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Microcredential in Applied Data Analytics and Machine Learning with Python
February 12, 2026

Applications are open for our new microcredential! With 24 hours of class time over six weeks, self-study materials and an independent study project, our Microcredential in Applied Data Analytics and…

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Digital Humanities Summer Institute East 2026 (DHSI East) - Registration Open!
February 11, 2026

Registration is now open for DHSI East 2026, which will take place at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, from May 5th to 8th, 2026. Faculty, staff, students, and all interested…

Humanities & Social Sciences
LLMs for IT Professionals: Building, Fine-Tuning, and Deploying
November 20, 2025

LLMs for IT Professionals: Building, Fine-Tuning, and Deploying We’re again partnering with Digital Nova Scotia and St. FX University to redeliver the five-module training program on machine…

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ACOA and ACENET
October 14, 2025

We were very proud when ACOA approached us to do a Business Impact Story. A longtime partner and funder of ACENET, ACOA has worked with us for over 20 years through both good and challenging times,…

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Embedded Tech Support - Spring 2025 Call!
April 28, 2025

Call is Open for Embedded Technical Support program The Embedded Technical Support program is designed to assist researchers in any discipline at Atlantic Canadian post-secondary institutions to adopt…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Top AI Talent: Meet the Standout Graduates of our AI Microcredential Program for IT, Programming & Development
March 25, 2025

Please view the full story at Digital Nova Scotia Practical AI Utilization for Developers and Programmers ACENET has partnered with Digital Nova Scotia and St. FX University to deliver a four-week…

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Digital Nova Scotia, St. FX and ACENET Launch Microcredential in AI
December 13, 2024

Practical AI Utilization for Developers and Programmers We’re partnering with Digital Nova Scotia and St. FX University to deliver a four-week training program on machine learning, and specifically…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Industry
Running an Efficient Molecular Dynamics Simulation
April 17, 2024

A poor choice of job submission or simulation parameters leads to poor performance and a waste of computing resources when running molecular dynamics simulations.   A common mistake is requesting too…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Industry
Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities Launches
December 14, 2023

A joint effort among a number of partner organizations, the Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities/Certificat canadien en Humanités Numériques (cc:DH/HN) is launched!    The certificate, open…

Humanities & Social Sciences
ACENET Certificate in Advanced Computing
November 29, 2023

New Certificate in Advanced Computing ACENET’s Certificate in Advanced Computing provides participants skills in using a supercomputer for large-scale simulations, analysis, complex modelling,…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Industry
Embedded Tech Support - Fall/Winter 2023 Call!
November 29, 2023

Call is Open for Embedded Technical Support program The Embedded Technical Support program is designed to assist researchers in any discipline at Atlantic Canadian post-secondary institutions to adopt…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Applications Open for ACENET Certificate in Advanced Computing
October 4, 2023

Application Period Now Open! October 3, 2023 Applications are now open for ACENET’s new Certificate in Advanced Computing. Up to forty participants will be accepted into the program, which is being…

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National Research Software Survey
May 19, 2023

May 10, 2023   The Digital Research Alliance of Canada is seeking feedback from the research community to identify how research software is being developed, the gaps and needs. We are gathering…

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Lunaris is Now in Full Production
May 19, 2023

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is thrilled to announce the full production launch of Lunaris, a national discovery service for multidisciplinary data provided by the Alliance…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
New Embedded Tech Support for Your Research
May 1, 2023

May 1, 2023 We’re launching our new Embedded Technical Support program with an inaugural Call for Proposals The Embedded Technical Support program is designed to assist researchers in any discipline…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Discover Lunaris / Découvrez Lunaris
March 30, 2023

March 30, 2023 Formerly known as the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) Discovery Service, Lunaris is a standalone platform that complements the repository services of FRDR. The scalable and…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Find Your Future in Tech
February 24, 2023

Reposting from techNL Technology is central to every opportunity in Newfoundland and Labrador. The digital transformation is changing how we work in every sector. No matter the field or career stage…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Industry
Compute Canada Operations Move to the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance)
March 24, 2022

As many of you will already be aware, Compute Canada is ceasing its operational responsibilities for supporting Canada’s national advanced research computing (ARC) platform on March 31, 2022, and…

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International HPC Summer School 2022
December 20, 2021

December 15, 2021 Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from institutions in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States, are being invited to apply to participate in the 12th International HPC…

Applied & Physical Sciences
Research Nova Scotia Student Data Challenge
September 1, 2021

Research Nova Scotia and Volta have issued a student challenge to come up with innovative ideas that provide a way to better connect researchers to community in Nova Scotia.  Nova Scotia is home to…

Applied & Physical Sciences
Research Nova Scotia Student Challenge: How Can we Economically Re-use Glass?
September 1, 2021

Research Nova Scotia, Scotia Recycling, and Divert NS are seeking innovative ideas for glass reuse and recycling in Nova Scotia. Challenge participants are encouraged to engage with potential end…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Supercool Findings Published in Science
November 20, 2020

St. FX researcher says ACENET’s system played a critical role. The discovery of how supercooled water switches from a high-density to a low-density liquid is “basic science” at this point, but…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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ACENET Expands Support, Training for Humanities and Social Sciences Researchers
October 16, 2020

Reproduced from MUN Gazette story by Jeff Green Humanities and social sciences-based researchers and staff now have access to a suite of tailor-made programming covering issues ranging from big data…

Humanities & Social Sciences
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NDRIO Names Inaugural Researcher Council
September 24, 2020

The New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO) has announced its inaugural Researcher Council following an open call for nominations from its Primary Members along with an independent…

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RAC 2021 Launches September 23, 2020
September 17, 2020

On September 23, 2020, the Compute Canada Federation will launch our annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC), a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to compute, storage and cloud…

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3D Scientific Dataset Wanted for International Data Visualization Contest
August 19, 2020

Compute Canada is seeking a 3D scientific dataset to use for an international data visualization contest Compute Canada is co-hosting with IEEE. The annual SciVis Contest is dedicated to create novel…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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NDRIO Names Nizar Ladak as New CEO
August 18, 2020

The New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO)’s Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Nizar Ladak as the organization’s first permanent Chief Executive Officer,…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Support for COVID-19 Research Projects
March 27, 2020

The Compute Canada Federation (CCF) is pleased to be able to provide advanced research computing (ARC) support for COVID-19 focused research. If your project is related to COVID-19 and you could…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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ACENET Research Consultant Co-Authors Paper
November 8, 2019

Photo courtesy of St. FX University ACENET's own Dr. Gurpreet Matharoo has just published a paper alongside Dalhousie's Dr. Javeria Hashmi in Physica A. Entitled "Spontaneous back-pain alters…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences / Industry
Compute Canada Resource Allocation Competition (RAC) 2020 Launches
September 18, 2019

On September 24, 2019, the Compute Canada Federation will launch its annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC), a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to storage and compute resources…

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Visualizations Wanted: Enter the Visualize This! Challenge
September 18, 2019

The Visualize This! Challenge is back! Now in its fourth year, this Canada-wide competition celebrates the innovative ways visualization can help researchers explore datasets and answer important…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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User Notice: Action Required as Part of Upcoming System Security Enhancement
July 30, 2019

To enhance the security of its resources, Compute Canada is modifying the configuration of the SSH security protocol used to connect to its clusters. SSH protects the information transmitted between…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Stan Matwin's AI Achievement
June 7, 2019

From Dal News Computer Science faculty member Stan Matwin has been awarded with the 2019 Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC) Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Matwin joins renowned…

Applied & Physical Sciences
UNB Physicists Help Federal Government Improve Arctic Communications
December 5, 2018

This article was written by Marlowe Evans and is reproduced from The Brunswickian https://www.thebruns.ca/articles/unb-physicists-help-federal-government-improve-arctic-communications Physicists from…

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Visualize This 2018 Challenge: New Prize & Data Visualization Webinar
November 5, 2018

A Dell 43" 4K multi-client monitor has been added to the 2018 Visualize This! Challenge prize list thanks to a generous donation from Dell EMC. With entries due by November 30, the Challenge is in its…

Applied & Physical Sciences
With more than 150,000 kilometres already logged, the mobile Flux Lab keeps on trucking
October 4, 2018

This article by Brian Owens is reproduced from University Affairs. From state-of-the-art research trucks to drones and satellites, Flux Lab uses an arsenal of tools in its quest to measure greenhouse…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences / Industry
Resource Allocation Competition 2019 Opens
September 27, 2018

The 2019 Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC) are now open. This is a peer-reviewed process to provide access to Compute Canada storage and compute resources beyond the normal (i.e. Rapid Access…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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Visualizations Wanted: Enter the Visualize This! Challenge
September 25, 2018

The Visualize This! Challenge is back! Now in its third year, this Canada-wide competition celebrates the innovative ways visualization can help researchers explore datasets and answer important…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences / Industry
STFX STUDENTS INVOLVED IN NOVEL WIND MODELLING RESEARCH
September 5, 2018

Note: This article is reproduced from St. FX News.  Learning about wind on the highway took up a good part of the year for StFX engineering students Jenny Bowie and Connor McCabe, who hope to use the…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences / Industry
Compute Canada Awards of Excellence ACENET Recipients
June 20, 2018

Congratulations to two of ACENET’s staff, Sergiy Khan, and Oliver Stueker, on their recent Awards of Excellence from Compute Canada. The awards were presented in June at the CANHEIT-TECC conference…

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Winners Announced for 2017 Visualize This Challenge
December 20, 2017

WestGrid is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Visualize This! Challenge. First place was awarded to Jarno van der Kolk, a postdoctoral researcher from the University of Ottawa Physics…

Applied & Physical Sciences
Compute Canada Offers Two Pairs of Scholarships to Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2018
December 5, 2017

Compute Canada is offering two pairs of scholarships to Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2018. These will be awarded via a competition closing February 8, 2018.

Humanities & Social Sciences
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St. FX Physics Department Spearheads Collaboration, As University Joins Effort to Revolutionize Material Discovery in Canada
November 3, 2017

St. Francis Xavier University’s physicists and chemists are collaborating with Lumiant Corporation, a Canadian materials science company, to test a new artificial intelligence (AI) computing…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Industry
Transition From ACENET Computing Clusters to New National Systems Has Begun
October 2, 2017

Users of ACENET’s four main advanced computing clusters (Mahone, Fundy, Placentia and Glooscap) have begun to migrate their data and get set up on one of the new Compute Canada state-of-the art…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Visualizations Wanted: Enter the Visualize This! Challenge
September 20, 2017

The Visualize This! Challenge is back! Now in its second year, this Canada-wide competition aims to celebrate the innovative ways visualization can help researchers explore datasets and answer…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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CANARIE Awards $2M in Funding for the Evolution of Existing Research Software to Support New Disciplines
September 17, 2017

CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the recipients of funding who will adapt their existing research…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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Canadian Federated Research Data Repository Open for Beta Testing
June 19, 2017

Compute Canada and Portage are pleased to announce that their work towards the development of the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) has advanced to the beta testing stage.

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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ACENET Team Member Receives Compute Canada Award of Excellence
June 5, 2017

Dr. Craig Squires, one of ACENET's Advanced Computing Systems Administrators, was one of three recipients of a national Compute Canada Award of Excellence. The awards were announced at Compute…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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New Compute Canada Supercomputer in Waterloo
May 5, 2017

The University of Waterloo, Compute Canada and Compute Ontario today unveiled the largest supercomputer at any Canadian university. Located at Waterloo, it will provide expanded resources for…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Compute Canada Launches New National Supercomputer at Simon Fraser University
April 20, 2017

Today, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Compute Canada and WestGrid celebrated the launch of the most powerful academic supercomputer in Canada, Cedar. Housed in the new data centre at SFU’s Burnaby…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Dalhousie's Jeff Dahn Wins 2017 Herzberg Medal
February 7, 2017

Dr. Jeff Dahn has been awarded the top prize in science in Canada, the NSERC Herzberg Canada Gold Medal. Currently an NSERC Industrial Research Chair partnered with Tesla Motors, Dr. Dahn was the…

Applied & Physical Sciences
Ontario Partnering with Compute Ontario to Coordinate Advanced Computing Strategy for the Province
January 27, 2017

Today, Compute Ontario has been named as coordinator for the province’s strategy that will support leading researchers and help transform their discoveries into innovations that companies and…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences / Industry
CFI Continues Funding to Compute Canada
January 9, 2017

The Canada Foundation for Innovation announced $328.5 million in funding today, including $69,455,000 for the Compute Canada MSI 2.0 project. This funding represents approximately 40% of the almost…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Randall Martin Appointed Dalhousie Arthur B. McDonald Chair
December 15, 2016

Dr. Randall Martin, member of ACENET's Research Directorate, has received one of two of Dalhousie University's inaugural Arthur B. McDonald Chair appointments. Each appointee receives $350,000 over…

Applied & Physical Sciences
Dal's New Tech Program for Humanities
December 6, 2016

December 2, 2016: Dalhousie has announced a new computer technology certificate program specially designed for humanities students.

Humanities & Social Sciences
Visualize This!
September 30, 2016

Compute Canada has launched an exciting new Visualization Challenge - Visualize This!: Participants will visualize an Earth Sciences dataset covering the world's oceans. The dataset will be available…

Applied & Physical Sciences
Compute Canada Adds Cloud Space
September 8, 2016

Approximately 6000 new computing cores have been added to the Compute Canada Cloud as part of the cyberinfrastructure renewal program. These additional cores are located at University of Victoria, and…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Twenty-four Students Supported by ACENET Fellowships in 2016
July 6, 2016

July 6, 2016: ACENET is proud to be supporting 24 graduate and undergraduate students from across the Atlantic region in this year's fellowship awards. Among them are 15 graduate students, with the…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Two Atlantic Canadian Students Attend Premier International Summer School
July 6, 2016

Ten students from across Canada participated in the the one week International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences in Ljubljana, Slovenia, courtesy of Compute Canada. This…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Jeff Dahn Receives Inaugural Governor General's Innovation Award
April 28, 2016

Dr. Jeff Dahn at Dalhousie University has been recognized with one of the inaugural Governor General's Innovation Awards. (Photo by Nick Pearce)

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Axel Becke Wins the Killam Prize
April 18, 2016

Dalhousie University's Dr. Axel Becke wins the 2016 Killam Prize in the Natural Sciences. The $100,000 award is funded through the Killam Trusts and recognizes outstanding career achievement in…

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Invitation to Calcul Québec's Advanced Computing Spring School
March 16, 2016

Advanced computing has become an essential tool for the whole research community, from chemists, physicists and engineers — who were the first to use advanced computing — to emerging communities…
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CANEIT | HPCS 2016 Deadline for Submissions Extended
March 15, 2016

The Call for Submissions deadline for CANHEIT | HPCS 2016 has been extended to Thursday, March 31. Submissions are welcomed from all members of the IT, higher education, and advanced research…

Applied & Physical Sciences
Congratulations to Winners of the Compute Canada Digital Humanities Summer Institute Scholarships
February 5, 2016

St. John’s, NL – ACENET is pleased to congratulate the winning teams of the two Compute Canada scholarships to the June 2016 Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), to be held at the…

Humanities & Social Sciences
Compute Canada Partners with Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council on First Ever Human Dimensions Open Data Challenge
January 26, 2016

Compute Canada is partnering with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to launch the first ever Human Dimensions Open Data Challenge. This challenge, led by social sciences and…

Humanities & Social Sciences
Upcoming Compute Canada Consultations
January 26, 2016

Compute Canada is seeking input from researchers and other stakeholders in preparation for its upcoming submission to CFI for Major Science Initiatives (MSI) funding.

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Place your bets at Compute Canada’s Pavilion at SC2015
November 16, 2015

Compute Canada is hosting the Canada Pavilion at SC15, an international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis in Austin, Texas this November 16th to 20th.

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Ann MacKenzie Appointed Chief Executive Officer of ACENET
November 16, 2015

The Board of Directors of ACENET is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Ann MacKenzie to the position of Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences / Industry
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Mitacs and Compute Canada Partner to Support Innovation in Advanced Research Computing
November 12, 2015

Mitacs and Compute Canada are collaborating to support the development of advanced research computing (ARC) skills across Canada to address the growing needs in industry for high performance computing…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
Compute Canada to Renew Cyber-Infrastructure
July 30, 2015

Compute Canada and its regional partners ACENET, Calcul Quebec, Compute Ontario and WestGrid will receive close to $75 million to renew and consolidate the national platform for advanced research…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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Congratulations to ACENET's Ross Dickson
July 6, 2015

ACENET is proud to congratulate Ross Dickson, ACENET’s Computational Research Consultant located at Dalhousie University, and all of the recipients of the Compute Canada Award of Excellence.

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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Showcasing Women in HPC at Supercomputing 2015
July 6, 2015

In collaboration with Supercomputing 2015, the Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) network is running a half day workshop on Friday 20 November 2015 in Austin, Texas, USA.

Applied & Physical Sciences
Compute Canada Launches 2016 RPP Competition
June 9, 2015

Compute Canada has issued its call for proposals for the 2016 Research Platforms & Portals (RPP) Competition. The competition is designed for those groups who are creating new or supporting existing…

Applied & Physical Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences
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Launch of GenAP, a genomic data tool
March 30, 2015

Canadians lead in transforming genomic data into knowledge to drive medical innovations

Applied & Physical Sciences
International Summer School 2015 on HPC Challenges
International Summer School 2015 on HPC Challenges
March 23, 2015

Compute Canada is honoured to be hosting the sixth annual International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Science, June 21-26, 2015 in Toronto

Applied & Physical Sciences
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Canada Foundation for Innovation Cyber-Infrastructure Initiative
January 2, 2015

Consultative session to be held on January 21st, 2015 at Dalhousie University.

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