Okay, I'm going to pin this one because it's probably the most important aspect of what I work for.
🚨 If you're a #graduate student in #Canada 🚨
You have access to all of the academic supercomputers and cloud computing facilities that are part of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada FOR FREE
Not sure how to use a supercomputer? We also do a lot of training!
There's no catch! I promise, there's no catch. Think of it like you think of your local library. You don't wonder why they let you in and read whatever you want for free, right?
➡️ Students need to make sure that their PI has created an account first, because they'll have to be approved as a member of a lab.
🐎 Run, don't walk to https://ccdb.alliancecan.ca/security/login and get started!
🚨 If you're a #faculty member in #Canada 🚨
Whatever the role, #lecturer, #researcher #researchAssociate it's the same thing for you! Just get your account before your students and staff. Same link.
🚨 If you're an academic research collaborator outside of #Canada 🚨
You can also use the resources for free if you get sponsored by a Canadian researcher that already has an account. Again, for free. As long as you use it for a project you both collaborate on, you're welcome!
Next week, we'll go through the yearly process of allocating resources to our power users. That process is basically like a grant application and that might also be interesting to some of you. I'll post about it when I'm in the thick of it, I guess!
#Supercomputing #HPC #AI #Academia #Research #DRAC