The Hidden Prehistory Of European Research Networking

Author : Olivier Martin
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466938724

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The “Hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking by Olivier Martin Pdf

The main purpose of this book, which mostly covers the period 19841993, is about the history of European research networking. In particular, it strives to throw some light on some lesser known, sometimes forgotten, aspects of the European research networking history, as the EARN and EASInet initiatives from IBM but also DEC (EARN/OSI), thanks to operational pan-European networks, which were built during the period 19841990 thus allowing the start of operational European academic and research networking services in a very effective and swift manner. A secondary purpose of this article is to make a critical assessment of the political and technical achievements of the European NRENs and especially those of DANTE, the company set up by these same NRENs to build and operate a pan-European backbone interconnecting their national networking infrastructures as well as establishing international connections to other NRENs worldwide.

Author : Christian W Fabjan,Thomas Taylor,Daniel Treille,Horst Wenninger
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814749152

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Technology Meets Research - 60 Years Of Cern Technology: Selected Highlights by Christian W Fabjan,Thomas Taylor,Daniel Treille,Horst Wenninger Pdf

'The contributions from leading scientists of the day collected in this relatively slim book document CERN's 60-year voyage of innovation and discovery, the repercussions of which vindicate the vision of those who drove the foundation of the laboratory — European in constitution, but global in impact. The spirit of inclusive collaboration, which was a key element of the original vision for the laboratory, together with the aim of technical innovation and scientific excellence, are reflected in each of the articles in this unique volume.'CERN Courier'Big' science and advanced technology are known to cross-fertilize. This book emphasizes the interplay between particle physics and technology at CERN that has led to breakthroughs in both research and technology over the laboratory's first 60 years. The innovations, often the work of individuals or by small teams, are illustrated with highlights describing selected technologies from the domains of accelerators and detectors. The book also presents the framework and conditions prevailing at CERN that enabled spectacular advances in technology and contributed to propel the European organization into the league of leading research laboratories in the world.While the book is specifically aimed at providing information for the technically interested general public, more expert readers may also appreciate the broad variety of subjects presented. Ample references are given for those who wish to further explore a given topic.

Author : Christian Gram,Per Rasmussen,Søren Duus Østergaard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319171456

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History of Nordic Computing 4 by Christian Gram,Per Rasmussen,Søren Duus Østergaard Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 4th IFIP WG 9.7 Conference on the History of Nordic Computing, HiNC 4, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 2014. The 37 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this volume. The papers focus on innovative ICT milestones that transformed the nordic societies and on the new ideas, systems and solutions that helped creating the welfare societies of today, in particular solutions and systems for public services, e.g., tax, social benefits, health care and education; solutions and systems for the infrastructure of the society, e.g., banking, insurance, telephones, transport and energy supply; and technologies and IT policies behind the major IT milestones, e.g., user centric innovation, programming techniques and IT ethics. They are organized in topical sections on IT policy, infrastructure, public services, private services, telesystems, health care, IT in banking, transport and IT technology.

Author : Bishop, Jonathan
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466660397

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Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age by Bishop, Jonathan Pdf

Digital technology and the Internet have greatly affected the political realm in recent years, allowing citizens greater input and interaction in government processes. The mainstream media no longer holds all the power in political commentary. Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age provides an updated assessment of the implications of technology for society and the realm of politics. The book covers issues presented by the technological changes on policy making and offers a wide array of perspectives. This publication will appeal to researchers, politicians, policy analysts, and academics working in e-government and politics.

Author : Howard Davies,Beatrice Bressan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783527327102

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A History of International Research Networking by Howard Davies,Beatrice Bressan Pdf

The first book written and edited by the people who developed the Internet, this book deals with the history of creating universal protocols and a global data transfer network. The result is THE authoritative source on the topic, providing a vast amount of insider knowledge unavailable elsewhere. Despite the huge number of contributors, the text is uniform in style and level, and of interest to every scientist and a must-have for all network developers as well as agencies dealing with the Net.

Author : Florian Greiner,Peter Pichler,Jan Vermeiren
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110685473

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Reconsidering Europeanization by Florian Greiner,Peter Pichler,Jan Vermeiren Pdf

This pertinent and highly original volume explores how ideas of Europe and processes of continental political, socio-economic, and cultural integration have been intertwined since the nineteenth century. Applying a wider definition of Europeanization in the sense of "becoming European", it will pay equal attention to counter-processes of disentanglement and disintegration that have accompanied, slowed down, or displaced such trends and developments. By focusing on the practices, agents, and experience of Europeanization, the volume strives to bring together the history of ideas and the history of human actions and conduct, two approaches that are usually treated separately in the field of European studies.

Author : Matthias Korn,Wolfgang Reißmann,Tobias Röhl,David Sittler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783658207250

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Infrastructuring Publics by Matthias Korn,Wolfgang Reißmann,Tobias Röhl,David Sittler Pdf

The volume scrutinizes publics and infrastructures not separately but in their constitutive interrelations and resonances. The contributions, originating in a range of disciplinary perspectives, share a praxeological approach, discussing historical and current processes of mediated cooperation in infrastructuring and making public(s) by tracing different forms of the production, design, and historic trajectories of various publics and infrastructures.

Author : Geoffrey N. Bailey,Jan Harff,Dimitris Sakellariou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319531601

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Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf by Geoffrey N. Bailey,Jan Harff,Dimitris Sakellariou Pdf

This book focuses on issues of method and interpretation in studies of submerged landscapes, concentrating on illustrations and case studies from around Europe with additional examples from other parts of the world. Such landscapes were once exposed as dry land during the low sea levels that prevailed during the glacial periods that occupied most of the past million years and provided extensive new territories for human exploitation. Their study today involves underwater investigation, using techniques and strategies which are clearly set out in these chapters. The underwater landscape provides a rich source of information about the archaeology of human settlement and long-term changes in environment, climate and sea-level. This book highlights how such information can be revealed and interpreted. The examples presented here and the focus on techniques make this book of worldwide relevance. Chapters describe examples of underwater archaeological investigation as well as collaboration with offshore industries and legal, management and training issues relating to underwater cultural heritage. Such studies point to the significance of this drowned landscape, and readers are invited to consider its human impact in terms of past settlement and population dispersal through palaeolandscape reconstruction and interpretation in relation to broader themes in human prehistory. This volume is based on work from COST Action SPLASHCOS, a four-year multi-disciplinary and multi-national research program supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) and has something to benefit all those with an interest in the sea floor of the continental shelf and the archaeological and social impact of sea-level change, including archaeologists, marine scientists, geographers, cultural-heritage managers, commercial and governmental organisations, policy makers and interested members of the public.

Author : Martin J. Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114598589

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Showcasing Space by Martin J. Collins Pdf

This volume explores the meaning of space artifacts, both as products of particular historical settings and as windows for understanding technological and cultural change. Seven contributors, most of whom are museum curators, address these challenges through the history of particular artifacts, highlighting differences and commonalities across technologies, institutions, professional communities, projects and geographical contexts. The essays sample the broad range of space activity--from launch vehicles to satellites and space capsules, from military to commercial and scientific purposes. They include an exploration of the Black Arrow rocket project in Britain, the European Launcher Development Organization, the Apollo 204 spacecraft in the United States, the Iridium commercial global satellite communications system, the Soviet space program, and rocket recovery in Australia. What stories can space artifacts tell? What kinds of information and experiences might real objects convey that images and representations do not? Do they speak for themselves, or do they represent a dense sediment of human agency, culture and technology needing interpretation by experts? And, more particularly, in what ways do space artifacts originating in Cold War culture pose historiographic questions and issues that do not arise from artifacts with other histories? Questions such as these speak to the Artifacts series' purpose: To explore the overlapping interests of museums and historians of science and technology in understanding artifacts, as well as presenting that understanding to scholarly and general publics. This series is sponsored by the Science Museum in London, UK, the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, US--three of the world's great repositories of material heritage in the history of technology.

Author : European Commission. European Research Area
Publisher : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Reference
ISBN : UCSD:31822036558062

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ERA-NET by European Commission. European Research Area Pdf

The ERA-NET scheme is part of the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Actions under this scheme inspire European solutions to today's challenges through effective collaboration across countries in Europe and beyond. This folder contains fact sheets on 17 ERA-NET actions supported under FP7.

Author : Georgios Tselentis
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781607500070

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Towards the Future Internet by Georgios Tselentis Pdf

The Internet is a remarkable catalyst for creativity, collaboration and innovation providing us with amazing possibilities that just two decades ago would have been impossible to imagine. This work includes a peer-reviewed collection of scientific papers addressing some of the challenges that shape the Internet of the future.

Author : Morten Bergsmo,CHEAH Wui Ling,YI Ping
Publisher : Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788293081111

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Historical Origins of International Criminal Law by Morten Bergsmo,CHEAH Wui Ling,YI Ping Pdf

The historical origins of international criminal law go beyond the key trials of Nuremberg and Tokyo but remain a topic that has not received comprehensive and systematic treatment. This anthology aims to address this lacuna by examining trials, proceedings, legal instruments and publications that may be said to be the building blocks of contemporary international criminal law. It aspires to generate new knowledge, broaden the common hinterland to international criminal law, and further consolidate this relatively young discipline of international law. The anthology and research project also seek to question our fundamental assumptions of international criminal law by going beyond the geographical, cultural, and temporal limits set by the traditional narratives of its history, and by questioning the roots of its substance, process, and institutions. Ultimately, we hope to raise awareness and generate further discussion about the historical and intellectual origins of international criminal law and its social function. The contributions to the three volumes of this study bring together experts with different professional and disciplinary expertise, from diverse continents and legal traditions. Volume 1 comprises contributions by prominent international lawyers and researchers including Judge LIU Daqun, Professor David Cohen, Geoffrey Robertson QC, Professor Paulus Mevis and Professor Jan Reijntjes.

Author : Wolfram Kaiser,Brigitte Leucht,Michael Gehler
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215383659

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Transnational Networks in Regional Integration by Wolfram Kaiser,Brigitte Leucht,Michael Gehler Pdf

Contributors to this volume use newly available sources to challenge the widely held assumption that European integration developed in the 1980s. They demonstrate how various networks influenced constitutional choices and policy decisions after World War II.

Author : John Krige,Luca Guzzetti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Research
ISBN : 9282809137

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History of European Scientific and Technological Cooperation by John Krige,Luca Guzzetti Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004277199

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News Networks in Early Modern Europe by Anonim Pdf

News Networks in Early Modern Europe attempts to redraw the history of European news communication in the 16th and 17th centuries. News is defined partly by movement and circulation, yet histories of news have been written overwhelmingly within national contexts. This volume of essays explores the notion that early modern European news, in all its manifestations – manuscript, print, and oral – is fundamentally transnational. These 37 essays investigate the language, infrastructure, and circulation of news across Europe. They range from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and from the Ottoman Empire to the Americas, focussing on the mechanisms of transmission, the organisation of networks, the spread of forms and modes of news communication, and the effects of their translation into new locales and languages.