Organized by: Compute Ontario High Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have emerged as fundamental tools for 21st Century research. The Federal government announced as part of its 2018 Budget, a commitment of $572.5 million over five years with $52 million per year ongoing to implement a national Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy; reinforcing this point.
Using points of evidence from Compute Ontario’s Highly Qualified Personnel and Technology Investment Studies, this panel will examine how the process of conducting collaborative evidence-based planning with others in the digital research space:
- Led to the creation of a converged high-performance computing & artificial intelligence platform which will facilitate new tools, skills development and opportunities for researchers and industry partners
- Identified a significant gap and need for a robust academic-industry collaboration strategy in high performance computing and some of the anticipated challenges
- Reinforced the need to change how we measure value and evaluate return on in digital research infrastructure investments to policy makers
- And considers ways in which regional organization can collaborate to improve coordination and investments in digital research infrastructure to accelerate national planning strategies
This panel will draw on the expertise skill and experience of senior executives from Compute Ontario, Calcul Quebec and Vector Institute.
