The PC Grid Computing for Schools program, also known as SG@Schools, was officially launched Dec. 6 by Richard Lim, chairman of the National Grid Steering Committee (NGSC) at a two-day vacation camp for students and teachers to kick-off the program. The SG@Schools program is jointly organized by Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), Ministry of Education and the National Grid Office, with support from the National University of Singapore and Singapore Computer Systems.
The SG@Schools program is an effort to reach out to schools using PC Grid computing. Through participating in this program, the students will be able to generate interesting solutions to solve computationally intensive problems in science and engineering by harnessing the enormous amount of processing cycles achieved through aggregating the available PCs in schools.
“Through participating in this program, the students will be able to generate interesting solutions to solve computationally intensive problems in Science and Engineering by harnessing the enormous amount of processing cycles achieved through aggregating the available PCs in schools,” said Lim.
A total of 64 students and 11 teachers from nine schools and junior colleges will be attending the vacation camp. The next phase involves the students to develop applications to be used on the PC Grid setup for the SG@Schools program.
“Our students have a great appetite for learning. Grid Computing will provide them with the opportunity to solve challenging problems in various disciplines through the optimization of computing resources in schools,” added Koh Thiam Seng, director of Educational Technology Division for the Ministry of Education.