Announcements

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,…

Chinook allocations are now accessible via S3!

UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is pleased to announce that the S3 protocol is available to use on ARC’s Chinook storage platform. S3 allows researchers to programmatically access their data and to enable s3-compatible web platforms. Learn more 

New Strategy Charts Plan for Research Data Management Support and Services at UBC

In response to the Tri-Agency’s Research Data Management Policy, UBC has released its institutional research data management strategy, co-sponsored by the Vice-

The Alliance launches Cloud Needs Assessment Survey - DEADLINE February 6, 2023

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) seeks survey feedback to better understand how Canadian researchers would like to use cloud services (i.e., compute and storage) to inform the development of the National Cloud Strategy.

New Report Outlines Opportunities to Support UBC Researchers’ Digital Data Skills

Results from UBC’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) needs assessment survey have been released as a joint report from UBC Library, and UBC Advanced Research Computing (UBC ARC). The report outlines findings from a survey of over 200 UBC researchers on both campuses undertaken in…

Dr. Rebecca Todd and Brandon Forys: Understanding neurocognitive processes and mood disorders

Dr. Rebecca Todd uses UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) to understand how neurocognitive processes

Videos Now Available for Advanced Research Computing for Precision Health Bootcamp