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 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 ?

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