Announcements
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January 29, 2019
WestGrid Training Webinars for Spring/Summer 2019
WestGrid runs training activities year-round, ranging from online webinars to in-person workshops. Their bi-weekly training webinars take place every second Wednesday at 10am PST. Please click the linked titles below for more information about each workshop and to register online. Videoconference…
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January 28, 2019
Call for Proposals: CANHEIT-ARC 2019 (Research and IT)
The CANHEIT-ARC 2019 conference, Canada’s premier conference for higher education IT leaders and advanced research computing (ARC) experts, is seeking session proposals in a range of topics in research and higher ed trends and technologies. The event is co-hosted this year by Compute…
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January 14, 2019
BCNET Conference - Call for Speaking Proposals
Due date for proposals: February 26th, 2019 BCNET is currently accepting speaking proposals for the BCNET 2019 conference in Vancouver from April 30th-May 19th, 2019. This is an excellect opportunity for speakers to grow professionally, share insights and engage with peers. All levels of staff…
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November 28, 2018
UBC Library Awarded CANARIE Research Data Management Funding
<p>UBC library will use the funding from CANARIE to lead a project to build the Federated Geospatial Data Discovery for Canada, with collaborative support from UBC Advanced Research Computing and others. </p>
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November 15, 2018
2018 Pacific Northwest Data Curators (PNWDC) Meet-up
When: Friday, November 30th, 2018 Where: SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC The Pacific Northwest Data Curators meet-up will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, 30 November at the SFU Harbour Centre Campus Vancouver. Similar to previous years, it will be a day of…
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October 5, 2018
WestGrid Fall Webinars ( Tips for using Compute Canada, Intro to the cloud, Tools for data analysis & more!)
WestGrid's fall webinar series is back and offering tutorials on a variety of topics in advanced research computing (ARC) -- from introductory sessions to more advanced and specialized topics. University faculty, grad students, and staff from all disciplines are invited to attend these sessions…
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September 24, 2018
Compute Canada RAC 2019 Opens Sept. 27th
<p>Compute Canada has announced the opening of the Resource Allocation Competition (RAC) 2019. The RAC is open to researchers who require substantial amounts of High Performance Computing (HPC) and/or Cloud Computing resources. UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is available to consult in this regard.</p>
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September 17, 2018
Capital Investment in advanced research computing infrastructure
<p>To address immediate needs surrounding data storage and computing power, and issues surrounding health data access, UBC is making a $7.9m capital investment in advanced research computing infrastructure.</p>
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August 31, 2018
WestGrid Community Town Hall
When: Friday, September 14th ( 9-10 am PDT // 10-11 am MDT/CST // 11 am-12 pm CDT) Where: Online REGISTER HERE Join us as we welcome fall and the start of a new academic year at our next WestGrid Community Town Hall on Friday September 14, 2018 at 9…
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August 2, 2018
Next Data Cafe - Music as Text: Search and Analysis of Digital Musical Scores
When: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 at 10.00AM - 11.00AM Where: RM 256-Chilcotin Boardroom, IKBLC REGISTER HERE Have you ever thought about music as data? We invite you to come and hear a digital humanist discussing his experiences working with musical scores as digital texts…