Scientific computing
National systems funded through Canada Foundation for Innovation and academic institutions offer access to compute clusters via Compute Canada. Other clusters are available through the various regional consortia as well. We offer assistance with usage of these clusters, such as how to access the systems, using or compiling your software, and how to run your programs in the most efficient way.
High-performance computing
High-performance computing (HPC) is a powerful tool in today’s research and allows for large-scale computations of complex systems, for big data analysis, or for data visualization. To achieve this, HPC systems have thousands of processors, multiple GPUs, hundreds of gigabytes of memory, and terabytes of storage available.
Parallel computing
When writing a program, by default it will be a serial program. This means a single CPU core is used. However, most computers and, in particular, HPC clusters will have multiple cores available. To access the multiple CPUs, your program needs to be designed as a parallel program. This allows it to use many CPU cores simultaneously and this cuts down processing time substantially.
Seminars
Regular seminars are held on various subjects ranging from how to get started with high performance computing to more in-depth programming techniques.
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Date |
Seminar |
Registration |
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April 28, 2020 |
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April 29, 2020 |
Introduction to Microsoft Planner (in French) |
Closed |
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May 6, 2020 |
Introduction to Nvivo | Watch the recording |
| May 19, 2020 | Closed | |
| May 20, 2020 | Closed | |
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May 28, 2020 |
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| June 23, 2020 | Watch the recording | |
| June 24, 2020 | Watch the recording | |
| June 29, 2020 | Watch the recording | |
| August 19, 2020 | Watch the recording | |
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August 26, 2020 |
Watch the recording | |
| September 29, 2020 | Watch the recording | |
| October 21, 2020 | Watch the recording | |
| October 28, 2020 | Closed | |
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November 18, 2020 |
Webscraping workshop | Watch the recording |
| November 25, 2020 | Watch the recording | |
| January 19, 2021 | Open | |
| January 21, 2021 | Open | |
| January 20, 2021 | Open | |
| February 1, 2021 | Open | |
| February 24, 2021 | IT Services: Resources for professors | |
| March 10, 2021 | From the spreadsheet to the map: Best practices when mapping your data | |
| March 24, 2021 | Open | |
| April 14, 2021 | Introduction to Dataverse for data sharing |
