Announcements

Inside UBC’s ARC team: Current endeavours and initiatives with Ryan Thomson

UBC IT Communications recently spoke with Ryan Thomson, Systems Architect for ARC regarding ARC's current initiatives and endeavours.

Safeguarding Science Webinars (hosted by Public Safety Canada's Research Security Centre)

Public Safety Canada's Research Security Centre will be hosting a series of 10 safeguarding science webinars at the dates and times identified in the table below.The webinars aim to assist participants to: access guidance and tools to strengthen security posture;understand best practices to…

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Registration Now Open for Advanced Research Computing Boot Camps

UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is excited to announce our coming Research Computing Bootcamp 2023. This boot camp aims to introduce researchers to high-performance computing using UBC's ARC Sockeye platform, as well as educate current users on how to use the newly implemented Slurm job…

Drop-in Consultation Available for Researchers Applying to The Alliance Resource Allocation Competition

The Alliance has two competitions that can help you access resources needed to conduct your research.The competitions opened on September 26 and have a final deadline to apply of November 7, 2023.The Resources for Research Group (RRG) competition is for researchers who need compute, storage…

Amazon Research Awards Fall 2023 Call For Proposals: Deadline November 1, 2023 11:59pm

Amazon Research Awards (ARA) is opening the fall 2023 call for proposals related to six research areas. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on November 1, 2023. The six research areas are as follows: AI for Information Security Automated Reasoning AWS AI: Generative…

Digital Research Alliance of Canada: 2024 Research Allocation Competition Closes November 7

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada has announced the Research Allocation Competition (RAC) 2024.  This competition opens September 26, 2023, and closes November 7, 2023. This competition provides researchers the opportunity to apply for compute, storage, and cloud resources beyond…

Microsoft accepting proposals for Accelerate Foundation Models Research

Microsoft Azure is now accepting proposals for the Accelerate Foundation Models Research. Proposals will be accepted up until midnight (Pacific Daylight Savings Time) September 12, 2023. Successful applicants may receive up to $20,000 USD Azure credits for their project until&nbsp…

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

On October 31, 2023, Sockeye will transition from OpenPBS to Slurm, an industry-standard job scheduler and workload manager. This represents a significant upgrade to the Sockeye job scheduling system. This move aligns Sockeye with the national platform and enhances compatibility with…

Blog feature: 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,…