Browsing UbuntuNet-Connect 2012 by Title
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Accelerating Research in Africa through Sustainable Virtual Research Communities
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)Despite the commendable efforts by African NRENs to interconnect universities and research institutions, research capacity in Africa is still a major challenge. In particular African universities and research institutions ... -
AVU Multinational Project II: A collaborative approach to implementing an eLearning project in 21 countries
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)The African Virtual University (AVU) www.avu.org is currently implementing its Multinational Project II across borders and language barriers in 21 countries and 27 universities. Funded by the African Development Bank, ... -
Brazilian experience of connecting at 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s universities and research institutions in the interior of the country
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)The paper presents the Veredas Novas (New Paths) initiative of RNP, the Brazilian National Research and Education Network, to provide access to RNP’s national backbone network at 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s from university and ... -
Build vs. Buy: The NREN Network Connectivity Dilemma: About Building Research & Education Fibre Networks
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) typically have the need for interconnecting multiple universities and for off-campus access to connect to telecommunications submarine landing points for the purpose of ... -
Challenges and Opportunities of Technology Based Instruction in Open and Distance Learning: A Comparative Study of Tanzania and China
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)This paper presents challenges and opportunities of technology based instruction in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions particularly at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT) and Center for Continuing and Distance ... -
Creating advanced Internet services in collaboration with the research community
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)We describe the experience of RNP, the Brazilian NREN, in creating advanced Internet services in partnership with the national research community in networks and distributed systems, how this model was later adopted with ... -
Data Transport for the Square Kilometre Array
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)The future Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will present some of the most significant technical challenges faced by the global radio astronomy community in its attempt to construct the largest terrestrial ... -
Evaluation of the Increase of the Surface of Arid, Semi-arid Regions and the Decrease of Wet Lands in connection with Climate Change: Case study of West Africa during the last Century
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)By applying the cluster analysis (CA) method on the observation dataset produced by the climate Research Unit (CRU) for the base period 1901-1940, four regions spread in five areas are detected in West Africa. This CA ... -
Fiber Optic Network Reliability & Security for NRENs: The Threat and Potential Solutions
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)As National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) begin to deploy their own fibre networks, network and data reliability and security are important considerations. Whether a network is comprised buried or aerial fibre, ... -
On Improvement of the Weather Information Management in Uganda
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)Weather forecasts are used to make important decisions (e.g. reduce crop damage, reduce property damage, save lives, safety in the aviation industry) that can enhance a country's economy. This paper presents the challenges ... -
Operational and organisation aspects of the Advanced Computing Services over national, regional and international networks
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)The CHAIN project aims to provide a vision of a harmonized and optimized interaction model for e-Infrastructures and specifically Grid interfaces between Europe and the rest of the world. The project deals with elaborating ... -
Prospects of Digital Libraries in Enhancing Academic Materials Access: A Survey of Libraries in Higher Learning Institutions in Kilimanjaro Region
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)The study set out to explore prospects of using digital libraries to enhance access to academic materials to library users in the Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. Interviews, questionnaires ... -
University of the Free State:Redesigning the campus network for innovation, VoIP, multicast and IPv6
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)Starting in July 2012 the University of the Free State embarked on a topological network redesign and implementation. This was in order to rectify performance issues on the network, and to facilitate the deployment of ... -
Using Mobile Phones for Teaching and Learning Purposes in Higher Learning Institutions: the Case of Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)The study investigated how mobile phones have been used for teaching and learning purposes in higher learning institutions in Tanzania. Specifically the study assessed how mobile phones facilitated the teaching and ... -
Using NREN capacities to extend and enhance UbuntuNet
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)As the regional REN for Eastern and Southern Africa, the primary purpose of the UbuntuNet Alliance is to provide its member NRENs with regional and global interconnectivity with other NRENs and with the Internet generally. ...