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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UBC prof nabs 100k prize for toddler language research
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There are just a few days left to register for CANHEIT-TECC 2018, Canada's largest gathering of higher education IT leaders and advanced research computing (ARC) experts. Hosted by CUCCIO, SFU, and Compute Canada, the event is taking place on SFU campus on Burnaby Mountain in Vancouver June 18-21 and features panel discussions, presentations, birds of a feather discussions, poster sessions, and keynote addresses....
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This June, WestGrid is hosting Research Computing Summer Schools at the University of British Columbia (June 11-14) and the University of Manitoba (June 25-28). Courses will explore...
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Compute Canada has announced its 2018 Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC) results and recipients. This year's RAC received the highest number of submissions in its history with 469 projects applying for an allocation — an increase of 15% over requests made in 2017. In Western Canada, 151 projects at WestGrid member and partner institutions received RAC...
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CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced a call for proposals for development of software tools to support a strong research data management (RDM) ecosystem in Canada.
The call for proposals supports the development of RDM software that encourages the adoption of RDM best practices, specifically the FAIR Principles, which state that research data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and...
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Join us for a one-hour webinar that looks at the basic features and capabilities of the Boost MPI library. This online presentation will be hosted by Patrick Mann, WestGrid's Director of Operations.
DetailsWednesday, May 09
10:00 - 11:00 am Pacific
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The Boost MPI library is of...
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VICTORIA, BC (25 April 2018) – Galaxy clusters are the largest objects in our universe. With masses comparable to a million-billion suns, they contain as many as 1,000 galaxies, vast amounts of dark matter, gargantuan black holes and X-ray-emitting gas that reaches over a million degrees Kelvin.
A dense concentration of galaxies is causing astrophysicists to question our understanding of how structures form in the universe. A study published in Nature journal today reports on a collection of galaxies observed when the universe was...
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