⌛️ 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

#TimeAndFrequence #metrology #telecommunications #Networking

What time is it and why is it important? | GÉANT CONNECT Online

One of the most consistent themes across human civilisation has been our need and ability to tell the time with increasing accuracy. Knowing the time has been crucial in our ability to organise into communities and even navigate the world. From Harrison’s timepieces in the 18th century that helped sailors navigate the globe to today’s

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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

#QuantumKeyDistribution #Networking #Network #QuantumCommunications #QuantumSecurity

Quantum Key Distribution deployment practicalities in today’s networks | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Words: Lee Johnson, Toshiba Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) provides provably secure protection against attacks by quantum computers on current public key encryption protocols and infrastructures. QKD is being increasingly deployed globally and there are some important considerations for practical QKD deployment in today’s fibre networks. High optical budgets and high Secret Key Rates (SKR) QKD

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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

#ResearchDataAlliance #RDA #FAIRdata #ResearchData

CONNECT Interview: Connie Clare, Research Data Alliance | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Connie is a former PhD researcher in Developmental Biology at the University of Nottingham in the UK. She was previously the Community Manager at 4TU.ResearchData, an international data repository for science, engineering, and design disciplines. In her current role as Community Development Manager at the Research Data Alliance (RDA), Connie is responsible for managing engagement

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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

#CyberSecurity #DDoSprotection

NeMo – the DDoS solution for NRENs | Interview with Roderick Mooi, Senior Information Security Officer, GÉANT | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Roderick Mooi is the Senior Information Security Officer at GÉANT and service owner for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Cleansing and Alerting (C&A). CONNECT met with him to talk about the planning process, deployment, and migration to NeMo of the DDoS attack detection and mitigation solution for NRENs. Roderick, can you tell us about NeMo

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🤝 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

#Research #OpenScience #science

Fostering visibility of scholarly works to raise the African voice | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Much has been said and published worldwide about Africa's contribution to the global knowledge ecosystem. Africa is said to have contributed to only 2.2% of the world's scholarly articles, according to the UNESCO Science Report in 2020. On the flip side, public knowledge has also revealed that Africa has been largely underrepresented in the parade

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#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

#QuantumKeyDistribution #Cybersecurity #quantumtechnology #huawei

Network integration of Quantum Key Distribution | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Words: Hans Brunner, Principal Research Engineer, Optical & Quantum Laboratory, Munich Research Center, Huawei Quantum key distribution (QKD) has emerged as a viable and robust option for enhancing the security of optical network infrastructure. From the network-design point of view, a key distribution service has to adapt to the requirements of the network rather than impose

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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/

#Georgia #FAIRdata #EOSC #Research #EU4Digital #EasternPartnership #AI #circulareconomy #science

NRENs at the Open Science Fair 2023 – Interview with Tamara Gvenetadze, GRENA | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Tamara is marketing manager at the Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association GRENA. She is actively involved in different open science initiatives. Tamara, can you tell us more about GRENA’s involvement in the area of open science? GRENA is deeply committed to the advancement of open science in Georgia and actively contributes to the European

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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

#TrustAndIdentity #IAM #identityandaccessmanagement #InternetGovernance #internetreguation

What is the True Value of Trust? | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Trust is an important part of the GÉANT strategy and has been identified as one of our core values as an Association. Our services use a variety of technical and policy-based trust structures to ensure that our federated services are safe, secure, and appropriate for our users. Trust is also an important part of my

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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

#HPC #Portugal #Supercomputers #petascale #research #science #innovation #FCCN #Europe

Deucalion Supercomputer Inaugurated: A Milestone for European High-Performance Computing | GÉANT CONNECT Online

In a momentous ceremony, Deucalion, the latest Portuguese addition to the European High-Performance Computing (EuroHPC) initiative, was inaugurated at the University of Minho in Guimarães, Portugal. The event was attended by high-ranking officials, including the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa - marking a significant step towards enhancing Europe’s prowess in supercomputing. Deucalion Supercomputer Inauguration The

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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

Big Sleep Data: LUMI Supercomputer Trains Neural Networks for Sleep Research | GÉANT CONNECT Online

Two graduate students at Aarhus University in Denmark have contributed to international research by developing tools for training neural networks on LUMI. Words: Marie Charllotte Søbye, DeiC Andreas Larsen Engholm and Jesper Strøm can’t help smiling when it's mentioned during the interview that, as students, they've already made a significant contribution to research. Nevertheless, it's

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