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The NSRC cultivates collaboration among a community of peers to build and improve a global Internet that benefits all parties. We facilitate the growth of sustainable Internet infrastructure via technical training and engineering assistance to enrich the network of networks. Our goal is to connect people.

July: NSRC - LACTLD Network Monitoring and Management Workshop, Virtual Event for the Latin America & Carribbean Region
Feb: APRICOT 2020, Routing Infrastructure and Security Operations Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
Feb: APRICOT 2020, Virtualisation Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
Feb: APRICOT 2020, Network Monitoring and Management Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
Feb: ICTP-NSRC workshop on LPWAN Solutions for the Internet of Things, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
May: BKNIX Peering Forum - ThaiNOG, Bangkok, Thailand
March: LRREN-USAID-DLEG Campus Network Design & Operations Workshop, Monrovia, Liberia

NEWS

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CENIC and Link Oregon partner to improve networks in the Pacific Northwest. News release "CENIC and Link Oregon Forge Unique Regional Partnership to Share Resources and Expertise".
NSRC is highlighted (pp. 13-18) in the 2018 Annual Report by the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) titled, "The Spirit of Cooperation: Building the Global Research and Education Network Fabric".
NSRC co-sponsors Internet2 Fellowship recipients attend the 2019 Internet2 Global Summit.
Michael Foley, World Bank (retired), made mention of the NSRC in his keynote speech for the South African Centre for High Performance Computing National Conference. HPC Wire posted a related article "Framing a Case for NRENs in the Longest Last Mile" by Elizabeth Leake.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

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Students in class at the NSRC-GARNET Campus Network Design and Operations workshop held in Accra, Ghana

Linux System Administration workshop group picture from SANOG 33 held in Thimphu, Bhutan

Students working on a lab in the Linux System Administration workshop at SANOG 33 held in Thimphu, Bhutan

Group picture of the NSRC-GARNET Campus Network Design and Operations workshop held on the GIMPA campus in Accra, Ghana

mnNOG 1 Workshops

September 17-21: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

NSRC trainers co-taught Network Management and Monitoring workshop, as well as Routing Infrastructure and Security Operations workshop at the first Mongolian Network Operators Group (mnNOG). Hervey Allen spoke about the experience in this video.

LRREN-USAID-DLEG Campus Network Design & Operations Workshop

March 25-29, 2019: Monrovia, Liberia

NSRC trainers Patrick Okui and Dale Smith co-taught a Campus Network Design & Operations workshop for participating network professionals of the Liberia Research and Education Network (LRREN). Emmanuel Togo, University of Ghana, and Ato Yawson, Asheshi University also provided teaching and technical assistance. The Liberian Daily Observer covered the formation of the NREN.

South Asian Network Operators Group 33rd Meeting and Workshops (SANOG 33)

January 9-16, 2019: Thimphu, Bhutan

Hans Kuhn, Mike Jager, Dale Smith, Md. Abdul Awal, Nimal Ratnayake from NSRC taught workshops on Linux System Administration and Campus Network Design and Operations during the SANOG 33 event. Dale Smith presented a talk on "Lighting Fiber at greater than 1Gbs." NSRC was assisted by Sonam Penjor of the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) and Tshetum Dorji and Alisha Gurung from Bhutan Telecom.

A FEW WORDS WITH ...

Matt Rantanen speaks of the partnership between the Tribal Digital Village Network (TDVNet) and the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC).