June 21, 2007 Utrecht - Today five research projects in the Netherlands are awarded the main prize in the "Enlighten Your Research" lightpath competition organised by SURFnet and NWO. The scientists win a lightpath and the sum of 20,000 Euros for integrating the use of the lightpath in their research. The winners are: Distribution of radiology images in the NELSON lung cancer screening study - University Medical Center Groningen and University Medical Center Utrecht with dr.ir. P.M.A. van Ooijen from Groningen as the main team member. Lightpath for the high-throughput genome-wide analyses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - University Medical Center Utrecht and the University of California, Los Angeles with Utrecht scientist dr. J. Veldink as the main team member. Intelligent CCTV monitoring at Arke Stadium - Submitted by Telematica Instituut, University of Twente, Twente Regional Police, FC Twente, NDIX (Netherlands-German Internet Exchange) and T Xchange. The main team member for this lightpath project is dr. ir. W. Teeuw from Telematica Instituut. Electron microscopy using lightpaths - Leiden University Medical Center, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven en SARA Computing and Networking Services. Leiden researcher dr. J. Valentijn will use lightpaths to share measuring instruments by connecting three research institutes. Remote High-Resolution Visualisation of Climate Data using Pixel Streaming - The proposal involves a lightpath between Utrecht University and SARA Computing and Networking Services in Amsterdam with prof. H. Dijkstra of the ESSENCE project at Utrecht University as the main team member. The winning proposals come from different scientific disciplines and are characterised by a high degree of social relevance. The submissions for this first edition of the "Enlighten Your Research" lightpath competition show that scientists are aware of the added value of lightpaths for their research, for instance to share scarce resources such as measuring equipment. The scientist expect that their lightpath will contribute significantly to accelerating or improving their research. The "Enlighten your Research" lightpath competition was organised by SURFnet in collaboration with NWO with the aim of promoting the use of lightpaths for scientific research.
Further details and the jury report at: http://lichtpad.surfnet.nl/info/en ###
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