1. "Recent development of e- Science & Grid in Thailand" 24 January 2006 Piyawut Srichaikul, NECTEC Putchong Uthayopas, KU

2. Thailand and a New Frontier in Science and Technology Recently Thai Government decided to enhance Thailand competitiveness by Recently Thai Government decided to enhance Thailand competitiveness by More IT investment and usage More IT investment and usage Infrastructure: broadband, mobile, low-cost PC Infrastructure: broadband, mobile, low-cost PC E-learning, e-government E-learning, e-government SIPA (Software Industry Promotion Agency) SIPA (Software Industry Promotion Agency) Aggressive push and pursue new science Aggressive push and pursue new science Excellence center in Life Science Excellence center in Life Science Nanotechnology Center Nanotechnology Center

3. Outline Definition Definition Players Players Application Application Status Status Approach Approach New Development New Development

4. Definition The UK has defined e-Science as large scale sciences that will increasingly be carried out through distributed global collaborations enabled by the Internet. The UK has defined e-Science as large scale sciences that will increasingly be carried out through distributed global collaborations enabled by the Internet. Some would say otherwise Some would say otherwise The Grid of Science seems to be the common adoption for Thailand The Grid of Science seems to be the common adoption for Thailand

5. Prospect Key Players Thaigrid Thailand national Grid Project Thaigrid Thailand national Grid Project Computational Science group Computational Science group Thailand e-Science project Thailand e-Science project

6. A partnership project to explore grid computing technology and application in Thailand. Project started since December 2000 A partnership project to explore grid computing technology and application in Thailand. Project started since December 2000 Build a grid related community for application level researchers Build a grid related community for application level researchers Create a grid computing infrastructure for Thai researchers Create a grid computing infrastructure for Thai researchers Stimulate the deployment of Grid Computing Technology Stimulate the deployment of Grid Computing Technology Act as a focal point for international grid collaboration Act as a focal point for international grid collaboration Link: http://www.thaigrid.net Link: http://www.thaigrid.net

7. Community: Computational Science and Engineering Program Consortium (1995-) The Annual National Symposium on Computational Science and Engineering (http://csep.hpcc.nectec.or.th/anscse/) The Annual National Symposium on Computational Science and Engineering (http://csep.hpcc.nectec.or.th/anscse/) Computational Mathematics Computational Mathematics Computational Physics Computational Physics Computational Chemistry and Biology Computational Chemistry and Biology Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Fluid Dynamics Environmental Modeling etc. Environmental Modeling etc.

8. Thai e-science Project (2003) Current members Current members Computational Chemistry Unit Cell, Department of Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University Computational Chemistry Unit Cell, Department of Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University HPCNC, Kasetsart University HPCNC, Kasetsart University Contact: http://www.thai-escience.net/ Contact: http://www.thai-escience.net/http://www.thai-escience.net/http://www.thai-escience.net/ Dr. Prabhas Chongstitvatana (Associate Professor, Intelligent System Lab, Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University)prabhas.c@chula.ac.th Dr. Prabhas Chongstitvatana (Associate Professor, Intelligent System Lab, Department of Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University)prabhas.c@chula.ac.thprabhas.c@chula.ac.th

9. Application Area Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation Modeling Simulation Modeling Environment Environment Computational Chemistry Computational Chemistry Virtual Drug Screening, Cheminformatics Virtual Drug Screening, Cheminformatics Life Science Life Science Bioinformatics Bioinformatics

10. Status There is no Managing e-Science in Thailand at this point Missing Elements Missing Elements Need: Appropriate White Paper for Thailand e-science and Practical Roadmap for Thailand e-Science [= strategic direction] Need: Appropriate White Paper for Thailand e-science and Practical Roadmap for Thailand e-Science [= strategic direction] Need: Bridging Grid and Science Need: Bridging Grid and Science Need: Coordinating function Need: Coordinating function

11. Approach Advanced network Grid Drug Design Life Science Animation Financial Analysis Simulation Modeling USERS community Build a strong scientific community (People Grid) Build a strong scientific community (People Grid) Explore innovative application including science, art, culture, entertainment Explore innovative application including science, art, culture, entertainment Extend to industry by industrial partners Extend to industry by industrial partners Use Grid, HPC, Networking to support the mission Use Grid, HPC, Networking to support the mission

12. New Development TNGP can help perform coordination function to bridge "Grid" and "Science". TNGP can help perform coordination function to bridge "Grid" and "Science". Infrastructure Infrastructure People People (e-Science) Application (e-Science) Application

13. SEA Grid Forum Emerging new forum for South East Asia Collaboration Emerging new forum for South East Asia Collaboration Membership currently consists of: Membership currently consists of: MIMOS (Malaysia), NGO (Singapore), TNGP (Thailand) MIMOS (Malaysia), NGO (Singapore), TNGP (Thailand) Details: asked Jon Lau Details: asked Jon Lau

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