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Alain Krief
Executive Director IOCD (International Organization for Chemical
Sciences in Development)¡
Emeritus Professor FUNDP (FacultŽ N.-D de la Paix) Chemistry department*
Laboratoire de Chimie des MatŽriaux Organiques SupramolŽculaires
(CMOS) & Laboratoire de Chimie des MatŽriaux Inorganiques (CMI)
61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000, Namur, Belgium
Email: alain.krief@fundp.ac.be
Location: Chemistry Building
2 rue Joseph GrafŽ, B-5000, Namur
3rd floor, door 311c
Phone: +32 81 724548
*http://www.fundp.ac.be/facultes/sciences/departements/chimie/recherche/centres/cos/
*EnCOrE Project:
http://www.fundp.ac.be/facultes/sciences/departements/chimie/recherche/centres/cos/encore/presentation.html
http://www.iocd.org/index.shtml
Happy and Healthy New Year!!
References:
(a) (20091004-B) (1) Possible participation of GUS/GCEPG Projects to
iLab Consortium and (2) Visiting IBM to solicit support <http://tinyurl.com/ycg7v76>
(b) Proposal for an
iLab Consortium, June, 2009
<http://tinyurl.com/yermnpx>
(c) (20091112) Report on our visit to IBM on November 3rd, 2009
<http://tinyurl.com/yamu346>
(d) "Globally Collaborative Innovation Network (GCIN) with Global
University System," Paper for Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 8, Issue 3, July,
2006
<http://tinyurl.com/fuwg6>
Dear Alain:
(1) Many thanks for your
greeting with kind words (ATTACHMENT I).
(2) I am taking the liberty of distributing your friendÕs msg for our list
members.
Dear E-Colleagues:
(3) Our current Global Early Warning System (GEWS) project may go along with
the same line as UNESCO is now trying to do with Hewlett-Packard — see
below. This is because our GEWS is to interlink simulation models of
various countries with the use of advanced Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs), such as Grid and/or cloud computing, which also inevitably
interconnect brain powers scattered around the world.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: <akrief@fundp.ac.be>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:31:18
+0100
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Unesco Fights
Brain Drain With Computing Gain
Dear Prof. Utsumi,
Best wishes for 2010 and congratulations for all your excellent initiatives.
Please find a quote of UNESCO which can help.
Sincerely yours,
Alain
Alain Krief
Executive Director IOCD (International Organization for Chemical
Sciences in Development)¡
Emeritus Professor FUNDP (FacultŽ N.-D de la Paix) Chemistry department*
Laboratoire de Chimie des MatŽriaux Organiques SupramolŽculaires
(CMOS) & Laboratoire de Chimie des MatŽriaux Inorganiques (CMI)
61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000, Namur, Belgium
Email: alain.krief@fundp.ac.be
Location: Chemistry Building
2 rue Joseph GrafŽ, B-5000, Namur
3rd floor, door 311c
Phone: +32 81 724548
*http://www.fundp.ac.be/facultes/sciences/departements/chimie/recherche/centres/cos/
*EnCOrE Project:
http://www.fundp.ac.be/facultes/sciences/departements/chimie/recherche/centres/cos/encore/presentation.html
¡http://www.iocd.org/index.shtml
From: Robert Maybury <iocd@igc.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 15:49:24
-0500
To: Michael Tempesta <natprod@aol.com>,
Alain Krief <alain.krief@fundp.ac.be>
Subject: Fw: Unesco Fights
Brain Drain With Computing Gain
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Maybury <mailto:iocd@igc.org>
To: N.Torto@ru.ac.za ; Geoffrey Kamau <mailto:gnkamau@uonbi.ac.ke>
Cc: Walter Benson <mailto:wbenson270@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 26,
2009 9:20 AM
Subject: Fw: Unesco Fights
Brain Drain With Computing Gain
Dear Nelson and Geoffrey,
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU BOTH.
Although I no longer am "on
seat," as you Africans say, being Emeritus in IOCD, I remain a member of
the group and from time to time, respond to requests from my successor, Dr
Alain Krief, and also from Walter Benson who is Chair of the IOCD Working Group
on Environmental Analytical Chemistry.
In this latter spirit, I will
continue to forward relevant items of news to you both as you provide
leadership to your respective networks of analytical chemists in Africa.
Warmest greetings,
Robert Maybury
----- Original Message -----
From: DrSPassman@aol.com
To: iocd@igc.org ; john.daly@gmail.com ; pwhemily@worldnet.att.net
; rcolwell@umiacs.umd.edu
; spassman@capaccess.org
; ialerch@verizon.net
; Hankhatch@aol.com
; andrevarchaver1@verizon.net
; dcunesco@state.gov
; parisunesco@state.gov
Sent: Thursday, December 24,
2009 7:23 PM
Subject: Unesco Fights Brain
Drain With Computing Gain
Unesco
Fights Brain Drain With Computing Gain
Ouagadougou, Dec 24, 2009 (SciDev.Net/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) --
UNESCO is expanding a scheme that aims to slow the brain drain of African and
Arab researchers by giving them access to global scientific networks and
computing power.
The 'Brain Gain Initiative', set up in partnership with computer firm
Hewlett-Packard, enables researchers to collaborate with experts around the
world through grid and cloud computing and so boost loyalty to the local
science and technology effort.
Grid computing combines the processing power of several computers across a
network to work on a single scientific problem, while cloud computing allows
researchers to access the latest web applications and databases.
In Burkina Faso, two projects at the University of Ouagadougou will benefit
from the scheme: modelling the movement of pollutants in the drainage basin of
the Sourou river, led by Blaise Some; and the implementation of a
high-performance computing grid, led by Oumarou Sie.
Sie told SciDev.Net that his project would allow local researchers to share
resources with their counterparts anywhere in the world, while also giving them
power to perform calculations that their own computers cannot do.
Previously, such calculations had to be conducted abroad, but now Sie's
laboratory, and others receiving funding, can be more independent, he said.
The laboratories overseeing these projects will each receive about US$25,000
worth of computer equipment as well as US$20,000 of operational funds, said
Sie.
The scheme builds on a successful pilot in five universities from 2006-09, and
will involve 15 more universities in the Middle East and Africa.
"The Brain Gain Initiative has a direct link with lasting
development," said Some.
Training for participants on how to use and maintain the equipment took place
in South Africa this month (14-18 December) and a UNESCO spokesperson said that
partnership agreements were being prepared, with schedules to be signed at the
end of January 2010.
UNESCO and Hewlett-Packard say they plan to include 100 more universities in
the scheme by the end of 2011, with help from additional partners.
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
*
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)
*
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education
*
* Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of
*
* Global University System (GUS)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-5913, U.S.A.
*
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-795-1655; Skype: utsumi
*
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
*
* U.S. Federal Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 <http://tinyurl.com/534gxc>
*
* New York State Tax Exempt ID: 217837 <http://tinyurl.com/47wqbo>
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