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 CA*Net 4• Briefly describe the type of research that
ACEnet and CA*Net 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 Canada’s Universities supporting world-class research.
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ACEnet
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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ACEnet
Elements
• 4 hosts: MUN, StFX, SMU, UNB • 7 member universities • 4 clusters and 2 SMP’s, visualization,
Access Grid• ACEnet Institutes, training, workshops• Partnering with Industry/Private sector
for long-term sustainability.
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ACEnet
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 Newfoundland’s 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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Research Teams
HPC Consulting Staff
ACEnet Technology Model
ClusterComputing
ParallelComputing Storage
CA*Net 4
Collaboration Tools
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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 CabledOcean ObservatoryGenerating terabytesOf 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• Alzheimer’s 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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