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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