Theoretical physicist and Compute Canada Federation user Sajeev John has received Canada’s highest science and engineering honour, the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal. John is receiving the award for his groundbreaking research
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
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
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
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
The University of Victoria (UVic) and Compute Canada are turning the power of Arbutus, Canada’s largest scientific cloud, toward the task of analyzing the protein structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus,
On September 23, 2020, we will launch our annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC), a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to storage and compute resources beyond what can be obtained
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
Canada’s research community is mobilizing to help address the current COVID-19 crisis and the Compute Canada Federation (CCF) has an important role to play in supporting this #ResearchForGood. If
Are you a leader, innovator, researcher, or academic? Do you want to help build an inclusive and diverse HPC community? Join host Simon Fraser University for a one-of-a-kind Summit celebrating
UCalgary led study discovers a link between sleep and brain health after spinal cord injury by Kelly Johnston, Cumming School of Medicine A new study led by a University of
Calcul Québec inaugurates a cutting-edge supercomputer to boost research performance MONTREAL, QC, April 26, 2019 – Imagine a computer 300,000 times faster than a PC, and with 67,000 times more
The advent of optical character recognition software has created an explosion of online texts available for readers. Witness the success of the Google Books initiative that has already scanned and
In terms of impact and sheer numbers, microbes dominate our planet. The tiny single-celled organisms invisible to the naked eye live everywhere on Earth – in the atmosphere, the earth’s
Jason Masuda has something in common with the alchemists of old. But instead of trying to turn lead into gold, he’s building substances that have never been seen on Earth
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
Photo: Nizar Ladak, President and CEO, Compute Ontario; Dr. Richard Peltier, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Physicist, University of Toronto; Minister Reza Moridi, Ministry of Research Innovation and Science; Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte,
Compute Canada launched its annual Awards of Excellence to recognize exceptional contributions made by the advanced research computing experts that help Canada’s research community achieve bigger, better and faster results.
Toronto, ON – Feb 27, 2018 – Compute Canada applauds the federal government for its budget announcement today that will provide a critical investment of $572.5 million over five years
Compute Canada is offering five scholarships to the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2018. These will be awarded via a competition closing March 8, 2018. Submissions must include: The name
University of Toronto’s high-performance computing unit SciNet is offering 10 expenses-paid scholarships to Canadian graduate students and postdoctoral scholars for the ninth International Summer School on High-Performance Computing (HPC)
On January 18, 2018, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a commitment of $2.2 million to Compute Canada and regional partner WestGrid to support the delivery of advanced research computing resources,
Toronto, Ontario – January 17, 2018 – Today, Compute Canada launched the Canadian Bioinformatics Helpdesk (https://bioinformatics.computecanada.ca/). This online community forum is free and aims to provide support for a wide-range
Compute Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Robbin Tourangeau as Interim President & CEO. Ms. Tourangeau recently served as the Founding Executive Director of the Leadership Council on
WestGrid, a regional partner of Compute Canada, has announced the winners of the 2017 Visualize This! competition with first place going to Jarno van der Kolk, a postdoctoral researcher from
Compute Canada is offering two pairs of scholarships to Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2018. These will be awarded via a competition closing February 8, 2018. Submissions must include: The
Toronto, Ontario – November 16, 2017 – Just over two years ago, gravitational waves generated from a 1.3 billion-year-old collision of two black holes were observed for the first time
(From left: Greg Newby, Compute Canada’s CTO and Tom Tabor, CEO of Tabor Communications, publisher of HPCwire) Denver, Colorado — November 15, 2017 — Compute Canada has been recognized in the annual
Toronto, Ontario – October 17, 2017 – Compute Canada is pleased to announce the election of new directors to the board, including Dr. Susan Brown, Dr. Jacques Corbeil, Robert Dunlop,
Compute Canada’s annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC) opened October 3 and will close November 16, 2017. These competitions are open to all researchers based at Canadian academic institutions who are
Compute Canada’s Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) Team had a busy summer participating in three major events held across Canada. The first, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
June 5, 2017, Kingston, ON -– Mark Dietrich, President and CEO at Compute Canada, announced the recipients of the 2017 Compute Canada Awards of Excellence. These awards recognize outstanding support
Photo: Mark Dietrich, president and CEO of Compute Canada, helps celebrate the launch of Graham. WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, May 5, 2017) — The University of Waterloo, Compute Canada and Compute
Each year, the Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC) process becomes more competitive as demand for Compute Canada’s resources grows. The 2017 competition received the highest number of applications to date, with
(L-R Back Row) SFU President Andrew Petter; UofA Researcher Dr. Robert Wolkow; CSO of Compute Canada and SFU Physics Professor Dr. Dugan O’Neil; CEO of Compute Canada Mark Dietrich; SFU
TORONTO, ONTARIO, March 15, 2017 — Compute Canada and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) announced today that they will provide a tool to facilitate and encourage
Photo: Nobel Laureate Dr. Arthur McDonald Toronto – January 27, 2017 – World-class Canadian researchers, including Nobel Laureate Dr. Arthur McDonald, have joined forces to raise awareness of how essential
The University of Alberta’s Robert Wolkow and Taleana Huff are patterning and imaging electronic circuits at the atomic level. (Credit: John Ulan for the University of Alberta.) EDMONTON, February 13,
Toronto, ON – January 20, 2017 – Compute Canada launched its annual Awards of Excellence to recognize exceptional contributions made by the advanced research computing experts that help Canada’s research
Toronto, Ontario – January 9, 2017 – The Canada Foundation for Innovation announced today its award of $69,455,000 through its Major Science Initiative Fund for the Compute Canada project. This
Photo: Massive calculations done on the CANFAR platform using large datasets from the CADC helped guide the first close spacecraft encounter with Pluto. Enhanced astronomy “virtual observatory” to benefit Canada’s larger
Toronto, Ontario – November 30th, 2016 – Dr. Christopher Loomis has been selected as Chair of the Board of Directors for Compute Canada. Compute Canada is the national organization that
Salt Lake City, November 17, 2016 – Several leading Canadian and international organizations have successfully tested a next-generation, ultra-fast data transfer at SC16, the world’s largest supercomputing conference. Led by
November 17, 2016, Ottawa – The International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) announced a collection of 41 coordinated papers now published by scientists from across the globe. These papers represent the
November 11, 2016 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Compute Canada is leading the development of a robust federated national advanced research computing platform. The Canada Pavilion at the
Today Compute Canada launched its annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC), a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to Compute Canada’s advanced research computing resources. The two competitions — the
By Mark Dietrich, President and Chief Executive Officer, Compute Canada In the world of science, we already know that many of the problems we face are already too big for
(L-R) Senator Kelvin Ogilvie, Hon. Geoff Regan, Speaker of the House, and Mark Dietrich, CEO of Compute Canada On October 17, 2016 researchers from across Canada joined the
Dr. Peg Williams, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Cray OTTAWA, ONTARIO, October 17, 2016 — Over 50 participants from across Canada came together for an event in
Are you considering applying to one of Compute Canada’s Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC)? Or, are you wondering if there are other ways to access Compute Canada resources to support
Compute Canada’s Annual Report 2015-2016 “Supercomputing: Innovation’s Infrastructure” is now available. Please take a moment to read about our accomplishments of this past year, and learn more about how Compute
Data Storage Solution will enhance national research and discovery capabilities and promote collaboration Toronto, August 24th, 2016. Compute Canada in partnership with its member institutions announced the results of
June 26, 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia – Ten students from across Canada began the one week International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences in Ljubljana, Slovenia, courtesy of Compute Canada. This
Demand for advanced research computing resources exceed currently available capacity in Canada. Compute Canada’s plans to meet this growing and evolving need were the focus of a June 21 Town
A software framework for building a scalable national research data repository was recently demonstrated at the CANHEIT|HPCS 2016 conference in Edmonton, Canada. The development team is working under a partnership
Women take centre stage at Compute Canada conference A lack of skilled workers is the biggest challenge facing high performance computing globally. Compute Canada is responding with a national
Women in HPC: CANHEIT | HPCS 2016 An urgent skills shortage in high-performance computing and information technology combined with a massive shift in workforce demographics is impacting how corporations and institutions recruit. Techniques
From left to right: Lesley Shannon, Lucille De Haitre, Gráinne McElroy and Megan Meredith-Lobay The face of advanced research computing is changing. This year’s Compute Canada conference included more female
CANHEIT | HPCS 2016 A conference of many firsts for Compute Canada and CUCCIO Compute Canada’s annual conference, “High Performance Computer Symposium”, featured several firsts for Canada’s largest gathering of campus IT leaders
From left to right: Brian Stewart, Laura Castro de la Guardia and Dan St. Germain Two University of Alberta-led research projects that used mathematical simulations to provide a critical window
Last year in a world first, researchers at the University of Alberta made global headlines with a computer program that plays an essentially perfect game of heads-up limit Texas hold’em
When Megan Meredith-Lobay was doing her PhD, she could have used some of the advanced research computing services she now offers through her day job. If only she’d known what
Compute Canada Bibliometric Analysis Informed by the collection of CVs from more than 2,300 Canadian faculty members who are active Compute Canada (CC) users, Compute Canada has embarked on an
What do you get when you combine the tiny Raspberry Pi computer with some highly creative young inventors? As 35 youngsters from Grades 6-8 discovered, the possibilities are as limitless
June 26, 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia – Ten students from across Canada began the one week International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences in Ljubljana, Slovenia, courtesy of Compute Canada. This
From left to right: Dugan O’Neil, Weiguang Guan, Maxime Boissonneault, Minh-Nghia Nguyen, John Simpson and Mark Dietrich June 21, 2016, Edmonton, AB -– Mark Dietrich, President and CEO at Compute Canada
Edmonton, AB (June 20, 2016) – Canadian science that uses advanced research computing (ARC) is having a bigger impact globally than the world average, according to a new study released
June 20, 2016, Edmonton – Joining together for the first time under one roof, CANHEIT|HPCS combines two annual national conferences, CANHEIT, under the direction of CUCCIO, and the High Performance
Call it peak computing. In the vein of peak oil, it seems the traditional semiconductor is about to encounter a similar experience. In short, it’s reaching a point of saturation
Join Canada’s largest gathering of advanced research computing experts and researchers! HPCS is celebrating its 30th year as it joins forces with CANHEIT to offer a unique opportunity to connect, collaborate
Marc Brisson uses mathematical models to help change health policy on infectious diseases. Sound far-fetched? It may, but that’s exactly what the associate professor at Université Laval does. “The goal
The largest BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) grant to SFU to date was announced at a provincial government event on March 29th at SFU’s Vancouver campus. The SFU-led Cyberinfrastructure: Compute
They’ll be the toast of America’s craft brewery capital, but they’ll be talking (peta)bytes, rather than beer. Two Compute Canada team members are presenting their unique innovation at LUG2016 (April
Accelerating results for the benefit of Canadians Toronto, On (April 1, 2016) – Compute Canada, a nonprofit organization whose sole mission is to enable excellence in research and innovation for
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has partnered with Compute Canada, Ontario Centres of Excellence and ThinkData Works to launch the first “Human Dimensions Open Data Challenge” in January 2016. Organized
Compute Canada Launches 2016 Call for Nominations for the Awards of Excellence for Outstanding Team and Support Have you thanked your local support for advanced research computing lately? Employed by your
Join Compute Canada and CUCCIO June 19-22 in Edmonton, AB for a unique opportunity to connect, collaborate and share best practices in higher education IT and data-intensive, computational research. Lead the discussion around ways to advance national initiatives, strategies and vision for building world-class digital infrastructure in Canada.
As part of a series, the Canada Foundation for Innovation created five profiles on researchers who unlock the power of big data. By Sharon Oosthoek Susan Brown, University of Guelph
Compute Canada is doing excellent work providing national services and reaching researchers across multiple disciplines. The progress in this regard from the first meeting of the advisory committee one year
As part of a series, the Canada Foundation for Innovation created five profiles on researchers who unlock the power of big data. By Sharon Oosthoek Reda Tafirout, TRIUMF The holy
As part of a series, the Canada Foundation for Innovation created five profiles on researchers who unlock the power of big data. By Sharon Oosthoek Yoshua Bengio, Université de Montréal
As part of a series, the Canada Foundation for Innovation created five profiles on researchers who unlock the power of big data. By Sharon Oosthoek Régis Pomès, SickKids Hospital Spying
Compute Canada would like to congratulate Dr. Victoria Kaspi, McGill University astrophysicist and Compute Canada User, on her recent award of the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal, Canada’s top science prize.
Toronto – Compute Canada’s advanced research computing resources were the tools used by Dr. Harald Pfeiffer’s team that contributed to one of the world’s most momentous discoveries yesterday. “Compute Canada actually
December 16, 2015 – Compute Canada launched its second round of consultations with Canada’s researchers and research-intensive institutions to develop the Sustainable Planning for Advanced Research Computing Phase II (SPARC2).
Compute Canada Launches Cloud Environment As part of its continuing commitment to provide Canadian researchers with the most up to date technology, Compute Canada has announced the launch of its
Partnership will enhance research data transfer, storage, preservation and access in Canada to support the knowledge economy. Compute Canada and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) announced today that
Compute Canada is pleased to congratulate the winning teams of the two Compute Canada scholarships to the June, 2016 Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), to be held at the University of Victoria. The winning
Results show demand for resources and expertise is growing year upon year, making Compute Canada’s national platform consolidation and renewal critical to supporting Canadian research, discovery and innovation.
Stephane Moreau studies the acoustics of transportation systems to minimize health risks Stephane Moreau describes his fields of study as “transportation and ventilation systems” but he admits that when it
Compute Canada is partnering with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to launch the first ever Human Dimensions Open Data Challenge. This challenge, led by social sciences and
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
A potential new treatment for prostate cancer was developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute by exploiting advanced research computing
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from institutions in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States are invited to apply for the seventh International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences, to
Dr. Marc Bellemare is working on the “holy grail” of artificial intelligence—computers that learn and think on their own. Research area Dr. Bellemare is a computer scientist working in one of
Compute Canada is the national resource provider for advanced research computing and big data, delivering a full range of systems and services to researchers. Funding from the Canada Foundation for
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
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
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
Compute Canada’s Digital Research Infrastructure Consultations Response Advanced research computing underpins our national prosperity and is a major ingredient in the recipe that will transform our nation from a resource-based
It is the only lab like it in the world, the Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies (ICURS) is transforming how we analyze crime by exploiting the power of advanced
Compute Canada’s resource competitions have seen significant growth in demand since the first call for applications in 2011. In 2013, a Fast Track component was added to streamline applications to the main
Compute Canada has released its complete annual report, it is available online
Note: The final deadline for all RAC submissions is October 8, 2015. There will be no extensions this year.
Canada Foundation for Innovation Investments in Cyberinfrastructure Will Enhance Canada’s Competitive Edge in Research and Innovation Waterloo, Ontario – July 30, 2015. Compute Canada and its regional partners ACENET, Calcul Quebec, Compute
June 21, 2015, Toronto, ON – Compute Canada is hosting this year’s International High Performance Computing Summer School (IHPCSS). More than 80 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from institutions in
Within Compute Canada’s four regions, more than 200 team members and support personnel are distributed from coast to coast, many employed by universities, enabling them to work closely with local research
Edmonton, AB, June 19, 2015 — The University of Alberta, a leading teaching and research institution in Canada, has announced today a partnership with CUCCIO and Compute Canada to host
Dr. Duane Cronin builds virtual human body models that give insight into what happens in accidents, what types of injuries occur, and how to prevent them.
Dr. Stephen Strother sets up neuroinformatics frameworks to speed up the translation of imaging neuroscience for clinical studies of brain disorders
Dr. Katja Fennel develops and applies realistic numerical models of the physical, chemical and biological changes occurring in coastal marine ecosystems
Dr. Nikolas Provatas uses computer modelling and simulations to understand how to design better materials and products from the atomic scale up.
