NORDUNet (European Nordic)

Using sub-sea cables as scientific instruments for collecting environmental and other data is an interesting new trend

Thanks to an EU open science program, the climate researchers in each Nordic country do not need to create their models of the Nordic climate system from scratch.

When Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard triumphed in the 2022 edition of the world’s largest cycling event, the Tour de France, supercomputing played a part. Wind tunnel trials helped his Jumbo Visma team optimize aerodynamics.

Within six weeks after the introduction of COVID-19 lockdowns in March 2020, university education in Sri Lanka returned in a digital format.

Efforts to advance distance learning in Thailand got off to a jump start, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit by spring 2020 thanks to a collaboration to deploy Zoom.

Member institutions and other public academic institutes including government schools used Zoom to operate online classes.

The national research and education network of Bangladesh has assisted its member institutions in setting up online education and conferencing services in response to the global pandemic.

Networks collaborate to deploy online learning technology to the research and education community during the pandemic

The new eduVPN app allows academics and staff at Nordic universities to enjoy their fast university network connection when working at home.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of distance learning users in the Nordic countries has risen dramatically.

The global network of interconnected National Research and Education Networks is boosting international capacity where needed as part of the global rapid response to the recent novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

Powerful R&E connectivity enables musicians and actors to learn and perform together, although they are hundreds of kilometers apart.