Press Releases
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(posted Monday September 20 2010, 11:34)
Thanks to generous support from SciNet, SHARCNET, and others, Software Carpentry will be offered online this fall to 40 students at Ontario universities. The course will be taught online: each week, students will view a series of video lectures and work through exercises with support from the instructor and TAs through Skype, desktop sharing, web forums, and other channels. If you, your colleagues, or your students are interested, please visit http://software-carpentry.org/blog/fall-2010/ for details, or contact the course administrator at info@software-carpentry.org. The course is non-credit, but there is no charge for enrollment. While capacity is limited, the course will be offered periodically. A printable poster is also available for distribution. |
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(posted Monday August 23 2010, 16:00)
Planning is underway for the Compute Canada booth at SC’10. SuperComputing 2010 Researchers using HPC in Canada are invited to submit proposals for demo presentations at the event. Compute Canada is requesting demos that are visually captivating and fall into one of the following conference areas: climate simulation, heterogeneous computing and data intensive computing. Demonstrations may be presented onsite or, if there is significant interest, Compute Canada will provide a high speed connection to enable remote presentations. Please identify any preferred times and if there are any complementary posters or handouts. Researchers may submit their demo proposal to Susan Baldwin, susan.baldwin@computecanada.org, with a brief statement explaining the importance of HPC to their work and describing their demonstration’s technical requirements. |
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(posted Thursday July 08 2010, 15:34)
Industry Canada has launched a consultation process in order to develop a strategy for the digital economy. The details can be found at http://de-en.gc.ca. The site encourages submissions in response to the questions and issues raised by the government’s consultation paper and a number of submissions are already available on the web site. The site encourages participation and, in particular, encourages you to vote for or against particular ideas located in the âIdea Forumâ sections. Compute Canada has submitted an idea titled âTo Compete You Must Computeâ that describes the value and necessity of HPC to the digital economy. If the future of HPC in Canada is important to you – as a researcher, university staff member, student, or postdoc – please vote. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of HPC. The deadline for voting has been extended to July 13th. |
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(posted Tuesday June 08 2010, 07:42)
SHARCNET is currently running its annual User Satisfaction Survey, to seek feedback from the user community on all aspects of our organization and operations. Users will find the survey within the SHARCNET web portal and are encouraged to respond by July 15th (note the deadline has been extended). Everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a draw for an iPod Touch. Your feedback is important to us! Results from the survey assist us in evaluating our success in meeting usersâ HPC needs and help us improve our services in the future. Summary results from previous surveys are also available via the web portal. |
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(posted Friday May 07 2010, 09:30)
SHARCNET is pleased to offer its preeminent training event: Summer School on High Performance and Technical Computing 2010. This is an annual event that provides students with an opportunity of learning and sharing the knowledge and experience in high performance and technical computing on platforms with the latest technologies. The five-day summer school, offering intensive courses on various subjects, will include lectures and computer labs with hands-on exercises on programming distributed and shared memory systems, as well as GPUs. Given the popularity of the host site last year, Summer School will be returning to the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, Ontario, May 31-June 4. Please register for the event via the Summer School website. A printable poster is available for distribution. |
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(posted Tuesday May 04 2010, 14:47)
SHARCNET is pleased to announce âSHARCFest 2010â, our annual outreach campaign of workshops, conferences, and sponsored events to help educate the boarder community on the uses and importance of high-performance computing to research. Our premier event, SHARCNET Research Day 2010, will be held on May 6th at York University and includes two keynote talks by leading HPC researchers. The anchor event for SHARCFest will be our annual HPC Summer School scheduled from May 31-June 4 at Sheridan College. Visit the SHARCNET online calendar for more information or view the SHARCFest poster. |
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(posted Thursday April 29 2010, 10:23)
As part of its continuing outreach efforts, SHARCNET is pleased to be one of the sponsors of “MIND THE GAP” to be hosted by the University of Alberta and WestGrid from May 10-14, 2010. This will be a multidisciplinary workshop bridging the gap between High Performance Computing and the Humanities. |
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(posted Wednesday April 28 2010, 11:46)
SHARCNET has issued a call for Letters of Intent for Round II of SHARCNETâs Research Support Programmes: Dedicated Programming Support. The deadline for Round II LOIâs is May 31, 2010. |