International projects

Some examples of areas and international projects that use the powerful GÉANT backbone network:

• Medicine and health care
  • ITHANET project 
  • TEMDEC project     
• Particle physics
  • ATLAS–the project includes the Jožef Stefan Institute
• Radio astronomy  
• Arts and culture  
  • ASTRA – resurrecting ancient musical instruments 
  • CityDance Ensemble – dancing to volcanoes  
• Notification of natural disasters and support in crisis situations  
  • Sichuan Earthquake – assisting disaster relief efforts 
  • PAGASA and DWD – typhoon forecasts for the Philippines  
• Earth observation 
  • The Millennium Simulations project by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

Other projects:

• DEISA 
• FREDERICA 
• Phosphorus 
• EUMEDCONNECT2 (case study):
  • e-Health 
  • e-Learning
  • e-Culture 
  • Climate research

We encourage the research, education and culture sectors – which are eligible for ARNES and GÉANT network services – to register their projects and/or participate in international projects enabled by both networks.

For more information, contact us at: info@arnes.si or telephone us on +386 1 479 88 00.