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Dula Shanko <du_shanko@yahoo.com>
Nega Alemayehu (PhD), Director <nega_alemayehu@telecom.net.et>
simone sala <ousmanneh@yahoo.it>
Pietro Nocita <pietro.nocita@xteque.com>
Dear Dula:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) as indicating your strong willingness to create
GUS/Ethiopia along with setting up of Beowulf mini-supercomputers at various
branch offices for early warning on weather, climate, drought, flooding, etc.,
-- especially as utilizing funds from the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) and others.
(2) My wife, Hisae, and I greatly appreciated the invitation to and hospitality
extended to us at the excellent ÒInternational Symposium on ICT Education and
Application in Developing Countries,Ó Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 19-21,
2004. We enjoyed our stay in Ethiopia very much.
I. GUS/Ethiopia:
(3) After attending the wonderful symposium in October 2004, I and my wife had
a pleasure of visiting the following universities and hospitals for
fact-finding and assessment to create Global University System in Ethiopia
(GUS/Ethiopia);
1.
Addis Ababa University
2. Admas College
3. Bahir Dar University
4. Debub University
5. Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation
6. Gondar College of Medical Science
7. Gondar University
All of people we met at those institutions indicated their strong interest --
see <http://tinyurl.com/4lsmhs>.
See also ÒInitial group memberÓ to establish the GUS/Ethiopia at the Section
II-3 of the same page.
This was mentioned in the following list distribution;
(05/24/08) 5000
Ph.D. in 10 yrs Program at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia
http://tinyurl.com/6q355b
II. Beowulf mini-supercomputer:
(4) Pls retrieve the following list distribution;
(06/02/08)
Importance of system dynamic simulation and grid network for environmental
studies
http://tinyurl.com/5crfxp
Once you can estimate the size of mathematical simulation model for your local
weather forecasting, you may ask Pietro (through Simone) if he would be able to
provide you with the extra capacity of his POWUA supercomputer at free of charge — see about it
mentioned in this list distribution.
Simone and
Pietro:
When Dula approaches you, pls
take care of his need.
(5) After this trial and
experiment, you can figure out the size of computing power you would need for
the local weather forecasting.
As mentioned in the list distribution of the Item (4) above, Hiroshima
University connects 500 Fujitsu desktop PCs in off-peak time (i.e., in night
time) with Linux for creating a mini-supercomputer. You may then ask JICA
for its funding to setting up similar ones at your 11 branch offices.
Possible Funding from JICA:
(6) The following person indicated his strong willingness to financially
support the GUS/Ethiopia if it would be endorsed by some high official of the
Ethiopian Ministry of Education;
Naoki Saito
Resident Representative
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA)
P.O.Box: 5384
Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Tel: (251-1) 50 47 55
(251-1) 50 44 67 Direct
Fax: (251-1) 50 44 65
jica@telecom.net.et
(7) Lastly, but not least, you may talk with Nega Alemayehu. He was the
one who financed our trip to your country, and is now in the U.S. and
communicated with me recently on these subjects.
(8) BTW, which of town in Nagano you visited? It is my home-town
prefecture.
Looking forward to receiving your response soon,
Best, Tak
From: dula shanko <du_shanko@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <du_shanko@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:54:46 -0800 (PST)
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Greeting from Dula shanko of Ethiopia
Dear Dr Takeshi Utsumi
Many thanks for your great information
As you know, we are in a least developed country of Ethiopia
So that we don't have much facilities to properly delivery our duties
We have eleven meteorological Branch Offices, We need to support local
communitities by delivery early waring on weather, climate, drought floodings,
and We need also capacity buliding. It is good and acceptable idea for
us;
please welcom on your sugestion below
(a) Use of Beowulf mini-supercomputer for local meteorological forecasting
(b) Creation of GUS/Ethiopia,
(c) Getting some fund from JICA in Addis for those activities.
In 1993 I had been in Japan Tokyo Center Trianing at Japan meteorlogical Agency
training center. I have Got Many information. However due to Lack of
facilities I didn't Properly utilize knowledge Gained
In that time I have visited Many areas of Japan, like Sapparo and its huge bear
Company, nagoya, Osaka, kyoto, kobe, heroshima and other places.
I have appercition in my Memory Instilled in my mind
Best regards
Keep in touch
Dula shan
National meteorlogical Agency Of Ethiopia
Deputy Director General
Tel 251 116615779
mob cel 251911208020
p.o.box 20231 cod 1000
List of Distribution
Dula Shanko
Deputy Director General
Head, Data Management and Dissemination Department
National Meteorological Services Agency
P. O. Box 20231 cod 1000
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tele 2511615779 office
cel 251911208020
2511 236286 home
du_shanko@yahoo.com
Nega Alemayehu (PhD), Director
College of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation
P.O. Box: 1047
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: [251-9] 25 48 15
Fax: [251-1] 65 51 29
nega_alemayehu@telecom.net.et
nega.alemayehu@gstit.edu.et
n_alemayehu@hotmail.com <mailto:n_alemayehu@hotmail.com>
n_lakew@yahoo.com
simone sala
student of Digital Communication
Computer Science and Communication Departments
University of Milan
333-237-2196
ousmanneh@yahoo.it
Simone.Sala@fao.org
Pietro Nocita
President & CEO
POWUA
Xteque s.r.l.
Via Podgora 13
20122 Milan
Italy
pietro.nocita@xteque.com
www.powua.com
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
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* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
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* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
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* Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of
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* Global University System (GUS)
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