Establishment of a unit of high computing at the University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Pr Oumarou SIE

• Prof. Dieudonné Joseph Bathiébo Burkina Faso (University of Ouagadougou)
• Prof. Hamidou TOURE Burkina Faso (University of Ouagadougou)
• Prof. Abdoulaye OUEDRAOGO Burkina Faso (University of Ouagadougou)
• Prof. Boubié GUEL Burkina Faso (University of Ouagadougou)
• Prof. Sado TRAORE Burkina Faso (Polytechnic University of Bobo Dioulasso)
• Prof. Théodore Marie Yves TAPSOBA Burkina Faso (Polytechnic University of Bobo Dioulasso)
• Dr Eric TRAORE Burkina Faso (International Institute for Water and
• Environment)
• Prof. Alain BUI France (Université de Versailles-St-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
• Prof. Eduard AYGUADE Spain (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

Université de ouagadougou
Unité de formation en sciences exactes et appliquées (UFR SEA)
Laboratoire de Traitement de l’Information et de la Communication (LTIC)
Tél. : + 226 50 30 70 64 / 65 Fax : + 226 50 30 72 42 Email : ltic@univ-ouaga.bf

This project aims to :
- equip the University of Ouagadougou with a computing unit which is part of sustainability;
- Develop research on computer algorithms and distributed applications;
- Expand the use of grid computing by teachers - researchers and students.

Short summary of activities
This project aims to solve the problem posed by the lack of efficient computational tools that allow teachers and
researchers from the University of Ouagadougou to carry out their scientific work in areas such as modeling and
simulation systems complex heat transfer, fluid mechanics, ... This involves the appropriation of modern tools
Grids are the most appropriate example in the context of the South. In fact, they belong to a modular approach in
terms of computing power and thus lend themselves more easily to the extension of this capability through the
establishment of a network of grid computing. Unfortunately, to date, such devices are very uncommon in the
South. One reason for this is less the financial implications that the lack of trained human resources and
knowledgeable. It intends to meet this challenge that this project and this, by placing himself in a sustainable
way. To do this, based at the Laboratory of Information Processing and Communication (LTIC) whose activities
are twofold. The first focuses on the study of algorithms and parallel architectures, is the initial field of
competence of the creator of this laboratory. In this framework, on the basis of a partnership with Prof. Eduard
AYGUADE the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, we have now begun to explore the scope for accelerating
scientific computing through the use of costly means such as the exploitation of parallelism of graphics
processors. Two memories of DEA are currently under preparation in this area and will lead to doctoral theses.
As to the second axis, it follows from the increasing importance of computer networks that is manifested through
their role as a factor in accelerating development. This theme focuses on the modeling of these networks to
increase their effectiveness and it also addresses their exploitation on distributed algorithms and applications.
Within this framework, the thesis of Mr. Ouedraogo Boukary currently underway under the joint supervision of
Professor Alain BUI and Oumarou SIE.

• The lecturers and researchers from Burkina Faso and the sub-region;
• Master's students of the University of Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso Polytechnic University;
• Research laboratories.
  

• Equipment (computers, servers, etc.); infrastructures communication and networking (bandwidth, power, air conditioning, etc..); offices;
  

• Workstations: 2 desktops and notebooks for different stakeholders;
• Servers (dedicated): nil;
• Communications Infrastructure and Networking: Network campus at 100 Mbps between buildings and backbone, campus backbone at 1 Gbps link to the Internet at 2 Mbps. 8 / 20;
• Air conditioned premises;
• Ability to host the grid at the Directorate for the Promotion of ICT (DPNTIC) which has a generator;

Human resources (teachers, researchers, students, other personal, etc.)

In Computer Science:

- Professor: Oumarou SIE;

- Masters Assistants: Memin Dandjinou, Michel SOME, Frédéric Ouédraogo ;

- Doctoral students:, Boureima ZERBO, Boukary Ouedraogo, Yacouba Ouattara, Télésphore

TIENDREBEOGO, Amadou Chaibou

Mathematics:

- Professors: Hamidou Toure, Theodore TAPSOBA, Sado Traore;

- Masters Assistants:, Abdramane GUIRO;

- PhD: Eric Traore;

Physics:

- Professors: Joseph Dieudonne BATHIEBO, Abdoulaye Ouédraogo, Zacharie KOALAGA;

- Assistants: Issaka Ouédraogo;

Chemistry:

- Assistant Professor: Boubié Guell.

Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

Bioinformatics, medecine