October 2004
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GTAnet reaches key milestone - network build nearly complete
GTAnet - Canada's newest community-based research and education network - is virtually completed and members are now in the final test mode for their connection to ORION and the global research grid.
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NECTAR - sweet news for research in distance collaboration
Collaborating over distances is becoming more common, even essential, in business, manufacturing, research and education. But the technology for distance collaboration has a long way to go to capture the nuances of non-vocal face-to-face interaction such as body language and subtle changes in facial expression.
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ORION / ResearchChannel workshop brings players to the table
A half-day workshop with Seattle-based ResearchChannel in Toronto earlier this month promises to have a lasting impact as several of Canada’s leading media and education institutions came together to share ideas, and explore how best to collaborate in the new and emerging media of high-speed broadband networks.
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Ontario urged to join "global conversation"
With the ORION network in place throughout the province, Ontario is being urged to join global conversation in the annual Megaconference, in early December.
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New focus to Ontario research funding
The Ontario government’s announcement of a new research fund is good news to Ontario’s research community.
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  • Still time to register for CANARIE "Results" workshop
  • Advanced networking comes to Peterborough
  • ORION and ABEL team up on outreach to school boards
  • Halifax hosts IWAY Awards
  • Come and get it: Caltech offers research collaboration service
  • Majority of state nets access Internet2 backbone
  • New president at Loyalist
  • US funds prototype for undersea sensor network
  • Astronomers demonstrate global Internet telescope
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