KPK installs a Super Computer facility at GIKI.

[Cyberian]

DoST KPK installs super computer facility at GIKI
Volume 04 Issue 14

STAFF REPORT PSR: The Directorate of Science & Technology (DoST) has recently operationalized the advanced super computing infrastructure, the first of its kind, with state-of-the-art High Performance Computing cluster system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The facility has been installed at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute Topi (GIKI), Swabi, through funding under a development scheme of Directorate of Science & Technology namely Development of super computer.

“The facility will be available to use for research work in data mining, computational biology, computational mechanics, space technology, weather forecasting,” said an official of the Directorate and added that all institutions/organizations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and all over Pakistan through a dedicated Internet connection could get benefit of it.

The installed cluster will provide huge storage capacity (in terabytes), fast processing power in teraflops, and reliable, efficient & accurate resource for the problems involving complex computation, the official maintained.

The facility will be open and accessible 24/7 through PERN2 to all academicians and researchers throughout Pakistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa especially.

The facility is also equipped with state of the art high performance multi graphical processing units.

DoST KPK installs super computer facility at GIKI

 

[SHAMK9]

amazing to see KPK getting ahead in this field

 

[nomi007]

well done kpk

 

[M.harris]

good job KPK best of luck

 

[A.Rafay]

Good job in setting up a facility like this, it will benefit whole Pakistan.

 

[Edevelop]

zabardast. keep up the good work !

 

[Aamna14]

Great step worth applauding.

 

[Sinnerman108]

I would like to understand precisely what role ( if any ) did the KpK government had to play in this ?

As far as I understand GIKI came under UGC, and then HEC.

 

[RangerPK]

One thing I am concerned about is that this system maybe vulnerable to hacking and foreign countries might steal confidential and personal data of people from it. Mostly, the Americans and Chinese are expert at that.

PS: I think if we keep computerizing our data, we may eventually need to form an institute that can also protect that data from cyber hacks.

 

[pakistanitarzan]

I am studying Masters Computational Science and Data mining is my field. It is interesting to know that there is a scope for Data Mining in Pakistan. Very Impressive! Furthermore, in my class last quarter, we ran programs on a super computer.

 

[Luftwaffe]

I would like to understand precisely what role ( if any ) did the KpK government had to play in this ?

As far as I understand GIKI came under UGC, and then HEC.

I wonder directorate of Science & Technology is it Government's dept or GIKI internal dept.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Great news for Naya Pakistan Province

Super computer facility awesome news !!

 

[Kompromat]

The way to go

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I hope all Provinces follow the direction and have at least 2 Super computer facilities in each province

 

[HAIDER]

excellent work..Pakistan has brilliant student ..all they need to put them on right track..