Transforming Research in Atlantic Canada

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Transforming Research in Atlantic Canada
ACEnet
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Objectives

• Describe ACEnet
• Describe our relationship with the ORAN and with
  CANet 4
• Briefly describe the type of research that ACEnet
  and CANet 4 will facilitate

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What is ACEnet

• A Memorial led High Performance Computing (HPC)
  Consortium providing
• People
• Applications
• Communications
• Technology
• A partnership of Atlantic Canadas Universities
  supporting world-class research.

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Vision

• A network of connected and collaborating
  researchers
• HPC resources critical for world class science
• A magnet for HQP at all levels
• A pervasive HPC culture
• An essential element in growth and innovation in
  Atlantic Canada

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Elements

• 4 hosts MUN, StFX, SMU, UNB
• 7 member universities
• 4 clusters and 2 SMPs, visualization, Access
  Grid
• ACEnet Institutes, training, workshops
• Partnering with Industry/Private sector for
  long-term sustainability.

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ACEnet

• An opportunity to
• punch through geographical barriers
• recruit, retain and support researchers at all
  levels
• instill a pervasive HPC culture
• transform research throughout Atlantic Canada

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Supporting Newfoundlands Innovation Strategy

• Provide 20 of resources for external research
  commercialization
• HPC Support Staff also available.
• We offer tools directly supporting
• Visualization
• Computation Fluid Dynamics Marine/Offshore
• Computational Chemistry Pharma/Genomics

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Other Canadian Consortia

• Sharcnet Ontario - 11 Institutions
• HPCVL Ontario - 5 Institutions
• CLUMEQ Quebec 4 Institutions
• RQCHP Quebec 3 Institutions
• Westgrid BC Alberta 6 Institutions plus
  TRIUMF (National Laboratory for Particle and
  Nuclear Physics)

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ACEnet Technology Model
Research Teams
Collaboration Tools
HPC Consulting Staff
CANet 4
Cluster Computing
Parallel Computing
Storage
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What disciplines will use ACEnet

• Earth Resources Oil Gas.
• Chemistry drug design (Pharmaceuticals)
• Engineering Marine structure design.
• Marine Sciences/Environmental studies
• Bio-technology
• Computer Science

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Some Projects

• Dr. Brad de Young
• Real Time Cabled
• Ocean Observatory
• Generating terabytes
• Of data

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Some Projects

• Dr. Neil Bose
• Design of underwater
• vehicles and their
• use in ocean
• environmental
• risk engineering

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Some Projects

• Dr. Don Bass
• Benefits of Increased
• Vessel, Stability,
• Speed Deck
• Area on
• Economics, Safety
• and Product Value

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Some Other Projects

• Computational Chemistry Drug design
• Alzheimers drugs
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Cancer
• Oceanography
• Real-time weather forecasting
• Aquaculture
• Fish meal production

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Some Other Projects

• Materials Physics
• Flow of gas in offshore pipelines
• Biophysics
• Defence Related Projects
• Other
• Arts - Linguistic databases
• Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
  Pattern Recognition
• Geography
• Genomics

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Thank you.Questions ?
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