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cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · 16d

CENIC Members Enable Data-Driven Agriculture: Optimizing Harvests in a Changing Environment

Innovative demonstration project at Iron Horse Vineyards near Sebastopol leverages last-mile fiber, soil, temp, fog/rain, and CO2 sensors, in-flight drone video capture.

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CENIC | CENIC Members Enable Data-Driven Agriculture: Optimizing Harvests in a Changing Environment

The use of technology in agriculture to increase yield and decrease resources is the focus os an innovative project fueled by CENIC and its collaborative partners: a novel model of precision agricultu...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · 17d

CENIC: Ready for some football (broadcasting)

In just 10 days, CENIC shipped equipment to Fresno State, ordered a cross-connect from Lumen, and provisioned new 10 Gbps service from the school to Internet2 at Sunnyvale, allowing Pac-12 Networks to broadcast a home game on @cbssports.bsky.social.

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · 21d

Community Connections: The Network, Services, and Collaborative Opportunities Made Possible by CENIC

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CENIC | Community Connections: The Network, Services, and Collaborative Opportunities Made Possible by CENIC

Learn how the CalREN backbone extends to every part of California, visit our new Community Portals for quicklinks to CENIC resources, and discover the CENIC initiatives that enable collaboration among...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Ventura County Library Capitalizes on CENIC Membership to Provide eduroam Connectivity to Student and Faculty Patrons
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CENIC | Ventura County Library Capitalizes on CENIC Membership to Provide eduroam Connectivity to Student and Faculty Patrons

By becoming eduroam Hotspot Operators, Ventura County Library and its branches offer the extremely valuable service of eduroam connectivity to its student and faculty residents.

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Sep 3

Pacific Wave, Cal Poly Humboldt, and Internet2 Collaborate on Connectivity to Singapore, Guam, and Jakarta

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CENIC | Pacific Wave, Cal Poly Humboldt, and Internet2 Collaborate on Connectivity to Singapore, Guam, and Jakarta

Pacific Wave today announced its successful partnership with FLAG, one of the world’s largest privately owned subsea cable networks, for new capacity on the state-of-the-art Echo subsea cable system, ...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Aug 27

Did you know that anyone connected to a CENIC member community has access to Jupyter Notebooks, whether or not they’re part of a Science DMZ? @jupyter.org
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CENIC | Explore the Future with Jupyter Notebooks and CENIC AIR

Jupyter notebooks are key tools for various research and data science tasks, such as exploratory data analysis (EDA) and scientific analysis, and educational uses. CENIC members are in an ideal posit...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Aug 14

CENIC Completes 800 Gbps Upgrade to California Research and Education Network
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CENIC | CENIC Completes 800 Gbps Upgrade to California Research and Education Network

CENIC has completed its 800G backbone upgrade, and by the end of this year, all suitable segments will be transitioned to coherent pluggable optics.

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

On the Blog: CENIC Membership Enables San Joaquin Valley Library System’s Wi-Fi Revolution
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CENIC | CENIC Membership Enables San Joaquin Valley Library System’s Wi-Fi Revolution

CENIC member benefits including improved bandwidth and better vendor management at far less cost have made possible the San Joaquin Valley Library System's recent large-scale deployment of indoor and ...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Jul 8

On the Blog: The National Data Platform: Enabling Researchers to Share and Cruise Vast Oceans of Data

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CENIC | The National Data Platform: Enabling Researchers to Cruise Vast Oceans of Data

Headed by SDSC Chief Data Science Officer İlkay Altıntaş, the National Data Platform makes vast databases available on an ever-growing variety of meteorological, geographic, and geologic sciences, as ...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Jun 24

CENIC News: A Decade of Bringing California Public Libraries State-of-the-Art Broadband on the CENIC Network
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CENIC | A Decade of Bringing California Public Libraries State-of-the-Art Broadband on the CENIC Network

California’s libraries are not just places to borrow books; they are community hubs, educational anchors, and gateways to opportunity. We need to ensure they remain that way.

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Jun 5

On the Blog: CENIC and its Members Help Prepare for, Recover from, and Respond to Disaster

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CENIC | CENIC and its Members Help Prepare for, Recover from, and Respond to Disasters

CENIC member institutions serve as unsung heroes during public emergencies, offering patrons shelter, access to services and resources, education of first responders, vital research, and a sense of no...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · May 20

San Diego State University (SDSU) is now the first research institution in the world to enjoy a native 800Gbps connection to a high-performance research and education network--ours!

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CENIC | CENIC, Juniper Networks Enable 800 Gbps Connections to California Research and Education Network for CENIC Members

SDSU's 800G connection to CalREN—the first native 800 Gigabit per second (Gbps) connection to a high-performance research and education network—is now active, and CENIC anticipates further interest fr...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · May 15

On the Blog: A Community of Champions: New Ways to Engage with One Another and CENIC
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CENIC | A Community of Champions: New Ways to Engage with One Another and CENIC

CENIC facilitates connection between members and itself through new online content meant to broaden member knowledge and encourage collaboration within and across segments while fostering greater enga...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · May 2

On the Blog: Advancing AI for California’s Community Colleges via Collaboration Across the CENIC Membership
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CENIC | Advancing AI for California’s Community Colleges through Collaboration Across the CENIC Membership

It’s been eight months since the San Diego Community College District connected to CENIC AIR—and CENIC membership was essential at every step of the way.

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Apr 11

Our new CENIC AIR Champions Map provides a deep dive into CENIC AIR and its community, network routes that link resources and users together, participating institutions' compute and storage resources, and invaluable advice for new participants.
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CENIC AIR Champions Interactive Map

CENIC AIR Champions are senior leadership, IT directors, and research and instruction facilitators and faculty at early adopter institutions sharing their invaluable advice for anyone seeking to disco...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Apr 9

Curious about the Zabbix Network Monitoring System?

One of the benefits of CENIC membership is participating in our Community Technology Affinity Group (C2TAG), which offers webinars like "Journey to Zabbix," on April 22.

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cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Mar 19

Frank Wuerthwein, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at @ucsandiego.bsky.social, has a vision for the future of the National Research Platform (NRP), and he laid out those hopes during the recent Sixth National Research Platform Workshop.

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cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Mar 12

On the Blog: CENIC on the Path to Native 800 Gbps Backbone

Thanks to its strong relationship with Juniper Networks at the highest levels, CENIC has begun the process of achieving a native 800 Gbps backbone on geographically suitable segments that typically see heavy use.

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CENIC | CENIC on the Path to a Native 800 Gbps California Research and Education Network Backbone

Juniper collaborated with CENIC to enable the deployment of its PTX10002 packet transport routers, enabling CENIC to begin the process of achieving a native 800 Gbps backbone on geographically suitabl...

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Feb 26

Science DMZs raise questions about how network security can be maintained while avoiding the big-data bottleneck that a campus firewall can create, but there are options and policies already in place so CENIC member institutions securely participate in CENIC AIR and NRP.

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CENIC | How CENIC AIR Enables Secure AI and Machine Learning Innovation

How CENIC AIR Enables Secure AI and Machine Learning Innovation

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Feb 20

CENIC is delighted to announce Dr. Samuel Sudhakar as our next CENIC Board Chair, succeeding the current Chair, Sylvie Cosgrove, as of 15 February 2024. www.csusb.edu/profile/ssud...

Samuel Sudhakar | CSUSBCSUSB HomeWe Define the FutureSearch CSUSBCSUSB

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Feb 12

In our February 2025 newsletter:

Information on California’s research and education
communities in action via the high-performance network and services we provide; how your colleagues are using these services; networking-related events, funds, new programs, and awards.

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CENIC | Newsletters

CENIC connects California to the world—advancing education and research statewide by providing the world-class network essential for innovation, collaboration and economic growth.

cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social · Jan 22

On the Blog:
CENIC Internships: Working with California Higher Ed to Create a Skilled Workforce for the Future of Networking
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CENIC | CENIC Internships: Working with Higher Ed to Create a Skilled Workforce for the Future of Networking

CENIC's internship program helps talented engineering students in the CA community colleges learn about network engineering and gain real-world experience that give their resumes a valuable glow-up.

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Texas Advanced Computing Center @taccutexas.bsky.social · Feb 27

Five leading R&E networking orgs — ESnet, GÉANT, Indiana University, Internet2, and TACC — have joined forces to form MetrANOVA, a consortium for Advancing Network Observation, Visualization, and Analysis.

Learn more! www.es.net/news-and-pub...

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James Neal @james3neal.bsky.social · Sep 23

"The Venue is the World: CENIC Helps SFJAZZ Share Music with Everyone" cenic.org/blog/the-ven...

CENIC | The Venue is the World: CENIC Helps SFJAZZ Share Music with Everyone

Learn how Mount Allen shares musical experiences with the public through his role at San Francisco Jazz (SFJAZZ), which uses CENIC infrastructure to livestream performances to classrooms and libraries...

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · Apr 4

SDSC and San Diego State Receive CENIC Award for Supporting Equitable CI – HPC | #Equitable | MORE at EcoSearch

SDSC and San Diego State Receive CENIC Award for Supporting Equitable CI