BELLA-T News

A little less than four months after the launch of the TICAL and the 2nd Latin American e-Science Meeting calls (closed on Monday, June 11), the Program Committee of the events disclosed the number of received proposals: There were 175 in total; 133 of TICAL and 42 of the Meeting of e-Science. Colombia, with 49 proposals, and Ecuador, with 37, were the most participatory countries, followed by Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

June 11, at 24:00 GMT. These are the new date and time limit for submitting papers for the TICAL2018 Conference and the 2nd Latin American e-Science Meeting. The extension of the deadline (previously May 7), will allow even more researchers and academics to send their proposals and participate in the event, which will take place between September 3 and 5, 2018, at the Las Americas Convention Center, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. And remember, registrations are already open, with discounts for those who register until August 2.

The capacity of the Brazilian academic network, the Ipê network, does not stop growing and the activation of new circuits in May brought more availability to the network in the North and Southeast regions of the country. The first was the link connecting Manaus (AM) to the Federal District, which received an upgrade from 1 Gb/s to 3 Gb/s. The other case was the activation of a new 10 Gb/s circuit between the Federal District and São Paulo.

In a milestone of collaborative work between scientists, professionals from the world of technologies and academics from La Serena and Santiago (northern and central Chile), and with direct connection by videoconference between both cities, was held on April 19, the inauguration ceremony of the first stretch of the High Speed Fiber Optic Network of REUNA, the Chilean National Research and Education Network.