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17 Feb 09
Online Innovation in Higher EducationProfessor Sir Ron Cooke’s report on Online Innovation in Higher Education provides a contribution on becoming a world leader in e-learning as requested by the Secretary of State. For further information including the report, summary report and the remit letter sent to Sir Ron Cooke follow the link.
17 Feb 09
Top 25 People Who Make It HappenUK Researcher Prof Peter Coveney has been nominated by the editors of Engineering and Technology as one of the 25 most influential figures in the world of engineering and technology. Professor Peter Coveney is Director of the Centre for Computation Science at University College London, where pioneering work is underway to use
the combined processing power of the US and UK supercomputer Grids to
simulate the effect of drugs on human metabolisms.
10 Feb 09
e-Infrastructure Reflection Group White Paper is Released and is now entering a consultation phase. Policy makers, service providers and user communities are invited to join in the discussion concerning the near future of e-Infrastructures. The purpose of the e-IRG document is to present key e-Infrastructure areas and topics requiring policy actions and to propose related recommendations at the national and EU levels. For further information and to join the discussion see http://www.e-irg.eu/
06 Feb 09
eScience 2008 PresentationsArchived video of the eScience 2008 presentations is now available on the conference web site www.escience2008.iu.edu.
06 Feb 09
NERC e-Science PublicationsOutputs of the NERC e-Science Programme appear in a special issue of Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society. This issue will be available in print from the 13th March 2009 onwards.