State of Grid Computing in the Philippines Rhia Trogo De La Salle University-Manila PHILIPPINES trogor@dlsu.edu.ph 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 • • • • Molecular Markers Discovery of important genes Plant transgenesis More researches: – University of the Philippines Los Baños – PhilRice – IRRI Medical Bioinformatics • • • • • • 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 • • • • • 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/