Susan Baldwin, Executive Director with Compute Canada, presented these slides as part of the Cybera Summit 2010 session "The Economics Behind Cyberinfrastructure". For more information, please visit http://www.cybera.ca/economics-behind-cyberinfrastructure
To Compete You Must Compute - Susan Baldwin, Compute Canada
1. The
Economics
of
Cyberinfrastructure
To
Compete
You
Must
Compute
September
21,
2010
Susan
Baldwin
Execu?ve
Director
Compute
Canada
susan.baldwin@computecanada.org
2. Vision
To
advance
research,
support
and
accelerate
innova4on
and
excellence,
develop
highly
qualified
personnel,
and
enable
compe44ve
advantage,
economic
prosperity
and
well-‐
being
for
all
Canadians
through
the
effec4ve
use
of
high
performance
compu4ng
3. Mission
To
create
a
na4onal
plaBorm
of
shared
world-‐
class
high
performance
compu4ng
and
data
resources
and
personnel,
accessible
by
researchers
in
all
disciplines
independent
of
resource
or
researcher
loca4on
and
to
promote
high
performance
compu4ng
na4onally
and
interna4onally
4.
5. Interna4onal
Review
Panel
• CFI
required
a
mid-‐term
review
of
Compute
Canada
• The
Panel’s
recommenda?ons
included:
– A
strategic
plan
that
strengthens
Compute
Canada’s
na?onal
role
in
the
Canadian
research
landscape
– A
coordinated
plan
that
would
allow
the
consor?um
members
to
beMer
support
commercial
organiza?ons
6. Compute
Canada
and
RMSC
• A
dynamic
shared
plaBorm
for
SMEs
• Allows
SMEs
to
access:
– advanced
HPC
exper?se
– state-‐of-‐the-‐art
supercomputers
at
Compute
Canada
consor?a
– academic
researchers
– administra?ve
framework
to
minimize
overhead
7. What
We’re
Planning
• Micro-‐Clusters
– Start
with
1
industry
sector
•
air,
automo?ve,
agriculture,
manufacturing,
etc.
– Involve
all
stakeholders
– Collabora?on,
partnerships,
internships
– An
economic
driver
–
Compute
Canada
consor?um
leads,
na?onally
accessible.
8. What
We
Expect
• New
knowledge
• New
applica?ons
• New
products
• New
partnerships
• New
rela?onships
• Compe??ve
advantage
9. Why
We
Are
Working
Together
TO
COMPETE
YOU
MUST
COMPUTE