By Mariam Abeeb
The management of Cosmopolitan University, Abuja has disclosed that the institution is set to adopt a supercomputer cluster to process satellite data that can support agricultural practices and develop serious artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
This was made known by the Vice – Chancellor of the varsities, at the first matriculation ceremony were no fewer than Fifty-four students inAbuja.
He explained that the process will also lead to the creation of other applications that require huge data storage and processing capabilities.
Adams noted that because supercomputers consume a lot of energy and produce heat that is not environmentally friendly, the university is designing its facilities to be zero-impact and carbon-neutral, using innovation from solar panels, heat exchange systems and thermo-electric generation.
The institution according to him, also intends to provide summer schools to students at other universities in Nigeria and across the globe to give them access to its satellite data-cube, AI resources and supercomputer cluster.
He said in line with the ethos of the university, it will open up access to its performance computing resources to other universities in Nigeria and to the wider business and government organisations.
The vice-chancellor said the institution will collaborate with the Nigerian satellite industry by providing them with extra resources and capability to make it a community resource for the good of the country.
Professor Adams, while charging the matriculating students to take advantage of the facilities and teaching professionals of the institution, told them and the parents gathered at the ceremony that the vision is to create the best university in Nigeria and the world.
In addition, the vice-chancellor said three universities’ libraries in the United Kingdom have already solicited copies of books that were written by eight members of the staff of Cosmopolitan University, as he described the institution as the place that writes the books that other universities use.
