With this interview to the Brazilian researcher Mauro Cesar Bernardes, we began the series entitled "Five questions to" where we will discover the importance that those who have been involved in the TICAL conferences give to this annual meeting.
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- María José López Pourailly
Best Practice: Sharing medical research data through SURFnet optimises population research
In Netherlands, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and the Delft University of Technology are working on analysis techniques of medical imaging and other data. Large-scale imaging data sets containing brain scans of participants in long-term studies help to diagnose – and even predict – the onset of illness (a method known as ‘population imaging’). The accuracy of a prediction depends on the quantity of data available: the more data, the better the prediction. In this respect, collaboration over the advanced e-Infrastructure provided by SURF is crucial.
- María José López Pourailly
Javier Martínez, Executive Director of InnovaRed: "This transcendental collaboration at national level is even stronger when we look at the international connectivity that allows it to extend to any point of the planet"
After seven years working as the Technical Chief of InnovaRed, six months ago Javier Martínez took, a new challenge: to command the Argentine academic network as its Executive Director. Martínez also played important roles in the Technical Committee of RedCLARA, enhancing the development of collaboration in e-Science of Argentina and the Latin American countries. In this interview Martínez explains the importance of Argentina’s participation both in the regional network and in TICAL2015 Conference, and also comments about the progress conducted in InnovaRed.
- María José López Pourailly
TICAL2015 search for interinstitutional collaboration projects to be presented in a session of the TICAL Community
Seeking to promote the cooperation between the higher education institutions in the region, the TICAL community calls the interested to submit, until April 15th, proposals for interinstitutional projects that address the themes of the Conference 2015 (described in the thematic axes) and that could be benefited and empowered by the collaboration between different academic institutions in Latin America. An author of each selected proposal will receive the airfare as an incentive to participate in TICAL 2015 and present its project at the conference.
LA Referencia is pleased to announce the incorporation of Costa Rica as the new country in the position of observer member, increasing the number of members that are part of the regional initiative of institutional repositories. The decision for the entry of the Central American country was recently approved by the Directive Council of LA Referencia, after receiving the request of the country itself.
The ELCIRA Project finished the activities with important results.
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