WestGrid is a government-funded infrastructure program started in 2003, mainly in
Western Canada, that provides institutional research faculty and students access to high performance computing and distributed data storage, using a combination of grid, networking, and collaboration tools. WestGrid is one of four partners within the umbrella organization, Compute Canada.
Principal participants
WestGrid has 14 partner institutions across four provinces - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The participating institutions include:
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Simon Fraser University
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University of British Columbia
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University of Victoria
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University of Northern British Columbia
* The
Banff Centre
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University of Alberta
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University of Calgary
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University of Lethbridge
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Athabasca University
Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public research university that primarily operates through online distance education. Founded in 1970, it is one of four comprehensive academic and research universities in Alberta, and was the first ...
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University of Saskatchewan
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University of Regina
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University of Manitoba
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University of Winnipeg
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Brandon University
Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon Co ...
WestGrid also works in partnership with each province's Optical Regional Advanced Network. WestGrid's network partners include:
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* BCNET
* Cybera
* SRnet
* MRnet
* CANARIE
References
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External links
Official website
Grid computing