Unlocking livestock development potential through science, influence and capacity
development ILRI APM, Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2013
Developing capacity Influencing decisions
ILRI Research Methods Group (RMG): Unified research computing platform
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• Center for excellence • Mentoring students
• Accurate projection for growth • Reduced overhead costs
Isaac Kahugu and Alan Orth
Delivering science
Why unify? Until recently there was no institute-wide platform supporting ILRI’s data, computation, and research; efforts were often duplicated, leading to a mess of decentralized systems. Furthermore, the ad-hoc nature of the system limited the size and scope of projects we could undertake.
• Better tools • Better analysis • Faster results
What are we doing? Using the latest open-source “cloud” technologies we have built a strong, stable and secure foundation for institute-wide research. We are gradually incorporating aspects of legacy systems into the new platform.
Through unification we are…
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