[Ottawa, Ontario | December 4, 2017]
CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced a second Call for Proposals that invests in research software teams to adapt their existing research platforms to support researchers from other disciplines. Additional funding is available to support ongoing maintenance of the platform, the development of...
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As Compute Canada’s largest regional organization, WestGrid brings together computing facilities, research data management services, and a network of technical experts to meet the needs of today's researchers and lead the acceleration of research and innovation in Western Canada.
In 2016, WestGrid’s Member Council voted unanimously to move forward with incorporation to ensure the risk for the region is managed separately from Compute Canada, to adopt a governance...
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Calling all research students and post-docs — starting October 2, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) wants to hear how working in state-of-the-art facilities and with cutting-edge equipment has helped you and your research.
Show how CFI-funded infrastructure has opened opportunities for you, by tweeting an image or video of how you work with CFI-funded equipment or in a CFI-funded research...
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Applications for Compute Canada's Resources for Research Groups (RRG) Competition and the Research Platforms and Portals (RPP) Competition close Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 10:00 PM (EST).
How to Apply
Join Yussanne Ma, Bioinformatics Group Leader at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, for a one-hour webinar session on how next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies can be used in your bioinformatics and genomics research.
Wednesday, Nov 8
10:00 - 11:00 am Pacific
Click here to register...
On October 13, 2017, WestGrid hosted an online Community Town Hall to share the latest updates on RAC 2018 and provide a forum for users to ask questions about and give feedback on the next national system, GP4.
Discussion topics included:
Patrick Mann, WestGrid CTO and Lead of the Compute Canada RAC Technical Review process, will be hosting a RAC 2018 Office Hours session with other WestGrid Support Staff to answer any RAC questions you may have, including:
WestGrid Office Hours: RAC 2018
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Do you need MORE than is available to any researcher with a Compute Canada account via the Rapid Access Service?
Do you want to increase your chances of getting a larger allocation from Compute Canada's...
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As demand increases for more accessible and secure methods to archive and store research data, the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) is a step forward to answering the call.
The platform, a collaboration between Compute Canada, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), and CARL's ...
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The Practice & Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) annual conference series invites you to help shape the technical program of its upcoming PEARC18 event. Abstract proposals can be submitted via: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/pearc/
The opportunity to submit proposals will close at 10pm EST on Friday, December 1, 2017. Authors...
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