dc.contributor.author | Okello-Odongo, William | |
dc.contributor.author | Omulo, Elisha Opiyo | |
dc.contributor.author | Ayienga, Erick | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-15T07:34:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-9966-21-330-3 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/13983 | |
dc.description.abstract | I take this opportunity to pass my greetings and to welcome all the participants to the
University of Nairobi and to this workshop that has been organized within the College of
Biological and Physical Sciences. My special welcome extends to the participants from
the other institutions from outside the University of Nairobi.
I take note that this workshop is one of a kind in so far as it addresses the opportunities
offered by distributed computing for development, scientific research and education in
this region. It fits well into the College research and training agenda. The College's
mission is to provide quality education and training in science, technology and innovation
through the creation, dissemination and utilization of knowledge for the benefit of the
welfare of humanity. It also fits well into the National agenda, in particular:- The Kenya
Vision 2030 national development plan that emphasizes science, technology and innovation
as important drivers.
Distributed and High performance computing will remain relevant given that the technology
supports scientific research by availing infrastructure for collaboration and information
sharing as well as high performance computation requirements. The development of human
resource in this area is important. This more so since there is currently, lack of people with
the necessary expertise.
We may therefore, consider this UNESCO-HP Brain Gain project as a vision 2030 flagship
project since it is closely aligned to the national development agenda.
There are notable areas in which the relevance and the benefits of such distributed
systems initiatives stand out and these include:The
Multidisciplinary nature of the initiative making it fit well into the real life
problem situations. The leveraging of resources and knowledge from different
fields have been encouraged.
The Collaborative nature manifest in the Inter and Intra institutions that has
enabled the sharing of knowledge and leverages the limited human resource in the
country to serve the various objectives in training and research.
The Tapping of the expertise in the Diaspora that has given rise to the brain gain
instead of brain drain.
I therefore welcome other institutions to join in this initiative in the distributed systems
resource sharing and research towards a national and regional collaborative network. I
encourage dissemination of the research findings and experiences. I offer the College’s
support for this and similar initiatives.
I take this opportunity to recognize the contributions of UNESCO and HP who have
supported this initiative. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi | en |
dc.subject | Computing systems | en |
dc.subject | Research | en |
dc.subject | Applications | en |
dc.subject | Resource sharing | en |
dc.title | Distributed computing systems research and applications with focus on resource sharing | en |
dc.type | Book | en |
local.embargo.terms | 6 months | en |
local.embargo.lift | 2013-09-11T07:34:27Z | |
local.publisher | School of Computing and Informatics | en |