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We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the highly anticipated 2023 Compute Ontario Summer School! Jointly organized by the Centre for Advanced Computing, SciNet, SHARCNET, and in collaboration with the RDM Network of Experts, this virtual event promised to be an enriching experience for all participants.

Taking place from June 12 to June 29, the Compute Ontario Summer School offers a comprehensive curriculum packed with nearly 30 courses. Delivered by experts in the field, these workshops cover a wide range of topics in Advanced Research Computing (ARC), High Performance Computing (HPC), and Research Data Management (RDM). With presentations and workshops available at introductory to advanced levels, there is something for everyone.

Highlights of Summer School include:

• Online workshops conducted five days a week, providing ample opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills.
• Six hours of immersive learning each day, allowing for a deep dive into the subject matter.
• Two parallel streams, ensuring flexibility and tailored learning experiences.
• Workshops and webinars on advanced research computing basics, high-performance computing tools, programming languages, machine learning, visualization, programming GPUs, bioinformatics, research data management, and more.
• Workshop difficulty levels ranging from beginner to intermediate to advanced, with prerequisites clearly outlined in each workshop description.

Whether you are interested in a specific topic or wish to explore multiple areas, you have the freedom to register for one, some, or all of the workshops available. However, please note that registration is limited, so we encourage you to secure your spot early to avoid missing out.

To register and learn more about the Compute Ontario Summer School, please visit our dedicated registration page. Be sure to act swiftly, as spaces are filling up quickly.

SHARCNET is pleased to announce the results of its Round XXI Dedicated Programming Support competition. The primary objectives of this program are to enable key research projects with the potential for exceptional and lasting impact that require significant programming support to proceed, and facilitate optimal exploitation of SHARCNET’s or the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s computing infrastructure for internationally leading research.

In this Round, programmer allocations have been awarded to:

• Conrard Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo, Chemistry, University of Waterloo

SHARCNET plans to run another competition in the Fall of 2023. Please visit our DP website for more information.

Sponsored by Compute Ontario and presented by CAC, SciNet and SHARCNET, the new Compute Ontario Colloquia is a weekly informational series hosted via Zoom. These informational presentations cover a wide range of Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) topics, such as advanced research computing (ARC), research data management (RDM), and research software (RS). The presentations are delivered by Compute Ontario and consortium staff and featured speakers.

The series commences January 2023 and will supersede similar webinar series previously delivered by Compute Ontario’s consortium (e.g. SHARCNET’s General Interest Webinars or SciNet’s User Group Meeting TechTalks). The Colloquia are each 1 hour in length and include time for questions. No registration is required.

SHARCNET is issuing a call for proposals for Dedicated Programming Support Round XX. Applications are encouraged that satisfy the programme objectives and priority will be given to proposals that meet one or more of the following conditions:

• Propose an innovative project that will leverage the capabilities of the national systems, such as “Graham” and the cloud.
• Propose a programme of work that deals with the efficient processing of large, heterogeneous datasets using a variety of data mining, machine learning or other analytics software.

Applications are submitted via SHARCNET’s webportal and are due by August 31, 2022 at 11:59 pm EST. A consultation with a SHARCNET HPTC prior to submission is a programme requirement.

For additional information, please refer to the application guidelines. Questions should be addressed to research-support@sharcnet.ca.

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Compute Ontario Summer School jointly organized by the three consortia: Centre for Advanced Computing, SciNet and SHARCNET. The Summer School is a free series of workshops on skills and technologies for compute and data intensive research delivered by experts in these fields.

The Summer School will begin on May 30th, 2022 and will run until August 5th, 2022, offering virtual (online) workshops on a variety of topics, including advanced research computing basics, high performance computing tools, programming languages, machine learning, visualization, programming GPUs, and bioinformatics. The Summer School workshops are at the beginner-to-intermediate levels of difficulty. Prerequisites are listed in each workshop description.

Sign up now to receive registration notifications for the Summer School workshops. Registration will open two weeks prior to each workshop. One can register for one, some, or all of the workshops in the Summer School. Registration is limited, so please register early. We look forward to hosting you this summer!