Announcements
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November 15, 2018
2018 Pacific Northwest Data Curators (PNWDC) Meet-up
When: Friday, November 30th, 2018 Where: SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC The Pacific Northwest Data Curators meet-up will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, 30 November at the SFU Harbour Centre Campus Vancouver. Similar to previous years, it will be a day of…
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October 5, 2018
WestGrid Fall Webinars ( Tips for using Compute Canada, Intro to the cloud, Tools for data analysis & more!)
WestGrid's fall webinar series is back and offering tutorials on a variety of topics in advanced research computing (ARC) -- from introductory sessions to more advanced and specialized topics. University faculty, grad students, and staff from all disciplines are invited to attend these sessions…
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September 24, 2018
Compute Canada RAC 2019 Opens Sept. 27th
Compute Canada has announced the opening of the Resource Allocation Competition (RAC) 2019. The RAC is open to researchers who require substantial amounts of Hi
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September 17, 2018
Capital Investment in advanced research computing infrastructure
To address immediate needs surrounding data storage and computing power, and issues surrounding health data access, UBC is making a $7.9m capital investment in
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August 31, 2018
WestGrid Community Town Hall
When: Friday, September 14th ( 9-10 am PDT // 10-11 am MDT/CST // 11 am-12 pm CDT) Where: Online REGISTER HERE Join us as we welcome fall and the start of a new academic year at our next WestGrid Community Town Hall on Friday September 14, 2018 at 9…
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August 2, 2018
Next Data Cafe - Music as Text: Search and Analysis of Digital Musical Scores
When: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 at 10.00AM - 11.00AM Where: RM 256-Chilcotin Boardroom, IKBLC REGISTER HERE Have you ever thought about music as data? We invite you to come and hear a digital humanist discussing his experiences working with musical scores as digital texts…
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July 24, 2018
Congratulations to ARC's Scott Baker on His Recent Award from the Canadian Association of Research Administrators
The Advanced Research Computing team would like to congratulate Health Research Project Manager, Scott Baker, on his receipt of the Dan Chase Distinguished Service Award from CARA (The Canadian Association of Research Administrators) this past June. Scott was recognized for his participation…
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June 29, 2018
Tri-agency RDM Policy Feedback
Please provide your feedback on the draft Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy. The VPRI office will submit a single consolidated response to the policy on behalf of research at UBC and based on input from stakeholders.
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March 12, 2018
Canadian Bioinformatics Helpdesk Launched
Compute Canada has launched the Canadian Bioinformatics Helpdesk.This online community forum is a free service that aims to provide support for the national bioinformatics community with bioinformatics experts from across the country - using its forum, training and education workshops, and…
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March 12, 2018
Summer Work Learn Position - Advanced Research Computing (ARC)
Come join our team! UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is hiring a Student Assistant for the Summer term under the UBC Work Learn Program. Please see Job ID 848993 on the CareersOnline website. UBC ARC is a joint initiative of the Vice President Research Office…