[gu-l] (04/18/04) Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming
(GCEPG) Project
Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
utsumi at columbia.edu
Sun Apr 18 17:24:14 EDT 2004
<<April 18, 2004>>
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Coleen Heather Vogel <vogelc at geoarc.wits.ac.za>
Will Steffen <will at igbp.kva.se>
John Schellnhuber <H.J.Schellnhuber at uea.ac.uk>
Dork Sahagian <gaim at unh.edu>
Thomas E. Graedel <thomas.graedel at yale.edu>
Pierluigi Ritrovato <ritrovato at crmpa.unisa.it>
Stefano A. Cerri <cerri at lirmm.fr>
W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D. <wklemm at cvm.tamu.edu>
Dear Messrs Vogel, Steffen, Schellnhuber and Sahagian:
(1) I visited your following web sites with great interest;
> (a) International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
> http://www.igbp.kva.se/cgi-bin/php/frameset.php
>
> (b) International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
> (IHDP)
> http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/html/about/about-ihdp.html
>
> (c) Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling (GAIM)
> http://gaim.unh.edu
>
> Frankly speaking, this is the first time to visit them, though I have been
> receiving your Global Change Newsletter almost from its first issue, and enjoy
> reading it every time.
>
>> Dear Messrs Schellnhuber and Sahagian:
>
>> Pls visit my comments to your article appeared in ³Non-linearities in the
>> Earth System² appeared in the Global Change Newsletter, Issue No. 55,
>> October, 2003 <http://www.igbp.kva.se/cgi-bin/php/frameset.php>, at;
>> (11/10/03) Keynote speech at the 3rd International LeGE-WG Workshop
>> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2003q4/000240.html
(2) Pls kindly visit my following paper at;
> ³Global University System with Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace
> Gaming Project,² December 24, 2003, at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Peace%20Gaming/GUS_with_GCEPG/GUS_with_
> GCEPG-D1.htm
(3) This is a combination of excerpts from the following two papers;
> (a) Takeshi Utsumi, P. Tapio Varis, and W. R. Klemm
> "Creating Global University System"
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%2
> 0System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscripts/Part_II_Intercultur/Utsumi%20Creating%20
> GUS/Creating_GUS/GUS_web/Creating%20GUS-D12.htm
>
> (b) Takeshi Utsumi, GLOSAS/USA
> "Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG)"
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%2
> 0System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscripts/Part_IV_Global_Collaboration/Utsumi,%20T
> ak/GCEPG_D10_Web/GCEPG_D10.htm
(4) Those papers are in the following recent book ‹ the former in Part II
and the latter in Part IV;
> Global Peace Through The Global University System Tapio Varis - Takeshi Utsumi
> - William Klemm (Eds.) University of Tampere, Finland 2003, ISBN 951-44-5695-5
> which entire contents can be retrieved at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%2
> 0System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Bk_outline-D13.html
(5) Pls also visit the followings
> (a) Following paper in Part IV of the book;
> Colin Allison, Stefano A. Cerri, Matteo Gaeta, Pierluigi Ritrovato, and
> Saverio Salerno, University of St. Andrews, Université Montpellier II et CNRS,
> and University of Salerno, Italy
> "Human Learning as a Global Challenge: European Learning Grid Infrastructure"
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%2
> 0System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscripts/Part_IV_Global_Collaboration/Ritrovato,%
> 20Pierluigi/E-LeGI_web/E-LeGIv9.htm
>
> (b) European Learning GRID Infrastructure (ELeGI) Project
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Peace%20Gaming/ELeGI/12-3-03-Berlin/12-
> 3-03_ELeGE_Workshop.html
(6) GCEPG project will be a demonstration of ELeGI project which has already
been funded by the European Commission (about US$5 million). The ELeGI
project is to bring benefits of emerging GRID technology to
learning/education field ‹ hopefully including K-12.
> BTW, the concept of GRID technology was initiated by me in 1972 ‹ see;
> McLeod, J., "Power (?) Grid!," Simulation in the Service of Society,
> Simulation, September 2000
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Peace%20Gaming/S3-Sept_2000/S3-Sept_200
> 0.htm
Our GCEPG with a globally distributed computer simulation system, focusing
on the issue of environment and sustainable development in developing
countries, is to train would-be decision-makers in crisis management,
conflict resolution, and negotiation techniques. We hope to promote the
understanding of youngsters around the world on the interwoven
interdependencies of the world phenomena ‹ particularly with the use of
cause-and-effect diagram of System Dynamics ‹ with their rational thinking
and critical analysis capabilities basing on ³Facts and Figures,² by the use
of socio-economic-environmental simulation models.
The Global University System will supply game players and technical support
from around the world. With global GRID computer networking technology and
Beowulf mini-super computers of cluster computing technology, we plan to
develop globally distributed decision support system with a globally
distributed socio-economic-environmental simulation system and a globally
distributed climate simulation system in parallel fashion, both of which are
to be interconnected in global scale ‹ see Figure 8 of the above CGEPG paper
in the Item (3)-(b).
> Incidentally, a similar globally distributed climate simulation system has
> already been developed by some of our colleagu es at the U.K. Open
> University;
> http://www.climateprediction.net/index.php
>> Dear Stefano:
>> Many thanks for your recent msg about this fact. It was my great pleasure to
>> have met with you at the ELeGI workshop in Berlin last December ‹ hope to see
>> you again soon.
Because of the nature of our project, we can take a poor-ma¹s
(cost-effective) approach with ³asynchronous² GRID technology compared with
the NSF¹s rich-man¹s ³synchronous² GRID project with US$1 billion, and
Japan¹s Earth Simulation with US$350 million and 4 tennis courts size.
The infrastructure for this GCEPG can be applied to many other fields of
joint research and development by the people around the world (including
those in developing countries) with the use of virtual reality and virtual
laboratories for globally collaborative constructive, hands-on experiences,
learning and creation of new knowledge and wisdom by them ‹ which is a
profound paradigm shift from the so-called conventional academic
³Ivory-Tower² approach.
(7) In due course, we may ask your scientists¹ participation and help. Pls
feel free to ask me any questions.
Best, Tak
P.S.:
Dear Bill:
(a) Thanks to your suggestion, I composed this msg.
List of Distribution
Coleen Heather Vogel
Chair
International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
(IHDP)
Wits University
Dept. of Geography & Environ. Studies
Private Bag 3
2050 Johannesburg
South Africa
vogelc at geoarc.wits.ac.za
http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/html/about/about-ihdp.html
Will Steffen
Executive Director
IGBP Secretariat
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
International Council of Scientific Unions
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Box 50005
S-104 05 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46-8-16-64-48
Fax: +46-8-16-64-05
will at igbp.kva.se
sec at igbp.kva.se
http://www.igbp.kva.se/cgi-bin/php/frameset.php
John Schellnhuber
Scientific Committee Chair
GAIM Scientific Steering Committee
Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling (GAIM)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)
United Kingdom
Tel: (44-1603) 591 227
Fax: (49-331) 288 2510
H.J.Schellnhuber at uea.ac.uk
http://www.igbp.kva.se/cgi-bin/php/frameset.php
Dork Sahagian
Executive Officer
GAIM Task Force Office
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans & Space (EOS)
University of New Hampshire
Morse Hall, 39 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-3525
USA
Tel: (1-603) 862 3875
Fax: (1-603) 862 3874
gaim at unh.edu
http://gaim.unh.edu
Thomas E. Graedel
Clifton R. Musser Professor
Industrial Ecology
Sch of For & Env Stu
Geology & Geophysics and Chemical Engineering
Yale University
203-432-9733
thomas.graedel at yale.edu
Pierluigi Ritrovato
Head of Unit
Centro di Ricerca in Matematica Pura ed Applicata (CRMPA)
Centre for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics
C/O DIIMA
Dep. of Information Engineering and Applied Mathematics
University of Salerno
Via Ponte Don Melillo
84084 - Fisciano (SA)
Italy
Tel: +39 089 964289/2201;
+39 089 964189 (secretary)
Fax: +39 089 964191
Cel: +39 348-2803487
ritrovato at crmpa.unisa.it
ritrovato at crmpa.it
http://www.crmpa.it/
Stefano A. Cerri
Professeur
LIRMM: Universite Montpellier II et CNRS
161, Rue Ada; 34392 Montpellier
Cedex 5, France
TEL: +33 467 41 86 62
E-mail: cerri at lirmm.fr
Web: http://www.lirmm.fr
W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Dept. VAPH, Mail Stop 4458
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4458
979-845-4201
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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 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
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