Applying The Grid: Landslide Modeling for Risk Reduction in Developing Countries

该项目将首次为滑坡建模建立大规模资源供应和复杂的数据挖掘，用于降低风险。它将stfc开发的网格软件与边坡水文和岩土工程领域成熟的尖端软件结合在一起。这项技术将使参与发展中国家国家基础设施和风险管理项目的工程师和规划人员能够有效地预测和减轻滑坡风险，而无需对大型复杂的本地计算设施进行大量投资。降雨量大的发展中国家在评估和管理与灾难性山体滑坡有关的风险方面面临重大问题。这对公路建设和修复等发展活动尤其重要，这些活动占世界银行贷款的10%。布里斯托尔地理科学学院开发了最先进的滑坡建模软件，作为许多国家重大项目的一部分，该软件已成功地用于解决这些问题。最近与布里斯托尔粒子物理小组的合作已经允许这个软件通过一个基本的门户网站在国际上使用，增加了它在发展中国家的可用性。我们建议继续并扩大这种合作，应用stfc开发的网格计算技术来构建健壮的商业级建模服务的第一次迭代。在为大型强子对撞机（LHC）实验开发网格数据处理系统方面获得的独特经验将使我们能够快速演示这种服务。其目的是为数百个用户提供滑坡风险分析的建模设施，并允许安全可靠的存储、查询和检索结果。因此，这个项目将给国际发展项目带来直接和实质性的利益，在这一领域的建模能力方面提供一个阶梯式的变化。它还将成为STFC网格技术应用于现实世界问题的一个引人注目的范例，为未来的商业化打开大门。仅在地理科学领域，这种技术的商业应用就有许多可能的途径；例如，为英国保险业和规划当局提供安全的洪水建模服务。一个成熟的工业合作伙伴，布里斯托尔创新软件销售有限公司（BISSL），已经在销售滑坡建模软件，并将提供与相关行业的联系和获得股权种子基金的途径。BISSL将参加每月的项目团队会议，以确保开发项目继续满足市场需求。布里斯托尔大学将通过HPC项目提供启动计算资源。

This project will, for the first time, establish large scale resource provisioning and sophisticated data mining for landslide modeling for use in risk reduction. It couples STFC-developed Grid software with proven, cutting-edge software in the field of slope hydrology and geotechnics. This technology will allow engineers and planners involved in national infrastructure and risk management projects throughout the developing world, to effectively predict and mitigate landslide risk without substantial investment in large and complex local computing facilities. Developing countries with high rainfall face major problems in the evaluation and management of risk associated with catastrophic landslides. This is particularly relevant for development activities such as highway construction and rehabilitation, which constitute 10% of World Bank loans. The Bristol School of Geographical Sciences has developed state-of-the-art landslide modeling software that has been successfully used in addressing these issues as part of major projects in a number of countries. A recent collaboration with the Bristol Particle Physics group has allowed this software to be used internationally via a basic web portal, increasing its availability in the developing world. We propose to continue and expand this collaboration, applying STFC-developed Grid computing technology to build the first iteration of robust commercial-grade modeling service. The unique experience gained in the development of Grid data processing systems for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments will allow us to rapidly demonstrate such a service. The aim is to provide modeling facilities for analysis of landslide risks to hundreds of users, and allow secure and robust storage, querying and retrieval of results. This project will thereby bring direct and substantial benefits to international development projects, providing a step change in modeling capabilities in this field. It will also act as a high-profile exemplar for the application of STFC Grid technology to a real world problem, opening the door to future commercialisation. There are many possible routes for commercial use of this technology in the geographical sciences area alone; for instance, the provision of secure flood modeling services to the UK insurance industry and planning authorities. An established industrial partner, Bristol Innovations Software Sales Ltd (BISSL), already markets the landslide modeling software and will offer a route to contacts in relevant industries and access to equity seed funding. BISSL will participate in the monthly project team meetings to ensure the developing project continues to address market needs. The University of Bristol will provide startup-computing resources provided via the HPC project.