Invitation: Talk on High Performance Computing, Grid Computing and Cloud Computing

Dr. Suhaimi Napis, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia

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Link to blog post: http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/2009/11/invitation-talk-on-high-performance.html

The EUAsiaGrid Project

(http://www.euasiagrid.org)

in cooperation with the

Ateneo Innovation Center

School of Science and Engineering

cordially invites you to a talk on

"From High-Performance Computing to Grid Computing to Cloud Computing:

Experiences from the University of Putra Malaysia (UPM)

and the EUAsiaGrid Project"

by

Suhaimi Napis, PhD

Chief Technology Officer and Director

InfoComm Development Centre

and

Associate Professor of Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Date: FRIDAY, November 27, 2009

Time: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Venue: Rm. 303 SEC Bldg. A, Ateneo de Manila University

For more information,

CONTACT:

Dr.Rafael P. Saldaña

Coordinator

EUAsiaGrid Project

Mathematics Department

School of Science and Engineering

Ateneo de Manila University

Tel. (02) 4266125

Mobile: 0928-5043121

E-mail: RSALDANA@ateneo.edu

Invitation: ACM ICPC Asia Programming Contest 2009 - Manila

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Link: http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/2009/05/invitation-acmp-icpc-asia-programming.html

ACM ICPC

Asia Programming Contest 2009 – Manila

October 22-23, 2009 Ateneo de Manila University

Invitation

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is the most prestigious programming competition in the world. The contest is a two-tiered competition among teams of students representing institutions of higher education. Teams first compete in regional contests held around the world from September to November each year. The winning team from each regional contest qualifies to advance to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals.

Hosted by Ateneo de Manila University and organized by the Ateneo Grid and High Performance Computing Group (AGHPC) together with the Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP), the 2009 ACM ICPC Asia-Manila Onsite Contest will be held on October 23 while the Philippine National Onsite Contest will be held on October 22, 2009.

We cordially invite you to participate in the ACM ICPC Asia Programming Contest 2009-Manila.

Sincerely,

Rafael P. Saldaña PhD.

Contest Director

ACM-ICPC Asia Programming Contest 2009-Manila

Ateneo de Manila University

Registration and Fees

To register, visit the ACM ICPC website: http://icpc.baylor.edu

Participants from Metro Manila: 2,000 pesos per person
Participants from the Province: 1,500 pesos per person
Foreign participants: 60 U.S. dollars per person

Important Dates:

Deadline for Online Registration: October 5, 2009
Deadline for Payment of Registration Fees October 9, 2009

Philippine National Onsite Contest: October 22, 2009
Asia-Manila Regional Onsite Contest: October 23, 2009

Contact Information

The Contest Director
ACM ICPC Asia Programming Contest-Manila

Rm. 317, SEC Bld. A
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108

Tel. +63 2 4266125 , +632 7090907
Mobile: +63 928 5043121
E-mail: rsaldana@ateneo.edu

Go to http://www.math.admu.edu.ph/acm for details
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Invitation: Environmental Leadership Forum

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Figure Caption: Satellite images of a recent typhoon in the Philippines. Source: www.inquirer.net

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Note: Last Friday, 27 June 2008, I received an invitation from the Manila Observatory for me to attend the inaugural S. C. Johnson - Ateneo de Manila University Environmental Leadership Forum. Below are some information.

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Dear Sir/Madam:

Environmental issues have become one of the major concerns of our time. Indeed, today there are quite a number of meetings and events which deal with these issues.

Amidst all of these activities, there is an urgent need to develop new ideas and paradigms regarding the environment.

It is for this purpose that S.C. Johnson Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila University have established the S.C. Johnson-Ateneo Environmental Leadership Forum.

The Forum seeks to provide a venue for the development of new innovative ideas on the environment and sustainable development which are based on expert knowledge and insightful analysis.

Each year, the Forum will invite noted individuals or groups, which have shown leadership in environmental research, management, education or advocacy, to present new ideas or ways of thinking regarding environmental issues.

The presentation will be complemented by reactors from recognized leaders from business and industry, government,academe and civil society.

On July 3, 2008, 3:00 -- 5:30 pm, we will be holding our first S.C. Johnson-Ateneo Environmental Leadership Forum on the topic:"Perfect Storms: What should the Philippines do about Climate Change?"

The presenters are recognized experts in the field: Fr. Jose Villarin, S.J., PhD (Atmospheric Physics) and President of Xavier University, Antonio La Viña, PhD(Environmental Law) and Dean of the Ateneo School of Government, and Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, (Masters in Government) and Executive Director of the Manila Observatory. The Forum will be held at the Leong Hall, Ateneo Loyola Heights, Q.C.

We will be inviting a multi-sectoral audience from business and industry, national agencies and local government units, universities and high schools, and non-governmental organizations.

You may view the program and other information about the Forum at our website: www.ateneo.edu/scjohnson-envforum.

We would like to invite you to attend the Forum and share your ideas.

As seatswill be limited, please confirm your attendance no later than the morning of June 30, 2008 (Monday) through any of the following:

Telephone: (02) 426-6001 extension 5650; or E-mail: jaraneta@ateneo.edu

Please give ample travel time to the venue as heavy traffic is expected at the time of the forum.

Registration begins at 2:30PM.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the forum!

Sincerely yours,

(Signed) FABIAN M. DAYRIT, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Science and Engineering

-- MANILA OBSERVATORY
Ateneo de Manila Campus
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Tel: (63-2)426-5921 up to 23
Fax: (63-2)426-6141
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Invitation: Computational and Informatics Aspects of Cancer (Colloquium/Seminar Series)

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TO ALL INTERESTED Science and Engineering faculty and students of Ateneo de Manila University:

Greetings.

I would like to invite you to paticipate in an interdisciplinary colloqium/seminar series on "Computational and Informatics Aspects of Cancer."

The colloquium/seminar series is scheduled every Monday, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. in SEC 303A during the first semester of SY 2008-2009.

The aim of this colloquium/seminar series is to develop an interdisciplinary research group in the School of Science and Engineering that will include the following computational and informatics aspects of cancer research: algorithms, databases, data mining, computer aided diagnosis, e-learning, expert systems, modeling & simulation, ontology, applied mathematics, bioinformatics, computational biophysics, systems biology, visualization, high performance computing and Grid technology applications.

At present the group consists of some undergraduate & graduate students and faculty members under the following departments: Mathematics; Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS); and Electronics, Commmunications, and Computer Engineering (ECCE). The group also aims to pursue collaboration with other disciplines and with medical practitioners in the Medical City Cancer Center and other cancer institutes.

Current research projects involved in the group are as follows:

1. Ontology for breast cancer
2. Developing an expert system for breast cancer risk analysis
3. Data mining algorithms for breast cancer diagnosis
4. Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) of digital mammograms using Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI)
5. Modeling and simulation of tumor growth using cellular automata
6. Grid-based retrieval and analysis of digital mammograms.

The group is linked with two international projects including:

1. ONCO-MEDIA project (http://www.onco-media.com/) (funded by the French government's ICT-Asia regional program)

2. EUAsiaGrid project (http://www.euasiagrid.org/) (funded by the European Commission FP7 program)

The group will also utilize the Medgrid/Agila high performance computing cluster facility of the School of Science and Engineering.

I would also like to invite experts among you who are interested to provide inputs in the cellular, biochemical, medical, environmental and othe aspects of cancer research. Science and engineering students who are looking for thesis topics in the field of biomedical computing and informatics are also welcome to attend the colloquium/seminar series.

Thank you.

Rafael P. Saldaña, Ph.D.
Convenor
Ateneo Cancer Informatics Research Group (ATCG)
& Ateneo Grid and High-Performance Computing Group (A-GRID)
E-mail: raffysaldana@gmail.com
Blog: http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/
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