Events
CIISB Events Calendar
Important and interesting events in the domain of large research infrastructures
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Universities of S&T as engines of excellence, talent and innovation – roles in research and innovation infrastructures
CESAER has published a white paper on ´Universities of Science and Technology (S&T) as engines of excellence, talent and innovation´. The paper promotes the understanding of the roles of universities of S&T in Research and Innovation Infrastructures (RII) and the importance of RII to those universities. This white paper: Provides a concrete overview of the role of universities as engines of excellence, talent and innovation, based on case studies of universities across Europe, describing their roles as owners, hosts, contract partners, operators, funders and users of RII; Addresses the challenges faced in order for RII to remain at the forefront of S&T, including issues... -
Czech Republic and ESO signed Training Programme Agreement
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MEYS) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have concluded on the 14th March 2019 an agreement establishing an on-the-job training programme for Czech students and young scientists and engineers, to be realised in ESO facilities... -
WWW: The 30-year anniversary of an invention that changed the world
Thirty years ago, a young computer expert working at CERN Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote his first proposal for an internet-based hypertext system to link and access information across different computers. His proposal became the World Wide Web. In November 1990, this “web of information nodes in which the... -
European „Open Science Cloud“ and research infrastructures ESFRI – how do they „tango“?
EOSC is a giant effort to provide a huge service infrastructure combining distributed data repositories from all publicly funded research in Europe. The ambition is to link the electronic resources of research institutions and university libraries and make them accessible through a single portal. It...