Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
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| Established | 1988 |
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Field of research
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High Performance Computing, Multi-lingual Computing, Professional Electronics, Software Technologies, Health Informatics, Education |
| Address | Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune - 411 007, Maharashtra, India |
| Location | Pune, India (Headquarters) |
| Nickname | C-DAC |
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Operating agency
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Department of Electronics and Information Technology, India |
| Website | cdac.in |
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is a research and development organization under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India. The National Centre for Software Technology (NCST), ER&DCI and CEDTI were merged into C-DAC in 2003.[1][2]
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History
After being denied a Cray supercomputer by the United States in 1987 due to a fear of it being used for military purposes, India started a program to develop an indigenous supercomputer in collaboration with Russia.[3][4] Supercomputers were considered a double edged weapon capable of assisting in the development of nuclear weapons.[5] For the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency in the field, C-DAC was established by the Department of Electronics in 1988. Vijay Bhatkar was hired as the Director of C-DAC.[6] The project was given an initial run of 3 years and an initial funding of ₹30,00,00,000 as the same amount of money and time was usually expended to secure the purchase of a supercomputer from the US.[6] In 1990, a prototype was produced and was benchmarked at the 1990 Zurich Supercomputering Show (CONPAR 1990?). It surpassed most other systems, placing second after US.[6]
The final result of the effort was the PARAM 8000, which was installed in 1991.[7] It is considered India's first supercomputer.
Research activities
Originally established to research and assemble High Performance Computers, the research of C-DAC has spread to
- High Performance Computers
- Grid Computing
- Electronics
- Speech and Natural Language Processing
- Information and Cyber Security
- Ubiquitous Computing
- Bioinformatics
- Geomatics
- Digital forensics
Branches
C-DAC branches and training centers include:[8]
- C-DAC Pune (Headquarters)
- C-DAC Bangalore
- C-DAC Chennai
- C-DAC Delhi[9]
- C-DAC Hyderabad
- C-DAC Kolkata
- C-DAC Mohali
- C-DAC Mumbai
- C-DAC Noida
- C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram[10]
- C-DAC Silchar
Education and training
C-DAC provides several courses in the field of advanced computing and software development. Among these are the hpc certification course C-DAC Certified HPC Professional Certification Programme (CCHPCP).[11] CDAC organises advanced computing diploma programmes through the Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) located all over India. The PG Diploma courses include specialisations in Embedded System Design, VLSI, etc.[12]
Products and developments
- PARAM series of supercomputers
- Anvaya Workflows, a workflow environment for automated genome analysis.[13]
- Namescape, the search engine for the Aadhaar unique-ID project.[11]
- GARUDA, India's National Grid Computing Initiative[14][15]
- Bharat Operating System Solutions, a Linux-based general purpose operating system
- TaxoGrid, a grid-based molecular phylogenetics and drug discovery system[11]
- GIST, Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology
- DARPAN, a real time network monitoring, visualization and Service Level Agreement monitoring tool developed by C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram.[16]
- Punarjjani, a web based integrated assessment tool for mentally challenged children developed by C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram.[17]
Notable researchers and alumnus
- Vijay P. Bhatkar, founding director, recipient of Padma Bhushan award[18]
- Rajkumar Buyya, professor at Melbourne University, formerly worked as a Senior Scientist at C-DAC Bangalore[19]
- Srinivasan Ramani, contributed in bringing the internet to India in 1987 through the academic network ERNET,[20] served as an adviser on UN ICT Task Force, and was the first director of HP Labs, India[21]
- Sudhir P. Mudur, former director of C-DAC, current head of Computer Science Department, Concordia University.[22]
- T M Vijayaraman, head of Persistent Systems's research, formerly worked at C-DAC Mumbai.[23]
Notable awards and accolades
- Manthan Award 2013 for Mobile Tele-Ophthalmology Units,[24] e-safeT,[25] ONAMA.[26]
- Manthan Award 2012 for Interactive Museum,[27] Megh Sushrut,[28] National e-Governance Service Delivery Gateway.[29]
Project(s)
See also
References
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