[CAnet - news] Science acknowledges breakthrough potential of lightpath technology

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Science acknowledges breakthrough potential of lightpath technology


Today five research projects in the Netherlands are awarded the main prize
in the "Enlighten Your Research" lightpath competition organised by SURFnet
and NWO. The scientists win a lightpath and the sum of 20,000 Euros for
integrating the use of the lightpath in their research.

The winners are:

. Distribution of radiology images in the NELSON lung cancer screening study
- University Medical Center Groningen and University Medical Center Utrecht
with dr.ir. P.M.A. van Ooijen from Groningen as the main team member.
. Lightpath for the high-throughput genome-wide analyses in Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - University Medical Center Utrecht and the
University of California, Los Angeles with Utrecht scientist dr. J. Veldink
as the main team member.
. Intelligent CCTV monitoring at Arke Stadium - Submitted by Telematica
Instituut, University of Twente, Twente Regional Police, FC Twente, NDIX
(Netherlands-German Internet Exchange) and T Xchange. The main team member
for this lightpath project is dr. ir. W. Teeuw from Telematica Instituut.
. Electron microscopy using lightpaths - Leiden University Medical Center,
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven en SARA Computing and Networking Services.
Leiden researcher dr. J. Valentijn will use lightpaths to share measuring
instruments by connecting three research institutes.
. Remote High-Resolution Visualisation of Climate Data using Pixel Streaming
- The proposal involves a lightpath between Utrecht University and SARA
Computing and Networking Services in Amsterdam with prof. H. Dijkstra of the
ESSENCE project at Utrecht University as the main team member.

The winning proposals come from different scientific disciplines and are
characterised by a high degree of social relevance. The submissions for this
first edition of the "Enlighten Your Research" lightpath competition show
that scientists are aware of the added value of lightpaths for their
research, for instance to share scarce resources such as measuring
equipment. The scientist expect that their lightpath will contribute
significantly to accelerating or improving their research.

The "Enlighten your Research" lightpath competition was organised by SURFnet
in collaboration with NWO with the aim of promoting the use of lightpaths
for scientific research.
Lightpaths are a new feature of the hybrid SURFnet6 network and are
characterised by high transmission speeds and reliability, a low and very
constant network latency and a high degree of security. These properties
make lightpaths extremely suitable for scientific research and offer
researchers in the Netherlands the possibility of moving in new directions.

Further details and the jury report are available at
http://lichtpad.surfnet.nl/info/en.


About SURFnet
SURFnet enables breakthrough education and research. We develop and operate
the national SURFnet6 network and provide innovative services in the areas
of security, authentication and authorisation, group communication and
video. Over 750,000 academics, staff and students in higher education and
research in the Netherlands have daily access to the Internet using
SURFnet6. SURFnet is a partner in SURF, the organisation for innovative ICT
facilities in which academic universities, universities of applied sciences
and research institutions collaborate at the national and international
levels.

About NWO
NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) supports the future
of academic endeavour in the Netherlands. Together with academics,
(inter)national organisations and companies, NWO funds and develops top
quality research programmes. About 4,500 researchers working at universities
and (NWO) institutes are funded by an NWO subsidy. The core budget amounts
to over 400 million euros annually.



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