The fastest trans-Atlantic research laboratory
communications connection anywhere in Europe is to be installed at the
University of Ulster’s School of Computing and Information Engineering at the
Coleraine campus.
Ulster’s Computer Science Research Institute has secured
over £1 million for the three year project which is part funded by Invest
Northern Ireland’s Research and Development Fund. When fully operational, the ‘Digital
Innovation Infrastructure for Next Generation Internet’ project will provide
the Coleraine campus with the fastest laboratory communications network access
of its kind between Europe and Northern America via the Kelvin trans-Atlantic
fibre.
Project Coordinator Professor Gerard Parr, Chair in
Telecommunications Engineering at Coleraine, said it was significant project,
not only for the University but for Northern Ireland.