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Transforming Research in Atlantic Canada. ACE net. 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 . What is 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
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.
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 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. 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 ACEnet ACEnet
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
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)
ACEnet Technology Model Research Teams Collaboration Tools HPC Consulting Staff CA*Net 4 Parallel Computing Storage Cluster Computing
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
Some Projects Dr. Brad de Young Real Time Cabled Ocean Observatory Generating terabytes Of data
Some Projects Dr. Neil Bose Design of underwater vehicles and their use in ocean environmental risk engineering
Some Projects Dr. Don Bass Benefits of Increased Vessel, Stability, Speed & Deck Area on Economics, Safety and Product Value
Some Other Projects • Computational Chemistry – Drug design • Alzheimer’s drugs • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease • Cancer • Oceanography • Real-time weather forecasting • Aquaculture • Fish meal production
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
Thank you….Questions ? ACEnet