Three projects awarded in Enlighten your Research contest

Three winning research projects receive € 20,000 and two years of data storage, computing time, advanced network connections, and support for implementation. The winners are biomedical engineer Mitra Almasian with her project 'A lightpath for Optical Coherence Tomography imaging', biologist Stephen Helms for 'Using big data solutions to understand worm behavior' and linguist Piek Vossen with his project 'Recording history in large news streams'. For the fourth time SURFnet organized in collaboration with SURF, SURFsara, NLeSC, and NWO the Enlighten Your Research contest. The deadline for the submission was May 3, 2013.

The organising partners of EYR4 offer a world-class operational communication and computing infrastructure to facilitate scientific research. This e-Infrastructure provides researchers with superfast communication networks and powerful computing middleware tools that foster collaboration and promote the shared use of high-end computing and data resources. The EYR4 contest creates an opportunity for research teams of all kinds to enhance their research with advanced ICT solutions and implementation support. In particular, the contest intends to encourage the integration of research specific applications with services, such as (but not limited to) cloud and grid computing, storage, (dynamic) networking, and advanced visualisation.