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CENIC Helps to Power Virtual Reality in California Libraries and Shape Workforce of Tomorrow
Categories Libraries
Tags conference
Libraries across California are making virtual reality a reality — with help from CENIC’s high-capacity broadband network, which eliminates the latency and jitter that can ruin such programs. Exposure to such exciting new technologies might set kids on a path to become researchers and inventors themselves.
Bringing the Stars Within Our Reach: California Academy of Sciences Makes Data Come to Life
Categories Cultural & Scientific
Highly networked planetariums are using "domecasting" — live broadcasting a planetarium show to audiences at other planetariums — to share the latest cosmic discoveries. Learn how the California Academy of Sciences uses its CENIC connection to take audiences on a journey to the very edge of human knowledge.
CSU San Bernardino Students Leverage New Computing Power to Tackle Real-World Challenges
Categories CSU
Tags calren conference
High-speed Internet connectivity through CENIC has helped CSUSB develop new student technology programs, expand faculty-led research, obtain research grants, create Science DMZs, and move more applications to the cloud. San Bernardino is one of nine CSU campuses with an upgraded 100 Gbps network link.
Getting the Grant: Federal Agencies Share Success Stories for Connected Community Proposals
Categories Cultural & Scientific Libraries RENS & NRENS
Tags conference imls nsf
Two federal agencies, the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, recognize that robust broadband is essential to discovering and disseminating knowledge. Both organizations offer grant funding to advance broadband services and create connected communities. Hear about successful projects and upcoming grant opportunities.
Protecting Schools from Cyberattacks: CENIC Conducts Successful DDoS Mitigation Pilot
Categories K-12
CENIC and the K-12 High Speed Network are working together to protect California schools from cyber attacks, threats that have compromised confidential student information, interrupted statewide scholastic testing, and prevented faculty and students from accessing important educational materials online.
Our Evolving Public Libraries: Gigabit Connections Bring Fresh Ambitions
Categories Cultural & Scientific Libraries
As public libraries are undergoing remarkable improvements in connectivity and programming, many communities are envisioning a larger role for these well trusted institutions in our midst. Libraries are community hubs in support of lifelong learning, co-working and creative collaboration, preserving information and creating content, and community resilience to disasters.
R&E Networks Empower Communities in a Time of Unprecedented Demands
Categories RENS & NRENS
These days, R&E networks find themselves at a crossroads with big-data science bringing increasing demands and budgets that have not kept pace. Read about ways the networks are stepping up to provide the high-speed connectivity and customized services that bolster scientific discovery and promote digital access.
CENIC Tour Gathers Connectivity Ideas From Regional Broadband Consortia
Categories Private Sector
Tags california emerging technology fund casf digital divide geolinks libraries policy regional broadband consortia rural
Many rural areas in California still lack reliable, or any, Internet connectivity. To find ways that CENIC can help expand Internet access in underserved communities, President and CEO Louis Fox is visiting all 17 regional broadband consortia in California in partnership with California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) leaders.
Fiber-Optic Cables Provide New Tool as Early Earthquake Sensors
Categories Cultural & Scientific RENS & NRENS
Tags earthquake esnet nsf seismometers
Fiber-optic cables, like those in CENIC’s CalREN network and used for internet services everywhere, might eventually serve dual purposes — used not only to transmit data, but also to provide earthquake measurements, and maybe even safety alerts.
The Big Pixel Initiative: Using Satellite Data to Map Urbanization, Schools, and Refugee Camps
Categories Cultural & Scientific University of California
Researchers at UC San Diego used satellite images from multiple sources to map and understand city growth patterns in India, with the help of computers trained to distinguish types of growth.