MURPA Program wins USA Award

The MURPA program is the recipient of the 2010 Innovations in Networking Award in the category of High Performance Research Applications. Specifically, the Award is for the project "Enhancing Student Exchange Experiences with High Definition Video Conference".

The award has been made by the organizing committee for the CENIC 2010 conference, Full Speed Ahead. CENIC is the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, USA.

Professor David Abramson will be accepting the award in person on Tuesday 9 March 2010 at the Hyatt hotel in Monterey, California and will be making a presentation. This will be web cast and recorded and put on the CENIC web site

MURPA 2010 Seminar series kicked off on Thursday 25 February with the presentation of MURPA Students - Outcomes of MURPA eScience Projects.