Final Document Version 1.0 dated 12 Oct 2001
Working Document version 0.2 dated 17th Sep 2001
Working Document version 0.1 dated 4th Sep 2001
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Title: BioGrid Computing Symposium
Main Sponsor: Sun Microsystems
Organiser: Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet)
Co-organisers: a. Nanyang Technological University
b. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, NUS
c. Bioinformatics Centre, Office of Life Sciences, NUS
d. Supercomputing Visualisation Unit, Computer Cetre,
National University of Singapore
BioGRID'01 Symposium
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Venue: National University of Singapore
CRC Auditorium, Block MD 11
Medical Drive, Lower Kent Ridge Road
Map and Travel Instructions:
http://www.bic.nus.edu.sg/conference/S2000/CRCmap.html
Date: 26 October 2001
Time: 0900h - 1300h
Registration: Free, all invited
(please RSVP to biogrid@bic.nus.edu.sg
to register your attendance.)
Anyone who wishes to participate as a speaker at this Seminar
is welcome to email tinwee@bic.nus.edu.sg. We will try to
accommodate you.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
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MC: Vincent Quah, Sun Microsystems
0900h Welcome Message on GRID computing:
by Dr Simon See,
Director
High Performance Computer Technology
Sun Microsystems Inc.
0905h Opening Message
by Dr Francis Lee,
Assoc Professor, NTU,
Area Director of the APAN Network Technology Area
0910h Introduction of BioGRID initiative of APBioNet and APAN
by Shoba Ranganathan,
Vice President, APBioNet
Area Deputy Director of the APAN Natural Resources Area
Assoc Professor, NUS
0915h GRID computing: tremendous potential for life sciences
Wolfgang Gentzsch, Sun Microsystems
1000h Teabreak
1020-1pm Presented Papers and discussions
Chairman Session: Mr Lim Teck Sin, Founding CEO of KooPrime Pte
Ltd
1020h Grid engine, Jini and Jxta for Grid Computing
by Simon See, Sun Microsystems Inc
1040h ALiCE: Java GRID computing for life sciences
Prototype software that facilitates the execution of
a distributed Java program over the Internet/Intranet
by Dr Teo Yong Meng, Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science, National University of
Singapore,
1100h Massively parallel computing for protein alignment
by Asst Prof Bertil Schmidt, School of Computer
Engineering, NTU
1120h KooP technology platform and KOOP Suite of
Applications applied to BioGRID:
Workflow Integration systems and Distributed Computing for
high throughput Bioinformatics and Biocomputing applications in
DNA Chip Microfabrication and Drug Screening
by Ramana Rao, CTO, KooPrime Pte Ltd
1140h Q&A session
1200h Discussion on Initiation of the
Proposed BioGRID Working Group of the APBioNet
Discussion Chairman: Tan Tin Wee, Secretariat, APBioNet
Draft Agenda
1. GRID initiatives in Asia Pacific
P2P APGrid etc
2. Update on BioGRID and BioMirrors in Asia Pacific
a. AU, CN, JP, KR, MY, SG, TH, TW, US BioMirrors
b. SG BioGRID
3. Discussion on Industry Participation
a. Sun Microsystems (confirmed)
b. Compaq/HP (in principle) (Sanjiv Aiyar)
c. Cray (in principle) (Raj Godhia)
d. SGI (pending)
e. IBM (pending)
f. KooPrime Pte Ltd
g. Bioinformatics Technology Group (BTG) Pte Ltd
h. Entigen Inc (inviting)
i. Edinburgh Biocomputing Systems Ltd (pending)
4. Formation of BioGRID Working Group starting in Singapore
- BLAST, SRS, EMBOSS and MPSRCH4
5. Strategy for Formation of APBioGRID
Potential Future
Meetings: BioGRID in Lahore, FAOBMB Nov 2001 - cancelled
BioGRID in Taipei, Taiwan in Dec (suggested)
BioGRID BoF in Pacific Symposium for
Biocomputing PSB Jan02 Hawaii
BioGRID WG meeting in Feb at the InCoB Bangkok 2002
BioGRID WG March 2002 Phuket, APAN Mtg
1300 Lunch and End of Seminar.
Initial List of Participants/Organisers
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Grace Foo, SVU (ccefoog@nus.edu.sg)
Tan Chee Chiang, SVU (cheechiang@nus.edu.sg)
Shoba Ranganathan (shoba@bic.nus.edu.sg)
Tan Tin Wee, NUS (tinwee@bic.nus.edu.sg)
Tan Yong Meng, NUS (teoym@comp.nus.edu.sg)
Chi Chi Hung (NUS) (chich@comp.nus.edu.sg)
Francis Lee Bu-Sung (ebslee@ntu.edu.sg)
Bok Shung Hwee, LCEL, NTU (engboksh@nus.edu.sg)
Tan Kim Cheng, Temasek Poly
Cai Wen Tong, NTU (ASWTCAI@ntu.edu.sg)
Stephen John Turner, NTU (ASSJTurner@ntu.edu.sg)
KC Lun, NTU (kclun@ntu.edu.sg)
MK Liew, NTU (mkmliew@ntu.edu.sg)
Bertil Schmidt (ASBSchmidt@ntu.edu.sg)
S Subbiah, Stanford University
Simon See, Director HPC, Sun Microsystems (simon.see@sun.com)
Vincent Quah, Sun Microsystems (vincent.quah@singapore.sun.com)
Richard Tan, IMCB (rtan@mcbsgs1.imcb.nus.edu.sg)
Overseas Contacts:
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Markus Buchhorn, ANU (markus.buchhorn@anu.edu.au)
Don Gilbert, Indiana Univ (gilbertd@bio.indiana.edu)
Prof Sekig'uchi, ASIT, Japan
References
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Indiana Univ grid. has a set of researchers actively involved in
information grid efforts:
in computer science
http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/cooproj/index.html,
(including the Globus grid project),
in physics (http://lexus.physics.indiana.edu/griphyn/)
and information technology (
http://www.indiana.edu/~ovpit/ipcres/)
Along with this Indiana U has good network connectivity with
the world. I'm hoping to get help in developing bio-grid methods
from these partners with more advanced projects.
See http://lexus.physics.indiana.edu/~rwg/escience/ for a proposal
ASIT has organized the Asia Pacific grid forum;
APGRD Forum 22nd-24th Oct in Tokyo
http://www.apgrid.org/apgw2001/
Don Gilbert
ben@vub.ac.be,
bio-mirror@apan.net,
cbona18@cifn.unam.mx,
david.martin@biotek.uio.no,
dessen@infobiogen.fr,
hum@biobase.dk,
jrvalverde@cnb.uam.es, letondal@pasteur.fr,
mathog@mendel.bio.caltech.edu,
peter.rice@uk.lionbioscience.com,
rherzog@ulb.ac.be,
sensencw@niji.imb.nrc.ca,
tim@angis.usyd.edu.au