Malta participates in state-of-the-art research and educational network
Still wanting faster internet access despite the recent increase in bandwidth? In reality Malta is already connected to a very fast European network, but it's open only to researchers and educators. Last week a group of students from the Boys'...
Still wanting faster internet access despite the recent increase in bandwidth? In reality Malta is already connected to a very fast European network, but it's open only to researchers and educators.
Last week a group of students from the Boys' Secondary School forming part of St Ignatius College delivered an interactive presentation to 215 schools worldwide that were connected through video conferencing in the annual MegaConference Junior.
As they joined on screen, students aged between 11 and 16 presented topics of their own choice, using a variety of media and resources, and displaying a colourful show of the different cultures. The Maltese students' presentation, entitled Malta: A Mega Mini Island, projected the local history, culture and gastronomy, providing an insight to our country. This event can also be viewed streamed on www.megaconferencejr.org
The students and their teachers were assisted by technical and support staff from the University of Malta, who are also the local coordinators of this event.
The University of Malta set up the link which was held over the GÉANT2 network, a high-quality bandwidth network dedicated solely to research and educational purposes.
The GÉANT2 network provides the high-performance, state-of-the-art network infrastructure that is fundamental to the EU's vision of a European Research Area (ERA). The network is the core activity of a coherent set of initiatives that seek to develop all aspects of European research and education networking.
The project within which the network is being built and developed also includes an integrated research programme, the development of support services for network users, initiatives to monitor and address disparities in the level of development of research and education networking around Europe, and a comprehensive study into the future of European research and education networking.
The project's overall objectives include the building and operation of a multi-gigabit pan-European backbone research network interconnecting Europe's national research and education networks (Nren), over which a suite of advanced services will be offered to meet the increasingly demanding requirements of Europe's research and education community. The University of Malta is the Nren for Malta.
Other objectives include joint research into the development of networking technologies and services, supporting effectively and directly projects and users who have advanced networking requirements, to pursue initiatives targeted at closing the 'digital divide", and to examine the future of research networking, exploring the case for the sustaining of research and education networking beyond the conclusion of the project.
The programme of activities is co-funded by the European Commission's Sixth R&D Framework Programme (often referred to as FP6). The remainder of the funding is provided by the Nren connected to the network.
More information at www.geant2.net .
Last week a group of students from the Boys' Secondary School forming part of St Ignatius College delivered an interactive presentation to 215 schools worldwide that were connected through video conferencing in the annual MegaConference Junior.
As they joined on screen, students aged between 11 and 16 presented topics of their own choice, using a variety of media and resources, and displaying a colourful show of the different cultures. The Maltese students' presentation, entitled Malta: A Mega Mini Island, projected the local history, culture and gastronomy, providing an insight to our country. This event can also be viewed streamed on www.megaconferencejr.org
The students and their teachers were assisted by technical and support staff from the University of Malta, who are also the local coordinators of this event.
The University of Malta set up the link which was held over the GÉANT2 network, a high-quality bandwidth network dedicated solely to research and educational purposes.
The GÉANT2 network provides the high-performance, state-of-the-art network infrastructure that is fundamental to the EU's vision of a European Research Area (ERA). The network is the core activity of a coherent set of initiatives that seek to develop all aspects of European research and education networking.
The project within which the network is being built and developed also includes an integrated research programme, the development of support services for network users, initiatives to monitor and address disparities in the level of development of research and education networking around Europe, and a comprehensive study into the future of European research and education networking.
The project's overall objectives include the building and operation of a multi-gigabit pan-European backbone research network interconnecting Europe's national research and education networks (Nren), over which a suite of advanced services will be offered to meet the increasingly demanding requirements of Europe's research and education community. The University of Malta is the Nren for Malta.
Other objectives include joint research into the development of networking technologies and services, supporting effectively and directly projects and users who have advanced networking requirements, to pursue initiatives targeted at closing the 'digital divide", and to examine the future of research networking, exploring the case for the sustaining of research and education networking beyond the conclusion of the project.
The programme of activities is co-funded by the European Commission's Sixth R&D Framework Programme (often referred to as FP6). The remainder of the funding is provided by the Nren connected to the network.
More information at www.geant2.net .