{"id":270,"date":"2023-09-22T07:50:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T07:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-10-14T03:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:28:19","slug":"beautiful-portfolios-for-exceptional-creatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-11d8f7c1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" id=\"cover\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:549px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-308 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cropped-cropped-global-connections-background-social-media-banner1920-1024x615.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cropped-cropped-global-connections-background-social-media-banner1920-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cropped-cropped-global-connections-background-social-media-banner1920-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cropped-cropped-global-connections-background-social-media-banner1920.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c1767506 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Asia-Pacific Europe Ring (AER)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-operative arrangement between eleven leading-edge Research and Education Networks (RENs) with 100G connectivity between Europe and Asia to provide back up for each other in the event of any link failure, thereby creating an extremely robust and resilient 100G network ring, to advance research and education across the Asia-Pacific and Europe region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#004ca3\"><strong>Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_Partner-2000x402-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289\" style=\"width:1000px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_Partner-2000x402-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_Partner-2000x402-1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_Partner-2000x402-1-1024x206.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#004ca3\"><strong>AER Diagram<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_map_17Apr24-1024x537.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_map_17Apr24-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_map_17Apr24-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AER_map_17Apr24.png 1105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Updated on 9th Jun 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-d61d70aa wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AER_diagram_20250103.pdf\" style=\"background-color:#004ca3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Cable Maintenance Status<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Cable Owner<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Cable System<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>A-End<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Z-End<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Start Date<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Expected End Date<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">KAUST<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">TGN-EA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Thuwal<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fibre Cut<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9-Sep-2025<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">N.A.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">KISTI<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">APG<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Korea<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fibre Cut<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17-Oct-2025<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">N.A.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">KISTI<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">AAE-1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Amsterdam<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Singapore<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fibre Cut<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">21-Oct-2025<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">N.A.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#004ca3\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates aligncenter wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-grid wp-container-core-latest-posts-is-layout-4537dffa wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-grid\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/feature_pic-2000x819-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?p=269\">Fast, Redundant, Resilient: ITER\u2013Japan Proves the Power of AER at 100 Gbps<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-10-21T03:02:50+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">October 21, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">24 Oct 2025 (updated) &#8211; Recently, the ITER project and the Broader Approach\u2019s QST network teams carried out a series of high-speed data transfer tests between the ITER Marseille Data Transfer Node (DTN) and the JA REC facility in Japan, &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?p=269\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fast, Redundant, Resilient: ITER\u2013Japan Proves the Power of AER at 100 Gbps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SC24ConventionCenter-resized-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?p=209\">AER Members Supported NICT 800Gbps High-Speed Data Transfer Experiment At SC24<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-12-30T08:29:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 30, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">30 Dec 2024 \u2013 The AER members played an important role in enabling the high-speed transfers In the recent SuperComputing 2024 Conference held in Atlanta Georgia on 17 \u2013 22 Nov 2024. 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AER is a cooperative arrangement for leading-edge Research and Education Networks (RENs) with 100G connectivity between Europe and Asia &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?p=91\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Interview by SURF \u2013 Prof. Francis Lee, President, SingAREN&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Photo2_remote-surgery-1024x683-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?p=87\">Enabling Innovation in Global Medical Care through Robotic Telesurgery Trial conducted across International Boundaries<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-12-20T07:10:23+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 20, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">SingAREN, with international and local partners, enabled the first remote robot telesurgery trial between Japan and Singapore 20 Oct 2023 &#8211; NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) and National University Hospital (NUH) collaborated with Fujita Health University &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?p=87\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Enabling Innovation in Global Medical Care through Robotic Telesurgery Trial conducted across International Boundaries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-d61d70aa wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aer-network.net\/?page_id=12\" style=\"background-color:#004ca3\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partners AER Diagram Updated on 9th Jun 2026 Cable Maintenance Status Cable Owner Cable System A-End Z-End Type Start Date Expected End Date KAUST TGN-EA Thuwal Singapore Fibre Cut 9-Sep-2025 N.A. 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