Prof. Odej Kao has been elected Chairman of the DFN (Deutsches Forschungsnetzwerk).

DFN is one of the pioneers of the Internet and a modern communications infrastructure for research and teaching. With its science network X-WiN, it connects a constantly growing community of members from universities, non-university research institutions and research-related commercial enterprises throughout Germany. Thanks to the use of innovative network technologies and continuous development, the German Research Network is one of the most powerful communication networks in the world. With connection bandwidths of up to 200 Gigabit/s, DFN connects its members and users not only nationally, but also with European and worldwide scientific networks.

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