Lighting the Blue Touchpaper for UK e-Science - Closing Conference of ESLEA Project
26 March, 07 12:00 PM - 28 March, 07 01:30 PM
The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PB
Organiser(s): Colin Greenwood, (National e-Science Centre), Peter Clarke (National e-Science Centre) and Matthew Strong (University of Manchester)
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT - 20 December 2006
INVITATION TO ESLEA TO THE ESLEA PROJECT CLOSING CONFERENCE ON 26-28 MARCH 2007We are organising a closing conference for ESLEA project entitled "Lighting the Blue Touchpaper for UK e-Science" in Edinburgh on 26-28 March 2007 and invite you to attend.
The aim of this conference is to present the research findings and learning experiences from ESLEA project. It will also enable colleagues from the UK and international e-Science community to present, discuss and learn about the latest developments in networking technology.
This conference is targeted at users/potential users in the university sector as well as representatives from network operators and policy makers.
If you would like to present a paper at the conference then please submit an abstract via the online registration web page by 16 February 2007. All papers accepted for the conference will be published online in Proceedings of Science and in hard copy printed conference proceedings.
For further information about the event, to register and/or to submit an abstract, please go to http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/748/
I hope that you are able to join us.
Season's Greetings,
CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Peter Clarke (NeSC)
Colin Greenwood (NeSC)
Matthew Strong (University of Manchester)
About ESLEA:
ESLEA, a two-year EPSRC-funded project, is a collaboration between 6 leading UK research centres and two industrial partners (Cisco Systems and Boston Ltd). The project has a remit to demonstrate the potential of circuit-switched optical networking to the UK e-Science community by running "proof of benefit" pilot applications in several data-intensive fields of academic endeavour, including particle physics, high performance computing, radio astronomy and e-health.
The pilot applications have demonstrated the feasibility and benefits of transferring data across the UKLight circuit-switched network. UKLight is an optical R&D network, managed through UKERNA as a complement to the SuperJanet production network. It comprises a 10Gbit/s backbone to selected points in the UK and connects to global optical networks via 10Gbit/s links to Chicago (via StarLight) and Amsterdam (NetherLight).
Network protocol research and development of control mechanisms and interfaces by ESLEA have helped the pilot applications to exploit the UKLight network effectively.