Grid Computing Seminar Series for the Layman

Grid is Good : Unleashing Grid Computing to Power Business,
Education & Life

Grid - A Tool for Science and Business

Dr. Simon See
Chief Technologist for Global Science and Technology Network
Sun Microsystems Inc, Asia

7 July 2006 (Friday)
1900 hours @ National Library Board
Visitors' Briefing Room, Level 1
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064

Abstract

Over the recent year, there has been a lot of progress in the development of Grid technology, middleware and application. Grid, started of with the idea of sharing resources for scientists, has slowly beginning to impact the commercial segment. In this talk, the speaker will discuss how scientists, engineers and commercial users are using the Grid.

Biodata

Simon See is currently the Chief Technologist for Global Science and Technology Network of Sun Microsystems Inc, Asia and also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore. His research interest is in the area of High Performance Computing, computational science, Applied Mathematics and simulation methodology. He has published over 40 papers in these areas and have won various awards. Dr. See graduated from University of Salford (UK) with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and numerical analysis in 1993. Prior to joining Sun, Dr See worked for SGI, DSO National Lab. of Singapore, IBM and International Simulation Ltd (UK).

Registration
Admission is Free. All are Welcome.
Please click here to register by 1500 hours on 6 July 2006.

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