MODEL 2011: ICT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, OCT. 20 - 22, 2011

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: MODEL 2011 (ICT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT)
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MODEL 2011: Workshop on ICT for the Environment
will be held in Silliman University and Apo Island, Dumaguete City on
October 20 - 22, 2011.
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It is being organized by the Special Interest Group on Modeling,
Simulation, and Scientific Computing of the Computing Society of the
Philippines (CSP) in cooperation with the College of Computer Studies
of Silliman University, Ateneo de Manila University Bird Ecology Study Group (ABES) and the French Embassy in Manila.
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MODEL 2011 will feature talks from invited international speakers,
national experts and paper contributions from research groups in the
Philippines and other parts of the world.
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Silliman University is known for environmental studies particularly in
marine sciences, and Apo Island a is world-famous diving site and
nature reserve park.
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For more information, contact:
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RAFAEL P. SALDANA, PH.D.
Workshop Director
Model 2011: ICT For the Environment
Associate Professor
Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Mathematics Department
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
PHILIPPINES
Tel./Fax: +63 2 4266125
Mobile: +63 928 5043121
E-mail: rsaldana@ateneo.edu
Facebook: Raffy Saldana
Blog: http://www.raffysaldana.blogspot.com/
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EUAsiaGrid Workshop on Natural Disaster Mitigation (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Link to blog post: http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/2009/11/euasiagrid-workshop-on-natural-disaster.html

EUAsiaGrid Workshop on Natural Disaster Mitigation

November 30 - December 2, 2009

Bangkok, Thailand

The EUAsiaGrid Workshop on Natural Disaster Mitigation will be held from 30 November to 2 December 2009 in the Imperial Tara Hotel, Sukhumvit 26, Bangkok, Thailand.

This event is hosted by Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute (HAII), National Electronics and computer Technology Centre (NECTEC) from Thailand, and Academia Sinica Grid Computing Centre (ASGC) from Taiwan.

The Asia Pacific region is a hazard prone area, and many countries in this region are at relatively high risk of multiple major natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, etc. Many endeavours to mitigate catastrophes were deployed ranging from building sensor networks for monitoring and proactive alarm to building more accurate simulation model for potential disasters.

An advanced e-Infrastructure is the most viable way to integrate current solutions, and engage more experts, knowledge and technology for continuously improved services for risk management and hazard mitigation. The EUAsiaGrid Workshop on Natural Disaster Mitigation aims to facilitate a grid-based e-Science Infrastructure for hazards mitigation with the collaboration with domain experts.

During this workshop, earthquake and climate change will be the two main topics. Use cases of Grid applications will be demonstrated. In addition, sharing mechanism of local data, content standards for hazards mitigation information system, analysis tools and simulation models will also be discussed. The workshop allows us the opportunities to exchange new ideas about grid-based simulation tools and new collaboration model.

Relevant Link: http://www.euasiagrid.org

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