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May 2019 Town Hall recording and slides now available online

June 8, 2019

On Thursday, May 09, WestGrid hosted a Community Town Hall where our Director of Operations, Patrick Mann, shared a detailed breakdown of the 2019 Compute Canada Resource Allocation Competition results. The 2019 competitions received the highest number of requests in the RAC’s history, 507 applications, which is 8.1% more applications than 2018. Of the total recipients, 152 projects are based in Western Canada.

Other topics discussed at the WestGrid May Town Hall included:

  • some of the latest system activities and outages...
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We're hiring! WestGrid seeking an Executive Assistant - apply by June 14

June 7, 2019

WestGrid is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to take on the role of Executive Assistant. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 14.

The Executive Assistant provides administrative support to the Senior Management Team of four executives. He/she works under minimal supervision to support a distributed and diverse team, using collaboration tools such as cloud-based documents and videoconferencing technologies. Candidate will be required to travel for meetings, mostly within Western Canada.

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Scheduled maintenance for Arbutus cloud - 13 June

May 30, 2019

On Thursday, June 13, external network access to the Arbutus cloud will be interrupted for up to 30 minutes during a 1-hour network maintenance window from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (PDT). During this time, virtual machines on Arbutus will continue running.

If you have questions about this temporary outage, please contact support@computecanada.ca.

Live system status updates for Arbutus and all Compute Canada national systems can be viewed at any time at: ...

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WestGrid Research Computing Summer School coming to University of British Columbia June 24-27

WestGrid Research Computing Summer School University of British Columbia
May 29, 2019

For the third year in a row, WestGrid and the University of British Columbia (UBC) Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team are co-hosting a four-day Research Computing Summer School at UBC on June 24-27, 2019. This training event is targeted at researchers interested in building their knowledge and skills in using advanced research computing resources. (Note: A basic / working knowledge of Linux command line usage is required for most courses.)

Courses will explore topics in:

  • high performance computing (HPC) and parallel...
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New Mitacs business development & accounts management openings have arrived!

May 16, 2019

Mitacs is currently recruiting for a number of new Business Development and Accounts Managment roles across Canada.The positions will emphasize building and supporting relationships with indigenous communities and Mitacs' research education partners to strengthen Indigenous representation in academia and industry.

Four positions are available as part of this new initiative:

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WEBINAR RESCHEDULED: Tips & tools for mining Twitter data for research

WestGrid webinar May 2019 Twitter data
May 15, 2019

Unfortunately, due to an unforeseen conflict, we've needed to reschedule this week's Wednesday training webinar. To be notifed of the new date and time, please use the 'Register Online' link below to register for the session and you will be contacted once the new details are finalized. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and hope you are able to join us for the rescheduled session.

Details

Tips & tools for mining Twitter data for research
* NEW DATE & TIME TBC *
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New Career Opportunites at UPEI, USask & UBC

May 6, 2019

Several new positions are now available through our careers page!

Assistant to the Director - UBC, Vancouver, BC

This position provides executive-level support for the Director, Advanced Research Computing (ARC) as well as other senior management within the ARC office. As a primary contact for the ARC office, this position liaises with the University community, and with various levels in external agencies on behalf of the ARC office, and...

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WestGrid Research Computing Summer School coming to University of Calgary May 27-30

May 4, 2019

WestGrid is bringing its four-day Research Computing Summer School to the University of Calgary (UofC) on May 27-30, 2019, hosted in partnership with UofC Research Computing Services and the Schulich School of Engineering. This training event is targeted at researchers interested in building their knowledge and skills in using advanced research computing resources. (Note: A basic / working knowledge of Linux command line usage is required for most courses.)

Courses will explore topics in:

  • high performance computing (HPC...
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Meet Béluga: The latest supercomputer for Canadian researchers

Beluga Calcul Quebec Compute Canada
April 26, 2019

MONTREAL, QC, April 26, 2019 – Imagine a computer 300,000 times faster than a PC, and with 67,000 times more storage space. Such is Béluga, a supercomputer now serving Québec and Canadian researchers.

Located at the École de technologie supérieure in Montreal, Béluga was first made available at the beginning of April and is now the main high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure in the province.

“Not...

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Next WestGrid Community Town Hall: Thursday, May 09

April 25, 2019

Join us on Thursday, May 09 for our next Community Town Hall. Patrick Mann, WestGrid's Director of Operations, will share the latest updates from WestGrid and Compute Canada that have impacts on advanced research computing users in Western Canada. Attendees are welcome to ask questions on these and any other topics.

Our Town Halls are open to any WestGrid or Compute Canada user as well as members of the broader research and innovation community from all disciplines. Industry members are welcome too! You can join the session at any...

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