Yearly Archives: 2011

Benefits of BEN

RENCI’s Breakable Experimental Network means new research opportunities at UNC CHAPEL HILL–A laboratory can be a physical space—such as the Networking Laboratory in the computer science department at UNC Chapel Hill. Or it can exist in cyberspace, like RENCI’s Breakable Experimental Network (BEN), a regional optical network test bed for experiments with disruptive networking technologies. […]

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RENCI at ECU works to build awareness of coastal issues

Through research and outreach programs, RENCI at ECU is developing a coastal informatics system that includes scientific data and historical records.

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Benefits of BEN

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OpenFlow switch donation enables research and education

OpenFlow switch donation from Stanford University enables networking research and education at Triangle campuses.

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2.16.11 – Developing a Secure Medical Research Workspace

Speaker: Michael Shoffner, senior research software engineer; Phil Owen, IT developer; Xiaoshu Wang, senior biomedical researcher. Abstract: Working with sensitive medical data is risky – and securing it is a difficult problem. The Secure Medical Research Workspace (SMRW) project is a collaborative R&D effort involving RENCI, the NC TraCS Institute, the School of Information and Library Sciences […]

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Carolina Launch Pad alumni win Small Business Innovation grant

The founders of Altometrics, Inc., have a goal that sounds simple: make the Internet faster. They want to speed up the performance of your favorite websites, prevent those frustrating slow-downs and enable richer Web services.

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Innovation and Sustainability – Two Sides of the Same Coin

Title: The Fidelity Investments “Leadership in Technology” Executive Speakers Series Presents Michael Tiemann, VP of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat. Location: NC State – Centennial Campus, EB2, Room 1231 Link out: Click here Description: The Fidelity Investments “Leadership in Technology” Executive Speakers Series Presents Michael Tiemann, VP of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat. […]

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RENCI People Interview with Allison Clark

[youtube E92w7xg69oA] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You career has spanned many fields and taken many turns. Describe the career path that led to where you are now. Q: You do not have a computing background, but were at NCSA for many years. How did that come about? Q: Are […]

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To close or not to close

A school snow day often leaves kids jumping for joy and their parents scrambling to readjust their work schedules. But what about the people who make the decision to cancel classes? They are usually school transportation officials, who analyze changing weather conditions and gather information on road conditions, and school district administrators, who make the […]

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