Collaboration in research, education and innovation is becoming more global.

It is increasingly common for researchers and educators in different continents to collaborate on teaching and research projects, sharing knowledge, research facilities and results.

To do this, they need to be able to easily share data and applications, for which high capacity communications are critical.

More than 40 countries now have Advanced Research, Education and Innovation Networks like KAREN.

The benefits that flow include large increases in both the peak capacity and the total computing power delivered to scientific projects, as well as new ways for scientific communities to share and analyse very large data sets.

These benefits will translate into an increase in both the quality and quantity of scientific output in a broad spectrum of computer-intensive fields ranging from bio-informatics and climate simulation to the nano-scale design of new materials and integration of large engineering projects involving many partners.

Related information

• About Research and Education Networks

• Research and Education Network uses

• Why Research and Education Networks exist

• Research and Education Network glossary