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Media Library: Case Studies

This section of the Library consists of user case studies.       
  
 
1 March | 2012
GÉANT and GreenStar Network – powering networks through renewable energy
Harnessing green power to lower ICT energy consumption
1 March | 2012
GÉANT and the ShanghAI Lectures - creating a global Artificial Intelligence community
Collaborative e-learning enabled by advanced research networks
25 September | 2011
GÉANT and DECIDE: Improving quality of life for sufferers from Alzheimer’s Disease
Using advanced networks and grid computing technology to enable earlier diagnosis and faster treatment for patients
24 June | 2011
GÉANT and EMBL-EBI: Supporting bioinformatics
International collaboration pushes the frontiers of life sciences, enabling discovery in many fields of science.
22 June | 2011
GÉANT and EXPReS: Revolutionising radio astronomy
Linked telescopes across the world and high speed research networking is underpinning real-time astronomical observations
20 June | 2011
GÉANT and LOLA: Real-time remote musical collaboration
Advanced software and high speed research networks combine to let musicians in multiple locations perform together
17 May | 2011
High-speed networking: freeing epilepsy patients from seizure
Epilepsy specialists in Tunisia and France are able to collaborate on the diagnosis and treatment of Tunisian patients by harnessing the high-capacities provided by GÉANT, EUMEDCONNECT2 and their partner networks in France and Tunisia.
17 May | 2011
High-speed networking: saving lives by typhoon forecasting
Typhoons in the Philippines threaten the lives of the local population. However, with accurate storm forecasts provided by the Philippine weather bureau PAGASA, emergency teams are able to warn the local population and save countless lives.
22 February | 2011
GÉANT and ASTRA: Recreating ancient instruments
High-speed research networks were used to run a data intensive modelling program to recreate the sounds of ancient instruments.
6 January | 2011
User Communities Case Study: GÉANT and Grids
Supporting research projects with high-speed networking
18 October | 2010
GÉANT and TEIN3: Bringing cultures together across continents
Having performers in Kuala Lumpur dance in real time to music that's being played 9,300km away in Stockholm might sound impossible, but that is precisely what was achieved 
11 October | 2010
Early diagnosis of neuro-degenerative diseases case study
Alzheimer's is a neuro-degenerative disease that affects the elderly population, for which there is currently no cure.
24 September | 2010
Sim-e-Child: Treatment in paediatric cardiology
Sim-e-Child expands the Grid-based eHealth infrastructure and uses the GÉANT research network