Conveners
Lightning Talks: Second Strike: Second Strike
- Brian Nisbet (HEAnet)
- Joost Gadellaa (SURF)
Description
Lightning Talks are 5 minute presentations focusing on one key point. This can be an idea, successful project, a cautionary story, collaboration invitation, quick tip or demonstration. This session is an opportunity for ideas to get the attention they deserve.
The rules for this session are easy: five minutes and only five minutes to get your message heard by the audience.
In a world where open science and HPC projects are becoming increasingly intertwined and are driving the need for new and more demanding infrastructure, we are obligated to go about this in a sustainable way and ensure that the supercomputing centres and data repositories will be used to build a greener future.
For the past two years, Arnes HackathON has been joining the values of open...
Effective IT solutions have grown into complex systems that provide services with requirements from a variety of stakeholders. Tales of FEII is a story-driven presentation from the perspective of an NREN, namely Sunet in Sweden, on how such systems can be implemented and improved over time by applying four core values to everything they do: Function, Efficiency, Innovation & Integration.
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Across the world, the digital transformation of higher education is accelerating—but not necessarily in ways that benefit institutions or students. In the US, commercial platforms dominate, embedding vendor lock-in into the core of learning infrastructures. China takes a centralized, government-driven approach, consolidating education under state-controlled digital platforms. India is rapidly...
We all want a more secure Internet, but what if our best security practices are silently breaking connectivity? As NRENs and providers implement MANRS, an unintended consequence is emerging—hidden routes that go unnoticed until they disrupt traffic and drive up costs. How can we fix this without compromising security?
My talk will highlight the issues GÉANT faced in identifying and...
Stateful network applications such as firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection systems depend on frequent memory access. However, traditional computer architectures struggle to scale effectively under the high throughput demands of modern networks. The primary bottleneck is unsurprising—high memory latency and limited memory bandwidth, which greatly constrain overall performance.
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Anyone working on networking applications sooner or later faces the challenge of making things faster. There is just so much you can do as you patiently wait at your socket for a packet to go layer by layer up the network stack. But what if you didn't have to? Let me introduce you to XDP, a lightweight and highly flexible framework for fast packet processing that is already a part of your...
Judging jump rope freestyle routines at the highest competitive level has become increasingly challenging due to the evolution of jump rope. Both the number of skills that are included in a routine as well as the speed with which these are executed keep increasing. This is particularly evident in so-called Double Dutch Freestyle routines, which is why assigning scores to these freestyles is...
The development of AI is transforming all the core activities of higher education institutions (HEIs), with its risks and opportunities manifesting at different scales depending on the context. As AI evolves rapidly, understanding its impacts is also constantly developing, yet discussions can be challenging due to the overlap of technological, ethical, societal, economic, and practical...
Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Cernter has been involved in supporting cultural heritage and digital humanities sector for more than 20 years now. One of the recent developments, in collaboration with the Poznań City Hall and Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU), is an online platform for supporting activities of various institutions in the plain language context. The main goal of the...
Difficult conversations are inevitable—but they don’t have to be awkward or anxiety-inducing. In this five-minute talk, we’ll cover quick tips for navigating tough discussions with confidence and clarity. From setting the right tone to staying calm under pressure, you’ll learn how to address uncomfortable topics while maintaining relationships and achieving productive outcomes. Whether it’s...
What do the EURO banknotes and the GÉANT community have in common? This will be the subject of this talk. Taking the audience on a short "tour of time," I wish to showcase the importance of access (windows and doorways) and connectivity (bridges) through time (transformation) as a means to Unite in Diversity.
Used in 20 Member States, and being the world's second reserve currency; the EURO...
In this talk, I will draw from my personal experience—transitioning from a career as an architectural engineer to working in community and stakeholder management. Reflecting on my current role at GÉANT in partner relationship management, I will explore how designing physical structures has evolved into designing meaningful connections between people and organizations—and why these are often...
The use of open source software is increasingly being cited as the holy grail answer to alternatives to the use of Big Tech. Open source software (OSS) offers unparalleled flexibility and community support, but it's not without challenges. This lightning talk highlights personal frustrations, security issues and support challenges. However, by addressing these challenges, we can unlock the...
