DOST- ASTI Initiatives on the Development of Monitoring Stations and Application of Satellite Technology in Philippine Agriculture Alvin E. Retamar Chief Science Research Specialist Advanced Science and Technology Institute Department of Science and Technology
The Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) www.asti.dost.gov.ph
About ASTI Created in 1987 as one of the seven (7) Research and Development Institutes (RDI) of the Department of Science and Technology (EO 128) Focus on ICT and microelectronics research & development and technology transfer
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Source: rappler.com Food Security Inclusive Growth Contribute to GDP
The Importance of Technology and Research Source: rappler.com
Challenges in Ph Agriculture Source: rappler.com Climate Change???
an average 20 typhoons per year visit the Philippines The Philippines source: wunderground.com
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Data is the new Oil
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BSWM AWS Project Establishment of Agro- Meteorological Stations in Highly Vulnerable Agriculture Areas: A Tool for Climate Change Adaptation and in the Development of Local Early Warning System (BSWM AWS) Project Produce 153 Agromets Develop database and visualization system
BSWM AWS Project
BSWM AWS Project
Advanced Remote Data-Acquisition unit (arq) Gathers data from the sensor Locally developed and produced Sends data through GSM and satellite Includes two LiPo Supports wide range of hardware communication protocol Customizable and flexible Approved industrial property model
Visualization (agromet.da.gov.ph)
Visualization (agromet.da.gov.ph)
Visualization (agromet.da.gov.ph)
Visualization (agromet.da.gov.ph)
Challenges Transportation and Logistics Maintenance Theft and vandalism Pests Social and political situation Communication facilities
Data, data, data from many other sources
ULAT - Lightning Detection Network 5 km 30 km
PHL-Microsatellite Program (DIWATA Constellation) ASTI as the de facto Ph space agency
Diwata-1 Kompsat-3 Kompsat-5 Diwata-2 WorldView-1 WorldView-2 WorldView-3 WorldView-4 GeoEye-1 Cosmo-Skymed Dove Constellation
From Data to Information Flood extent extraction using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in Nueva Ecija (Kompsat-5)
Flood and Landslide Assessment of Biliran Island (Typhoon Urduja December 13-23, 2017) (Dove Constellation) December 18, 2017
Sugarcane Monitoring
Sugarcane Monitoring
Rice Monitoring
ASTI Labeling Machine (ALaM) Unsupervised learning on satellite images ALaM data (labeled images, loc-obj files, etc.) Example end-use* Methods for applications Application (e.g., road management) Algorithms / Heuristics Ave traffic: Light to moderate Road condition: Good Potential hazard: Tree (Up-Left)
Advanced Science and Technology Institute Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI) STORING, COMPUTING AND ACCESSING THE DATA
ASTI Sensor Data No. of Records: ~115 M or 361 GB HPC Data 81 TB Project NOAH Data 1.2 GB (right now using Science Cloud) NOAH-WISE Data 194 GB PAGASA Data 9.5 TB Data Dat a Multiple Data Integration 3000 Rice Genomes Project (3kRG): 132 TB Dat a Data Upcoming (2 nd Qtr): PEDRO Data: 3 TB (annually) LiDAR Data: 104 TB NASA Data: 12 TB CERN Data: 3.12 GB Compute Storage Cloud
PREGINET The Philippines REN Operating for nearly 2 decades Connected to major international RENs (APAN, TEIN) What are RENs? Develop networking capacity to support Research and Education Build a community that is a forum for collaboration Roll out of next generation high-speed network services (e.g. IPv6) Testbeds for Innovations
PREGINET The Philippines only REN Operating for nearly 2 decades Connected to and an active member of major international RENs (APAN, TEIN) What are RENs? Develop networking capacity to support Research and Education Build a community that is a forum for collaboration Roll out of next generation services (e.g. IPv6) Testbeds for Innovations
Advanced Science and Technology Institute Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI) SUMMARY
ASTI Science Infrastructure Sensor Network Disaster Management Climate & Numerical Modeling Weather Forecasting Agri Research Telemedicine Remote Sensing and Data Science (DATOS) ASTI Labeling Machine (ALaM) Societal Applications Computing and Archiving Research Environment (CoARE) High Performance Computing and Data Repository Philippine Research, Education and Government Information Network (PREGINET) High-speed Network
Responding to Operational Needs Satellite-related initiatives DOST-ASTI Philippine Earth Data Resource and Observation Center (PEDRO) Development of the Philippine Microsatellite Program (PHL- Microsat) HPC, Storage and Cloud Facility Computing and Archiving Research Environment (CoARE) Stakeholders Data Science, GIS and Remote Sensing Processing and R&D PHIVOLCS PAGASA NAMRIA NDRRMC DBM Others Remote Sensing and Data Science (DATOS) Helpdesk
Thank You Contact: Alvin E. Retamar (ning@asti.dost.gov.ph) Website: www.asti.dost.gov.ph