Recent news:
- Towards a European Time & Frequency Network
- Celebrating 20 Years of LHCOPN & Looking Ahead to the Future of Scientific Data Infrastructure
- Strengthening Global Research Ties at APAN59: A Dutch-Asian Collaboration Spotlight
- New technology for lightning-fast data traffic: SURF and ASTRON realise 400G connection with OpenZR+
- Workflow Orchestrator Programme – Codesprint
Interesting links:
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Towards a European Time & Frequency Network
Introduction Last month, GÉANT organized a physical edition of the Special Interest Group Time & Frequency Network (SIG-TFN) at the Joint Science Centre (a research and advisory body of the European Commission). During this event in Italy, NRENs and NMIs came together to further develop the framework for a European Time & Frequency network. In…
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Celebrating 20 Years of LHCOPN & Looking Ahead to the Future of Scientific Data Infrastructure
This week in Manchester, SURF participated in the 54th LHCOPN-LHCONE meeting, where global experts gathered to discuss the evolution of research networking. It was a special occasion as we celebrated 20 years since the first LHCOPN meeting, reflecting on how far we’ve come in enabling high-speed data transfer from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to…
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Strengthening Global Research Ties at APAN59: A Dutch-Asian Collaboration Spotlight
Back from #APAN59, and what a fantastic experience! Honored to represent SURF and #NetherLight, highlighting their impact in international research collaborations—especially between scientists in Japan and in the Netherlands. A great example is the #TTADDA project, where Wageningen University & Research (WUR), together with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan (MAFFIN), National Agriculture…
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New technology for lightning-fast data traffic: SURF and ASTRON realise 400G connection with OpenZR+
For more information see: https://www.surf.nl/en/news/new-technology-for-lightning-fast-data-traffic-surf-and-astron-realise-400g-connection . Scientific research in the Netherlands has gained an advanced networking technology: OpenZR+. Together with ASTRON, the Dutch institute for radio astronomy, we used this technology to create a 400G connection that can transmit even sharper images of space. Institutions in need of scaling up network connectivity can easily request…
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Workflow Orchestrator Programme – Codesprint
Last week SURFs network automation team spent a fruitful week in Berkeley (CA) together with colleagues from ESnet and Géant. As workflow orchestrator partner members, SURF, ESnet and Géant are committed to the workflow orchestrator software ecosystem and collaborate on creating a useful set of tools for parties who are interested in automating their network.…
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What you need to know about… time & frequency transfer
Did you know that radio telescopes are synchronized down to the nanosecond (1/1,000,000,000 s) via the SURF Network? And that VU leverages the frequency signal provided by SURF to determine the weight of an electron? Through the new SURF Time & Frequency network, the Dutch UTC time from VSL in Delft is distributed with extreme…
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Field trip to visit our colleagues at DFN-Verein
What an insightful day in Berlin! A big thank you to Stefan Piger and Leonie Schäfer from DFN-Verein for the engaging discussions and valuable learnings. It was a pleasure to exchange ideas and explore opportunities for collaboration together. Looking forward to continuing this conversation!
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Digital lead Netherlands under pressure
Traditionally, the Netherlands has been an important digital hub in Europe. Sea cables landed in the Netherlands and made Amsterdam a digital hub. That had enormous appeal for parties that need a strong digital network, such as education and research. The leading position that the Netherlands has had for a long time is now under…
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Network dashboard goes electric!
Last summer, a huge transition was implemented under the hood of the Network Dashboard. At first glance, little seems to have changed, but especially if you click around, you will now notice that it works much faster. The major overhaul of the network dashboard had been on our wish list for a long time, because…
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Stronger digital ties across the Atlantic
Stronger digital ties across the Atlantic Dutch, Nordic, and Canadian research and education networksupgrade their trans-Atlantic link to 400 Gigabits per second (Gbps) aspart of the Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) consortium. The research and education network organizations of the Netherlands, the Nordic countriesand Canada have signed an agreement to upgrade the existing connection betweenAmsterdam and…