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17 April 2013

Golden opportunities for e-infrastructures at the EGI Community Forum

Last week, iSGTW was at the European Grid Infrastructure Community Forum 2013. Find out what Nancy Rothwell, Peter Coveney, Kostas Glinos, and Steven Newhouse had to say during the opening plenary session. The quartet touch on a range of topics, from the importance of human capital and uniting e-infrastructures, to open access and future funding mechanisms.

Andrew Purcell
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A historic drought yields a harvest of data

In 2012, the United States suffered its worst drought in 24 years, which led to the worst harvest yields in nearly two decades. Read how scientists are using this data to validate crop yield and climate impact models that simulate the effects of climate on agriculture.

Rob Mitchum
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Cryptography and security at ISC'13

Michael Hortmann, a leading expert in cryptography from the University of Bremen will be chairing a session on cryptography and security at this year’s International Supercomputing ’13 conference.

Andrew Purcell
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Enjoy Earth day with these stunning images
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Highlights from the EGI Community Forum 2013

Following last week's EGI Community Forum 2013, read our pick of the highlights from the GridCast blog.

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