Compute Canada – Call for Nominations
The Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors for Compute Canada launched an open call for nominations to be considered for open volunteer positions on Compute Canada’s Board
Mark Hughes
Compute Canada offering 2 scholarship pairs to Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Compute Canada is offering two pairs of scholarships to Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2016. These will be awarded via a competition closing December 14, 2015. Submissions must include: The
EGI joins forces with Compute Canada to create global environments for shared e-infrastructure
The EGI Foundation and Compute Canada have signed an agreement to enhance collaborations within the international research communities. The joint work plan will define a model to federate computing resources
Place your bets at Compute Canada’s Pavilion at SC2015
Place your bets at Compute Canada’s Pavilion at SC2015 Heads up Limit Texas Hold’em Display Showcases World-Class Artificial Intelligence November 16, 2015, Austin, Texas – Compute Canada is hosting the
Mitacs and Compute Canada partner to support innovation in advanced research computing
Academic and industry researchers will join forces to foster R&D in Canada November 12, 2015, TORONTO, ON —Mitacs and Compute Canada are collaborating to support the development of advanced research
Neuroinformatics
Dr. Stephen Strother sets up neuroinformatics frameworks to speed up the translation of imaging neuroscience for clinical studies of brain disorders
National advanced research computing site selection results
Compute Canada and its regional partners (ACENET, Calcul Québec, Compute Ontario and WestGrid) are pleased to announce the institutions nominated to host national advanced research computing (ARC) systems in Compute Canada’s next round of infrastructure funding.
Canadians lead in transforming genomic data into knowledge to drive medical innovations
Compute Canada and CANARIE, two critical components of Canada’s national digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the launch of GenAP, a tool that enables Canadian researchers to easily access and use genomic data to advance our knowledge of human health and disease.
Compute Canada Offering Two Pairs of Scholarships to DHSI 2015
Compute Canada is offering two pairs of scholarships to the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2015. These will be awarded via a competition closing April 3, 2015.
Régis Pomès
The research group led by Régis Pomès, the largest user of Compute Canada resources, is improving the efficiency of molecular simulations. This work, which has led to multiple high-impact publications
Norman Murray
Norman Murray’s research seeks to understand galaxy, star and planet formations. His research is part of an international collaboration, which includes Berkeley and several other universities. http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~murray/ his research is
Michel Vetterli and Reda Tafirout
Two Compute Canada researchers, Michel Vetterli and Reda Tafirout, were involved in the search for the Higgs Boson, the famed ‘god-particle’ that was discovered on July 4, 2012. he discovery
Dave Risk
Dave Risk is responsible for the spinoff Forerunner Research Inc, a startup company whose invention monitors carbon dioxide and other gases in soil, and sends the information to remote computers.
Wagdi Habashi
Wagdi Habashi has created in-flight icing simulation software that is commercially available via a spin-off, Newmerical Technologies International, of which he is president. http://newmerical.com/profile/ his research is focused on the
Alan Evans
Alan Evans has reported that his spinoff, Biospective (a contract research organization that specializes in animal and human imaging), is a research outcome of Compute Canada. Dr. Evans has also
Steven Hallam
Steven Hallam is the founder of the spinoff MetaMixis, a synthetic biology company that uses its software technology to expedite small molecule production. http://genomics.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/training/entrepreneurial-education/lean-launch-pad/principal-investigator-steven-hallam-on-entrepreneurship-i-want-to-be-in-charge-of-my-own-destiny/ ith RAC support from Compute Canada,
Nicolas Moitessier
Nicolas Moitessier created a spin-off, Molecular Forecaster Inc., a company that offers highly specialized drug design and discovery computer programs that aim to make several aspects of drug discovery faster
Duane Cronin
Duane Cronin has filed a patent for a deformable energy-absorbing utility pole, which aims to make traffic and lighting poles safer and more stable in accidents. He is working with
Witold Krzymien
Witold Krzymien’s research, in collaboration with TELUS, aims to make cellular networks more efficient. His work has resulted in several patents being issued. http://ece.engineering.ualberta.ca/en/FacultyStaff/FacultyAcademic/WitoldKrzymien.aspx ver the past year, some of
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong is jointly appointed in the department of biological sciences and the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He identifies and develops novel applications made possible
Marius Paraschivoiu
Marius Paraschivoiu is a research chair on computational fluids dynamic at Concordia. His wind turbine research, supported by Compute Canada, aimed to create engineering guidelines to maximize the power obtained
Stephen Tullis
Stephen Tullis has created new industrial designs for the blades and valves used in the creation of wind turbines. His design improvements has increased power-generation performance by approximately 50 per
Ghislain Deslongchamps
Ghislain Deslongchamps’s research is in computer-assisted molecular design, a field that can lead to highly potent and specific drugs. His work has yielded the inventions of Reverse-Docking, a new method
Andrew Gerber
Andrew Gerber has developed Computational Fluid Dynamics software called EXN/Aero. It has been designed for submarine hydrodynamics and environmental ocean flows, and it is being sold by Envenio Inc, a
Michael Bowling
Michael Bowling is behind artificial intelligence software and poker game products that have played against top poker players. His research could lead to other powerful real-world impact. http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~bowling/ ames have
André Dieter Bandrauk
André Dieter Bandrauk, recently named Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to computational and theoretical chemistry, has pioneered a new field: attosecond science. http://www.usherbrooke.ca/medias/communiques/2012/mai/communiques-detail/c/18526/ dvances in modern
Christopher Beaumont
Christopher Beaumont has developed a numerical model called DOUAR, which addresses three-dimensional flow problems from the area of the earth’s crust to its mantle. This model, available online, enables researchers
Ping Liang
Ping Liang has created and made freely available software (pBWA) that can speed up large-scale analysis of personal genome data, which will lead to a better understanding of human genetics
Robin Gras
Robin Gras has created EcoSim, a freely available simulation of a predator-prey ecosystem. It can help better understand how human behaviour can affect ecosystems by predicting possible extinctions, the invasion
Christian Gagné
Christian Gagné aims to enable autonomic computing with the help of intelligent systems – systems that automatically learn, and whose algorithms evolve. His research has yielded two tools (SCHNAPS and
Martin Aubé
Martin Aubé has developed a new diagnostic model, ILLUMINA, to help track and control light pollution. http://cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca/~aubema/index.php/Prof/IllumEn his research is aimed at modeling radiative transfer in the atmosphere to characterize
Julie Forman-Kay
Julie Forman-Kay researches proteins that do not follow a fixed three-dimensional structure. The understanding of these proteins, called intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), is an important part of understanding diseases such
Richard Marchand
Richard Marchand’s research has produced a tool called PTetra to simulate low-orbit satellite interactions with plasma. Plasma, which can be found around spacecraft, is the fourth possible state of matter
Mallar Chakravarty
Mallar Chakravarty’s research group has developed new algorithms to help analyze large quantities of mental-health data, in the hopes of better understanding how the anatomy of the brain changes shape
Jacques Corbeil
Jacques Corbeil’s research is specifically focused on devising massively distributed software tools for the genomics community. He has created (and maintains) a parallel DNA sequencing tool called Ray, which is
Alain Rochefort
Alain Rochefort has created an in-house code that allows researchers in his group to conduct Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) imaging, which could lead to better performing electronics that take less
Chris Gray
Chris Gray conducts research on an antimicrobial peptide, which is considered a strong candidate for future antibiotic replacement. His work has the potential to affect drug discovery in this area.
Roger Melko
Roger Melko hopes to inform the design of new materials and information systems using Quantum Many Body Physics. His research has led to the development of numerous pieces of software
Sangyong Jeon
Sangyong Jeon’s research group has created one of the most advanced hydrodynamic simulation suites of in-house software: MUSIC. This software enables multiple Canadian researchers further our understanding of Quark-Gluon Plasma,
Paul Charbonneau
Paul Charbonneau seeks to model the sun’s cycle of magnetic activity, which will lead to a better understanding of the impacts of such activity on the environment and the communications
Michel Côté
Michel Côté’s research has the long-term goal of creating a revolutionary superconductor (a conductor with no resistance, which would have the ability to persist with no power source) that can
Dennis Salahub
Dennis Salahub aims to model complex systems in multiple disciplines (chemistry, physics, biology and material sciences) with the goal of using those models within complex environments to better understand how
Mikko Karttunen
Mikko Karttunen studies small-scale interactions of biomolecules. The results of this research will enable the discovery of future drugs and therapeutic targets for many diseases. Karttunen’s research has led to
Sergei Noskov
Sergei Noskov studies the transport across cellular membranes of ion and solute binding — a process that is not currently well understood and for which successful modelling could lead to
Clinton Groth
Clinton Groth has developed in-house software that solves fluid dynamics and combustion problems, with the goal of better understanding combustion and leading to more fuel-efficient and green engines. http://arrow.utias.utoronto.ca/~groth/ he
Peter Tieleman
Peter Tieleman conducts research in biological membranes, a field that could inform the design of drugs. He has developed a new analysis software for membrane simulations, which he has made
Holger Hoos
Holger Hoos has developed free-to-use, state-of-the-art software that includes ParaILS: a method for parameter tuning that has been used in dozens of academic and industrial applications. http://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/beta/Projects/ParamILS/index.html he results of
Seyed Moghadas
Seyed Moghadas’ research develops evidence-based decision models for protecting vulnerable Canadian populations from emerging infectious diseases. So far, it has yielded modelling software and a smartphone game system. http://abm-lab.yorku.ca/index.html his
David Pink
David Pink is a senior research professor in Physics at St. Francis Xavier University. He started his career 40 years ago, modelling biological membranes, which he quickly determined required computer
Michael Bowles
Michael Bowles is partnering with POS Biosciences to develop simulations that demonstrate and optimize the use of nano (very small) devices for the separation of particles based on size. These
Michael Eikerling
Michael Eikerling is collaborating with several fuel-cell (AFCC, Ballard) and automotive (Ford, Nissan) companies to create more efficient fuel cells. http://www.sfu.ca/chemistry/people/profiles/meikerli.html esearch in my “Theoretical Chemical Physics and Electrochemical Materials
Richard Karsten
Richard Karsten is hoping to support the establishment of a tidal-energy industry. He is conducting numerical simulations to estimate the power that could be extracted from certain sites in the
Scott Hopkins
Scott Hopkins’ research team is collaborating with AB SCIEX to apply a search methodology for accurately calculating nanocluster properties, which could lead to the development of new materials. https://uwaterloo.ca/hopkins-lab/people-profiles/scott-hopkins ur
Eric Laurendeau
Eric Laurendeau’s research is focused on the development of algorithms to study aircraft stability and control, in collaboration with Bombardier, which is doing the validation on the project. http://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour/en/article.php?no=4109 his
Tom Woo
Tom Woo develops new advanced materials for capturing CO2. Woo has created algorithms to virtually construct and simulate the carbon capture process in hypothetical materials, enabling him to focus on
Luc Mongeau
Luc Mongeau’s research focuses on simulations to reduce noise emissions from aircraft engines. He has worked with several companies, including Héroux-Devtek. He also works on biosimulations for wound healing. http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileID=2298
Man Kong Yau
Man Kong Yau is collaborating with Hydro Quebec to improve short-term forecasts of precipitation. This work can lead to better information about the impact of events such as hurricanes on
David Zingg
David Zingg’s research informs aircraft design by making it more fuel efficient. He is working with Bombardier, through a Green Aviation R&D Network (GARDN) initiative to make this a reality.
Andriy Kovalenko
Andriy Kovalenko’s research group puts the application of nanotechnology to problems of high industrial importance for Canada. His work includes collaborations with Imperial Oil in the hopes of developing improved
Luc Beaulieu
Luc Beaulieu works in medical physics, researching algorithms for the effective distribution of doses in radiotherapy (commonly used to treat cancer). He has worked with the radiotherapy company Elekta to
Jeffrey Bergthorson
Jeffrey Bergthorson has a collaboration with Rolls Royce Canada and Pratt & Whitney to develop advanced design tools for low-emission combustors (for power-generation and aviation). http://afl.mcgill.ca/cv/Bergthorson_JM_CV_website.pdf ur research on the fundamental
Yoshua Bengio
Yoshua Bengio, the NSERC-Ubisoft research chair, has developed an algorithm that has been applied in various aspects of video games: match-making, compression and generation of animations and modeling expressions on
Chandra Veer Singh
Chandra Veer Singh focuses on the computational design of materials for sustainable energy solutions. He has worked with Pratt & Whitney Canada on the computational modelling of strengths in aerospace
Astrophysics
Dr. Alexei Razoumov creates three-dimensional numerical models of galaxy formation, supernovae and other phenomena.
Computational Consulting
Ross Dickson is here to help researchers do their work faster, more effectively and more efficiently.
Literary Criticism
Dr. Susan Brown enhances digital tools to harness the power of computers for critical literary and historical research.
Astrophysical Visualization with Custom Scripts and yt
n these examples a diffuse part of the astrophysical radiative transfer code FTTE (fully threaded transport engine) was adapted to do ray tracing at an arbitrary angle through a volume
Visualization of Mixed (Particles + 3D) Data with ParaView
ecently we worked with Alena Antipova and Colin Denniston from the Department of Applied Mathematics at Western University to visualize a numerical simulation of the motion of a nickel nanodisk
MAX3D: Visualization of X-ray Diffraction Patterns in 3D
AX3D is an interactive tool designed to read a series of 2D diffraction images and provide a visualization of a solid volume of reciprocal space (the Fourier space of a
SPH visualization with volume rendering
his animation shows volume rendering of an SPH (smooth particle hydrodynamics) simulation of galaxy formation by Fabrice Durier (UVic) contaning 12 million particles, with dataset coloured by the density. The goal
Data Storage
Dr. Whitehead and Dr. Plumer use advanced computing to find new ways to pack more data storage into smaller spaces.
2014 NSERC Herzberg Medal winner
February 17, 2015 Compute Canada and ACNET provided the essential advanced research computing resources for the 2014 NSERC Herzberg Medal winner. Compute Canada would like to congratulate Dr. Axel Becke,
Health
Dr. Stacey Wetmore explores the reactions between DNA and various harmful chemicals to understand how DNA is damaged.
Optics
Dr. Zwanziger’s laboratory is developing new glassy materials with far-sighted implications.
Oceanography
Dr. Katja Fennel develops and applies realistic numerical models of the physical, chemical and biological changes occurring in coastal marine ecosystems
Condensed Matter Physics
Dr. Nikolas Provatas uses computer modelling and simulations to understand how to design better materials and products from the atomic scale up.
Humanities
Dr. Rockwell’s group develops tools that make it easier for scholars to identify patterns in texts of disciplines such as history, philosophy and literature.
Aeronautics
Dr. Fassi Kafyeke is finding ways to manufacture planes that are quieter, lighter and more fuel efficient.
HPCS 2015 – First call for papers
HPCS 2015, Canada’s pre-eminent forum for HPC, is now accepting Abstract Submissions (http://hpcs.ca).
Compute Canada Awards of Excellence
ave you thanked your local support for advanced research computing lately? Employed by your university, or one of Compute Canada’s regional partners such as ACEnet, Calcul Québec, Compute Ontario (SHARCnet,
2015 International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences
raduate students and postdoctoral scholars from institutions in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States are invited to apply for the sixth International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational
CFI’s Cyberinfrastructure Initiative Consultations
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) recently announced its much-anticipated Cyberinfrastructure Initiative, which earmarks $30 million in two tranches for the renewal and refresh of Compute Canada’s hardware infrastructure. Compute
Compute Canada’s Infrastructure Renewal Plan Consultations
As part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) cyberinfrastructure initiative, Compute Canada is invited to submit a proposal on behalf of the Canadian Advanced Research Computing community. This proposal
Big Ideas, Big Data: How genomics will change our world
enomics is the most dynamic, rapidly progressing field of science of the 21st century. But, already, the societal deliverables of this breathtaking field are moving beyond the wealth of information
Compute Canada demonstrates to parliamentarians how Canadians are transforming science and innovation using advanced research computing
From left to right: Duane Cronin, Darren Grant, Mohhamad Qadir, Dugan O’Neil, Senator Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Donald Hathaway, Minister of State Ed Holder, Mark Dietrich, Guillaume Bourque and Randall Martin. Click
Compute Canada awards more than $71 million in advanced computing competition to support world-class innovation and research
Spanning nearly every aspect of society — from designing new jet airplanes to treating diseases — advanced research computing is the backbone for research, discovery and innovation. Compute Canada supports world-class research, ranging from answering the profound questions of the universe to designing better automobiles.
New Compute Canada Service Enables Big Data Tools for National and Global Collaboration
Accelerating discovery and innovation with advances in digital infrastructure tools.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announces up to $50 million for new Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
OTTAWA, November 27, 2014 — The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launches a new initiative today aimed at helping Canada’s research community come together to integrate, share and analyze digital
HPCS 2015 – Save The Date!
HPCS 2015, hosted by Calcul Québec and Compute Canada will be held at the Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University, in Montréal, from June 15th to June 19th, 2015. Save
Compute Canada Resource Opportunities 2015
Compute Canada is proud to announce the new Resource Allocation Opportunities for 2015. Compute Canada’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC) resources are accessible to researchers at Canadian academic institutions and may
Compute Canada Annual General Meeting Set for Sept 18 in Toronto
On Thursday, September 18, Compute Canada will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to convene members and stakeholders to review its 2014 fiscal year and elect a new Board of
Compute Canada’s Call for Whitepapers for Sustainable Planning for Advanced Research Computing (SPARC)
An important message from Compute Canada to Canadian researchers and research communities. Further to the recent announcement for SPARC, Compute Canada is issuing a call for whitepapers addressing the future needs of specific
Over 100 people from 19 countries gain HPC skills at 5th International HPC Summer School
A total of 80 graduate students and post-docs—25% percent of them women—representing 28 nationalities and 5 continents were selected from more than five hundred applicants from educational and research institutions
BC Cancer Agency Genome Sciences Centre Becomes Newest Compute Canada Advanced Research Computing Site
(Vancouver, B.C.) – WestGrid and Compute Canada are pleased to announce a new partnership with the BC Cancer Agency’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre to support expansion of the Centre’s
Compute Canada Announces: Sustainable Planning for Advanced Research Computing (SPARC)
A national engagement of Canada’s research community to create a national forecast of advanced research computing, data storage and archiving requirements. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Compute Canada applauds and supports the
HPCS 2014: Accelerating Discovery Through HPC
From June 25 to 27, 2014, Canadian and international researchers across six disciplines will be talking about their discoveries using High Performance Computing (HPC) as part of HPCS 2014. Co‐hosted this
2014 Ontario Summer School on High Performance Computing
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, May 26-30 University of Toronto, Toronto, June 9-13 Carleton University, Ottawa, July 7-11 (Registration opening soon) The Ontario Summer School on High Performance and Technical Computing is an
Research Lab Spin-Off Company Uses HPC To Develop Improved Method for Diagnosing Childhood Cancers
Access to powerful computing resources supported by Compute Canada and WestGrid has enabled a Vancouver-based research lab to launch a spin-off company that is devising more cost-effective and timely testing techniques for
Canadian Leadership in Brain Research Driven by Access to High Performance Computing
The essential role supercomputing can play in supporting breakthrough discoveries and driving vital research was showcased recently through two exciting announcements involving McGill researcher and Compute Canada user Dr. Alan Evans.
Compute Canada & CANARIE Response to TC3+ Consultation Paper: “Capitalizing on Big Data: Toward a Policy Framework for Advancing Digital Scholarship in Canada”
In October 2013, Canada’s federal research granting agencies — the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health
Compute Canada Calcul Canada Appoints Mark Dietrich as President and CEO
Compute Canada Calcul Canada (CC) has appointed Mark Dietrich as President and CEO of the organization. He will assume his duties on April 1, 2014. “Mark has a proven track