The fourth edition of the Conference Interactive Computer-aided Blended Learning (ICBL) will be held from 2 to 4 November 2011 in the city of Antigua, Guatemala. For those who want to contribute may do so in the form of scientific papers, tutorials, demonstrations and thematic sessions.
Sidney Cunha de Lucena, academic coordinator of the Rio de Janeiro unit of the Superior Networking School (ESR), training area of the Brazilian academic network, gave a conference on the Winter 2011 Joint Techs ESCC/Internet2, an international conference of network engineering sponsored by Internet 2, in the city of Clemson (USA). For more information about the event, visit: http://events.internet2.edu/2011/jt-clemson/
Provide one year of advanced level instruction in the areas of Particle Physics and Field Theory and Condensed Matter is the objective of a Diploma program that is taught in Argentina.
Educa Brazil Federation will provide infrastructure to confederation of repositories of learning objects.
Tutorials, lectures and panels with international participation, sessions to meet the experts, workshops and exhibitions will be part of the event program which includes in its objectives the promotion and exchange of experiences and models of collaboration among participants seeking to strengthen regional integration.
For three days the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, will host the American Conference of Medical Informatics, INFOLAC 2011, aimed at professionals in the healthcare, ICT, telecommunications and microelectronics interested in the application of information technology in health care.
The event, which will take place from on May 17 to 19, includes the participation of important American and European Union speakers and aims to enhance the use, development and management of I T in improving processes health system and promote the exchange of experiences and models of collaboration among participants seeking to strengthen regional integration.
The activity program includes tutorials, lectures and panels with international participation, sessions to meet the experts, workshops and exhibitions that address issues such as the Medical Informatics: Technology Standards, Information Trends, telehealth, Microelectronics, Monitoring care of patients, among others.
For more information, visit: http://infolac2011.org/index.html
On April 1st will be introduce the National Grid computing to the Colombian academic community and authorities. This tools aims to identify and support initiatives that use the Grid to solve country's problems.
The use of High Performance Computing is becoming more important for the academic community in the countries and for the development of activities and overcoming challenges in all areas of the society.
For this reason, Colombia will present the organizational model of a National Grid Computing initiative which aims to enhance use of the Grid for the national benefit. The initiative of National Grid Computing will be launched on Friday April 1st and the event will be broadcast through the National Academic Network of Advanced Technology (RENATA).
During the event, it will be perform a demonstration of the operation of the National Grid to the academic community, special guests, representatives of the Ministry of ICT, COLCIENCIAS and the Ministry of National Education as well as representatives of affiliated regional networks of RENATA.
A representative of RENATA will explain the importance of the Grid for science in Colombia, an issue which will also be discussed later from the perspective of the importance for each institution in the country.
Issues such as the operating model of the infrastructure - services, applications, examples, current capacity, and its integration with Latin American Grid will also be addressed during the presentation.
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