Experts will share information about the High Speed ​​Networks that connect Chilean and Latin American universities

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A new online activity will be carried out as part of the Raúl Bitrán Nachary Chair “Data, reliable information and good decisions, in times of uncertainty.” On this occasion, a new perspective on this general topic will be addressed and is related to the infrastructure that allows the connection of educational networks, in a conference titled "High Speed ​​Network in Chilean and Latin American Universities in the Data Age." The invitation is for this Tuesday, August 4, at 11:30 a.m., on the institutional YouTube channel Linking with the ULS Media. The activity will feature the guests: Mg. Paola Arellano, executive director of the National University Network (REUNA), and Mg. Luis Andrés Moya, Director of the ULS Informatics and Computing Center, who will hold a conversation moderated by Dr. César Espíndola, Director of the ULS Big Data project. In this talk, Paola Arellano will present how Chile is connected at a regional and global level, through Academic Networks, given that REUNA is the national network that connects 40 institutions from Arica to Puerto Montt and is interconnected to its international peers: in America Latin (RedCLARA), North America (Internet2 and Canarie), Europe (GÉANT), Asia (APAN) and Oceania (AARNET). For his part, Andrés Moya will talk about how it benefits the University of La Serena to be connected to REUNA, how the consumption of the University's services has increased since they have the new high-speed network, and all the development that has taken place. level of information technologies since then. The broadcast will be carried out on the institutional YouTube Linking with the ULS Media https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWSqqWo-1fC96PHrQo0UUug, and those who wish to receive the material used by the speakers can register at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Written by Jenifer Araya, DIVEULS