Other Committees

 

Resource Allocation Committee (RAC)

The Resource Allocation Committee is tasked with recommending allocations for the distribution of computing and storage resources on the WestGrid high performance computing network.

 

Seamus O'Shea (chair)
  University of Lethbridge
Dennis Salahub
  University of Calgary
John Chen University of Calgary
Noham Weinberg   University of the Fraser Valley / Simon Fraser University
Arif Babul
  University of Victoria
Stanimir Bonev
 Dalhousie University
Ryan Brinkman
 University of British Columbia
Bart Hazes
  University of Alberta
Guohui Lin University of Alberta
Andriy Kovalenko University of Alberta
Glen Marshall
 University of Alberta
Rob Simmonds WestGrid CTO

 

Non-Major Institutions Committee

The Non-Major Institutions Committee represents the WestGrid partner institutions, most of which joined the organization in April of 2006. (The Banff Centre is an original member.) These partner institutions span the four western Canadian provinces.

 

Keith Archer (chair)
The Banff Centre
Brian Menounos
University of Northern British Columbia
Brian Stewart
Athabasca University
Stacey Wetmore
University of Lethbridge
Mohamed El-Darieby
University of Regina
Randy Kobes
University of Winnipeg
Al Dunthorne
Brandon University
Brian Corrie
WestGrid Collaboration/Visualization Coordinator




Financial Committee


The Financial Committee handles all financial aspects of WestGrid.

 

Pat Nickel
Simon Fraser University
Judy Lew
Simon Fraser University
Martin Siegert Simon Fraser University
Reiko Andrew Simon Fraser University
Morie Der Simon Fraser University
Leeann Liew Simon Fraser University
Moses Lo
Simon Fraser University
Roman Baranowski    
University of British Columbia
Janet Lodge University of British Columbia
Jasmine Wong University of British Columbia
Sharon Wu University of British Columbia
Debra Anderson University of Victoria
Renee Poutissou TRIUMF
Shirley Reeve TRIUMF
Lynda Brulotte
University of Alberta
Andrea Smart University of Alberta
Trudy Smith University of Alberta
Neil Sulakhe
University of Alberta
Camille Sinanan University of Calgary
Sandra Jones University of Calgary
Jamie Day University of Calgary
Harold Esche University of Calgary
Beverly Evans University of Calgary
Luke Azevedo Banff Centre
Cindy Schatkoski Banff Centre
George Karras University of Lethbridge
Trevor Woods University of Lethbridge
Justine Driedger University of Saskatchewan
Marci Main University of Saskatchewan
Candace Nguyen University of Manitoba
Ellowyn Nadeau University of Manitoba
Jurgens Bekker University of Manitoba
Tracy Mohr University of Manitoba
Brian Corrie WesGrid
Norris Weimer WestGrid
Ken Hewitt WestGrid / Cybera
Caroline Nicholson
WestGrid / Cybera
Jill Kowalchuk WestGrid / Cybera

 

Senior Planning Committee (SPC)

The Senior Planning Committee ensures that WestGrid's HPC, collaboration and visualization infrastructure remains leading edge and responsive to constantly evolving users' needs.

 

Mark Thachuk (chair)   University of British Columbia
Peter Graham
  University of Manitoba
Martin Siegert
  WestGrid Site Lead
Rob Simmonds
  WestGrid CTO
Nikitas Dimopoulos
  University of Victoria
Michel Vetterli
  Simon Fraser University
Jill Kowalchuk  WestGrid CAO
Gino DiLabio  University of Alberta
Sergei Noskov
 University of Calgary

 

 

User Needs Committee (UNC)

The User Needs Committee ensures that WestGrid stays in touch with evolving users' needs and the ever-changing demands of the research community.

 

Peter Graham (chair)
  University of Manitoba
Larry Custead
  University of Saskatchewan
Peter Kusalik
  University of Calgary
Paul Lu
  University of Alberta
Joerg Rottler
  University of British Columbia
Dugan O'Neil
  Simon Fraser University
Randy Sobie
  University of Victoria
Brian Corrie
  WestGrid Collaboration / Visualization Coordinator
Norris Weimer
  WestGrid Director of Operations
Ken Hewitt
  WestGrid CEO

 

Technical Planning Committee (TPC)

Raymond Spiteri
      WestGrid Executive Representative
Randy Sobie       WestGrid Executive Representative
Norris Weimer       WestGrid Director of Operations
Rob Simmonds       WestGrid CTO
Colin Leavett-Brown       University of Victoria
Roman Baranowski
      University of British Columbia
Martin Siegert
      Simon Frasier University
Waldemar Lysz
      University of Alberta
Paul Wellings
      University of Calgary
Jason Hlady
      University of Saskatchewan
David Anthony Wyatt
      University of Manitoba

 

Collaboration / Vizualization Steering Committee (CVSC)

The WestGrid Collaboration and Visualization Committee is the focal point for collaboration and visualization research, infrastructure and services within WestGrid. The goal of this committee is to provide an advanced collaboration and visualization infrastructure to the computational scientists in the WestGrid community.

 

Brian Corrie (chair)
WestGrid / Simon Fraser University / IRMACS
Lyn Bartram
Simon Fraser University
Kellogg Booth
University of British Columbia
Mark Thachuk University of British Columbia
Nikitas Dimopoulous University of Victoria
Randy Sobie University of Victoria
Pierre Boulanger
University of Alberta
Larry Katz University of Calgary
Ray Spiteri
Univeristy of Saskatchewan
Jason Hlady University of Saskatchewan
Byron Southern University of Manitoba
Jonatan Aronsson University of Manitoba
Brian Stewart Athabasca University
Al Dunthorne Brandon University
Trevor Woods University of Lethbridge
Mohamed El-Darieby University of Regina
Jill Kowalchuk WestGrid CAO