31 RA SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS JOIN INFORMATION "SCIENTIFIC NET"
Noyan Tapan
Oct 23 2006
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. 31 universities, scientific-research
centers and scientific organizations of Armenia joined the information
"Scientific Net," which has been operated since 2004 by the National
Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT). NFSAT Chairman
Haroutiun Karapetian informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent about
it. In his words, the quickly operating and high-quality net between
scientific institions places in Yerevan, Gyumri, Ashtarak and Byurakan
is provided mainly by the optics-fibre net which the ARENA center
functioning within the NATO "Virtual Silk Highway" draft as well as
powerful computer resources centers existing in Armenia are joined.
The NFSAT Chairman also stated that the "Scientific Net" was formed
within the framework of programs on development of scientific
infrastructures being implemented by the foundation. In his words,
as a result of the hold competitions, 12 grants of the total value of
800 thousand dollars were given to the RA scientific institutions. It
was spent on getting modern research equipment for general usage.