Archived News
Archived News Stories and Releases: 1998 - 2013
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Now Accepting Applications for Alvarez Fellowship
Apply now for the Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Science, sponsored by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Computing Sciences Directorate. The successful applicant will receive a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Read More
At 100 Gbps, ESnet Puts Network Research on Fast Track
Brian Tierney, who leads ESnet’s Advanced Networking Technologies Group, talks about the facility's 100 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) testbed in this Q&A for HPCwire. Read More
Webinar: Using Globus Online for ESnet Users
Staff from ESnet, DOE’s high-speed science network, and Globus Online, a fast, reliable file transfer service, will offer a free webinar on how ESnet users can more easily transfer data. The free webinar will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 (Pacific time). To register, go to https://www.globusonline.org/esnet-webinar/ Read More
Supernovae of the Same Brightness, Cut from Different Cosmic Cloth
The Palomar Transient Factory team presented historic observations of a rare Type 1a supernova progenitor system in an August issue of Science. As the observations are taken, the data traveled more than 400 miles via high-speed networks—including the National Science Foundation’s High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network and ESnet—to the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. Read More
Earth System Grid Federation: A Modern Day ‘Silk Road’ for Climate Data
Approximately 25,000 researchers from 2,700 sites in 19 different countries are sharing data and tools via the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF), and ESnet engineers are working hard to ensure that this information travels reliably from end-to-end. Read More
Defining the Healthy Human Microbiome
The human microbiome’s exact function, good and bad, is poorly understood. But that could all change now that the normal microbial make-up of healthy humans has been mapped for the first time. Read More
Berkeley Lab Names Greg Bell as Director of New Scientific Networking Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory today announced that Gregory Bell has been named director of the Scientific Networking Division, and head of the U.S. Department of Energy's ESnet, or Energy Sciences Network. Read More
ESnet Celebrates World IPv6 Launch
On Wednesday, a new Internet began. A new address system, called IPv6, is making the the web faster, and enabling us to do things that were not possible until now. Read More
Joe Burrescia to Step Back from Working at 100 Gbps, Take Things a Little Slower
Since he joined ESnet 20 years ago, Joe Burrescia has seen the pace of work speed up dramatically, from the then-blazing transfer rate of 1.5 megabits per second to today’s 100 gigabits per second. But through all the speedups, development of new services and international collaborations, Burrescia said the one constant has been ESnet’s commitment to its core values. Read More
After 33 Years at ESnet, Jim Gagliardi Retires
After a 33 year career at ESnet, Jim Gagliardi is looking forward to traveling with his wife Sandy, spoiling their grandchildren and spending more time on his hobbies of fishing, woodworking and following college and pro football. Read More
