Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

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Coordinates: 18°33′06″N 73°49′26″E / 18.551747°N 73.823750°E / 18.551747; 73.823750

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
File:C-DAC LogoTransp.png
Established1988; 31 years ago
Field of research
High Performance Computing, Multi-lingual Computing and Heritage Computing, Professional Electronics, Software Technologies, Health Informatics, Education
DirectorMagesh Ethirajan,[1]
Director General
AddressPune University Campus,
Ganesh Khind,
Pune - 411 007,
Maharashtra, India
LocationPune, India (headquarters)
NicknameC-DAC
Operating agency
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
Websitewww.cdac.in

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is an Indian autonomous scientific society, operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.[2]

History[edit]

CDAC was created in November 1987,[3] initially as the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Technology (C-DACT).[4][3] In 1988, the US Government refused to sell India a Cray supercomputer due to concerns about India using it to develop nuclear weapons.[5] In response, India started development of its own supercomputer and C-DAC was created as part of this programme.[6][7]

Dr Vijay Bhatkar was hired as the Director of C-DAC.[7] The project was given an initial run of three years and an initial funding of 30,00,00,000, the cost of a Cray supercomputer.[7]

A prototype computer was benchmarked at the 1990 Zurich Super-computing Show. It demonstrated that India had the second most powerful, publicly-demonstrated , supercomputer in the world after the United States.[7][8]

The final result of the effort was the PARAM 8000, released in 1991.[9] It is considered to be India's first supercomputer.

The National Centre for Software Technology, Electronic Research and Development Center and CEDTI were merged into C-DAC in 2003.[10][11]

Research activities[edit]

Originally established to research and assemble High Performance Computers, the research of C-DAC now includes:

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Branches[edit]

C-DAC branches and training centers include:[12]

Education and training[edit]

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).[13] C-DAC organises advanced computing diploma programs through the Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) located all over India.[14] The PG Diploma courses include

C-DAC has also established Centres of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) abroad under the Ministry of External Affairs' s development partnership projects.[15]

Products and developments[edit]

Notable researchers and alumnus[edit]

Notable awards and accolades[edit]

Project(s)[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. "C-DAC Memorandum of Association". cdac.in/index.aspx?id=pdf_moa_16. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sinha, P. K.; Dixit, S. P.; Mohanram, N.; Purohit, S. C.; Arora, R. K.; Ramakrishnan, S. (2004). "Current state and future trends in high performance computing and communications (HPCC) research in India". Proceedings. 10th IEEE International Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, 2004: 217–220. doi:10.1109/FTDCS.2004.1316619. ISBN 0-7695-2118-5. S2CID 47348115.
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  6. Beary, Habib (1 April 2003). "India unveils huge supercomputer". BBC News. India began developing supercomputers in the late 1980s after being refused one by the US.
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  8. Pal, Sanchari (13 January 2017). "The Little Known Story of How India's First Indigenous Supercomputer Amazed the World in 1991". The Better India. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  9. Rajaraman, V. (1999). Super Computers (1st ed.). Universities Press. p. 75. ISBN 9788173711497. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
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  11. "New domain name registration policy soon". The Economic Times. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  12. Unless otherwise indicated, sourced from C-DAC: Contact (cdac.in)
  13. "C-DAC launches country's first HPC certification in high performance computing". The Times of India. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2008. The certification will be called the 'C-DAC Certified HPC Professional Certification Programme' (CCHPCP) and the exam will be conducted online every quarterly, on the lines of software programming certifications. There won't be any eligibility requirements to appear for the certification, and the paper will contain objective questions.
  14. "C-DAC launches technical courses for students | Patna News". The Times of India. 22 September 2021.
  15. "Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) | Namibia University of Science and Technology". www.nust.na. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  16. "PARAM 8000: The Incredible Story of India's First Supercomputer". India Today. 13 August 2021.
  17. "IIT Madras, CDAC jointly develop microprocessors". ETTelecom.com. The Economic Times. 18 August 2020.
  18. Bengrut, Dheeraj (30 March 2022). "C-DAC Pune to launch three new security products". Hindustan Times.
  19. "Govt keen to develop, strengthen own mobile app store: Ravi Shankar Prasad". Business Standard India. 18 March 2021.
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  21. Limaye, Bhakti; Banerjee, Ruma; Datta, Avik; Inamdar, Harshal; Vats, Pankaj; Dahale, Sonal; Bhandari, Alok; Ramakrishnan, E. P.; Tupakula, Rajnikanth; Malviya, Sandeep; Bayaskar, Avinash (2012). "Anvaya: a workflows environment for automated genome analysis". Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. 10 (4): 1250006. doi:10.1142/S0219720012500060. ISSN 1757-6334. PMID 22809419.
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