To expand its Research Computing capabilities, The University of Manitoba is looking to enhance its Advanced Research Computing (ARC) Team with a new Cloud Computing Support Specialist.
The University's ARC Team provides local and national scientific and technical support expertise, takes part in user training, and participates in the management of the national systems through ComputeCanada National...
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Join us for a one-hour webinar on Wednesday, January 20 where we'll take an introductory look at workflows with Programmable Filter / Source in Paraview. This online presentation will be hosted by Alex Razoumov, WestGrid's Visualization and Training Coordinator.
DetailsWorkflows with Programmable Filter / Source in ParaView
Wednesday, January 20
10:00 - 11:00 am Pacific
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GPU Hackathons provide exciting opportunities for scientists to accelerate their AI research or HPC codes under the guidance of expert mentors from National Labs, Universities and Industry leaders in a collaborative environment. Simon Fraser University (SFU) has partnered with NVIDIA to host a GPU Hackathon February 22 to March 03 and is inviting all Canadian researchers and graduate students to participate. As a bonus, this is an exclusive opportunity to explore SFU’s Supercomputer Cedar infrastructure.
The deadline...
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Building on four successful years hosting a national Visualize This! Challenge, the Compute Canada Visualization Working Group is joining forces with IEEE to co-host the 2021 IEEE SciVis Contest, an international competition to create novel approaches and state-of-the-art visualizations that help domain scientists better understand challenging datasets.
The 2021 contest details were announced at the IEEE Vis 2020 Conference this...
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WestGrid runs training activities year-round and has expanded its online offerings to range from webinars to interactive workshops to multi-day Research Computing Shools. Mark your calendars for the upcoming online training activities we're planning for Winter/Spring 2021.
WebinarsRegistration for most of these sessions is now open (click on the titles to be taken to the registration forms), and our speakers will be finalizing the details of their topics closer to their sessions. ...
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On Friday, Dec 11, WestGrid hosted our last Community Town Hall of 2020 and we were pleased to host guest speaker Nizar Ladak, Chief Executive Officer, New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO).
Nizar provided an update on NDRIO's current activities, including the latest nation-wide effort to assess the needs of Canada’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) community. He also shared a forward look at the coming year's transition towards a single integrated ecosystem of Research Data Management, Advanced Research...
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Join us for a one-hour webinar on Wednesday December 09 where we'll look at working with spatial data in R. This online presentation will be hosted by Marie-Hélène Burle, WestGrid's Research Computing Training Assistant.
DetailsGIS with R
Wednesday, December 09
10:00 - 11:00 am Pacific
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Join us on Friday 11 December for our next WestGrid Community Town Hall. We're pleased to welcome the following guest speaker:
Nizar Ladak, Chief Executive Officer
New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO)
Nizar will provide an update on NDRIO's current activities, including the latest nation-wide effort to...
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Join us for a one-hour webinar on Wednesday November 25 where we'll look at the Topology Toolkit, a common tool used for efficient, generic, and easy Topological data analysis and visualization. This online presentation will be hosted by Alex Razoumov, WestGrid's Visualization and Training Coordinator.
DetailsThe Topology ToolKit
Wednesday, November 25
10:00 - 11:00 am...
Simon Fraser University is partnering with NVIDIA to offer a number of bootcamps and a hackaton events utilizing Cedar's supercomputing power. Cedar is one of five national systems Compute Canada deployed as part of one of the biggest advanced research computing renewals in Canada’s history.
In this Bootcamp, you'll learn: