FUNET - International link for researchers in Finland
RESEARCH MEANS COMMUNICATION
There are more than one million computers connected to different
scientific network around the world. By electronic mail you reach your
colleagues and competitors in whatever corner of the world they
happens to have their mailbox. And the message doesn't stay in the
backroom of local postoffice for days or weeks.
RESEARCH MEANS CONVERSATION
Lively conversations on different topics takes place in thousands of
newsgroups on USENETnetwork. Beside discussions and debate advise is
asked and provided. USENET is an up to date provider of real news.
RESEARCH MEANS TRANSMISSION
Research often starts with measurements. Results from laboratory
instruments or observatories have to be transmitted to the computer
which analyzes them and finds out what is essential. Often actual
computing may happen other side of globe.
RESEARCH MEANS VISUALIZATION
Often graphical visualization of data reveals theessential things in
phenomena being studied. Numerical results can be transmitted to the
end-user in the form of picture or animation.
RESEARCH MEANS PROPER TOOLS
Hundreds of file servers are installed on network for the distribution
of software. Most of the software has been developed at universities
and are therefore public domain. The biggest file server in Europe
happens to be nic.funet.fi, The Network Information Centre of
FUNET. It has on-line more than 200 000 files of software, data and
documents. The network provides tools to help you find the location of
files..
RESEARCH MEANS INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Via the network you can scroll catalogues of finnish academic
libraries. Many foreign libraries, among them the enormous Congressial
Library of USA are open for visitors through the network. Also many
scientific databases are you within reach.
RESEARCH MEANS PUBLICITY
Traditional academic publications will maintain their positions, but
many articles, congress proceedings and studies are published via
newsnet and are saved on a file server for public access. Results are
published in hours insted of waiting months or years as is with
hardcopy journals. Utilization and criticism of the results may also
start immediately.
RESEARCH NEEDS ADMINISTRATION
A successful research environment needs administrative services. FUNET
connects academic institutions and their administration with Ministry
of Education and its databases (like KOTA) as well as with The Finnish
State Computer Centre and databases and services it provides.
FUNET - FINNISH UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH NETWORK
FUNET is an organizational unit at CSC, directly reporting to the Ministry
of Education. Its task is to develop and maintain FUNET-network, which
connects universities and research institutes.
FUNET's members are Finnish universities and technical, science and
art colleges as well as many research institutes and companies, whose
R&D has communication needs with rest of the research community.
FUNET's network is one of the most progressive among the national
research networks in the world. The backbone network is based on
reliable Frame Relay technology, which is provided by Finnish
Telecom. The network supports multiprotocol traffic: TCP/IP, DECNET
and NJE, in some cases also X.25 and ISO/IP.
FUNET provides gateways to domestic Elisa and Mailnet messaging
systems and to the network of Finnish unix-users. Likewise it has
connections with domestic commercial DataNet and LanLink -networks.
Links to global research community are provided through NORDUnet, a
nordic academic network. It connects finnish users with colleagues in
Internet, NSFnet, EARN, EUnet, IXI, SPAN, HEPnet, EASINET and amost
all national networks in Europe and on other continents.
FUNET Headquarters are located at the Centre for Scientific Computing
at the Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland.
For more information contact:
Markus Sadeniemi ............ +358-0-457 2711
Paavo Ahonen .................+358-0-457 2288
Manu Mähönen..................+358-0-457 2240
Harri Salminen................+358-0-457 2005
Jyrki Soini ..................+358-0-457 2704
Internet : info@funet.fi
X.400: /S=info/O=funet/A=fumail/C=fi/
FUNET
Pl 405, Tietotie 6
02101 ESPOO
Tel. +358 0 4571
Fax +358 0 457 2302
Or look around in our WWW.FUNET.FI server
Funet
international link
for researchers