Transcript Three months/year

Computer power in
STEP
by
Margarita Kuqali
Polytechnic University of Tirana
Institutions Involved in the PhD STEP Programme
ICTP
Elettra
PUT
Nine Months / Year
Three Months / Year
(Tirana)
(Trieste)
PhD Project
Analysis of Turbulent Thermal Convection in
Small-to-Intermediate Aspect Ratio Containers
Albanian Supervisor
Prof. Pellumb Berberi
ICTP Supervisor
And
Prof. Joe Niemela
• experimental work and data acquisition.
• advanced data analysis techniques for random signals
Work to be done in ICTP and Elettra (3 Months / Year)
•
Experimental Work
•
Consultations with the professor of ICTP
•
Analysis of the data taken from the experiments using ICTP
computers which are equipped with the necessary software
for this type of analysis
•
Use of ICTP library: journals and books, both in print and
by electronic access
Work to be done in PUT (9 Months / Year)
•
Analyse experimental data from ICTP/Elettra
•
Consult with PUT and ICTP supervisors
•
Consult books, journals publications, etc
Difficulties
•
Unable to access Internet and E-Mail.
(i) no way to transfer huge amount of data (order of GB) which are
generated continuously.
(ii) Unable to consult with the ICTP Professor.
(iii)Unable to access the ICTP library.
• no computers or necessary software to analyze the data from
experiments.
Proposed Solution
• An Internet Connection is needed to access ICTP.
• A Server is needed to connect to the Internet in order to
have access to ICTP Servers for data transfer. In this way
we should be able to get data even
when we are not present in ICTP
• A Web Server is needed to publish the work done by
the Department of Physics of PUT.
Communication Diagram
ICTP
INTERNET
UNIVERSITY
Polytechnic University
of Tirana (PUT)
Physics Department
IDC
Department
Computers
Server 1
IDC
Server 2
Conclusions
Doing PhD in ICTP is a great opportunity for students
from developing countries and in the same time with the
help of this project a great solution for alleviating the
brain drain
Three months per year is a very short time to do some
good research.
With the help of Computer Power it could be possible
not to interrupt the research during the period students
are not at ICTP.
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Thank you