Project Kelvin comes to University of Ulster Coleraine

Work has begun on installing the fastest transatlantic research laboratory communications connection anywhere in Europe at the University of Ulster’s School of Computing and Information Engineering at the Coleraine campus.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jul 2014, 11:30 BST

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 North America via the Kelvin tranatlantic fibre.

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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.

“Project Kelvin, which is operated by Hibernia Networks, currently provides the fastest connection between Europe and North America. We are strategically positioned to leverage the existence of Project Kelvin and we intend to take advantage of the low latency (high speed) connectivity it affords.

“The Cable Landing Station is physically adjacent to the Coleraine campus and we will have a direct high-speed connection from the landing station to a specially designated laboratory on campus.”

The new project, which is part of a strategic research and development initiative, will give the University of Ulster and Northern Ireland a competitive edge for internationally leading industrially relevant research for Cloud Technologies and Massive Data Analytics.

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