[sysadmin] Internet2 IDEA prize to CSIRO for e-VLBI

[Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga]

 From https://mail.internet2.edu/wws/arc/i2-news/2008-04/msg00005.html

Lastly, the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility received the award
for its recognized leadership in the development and use of the electronic
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (e-VLBI) technique. E-VLBI is considered
one of the most powerful methods for high-resolution imaging of distant
radio sources, such as pulsars, quasars and radio galaxies. The technique
links geographically dispersed telescopes using advanced optical networks
for near real time analysis of telescope data. The CSIRO team has worked
closely with other institutions in Asia, Europe and the United States. As
the winner of the Wave of the Future award, the team will receive a
dedicated optical circuit for a one year period from Internet2 WaveCo,
sponsored by Level 3 Communications.

"Though we have made enormous progress since our first e-VLBI tests in 2006,
we had not yet been able to just set up an experiment and press the 'GO'
button. This dedicated circuit will let us explore ways to overcome these
challenges and move forward with more aggressive e-VLBI experimentation.
More than that, what we discover about overcoming high data throughput
roadblocks can be applied to applications in other scientific disciplines,"
said Dr. Shaun Amy, data transmission specialist for CSIRO's Australia
Telescope National Facility.

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Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga
Programmer-Archaeologist
University of Puerto Rico
http://www.hpcf.upr.edu/~humberto/