This talk presents various aspects and challenges of monitoring and security of a big research network while keeping it open and usable. We focus on issues faced due to following attributes: * decentralization * high ...

A collection of training presentations covering federated identity management for research organization, presented at the 2017 AGU New Orleans conference. Hands-on exercises are included in this submission. The topics ...

Blockchain technology has evolved from being an immutable ledger of transactions for cryptocurrencies to a programmable interactive environment for building distributed reliable applications. Although the blockchain ...

Data-intensive science collaborations increasingly provision dedicated network circuits to share and exchange datasets securely at high speed, leveraging national-footprint research fabrics such as ESnet or I2/AL2S. This ...

The concept behind the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is simple: conduct a digital image-based survey over an enormous area of the sky and build an extensive astronomical catalogue over the course of ten years. ...