Join us on Friday 05 February for our next WestGrid Community Town Hall. This month we'll hear from some of the innovative organizations in Western Canada who are working to enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise and Machine Learning (ML) applications within research and industry.

We're pleased to welcome the following guest speakers:

• Cam...

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...

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...

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...