BRICS nations join forces to address common problems using advanced computing
Pune, Apr 12 (UNI) The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) nations will soon launch mega projects in various fields of environment conservation, disaster management, cyber crime, precision medicine, all of which will be handled using advanced computational capabilities.
An announcement to this effect was made during a three-day meet of BRICS representatives in city here last evening.
The second BRICS Working Group (WG) meet, which started Tuesday, saw the representatives deliberating on the effective use of High Performance Computing (HPC) and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in devising smart solutions for the numerous problems the BRICS nations face. Along with Indian scientists, the meeting saw participation of 20 international delegates from Brazil and
Russia. Representatives from South Africa and China could not attend, said a spokesperson here last evening.
Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Government of India, a nodal agency, will be funding all the projects once they are finalized.
This is a joint collaborative initiative between the BRICS nations after it was first constituted in April last year. Some of the key areas the member -countries will work on include advanced precision medicine and public healthcare, precision farming, disaster management, cyber crime, HPC and big data analysis for sustainable development with focus on climate and pollution, integrated knowledge spaces among the several areas that have been collectively identified, said Hemant Darbari, director general Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).