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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Network of Excellence in Internet Science – Plenary Meeting
10 April 2012 – 11 April 2012 Brussels, Belgium
The objective of the Network of Excellence (NoE) is to allow an open and productive dialogue between all the disciplines which study the Internet systems under any technological or humanistic perspective, and which in turn are being transformed by the continuous advances in Internet functionalities and applications. To achieve this objective, the NoE in Internet Science will bring together research institutions focusing on network engineering, computation, complexity, security, trust, mathematics, physics, sociology, game theory, economics, political sciences, humanities, law, energy, transport, artistic expression, and any other relevant social and life sciences. This first workshop is presenting some of its research targets, including aspects of leisure, arts, sustainability, open government, civil hacking, and interactions with the no disconnection strategy. Participation is free but prior registration is required.
Contact: fabrizio.sestini@ec.europa.eu
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RESEARCH RESULT
New frontier: Chips transfer data at light speed
The computer industry is nearing a crisis: microchips get smaller and faster but they struggle to transfer data at sufficient speeds. Microprocessors do their calculations with electrons, and they transfer data within and between chips using electrons too. The powerful microprocessors in computers today use vast quantities of data and perform millions of calculations per second, but the connections can’t keep up; they simply can not shift electrons fast enough. Now EU-funded researchers have shown how chips with built-in lasers which use multiple wavelengths of light could in the future transmit data at terabit speeds. The real trick is that light can be ‘multiplexed’; you can send photons of different wavelengths through your interconnect at the same time. Use three wavelengths and you effectively triple the speed of data transmission.
RESEARCH RESULT
A grid-based ‘Google’ to fight neurological disease
Grid computing, long used by physicists and astronomers to crunch masses of data quickly and efficiently, is making the leap into the world of biomedicine. Supported by EU-funding, researchers have networked hundreds of computers to help find treatments for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Through the Neugrid project, the pan-European grid computing infrastructure has opened up new channels of research into degenerative neurological disorders and other illnesses, while also holding the promise of quicker and more accurate clinical diagnoses of individual patients. The team call their system the ‘Google for brain imaging.’
SPEECH
Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda: Active and healthy ageing: from strategy to implementation
European Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing conference, Brussels, 3 April 2012
RESEARCH RESULT
The Swedish knack for technology
Being home to the Nobel Prize is more than a symbolic nod to great achievements in science and the humanities; Swedish ingenuity continues to drive progress in a range of fields, in particular information and communications technologies (ICT). According to ERAWatch, Sweden is one of the only two EU countries that has managed to surpass the target of 3% of GDP invested in R&D annually. Researchers in Sweden are working on a range of EU-funded ICT projects – from smart electricity metering, through Internet safety to eHealth.
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