The Security at University of Michigan IT 2016 (SUMIT_2016) Conference will bring cybersecurity experts from across the United States to Ann Arbor on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The free annual event is now in its 12th year, and much has…
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The modernized electric grid, the smart grid, integrates two-way communication technologies across power generation, transmission and distribution to deliver electricity efficiently, securely and cost-effectively. Its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), now expanding to customer premises, allows for real-time pricing and demand…
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Michigan Technological University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan have been selected for the National Center of Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Pacesetters program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Google and Qualcomm. Pacesetters is a 2-year…
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Today, blind people fluent in Braille can read computer screens through refreshable mechanical displays that convert the words to raised dots - but only one line at a time. For the sighted, imagine a Kindle that showed just 40 characters…
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Merit Network, Inc. announced today that it has connected the University of Michigan Biological Station at Douglas Lake (UMBS) as part of its REACH-3MC network build out project. UMBS, located on Douglas Lake, near Pellston in…
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News Facts: Arbor Networks, the University of Michigan and Merit Network today announced that they will be presenting the findings of the Internet Observatory Report at NANOG47 in Dearborn, MI on October 19. The report is believed to be…
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ANN ARBOR - July 1, 2008 will mark the 20th anniversary of the T1 backbone of the NSFNET, the nation's first high-speed backbone network. This significant technological achievement signaled the start of a revolution in computer networking and spurred the…
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