To Build a Compute Intensive research Infrastructure
This project is both a
continuation and a new direction compared to the Uppsala University
project in the first phase. The original proposal was to provide a high
performance computing infrastructure within the university environment
of a developing country and to justify the concept by developing a
pilot computational project in Bioinformatics. As a result of the
project, the SweLanka Grid concept was established with computational
nodes in Colombo and Uppsala. The problems created by the Tsunami in
the Indian Ocean in December 2004 led to logistical problems that
delayed the installation and implementation of the equipment. In the
aftermath of the tsunami, priorities within Sri Lanka had changed
somewhat and hence the simple numerical tsunami model was added to the
pilot applications. It is proposed to continue work on the tsunami
modeling and to extend the bioinformatics work on advanced data
analysis for generic data using the GRID resources provided in Sri
Lanka.
Partners:
Uppsala University
Contact person:
Richard Wait
Funding:
SEK 900.000
