$30 M for research computing platform at SFU, UVic, uToronto, and uWaterloo

The Canadian government, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), has announced $30 M in funding for a research computing platform that will allow researchers to store, analyze, and mine massive quantities of data. The funding will be shared equally between Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria, the University of Toronto, and the University of Waterloo. The platform will be managed by Computer Canada, an independent organization, and will be available to researchers at all Canadian universities, irrespective of discipline. “Computer simulations that would have once taken weeks to complete could soon be done by the end of the day given the remarkable power of this advanced digital platform,” said uWaterloo Mechanical Engineering Professor Duane Cronin.

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