaugural CEO Track at #TNC22, the second CEO Track took place at #TNC23 in Tirana and was a great success!

58 attendees from #NRENs across the globe sat together for focused discussions #AI and #Sustainability https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/09/ceo-track-2023-tuned-towards-new-challenges

The article is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the #GÉANT CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Easy-to-use, cost-effective quantum computing might still be in the future, but #quantum technologies are already being used in other fields!

On #CONNECT44, we have a closer look at #QuantumNetworking & #QuantumKeyDistribution (#QKD) and at potential uses of QKD in the GÉANT Community https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/09/quantum-communications-the-next-generation-of-networking-technologies

This article is part of an insert fully dedicated to #QuantumCommunications on #CONNECT44 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

First in a series of interviews to highlight EOSC Association Mandated Organisations:

#EOSC_Focus interviewed Chris De Loof, Innovation Manager-Advisor #EOSC at #Belnet about their role and their activities at the national and institutional level to facilitate the development of #EOSC https://eosc.eu/news/interview-chris-de-loof-belnet-belgiums-eosc-mandated-organisation/

The interview is now featured also on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect44

A new #eduGAIN constitution was approved in September 2023.

A milestone for the service that within 12 years grew from taking its first steps into interfederation to what is now the foundation of many services in the T&I space.

Read more https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/07/new-constitution-further-strengthens-edugain

This article is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine: https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Can we use principles to guide our community's work towards #GenderEquality?

At a #TNC23 roundtable in Tirana, NRENs discussed a set of principles as a first guide or iteration of the process https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/01/improving-gender-equality-by-principle-and-design

The article "Improving Gender Equality – by Principle and Design" is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine. Read the full magazine here: https://connect.geant.org/connect44

Between May-Sep '22, one of #GÉANT's backbone trunk links between Geneva, Milan and #Arnes saw a 130Gbps data increase.

What caused it?

The #Vega #HPC streaming @ATLASexperiment data!

We spoke to the man behind it - Jan Jona Javoršek, head of the #Network Infrastructure Centre at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/01/connect-interview-jan-jona-javorsek-jozef-stefan-institute

Also featured on #CONNECT44 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

#Supercomputer #euroHPC #networking #Slovenia #Research #science #connectivity @nordunet

As national representative for Austria in #EOSC & #EuroHPC JU, and chairman of e-IRG, Dr. Stefan Hanslik is at the heart of major developments supporting #science in #Europe.

In #CONNECT44, we speak to him about the opportunities ahead and the main challenges European science is facing https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/30/connect-interview-dr-stefan-hanslik

#OpenScience #infrastructures #einfrastructures #HPC #infrastructure #Research #Policy #europeancommission

Read the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine: https://connect.geant.org/connect44