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Blog: Category Archives: Cultural & Scientific
CENIC and Alameda Peer to Connect Students to Saildrone and Berkeley Lab
Categories CCCs Cultural & Scientific K-12 RENS & NRENS
A new SFI agreement between CENIC and the City of Alameda is a model for local governments that wish to connect technology and R&D companies in their region with a state’s research and education institutions.
Zero-Trust Networking Enhances Security in Research and Education Environments
Categories CCCs CSU Cultural & Scientific University of California K-12 Libraries Private Sector Independent Universities RENS & NRENS
Zero-trust networking may be uniquely capable of tackling the security issues confronted by R&E environments. Experts from Google, Netflix, the UC Office of the President, San Bernardino County schools, and the San Francisco Library weigh in on security challenges and solutions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Identifying Tiny Organisms with Giant Impact on Climate
Advances in automated plankton identification will benefit the fields of both computer science and biological science, enabling improved classification algorithms for machine learning and vast new data streams for plankton ecology. With success, the ability to rapidly and automatically find patterns in plankton ecology could drastically speed up observations of climate change challenges and solutions.
Bringing Internet Access to Environmental Education in Yosemite
CENIC, UC Merced, and the National Park Service are collaborating to get Internet access to the new NatureBridge campus in 2019, which will offer many benefits and support environmental education for youths far and wide.
Grow Food, Grow Jobs: How Broadband Can Boost Farming in California’s Central Valley
Tags calren conference geolinks rural
Broadband helps farmers and students in California’s Central Valley use technology and develop skills to improve the agriculture economy. Read how CENIC collaborators such as the USDA, UC ANR, community colleges, and ISPs find funding and develop plans for better connectivity for the far reaches of the state, to help grow food and grow jobs.