WestGrid
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.[1]
Principal participants
WestGrid has 14 partner institutions across four provinces - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The participating institutions include:
- Simon Fraser University
- University of British Columbia
- University of Victoria
- University of Northern British Columbia
- The Banff Centre
- University of Alberta
- University of Calgary
- University of Lethbridge
- Athabasca University
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Regina
- University of Manitoba
- University of Winnipeg
- Brandon University
WestGrid also works in partnership with each province's Optical Regional Advanced Network. WestGrid's network partners include:[2]
- BCNET
- Cybera
- SRnet
- MRnet
- CANARIE
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