Against a backdrop of dedication to the community movement, Sun Education & Research fosters communities dedicated to a range of collaborative effort designed to make the most of today's technologies on the campus. Join your colleagues around the world in building these communities and share your thoughts, ideas, frustrations, interesting finds -- whatever you care about in the world of education.
Education Communities
Sun Immersion Special Interest Group (Sun I-SIG)
A Sun Microsystems Inc. sponsored community dedicated to advancing the state of open source technology and content for virtual worlds and gaming in education. It is open to institutions, commercial organizations, faculty and students interested in working with Sun in learning and sharing practical experiences in open immersion technologies.
Java Architecture Special Interest Group (Sun JA-SIG)
The purpose of the JA-SIG is to develop a global academic community of interest among practitioners and institutions, and to inform that community of international activities, projects, and opportunities in the field of open technology architectures and systems in higher education.
Sun Identity Special Interest Group (Sun ID-SIG)
A customer-driven forum providing an opportunity to exchange practical and technical knowledge and experiences with other Sun identity customers. As a member of Sun ID-SIG, you will also stay tuned to the latest news, views, and identity buzz from Sun, partners and customers.
HPC Consortium
The HPC Consortium is a technical computing user group meeting for Sun's academic and research customers. Biannual meetings are held in conjunction with U.S. and European supercomputing conferences.
Blogs
HPC Watercooler
High Performance Computing news, editorials, and even humor are all shared here.
Immersive Education
Kevin Roebuck's blog covers a variety of topics related to learning and collaboration platforms that combine interactive 3D graphics, commercial game and simulation technology, virtual reality, voice, chat, Web cameras and rich digital media with collaborative online course environments and classrooms.
Joe Hartley
Sun's Vice President of Global Education, Government and Healthcare shares his thoughts about a variety of industry topics, including education, social networking, academic developers, student innovation and eco-responsibility.
Keith Rajecki
Sun's Solution Architect for Global Education & Research provides insight into technical trends and solutions being implemented around the world.
Learning Curve
Thoughts and news about the education industry.
