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Building expertise for a new era of online artistic collaboration
Two Norwegian universities have launched a joint master programme training musical and artistic collaboration over the Internet, with super-fast connectivity linking two experimental labs, 500 km apart.
Student interns develop campus security systems in Nigeria
Eko-Konnect's internship initiative in Nigeria exposes students to real-life digital technology trends and challenges, such as develping a cost effective way to deploy security and monitoring on campuses across the country.
Improving gastric cancer survival rates in Central Asia
Health & Medicine
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
CAREN (Central Asia)
KRENA (Kyrgyzstan)
SINET (Japan)
TEIN (Asia Pacific)
R&E networks help save lives by powering interactive remote training of endoscopists on novel techniques for early stomach cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Pinpointing air pollution from space
Climate Science
Earth Observation
Environment
Technology
CANARIE (Canada)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
SURF (Netherlands)
UNINETT (Norway)
For the first time, air pollution from individual cities and built-up areas can be detected from space. The European Sentinel-5 Precursor Earth observation satellite sends ultra precise measurement data to ground stations in Norway and Canada.
Supporting sustainable water management in Central Asia
Earth Observation
Environment
Water management
CAREN (Central Asia)
DFN (Germany)
GÉANT (Europe)
KRENA (Kyrgyzstan)
R&E networks make hydro-meteorological monitoring data accessible to scientists and local authorities for informed water supply assessment and management in Central Asia
Teaching researchers to write better code
As research becomes increasingly data driven, more and more researchers need tailor-made software for their research projects. The CodeRefinery project is training them to code.
Training Data Literacy in Ethiopia
Data Carpentry focuses on teaching computational best practices to scientists and has built a shared community with more than 1000 certified instructors and 47 current Member Organizations around the world.
Boosting ultra-sensitive microscopes
Using the HPC Cloud, a new strategy has been developed to make microscopes more sensitive, helping with the study of living organic substances (such as cancer cells).
Cooperation with Mozambique: from telehealth to cybersecurity
Cyber Security
Education
Health & Medicine
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
MoRENet (Mozambique)
RNP (Brazil)
A collaboration between Brazil and Mozambique involving training and knowledge sharing has yielded beneficial results in a number of areas ranging from telehealth to cybersecurity.
International researchers can now map the universe with Murchison
To ensure seamless and secure global research collaborations the MWA telescope has connected to eduGAIN.
Grow food, grow jobs: how broadband can boost farming in California’s Central Valley
Broadband helps farmers and students in California’s Central Valley use technology and develop skills to improve the agriculture economy.
Using educational games to teach math
3rd grade students from seven public schools near Sao Paolo have participated in a pilot project for the preparation of games to favour math learning. The project is proving that learning numbers and calculus can be a more fun experience with the use of educational games in the classroom