Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from institutions in Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States are invited to apply to participate in the 12th International HPC Summer School, to be
Montreal, December 14, 2021 – Calcul Québec’s Narval, the newest and most powerful supercomputer dedicated entirely to Canadian scientific research, is now available to researchers across Canada. This is a
Physicist Sajeev John received Herzberg medal for his groundbreaking research and fundamental advancements in confining and harnessing the flow of photons of light in a manner analogous to harnessing the
December 7, 2021 – Several leading Canadian and international organizations successfully tested large-scale data transfers at SC21, the world’s largest conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis. Led
Necessity fuels Dr. Nada Jabado’s research. Her lab decodes the genetic signature of brain tumors in children to young adults to find out why they occur and how to treat
The battery of the future will need to be efficient, safe, long-lasting, cheap, and ethically sourced. That’s a long list, but Jeff Dahn, a pioneer in the development of lithium-ion
On September 23, 2021 the Compute Canada Federation launched our annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC), a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to storage and compute resources beyond what can
Data is being generated, analyzed, and applied in every aspect of our lives – faster than ever before. The handling and management of data impacts everything from finance to healthcare,
Compute Canada’s annual Account Renewal season will run from May 5 to June 15, 2021. If you have an active account, you should receive an email notification directing you to
On March 16, 2021, award letters were issued to all applicants to the 2021 Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC). Allocations started on April 1, 2021, and are valid until the end
Molly Shoichet’s University of Toronto lab is working to identify drugs that will be more efficacious in treating cancer, promote functional repair in blindness through cell transplantation and decrease society’s
Portage’s Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) has officially launched into full production! Full production offers many new features and benefits: Publish research data in a Canadian-owned, bilingual national repository option
The discovery of how supercooled water switches from a high-density to a low-density liquid is “basic science” at this point, but it has wide-ranging implications for studies in a variety
Alberta-based virologist Michael Houghton received the 2020 Nobel Prize in medicine for his work — along with two American scientists — in identifying the virus that causes hepatitis C. Since
Pierre-Olivier Quirion is the switchboard operator at the centre of a consortium working to track COVID-19 strains in Quebec. This Rube-Golberg-like operation starts when a sample is swabbed from inside
When one thinks about computer science’s role in tackling COVID-19, it’s hard to imagine what it might be. Yet James Hughes is working on that very thing. The assistant professor
Professor Moulay Akhloufi didn’t expect to join the effort against COVID-19. And while it may be difficult to imagine X-rays and artificial intelligence helping in the face of a world-paralyzing
Spotlight On: Ian Lewis, Assistant Professor University of Calgary Department of Biological Sciences Ian Lewis has always worked to develop better ways to diagnose infectious diseases. His work always involves
Julie Hussin wasn’t thinking about taking on COVID-19 when she started looking at the data coming out of affected countries back in January. But this assistant professor of bioinformatics at
Professor Nicolas Moitessier describes his task as “finding a key that fits the lock,” except he wants to block the keyhole. His McGill chemistry lab is now a vital cog