HPC dives into oceanography next

HYDERABAD: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, to collaborate in the areas of High Performance Computing for production grade environments.

Commenting on the tie-up, Hemant Darbari, Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune said “The association shall ensure extensive utilization of HPC for effectively executing real time oceanography and climatology applications at INCOIS as well as conducting high-end research in the Oceanography domain”.

“The joint collaboration between INCOIS and C-DAC in the field of HPC will definitely be a value addition to the ocean information and advisory services that INCOIS provides to the nation,” added Shenoi Satheesh Chandra, Director, INCOIS.

C-DAC and INCOIS have come together to significantly accelerate the research and development activities to address large scale challenges in the frontiers of Oceanography.  The strategic association will catalyze the usage and enhance quality adoption of high performance computing in field of Oceanography.  With the help of latest technologies, C-DAC will ensure state-of-the-art HPC infrastructure to meet the ever demanding computational needs of INCOIS. 

INCOIS has established a Tsunami Early Warning Centre for 24x7 operation  with all the necessary computational and communication infrastructure that enables reception of real-time data from all the sensors, analysis of the data, generation and dissemination of tsunami advisories following a standard operating procedure.

By conducting regular workshops on HPC and Parallel Programming, C-DAC shall leverage its vast experience in HPC and keep INCOIS scientist abreast of latest development and trends in parallel computing. High Performance Application support in related areas will facilitate scientists at INCOIS in development of effective parallel codes.  Optimum utilization of the facility including the entire ecosystem with minimum downtime will be ensured by professional On-site System Support. 

“With this joint cooperation in HPC, we intend to contribute significantly assisting INCOIS, an esteemed organization which directly impacts the lives of millions in the coastal areas” informed Shri Goldi Misra, Group Coordinator & Head, HPC Solutions Group, C-DAC.