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State of Grid Computing in the
Philippines
Rhia Trogo
De La Salle University-Manila
PHILIPPINES
[email protected]
Grid Computing
• Part of the 8-point agenda
• Efforts to develop a national grid
• Applications in Bioinformatics and Physics
Key Players
• Advanced Science and Technology –
Department of Science and Technology
• De La Salle University – Manila
• University of the Philippines
• Ateneo De Manila University
Efforts in Grid Computing
• Philippines Grid Initiative
http://www.pregi.net
• Philippine Research and Government
Information Network
PREGINET
• Nationwide broadband network
• Links academic, research, and
government institutions in the Philippines
• Interconnects institutions for research and
education activities and spearheads the
development of applications on areas such
as distance education, telemedicine,
agriculture, disaster monitoring and
network technologies.
PREGINET Infrastructure
PREGINET on E-Learning
• SOI-Asia
• Open Academy of Philippine Agriculture
/Agricultural Extension Techniques
• Science and Math Teachers’ Training
Philippine Grid Computing Program
• Establish and maintain high throughput
computing facility
• Organize an advisory committee that will
develop a roadmap on HTC
• Build capability in grid computing by attending
relevant workshops and conferences
• Develop and conduct courses relevant on grid
and cluster computing
• Connect to the international grid community
Philippine e-Science Grid Program
• Build infrastructure
• Train people
• Find collaborators
Current activities:
De La Salle University:
Comparative research on different national grids,
their frameworks and interoperability for
recommendation for national grid
Grid Computing Priorities
• Bioinformatics
• Disaster Mitigation
Agricultural Biotechnology
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Molecular Markers
Discovery of important genes
Plant transgenesis
More researches:
– University of the Philippines Los Baños
– PhilRice
– IRRI
Medical Bioinformatics
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Population Screening
Drug Discovery
Outbreak detection
Disease Characterization
Vaccine Development
More researches:
University of the Philippines Manila and
Diliman, St. Luke’s Medical Center, University
of Sto. Tomas, UniLab
Disaster Mitigation
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Weather prediction
Typhoon tracking
Rainfall Prediction and monitoring
Natural hazards mapping (Landslides)
Environmental Monitoring with Sensor
Networks
• Remote Sensing and GIS
Weather Forecasting
• PICWIN Project (PAGASA Interactive Climate
and Weather Information Network)
– The project had three components:
• Networking
• Synoptic Station Reporting
• HPC Facility
– Use of a cluster computer for weather forecasting
– 2 GB of data generated everyday
– Twice-daily forecasts readily available on the PAGASA
webpage
– May contribute excess computing power for the Grid
Collaborations
• Philippine-Taiwan Roundtable Discussion
on S&T Cooperation, December 12-13,
2006
• ASEAN, APEC, ASEM
• Joining APROC
• More collaborations are welcome!
References
• Villorente, D. PREGINET and the
Philippine Grid Computing Program: in
support of R&D Priorities in the
Philippines. ASTI-DOST.
Available[online]:www.nchc.org.tw/event/2
006/southeast_asia/