15 European countries sign pact to develop high-performance computing

European supercomputing made a great leapt forward today after more than a dozen countries signed a pact to create a pan-European infrastructure for high performance computing.   These countries which include Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,  Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain,...

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Statistical Analysis of Complex data sets with Robust Statistical methods

Robust statistical analysis methods capable of dealing with large complex data sets are required more than ever before in almost all branches of science. The European Science Foundation’s three-year SACD network, which was completed in December 2006, developed new methods for extracting key...

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Pesc launches calls for two new EUROCORES programmes

Launch of Calls for Proposals for 2 new EUROCORES Programmes (FANAS and EuroQUASAR).  

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Call for proposals for new EUROCORES Programmes (EUROCORES Themes)

The aim of the ESF European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) Scheme is to help researchers on different European countries to develop collaboration and scientific synergy in topics of European and global importance, with an emphasis on leading-edge sciences in global context. The scheme provides...

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NanoSciences and the long term evolution of Information Technology (NSIT)

The emergence of nanotechnologies together with the maturity of other technologies (silicon for instance) will make possible new and potentially disruptive functionalities in the domain of data handling, storage and communication.

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Four New Research Networking Programmes

The following Research Networking Programmes have formally been approved for launching and are expected to begin their activities shortly:  

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ESF Exploratory Workshops - 2007 Call for Proposals

Each year the European Science Foundation (ESF) supports approximately 50 Exploratory Workshops across all scientific domains.

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