Press Releases
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(posted Tuesday October 14 2008, 09:33)
TORONTO, Oct. 10 /CNW/ – Research and business leaders are gathering in Toronto early next month to explore the impact and potential of next-generation innovation and “jobs of the future” at the CANARIE and ORION National Summit. Global innovation guru Dr. John Kao is among a prestigious roster of distinguished leaders coming together at “Powering Innovation – a National Summit” at the Metro Toronto Convention Center November 3 and 4. The summit is made possible by the generous contribution of our sponsors, including gold sponsor Juniper Networks; silver sponsor SHARCNET; bronze sponsors Bell, the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning Program; Cogent Communications, Colleges Ontario and IBM; and partner sponsors Atria Networks, Auto 21, Cybera, the Ontario Centres of Excellence, the Ontario College of Art & Design, Polycom, Tech Media Reports and Ryerson University. |
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(posted Tuesday October 07 2008, 09:59)
The official launch of Lakehead University’s Biorefining Research Initiative (BRI) marks another step toward making Lakehead University a national leader in forestry-based research and innovation, and bringing increased bioeconomy-based prosperity to the Thunder Bay region. To enhance and complement the research talent pool at BRI, a SHARCNET/MMRC Molecular Simulation Research Chair has been added. |
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(posted Tuesday September 30 2008, 15:27)
SHARCNET is pleased to announce the results of the Round IV competition for SHARCNET Research Chairs. At its meeting on September 22, 2008, the SHARCNET Board of Directors approved the allocation of two new SHARCNET Research Chairs. |
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(posted Tuesday September 16 2008, 10:56)
Jeff Gilchrist, a Carleton University doctoral student, is part of an international team that has discovered the largest known prime number which contains 12.9 million digits. The number was independently verified by Gilchrist using 16 days of super-computer resources provided by SHARCNET. |
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(posted Monday July 28 2008, 09:55)
SHARCNET has issued a call for proposals for Round IX of SHARCNET’s Research Support Programmes: Fellowships & Dedicated Resources. Applications for this round are for both Fellowships and Dedicated Resources. The deadline for Round IX is September 30, 2008. |
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(posted Monday July 07 2008, 13:51)
Jointly sponsored by Shanghai Supercomputer Center, University of Waterloo and SHARCNET, an international workshop on computational finance was held at Shanghai International Convention Center in Shanghai on July 4, 2008. |
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(posted Friday April 18 2008, 11:41)
The SHARCNET Summer School, June 2-6, 2008, will conclude with a Research Day focusing on getting specific computational research going with SHARCNET. Researchers and students are encouraged to present talks and bring posters outlining their research. |
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(posted Thursday April 17 2008, 15:56)
The anchor event for the SHARCFest Outreach Campaign will be SHARCNETâs premier training event, Summer School 2008 and Research Day. Held from June 2-6 @York University, the Summer School is a series of workshops and tutorials, aimed at the development of high performance computing skills and knowledge. The final day, SHARCNET Research Day, will highlight research that SHARCNET has enabled. |