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August 5, 2018
August 4, 2018
WestGrid's quarterly newsletter is now available to read online. If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive WestGrid newsletters, sign up here.
Stories this month include:
- Researcher training needs continue...
August 3, 2018
On Friday, July 13, WestGrid hosted a summer Town Hall to share recent news and updates on WestGrid and Compute Canada advanced research computing activities in Western Canada. Topics included a look at the new Arbutus and Cedar expansions, results & feedback from recent user surveys, 2018 RAC & account renewal stats and updates about Compute Canada's national platform.
If you were unable to attend this session, you can view the archive materials below:
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July 13, 2018
Our next Community Town Hall is today Friday July 13. Join us for the latest updates on WestGrid and Compute Canada activities and news. This session is open to any members of the research community from all disciplines and departments.
Friday, July 13
9:00 - 10:00 am (Pacific Time)
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July 12, 2018
At a special awards evening during the CANHEIT-TECC 2018 conference, Compute Canada continued its tradition of celebrating and recognizing exceptional contributions and outstanding support of the Canadian research community. Two WestGrid team members, Masao Fujinaga and Kamil Marcinkowski, were among the 2018 winners of the Compute Canada Awards of Excellence.
L to R: Alain Veilleux...
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July 4, 2018
As part of a Women in HPC (WHPC) workshop at the Supercomputing 2018 conference, WHPC is inviting submissions from women to present their HPC work to the HPC community as a short/lightning talk. There will be the opportunity to meet with leading employers from across the HPC community and discuss your work with them.
We are encouraging women who consider themselves to be ‘early career’ (i.e. still studying or within five years of graduation) to participate,...
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July 4, 2018
Our ‘Users in the News’ series showcases and celebrates researchers who have recently made headlines, from local papers to international newswires.
Did we miss anything? Send your news to info@westgrid.ca.
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Canada to lead ‘coldbox’ technology for high-luminosity LHC upgrade with $10M from Government of CanadaJune 25, 2018, Vancouver Sun
The Canadian government is...
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June 18, 2018
CANARIE and Research Data Canada (RDC) are inviting researchers to tune into a webinar they are hosting on June 28, 2018 at 1:00 PM EST. Presented by James McGregor, Associate Director, Strategic Projects and Services, Public Knowledge Project (PKP), this webinar will focus on the GDPR as it applies to Canadian researchers and research organizations, informed primarily by the Public Knowledge Project’s understanding of the issue. ...
Read more... June 18, 2018
Join us for our next Community Town Hall on Friday July 13 for the latest updates on WestGrid and Compute Canada activities and news. This session is webstreamed live online and open to any members of the research community from all disciplines and departments.
Friday, July 13
9:00 - 10:00 am (Pacific Time)
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June 15, 2018
WestGrid user and University of Victoria researcher Falk Herwig and his collaborators have used Compute Canada Niagara supercomputer to simulate life of a star. A summary of their work was recently profiled in R&D magazine.
To understand a star’s structure, researchers simulate them on a supercomputer using complex hydrodynamics calculations over a long...
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