Cases & Voices

It's often said that time is a relative measure and that what for some tasks may mean a short time, for others sounds like an eternity. For an athlete competing in a "short shot" competition, for example, milliseconds can make the difference between missing the podium and winning the world record. The same metric, however, does not apply to other activities, such as writing a report or constructing a building. What is the value of time when we think about major projects, that have the capacity to transform people's lives? How many seconds, days or years are enough for an initiative to mature and achieve its goals? The example of LACNet, which orchestrates LACChain's blockchain networks, shows that a lot can be done in a short time.

The international project is driven by HEAnet, Ireland's national research and education network, and aims to make eduroam available beyond university campuses, in as many places as possible.

Imagine an internet so fast that it reaches 6 Terabits per second (Tb/s). Well, it existed. This data transfer speed was the total achieved by all groups participating in the world’s largest high-performance computing and communication conference, SC23, in Denver, USA. Brazil’s research and education network RNP played a part in this achievement.

Interview with Félix Fernández-Shaw, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships

At the end of October, a Distributed Acoustic Detection (DAS) interrogator was installed at the EMACOM Cable Landing Station in Praia Formosa, in Madeira Island, Portugal.

The Chilean Academic Network's Point of Presence will directly connect the numerous astronomical projects that will be installed on the Chajnantor plain in the Atacama Desert, in order to transmit the data generated by them via the global networks for research and development.