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Informaticiens Sans Frontieres: Helping to bridge the Digital Divide

Silvano De Gennaro · CERN

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ISF was formed as a CERN club during the World Summit for the Information Society, in Geneva, in 2003. Today we are involved in a number of international projects aimed to helping Africa bridge the Digital Divide, as well as using computing power (BOINCs) in the research against Malaria, or creating GRIDs that could allow African universities to join us in scientific research projects such as the LHC. Our latest project, named MANGO Net, is aimed at capacity building, by creating a network of computer assembly schools across the continent, which would form hardware and software technicians, create assembly centres, and lay the foundation for a future IT industry. ISF est né comme un club du CERN, en 2003, pendant le Sommet Mondiale de la Société de l'information à Genève. Aujourd'hui nous participons à plusieurs projets avec le but d'aider l'Afrique à reduire la Fracture Numérique, ou de fournir de la puissance de calcul (BOINC) à la recherche contre le Paludisme, ou en créant des GRIDs qui pourraient permettre aux universités africaines de se joindre à nous dans des projets de recherche comme le LHC. Notre dernier projet, appelé MANGO Net, a comme but la création d'un reseau d'écoles d'assemblage d'ordinateurs à travers le continent, qui vont former des téchniciens compétents, créer des centres d'assemblage, et ainsi jeter les fondations pour le développement d'une industrie Informatique à venir. La presentation sera en Anglais, mais avec interventions en Français.

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  1. Informaticiens Sans Frontieres: Helping to bridge the Digital Divide 2009-06-29 · 1 h 39 min · CERN's player

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Institution
CERN
Department
Informaticiens Sans Frontieres
Speaker
Silvano De Gennaro
Year
2009
Language
English
Source
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