published on Monday, October 12, 2009

Open Dag on October 10, 2009

On Saturday, 10 October 2009, from 12:00 to 17:00 hours, the annual Open Dag was held at Science Park Amsterdam. This event was part of the national Oktober Kennismaand.

During the Open Dag, the activities at SARA Computing and Networking Services focussed on supercomputers and network technology.

Visitors could get answers to the following questions:

- What is a supercomputer?
- Where are supercomputers used for?
- How do supercomputers look like?
- What is optical network technology?

SARA staff have given information about supercomputers and guided visitors to the Dutch national supercomputer Huygens.
Download presentation (PDF file 900 KB - Dutch text only).

The visitors also attended demonstrations on a Tiled Panel Display, a visualization setup which uses advanced network technology. The duration of the program was 30 minutes.

For whom?
The program was for adults and children from 10 years of age and older, and was organized in small groups (max. 10 people).

Lezingen SARA tijdens de Open Dag

• 'Green IT: Is Internet a climate killer?
  ICT is part of the Problem… but also of the solution'
  by SARA managing director dr. ir. Anwar Osseyran
  download PDF (2,3 MB) Dutch text only.
  
• 'What can you do with a trillon';
  on supercomputers and where they are used for
  by dr. ir. Axel Berg, division manager High Performance Computing & Visualisatie
  download PDF (1,4 MB) Dutch text only.
  

Dutch National supercomputer Huygens.


Visitors at the Open Dag at SARA's computer floor.

Demonstration of an application of advanced network technology, visualized on a Tiled Panel Display with very high resolution.