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RABAT- Today, we are surrounded by thousands of computer networks. The one that the European Commission has

made available to Moroccan researchers is a rather special network: it connects Moroccan scientists to all education and

research centres across Europe. Eumedgrid – the computation grid for scientic research – is a powerful tool pioneered

in the framework of the European project Eumedconnect. This initiative has produced a human net-

work in the e-science sector.

In practice, Eumedgrid enables researchers in Mediterranean countries to connect with each another.

It encourages the development of national education and research networks in Mediterranean coun-

tries, and ultimately accelerates the rate of development of the In-

ternet in the Mediterranean region. “Eumedconnect is operational

in all areas related to the processing and sharing of data in the sci-

entic eld,” explains Professor Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli.

“Analysing results in this eld requires very fast connections be-

tween the research laboratories. This led to the concept of a com-

putation grid to facilitate the sharing of materials. Furthermore, this

Nuclear medicine, radiother-

apy, and radiology: the usage potential

of the computation grid for Eumedgrid scientic research

– and of the Moroccan interface MaGrid – is immeasurable.

 Thanks to this network, Moroccan scientists are connected to all the education

and research centres across Europe. The concept is simple: everyone can

share his or her data, and can benet from collaborative research projects

and their advances. The research into new applications for this valuable tool

has only just started.

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have been trained to work in hospitals, nuclear medicine, radiotherapy and

radiology. Successful candidates are likely to be employed in a sector that

suffers from a huge lack of skills. Among these students, some choose to un-

dertake high-level research. And this is where Eumedconnect can be an ad-

vantage,” explains our researcher.

It is clear that in the eld of research, changes happen quickly. Thanks to Eu-

medconnect, Morocco can keep abreast of these developments. Today,

dozens of doctoral students and academics use this network. And it will go

further still. Next June, a training session will be run by CNRST in order to

create small hubs in every university. Engineers will train researchers on

using the grid. The search for new applications for Eumedconnect is closely

linked to Moroccan scientic research.

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EUMEDCONNECT2

EUMEDCONNECT2 is a partnership project between the scientic research communities of institutionsin seven countries in the Mediterranean and a number of countries in North Africa. Through a network of circuits connecting the different institutions, the countries are able to share data, documents andexperiments in all areas. EUMEDCONNECT2 allows approximately two million users in around 700

institutions across North Africa and the Middle East to collaborate with their peers at more than 4000research and education establishments in Europe.

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Participating countries

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan,

Morocco, Occupied

Palestinian Territory, Syria,

 Tunisia

Timeframe

2008-2010

Budget 

4 million euros

 Aims

 The project aims to strengthen and support the cooperation between Europe and the Mediterranean

partner countries in the elds of research and education. Its goal is to ensure the long-term stability

of the Internet infrastructure established by EUMEDCONNECT 1 in 2004. It also aims to establish a

sustainable support network that will help to reduce the digital divide between the countries and

further improve cooperation.

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