ACOnet News

aaron's law: Events from June

Mon, 15 May 2023 09:27:00 +0000

In the summer of 2023, our artistic-technical project series "aaron's law" offers a puppet station theater in Vienna, workshops and presentations in Graz, and an exhibition at Schloss Wolkersdorf. The program will be extended continuously.

ACOnet Annual Report 2022 now published

Mon, 15 May 2023 09:22:00 +0000

Like all our Annual Reports, the latest issue is freely available as a PDF. We will gladly send printed copies free of charge upon request.

Virtual Reality Extravaganza

Fri, 12 May 2023 10:51:07 +0000

The VR project Echtzeitkunstwelt (which is supported by ACOnet, among others) celebrates its project completion on 23 May 2023 with a final show. At Vienna's Petersplatz, visitors can immerse themselves in Echtzeitkunstwelt VR works. Installations, DJ sets and a bar will provide the right setting. Pay as you wish, no registration - just drop by!

Vacancy: IT Developer

Wed, 03 May 2023 11:24:58 +0000

The ACOnet/VIX team has a vacancy for an IT Developer. You can find all the details in the Job Center of the University of Vienna.

67th ACOnet TBPG Meeting

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:27:00 +0000

The 67th ACOnet TBPG Meeting will take place from 1-2 June 2023 at the Medical University of Innsbruck.

20th ArgeStorage Meeting

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:24:00 +0000

The 20th ArgeStorage Meeting will be held at nic.at GmbH in Vienna from 12-13 June 2023.

ASHPC23

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:16:57 +0000

The supercomputing conference "Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2023" (ASHPC23) will take place from 13-15 June 2023 in Maribor/Slovenia.

Vacancy: IT Network Administrator

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:48:29 +0000

The ACOnet/VIX team has a vacancy for an IT Network Administrator. You can find all the details in the Job Center of the University of Vienna.

GÉANT TNC23

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:46:39 +0000

GÉANT's "The Networking Conference" (TNC) is the largest annual Research & Education networking conference in Europe. TNC23 will take place in Tirana/Albania from 5-9 June 2023.

Future Lab 2023 at Schubert Theater

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:36:38 +0000

In February 2023, the Viennese puppet theatre "Schubert Theater", one of our partners in the "aaron's law" project series, will explore the future of theatre in its second Future Lab. The wide-ranging programme offers, among other things, discussion rounds, an AI concert and VR installations.

Exhibition & Symposium "When the Net was still Young: And what about the Future?"

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:34:55 +0000

This symposium of the Institute of Media Archaeology (IMA) is part of the "aaron's law" project series and will explore the question of how early net utopias can be transferred to the 3rd millennium. The event will be held in cooperation with ACOnet at the Stadtmuseum St. Poelten on 26/27 January 2023.

Future Lab 2023: Opening

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:08:26 +0000

The event is part of the project series "aaron's law" and will take place on 1 February 2023 at the Schubert Theater in Vienna. The program includes a presentation of the project series, a Future Talk and a vernissage of the Virtual Puppet Museum.

Relaunch of www.netart.cc

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:54:02 +0000

Our net:art coordination center has a new website! In addition to a fresh look & feel and completely revised content, it also offers the latest information on the project series "aaron's law", which will accompany us throughout 2023.

Safer Internet

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:33:49 +0000

The annual "Safer Internet Day" takes place worldwide on 7 February 2023. The whole of February is "Safer Internet Action Month" in Austria. You will also find extensive information material on the subject of "Safer Internet" on the ISPA website.

TNC23 - Call for Proposals

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:33:14 +0000

GÉANT's "The Networking Conference" (TNC) is the largest annual Research & Education networking conference in Europe. TNC23 will be held in Tirana/Albania from 5-9 June 2023. Proposals for single presentations can be submitted until 30 November 2022.

66th ACOnet TBPG Meeting

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:01:37 +0000

The 66th ACOnet TBPG Meeting will take place from 23-24 November 2022 at the University of Vienna.

A new logo for ACOnet

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:03:00 +0000

After more than 30 years, we will part with our logo on 1 October 2022. It will be superseded by a visual umbrella brand for ACOnet, ACONET Association and ACOmarket GmbH. In the course of this, we are also renewing all our forms and documents, including the "ACOnet Acceptable Use Policy" and the "Principles for Participation in ACOnet".

October is Cyber Security Month!

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:24:00 +0000

On the occasion of the European Cyber Security Month in October 2022, GÉANT will again offer numerous articles, interviews and blog posts from the field of IT security on its CONNECT website. Furthermore, a webinar series on the topic will start on 3 October (free participation, registration required).

SWITCH Security Awareness Day

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:01:33 +0000

The annual security conference of the Swiss NREN SWITCH will be held in Bern and online this year - unfortunately at a rather inconvenient date for Austrian participants: on 26 October 2022. The conference is free of charge and open to all who are responsible for or interested in security awareness.

ACO-TEC Conference

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:23:47 +0000

On 22 September 2022, the first ACO-TEC will take place in Vienna: an IT conference for the field of science and education, organized by ACOmarket GmbH. The program also includes a presentation by TU Berlin about a hacker attack in 2021. All interested parties are welcome; employees of ACOnet participants can register free of charge.

Ars Electronica 2022: hosted by JKU, powered by ACOnet

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 16:24:49 +0000

Kepler's Gardens on the JKU campus in Linz will again be the central location of the Ars Electronica Festival in 2022 (7-11 September, this time under the motto "Welcome to Planet B"). ACOnet will once again support JKU and the festival with additional network capacities. We are looking forward to this cooperation!

European Cyber Security Month 2022: Call for Contributions

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:16:13 +0000

GÉANT is once again supporting the European Cyber Security Month in October. Participation is easy and open to all members of the research & education community. Submission deadline is 23 September 2022.

19th ArgeStorage Meeting

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:11:31 +0000

The 19th ArgeStorage Meeting will be held at the University of Innsbruck from 26-27 September 2022.

24th KUKIT Meeting

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:52:05 +0000

The 24th meeting on "Arts, Culture and IT" will take place on 21 June 2022 at the LDS Pumpwerk on the Danube Island. The program includes a trip to Vienna's underworld.

18th ArgeStorage Meeting

Thu, 19 May 2022 13:01:00 +0000

The 18th ArgeStorage Meeting will be held virtually on 9 June 2022.

ACOnet Annual Report 2021 now published

Thu, 12 May 2022 12:03:15 +0000

Like all our Annual Reports, the latest issue is freely available as a PDF. We will gladly send printed copies free of charge upon request.

65th ACOnet TBPG Meeting

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:05:00 +0000

The 65th ACOnet TBPG Meeting will take place at the University of Graz from 2-3 June 2022.

Backup upstream in Salzburg

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:36:00 +0000

In order to further improve the redundancy of the ACOnet backbone, a backup upstream (20 Gbps) via next layer has been established in Salzburg. Data traffic is only routed via this line if the international uplinks in Vienna should fail. Traffic can be controlled via BGP Communities.

EuroHPC Summit Week 2022

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 15:31:58 +0000

The EuroHPC Summit Week 2022, an annual conference on High Performance Computing, will be held together with PRACEdays22 from 22-24 March 2022 in Paris/France. Participation is free of charge.

ASHPC22

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 15:02:16 +0000

Das "Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2022" (ASHPC22) findet von 31. Mai bis 2. Juni 2022 in Grundlsee/Österreich statt. Die Anmeldung ist bis 24. April 2022 möglich. Eine kostenlose Online-Teilnahme wird ebenfalls angeboten.