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UBC ARC Workshop: Mastering PostgreSQL Database Design October 16 or 17, 2023

Ever felt like ditching Excel because it turned into a cell-zilla but not sure what to use instead?

Research Allocation Competition (RAC) 2024 Opens on September 26, 2023

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada has announced the Research Allocation Competition (RAC) 2024.

Microsoft Accelerate Foundation Models Research

Microsoft Azure is now accepting proposals for the Accelerate Foundation Models Research. Proposals are being accepted up until midnight (Pacific Daylight Savings Time) September 12, 2023.

New: Sockeye Moving to Slurm Job Scheduler on October 31, 2023

UBC ARC is excited to announce a significant upgrade to the Sockeye job scheduling system. On October 31, 2023, Sockeye will transition from OpenPBS to Slurm, an industry-standard job scheduler and workload manager.

Accelerating Economic Research at UBC with High Performance Computing Using RONIN and AWS

University of British Columbia (UBC) computer scientists Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown and his PhD student Neil Newman are exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and microeconomic theory. The demands of their research include large-scale, high-performance computing capacity, particularly when exploring parallel simulations of intricate auction systems.