Transforming Research in Atlantic Canada
ACEnet
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.
ACEnet
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
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
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)
Research Teams
HPC Consulting Staff
ACEnet Technology Model
ClusterComputing
ParallelComputing Storage
CA*Net 4
Collaboration Tools
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 CabledOcean ObservatoryGenerating terabytesOf 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 ?
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