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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">We received an email with a very nice offer to register for "Research Computing Summer School" in June at UBC. After confer with WestGrid we are happy to confirm that all TRIUMF staff and students are welcome to register
 for this summer school "<font size="2" face="-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;">as UBC researchers ($35, as UBC is a member of WestGrid)</span></font>". If you are interested, it is worth to have a look below.
<span>馃槈</p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">tomorrow, Wednesday<span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> (May 23</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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 GAPS Pub Night at "<span data-original-name="The Wolf & Hound">The Wolf & Hound</span>"</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Thursday<span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> (May 24</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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 Auditorium 12:30pm)</span></span>: "<b>Listening to data: Sonification, art, and science</b>"</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">More distant upcoming: <b>MITACS info session</b> (July 4</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 17, 2018 05:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gaps; Post Docs; Grad Students; Science Division Shared Account<br>
<b>Cc:</b> TRAC Team<br>
<b>Subject:</b> REGISTER: Research Computing Summer School @ UBC June 11-14, 2018</font>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">Research Computing Summer School</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">June 11-14, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">Vancouver, BC</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">This June, WestGrid (</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="http://www.westgrid.ca/" id="LPlnk865791" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#1155CC; background:white">www.westgrid.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">)
 is bringing its Research Computing Summer School to UBC for a second year. The four-day event is open to all UBC faculty, students, and staff.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">WestGrid is a regional partner of Compute Canada (</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="http://www.computecanada.ca/" id="LPlnk460588" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#1155CC; background:white">www.computecanada.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">),
 a national platform of datacentres and expert technical staff funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support researchers across Canada.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">Our summer school courses will use Compute Canada systems for the hands-on exercises, so you will get first-hand experience using high performance computing (HPC)
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Course will explore introductory and expert topics in:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">visualization with ParaView</span></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">Cost:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> 
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">You only need to register and pay once to attend as many or as few courses as you like!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; background:white"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">Complimentary light refreshments will be provided each day. Participants are responsible for providing their own lunches.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; background:white"></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">Who Should Participate:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">Anyone interested in building knowledge and skills in computational research. All research disciplines and skill levels are welcome to register.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; background:white"></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">More Information:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#222222; background:white">To view the Summer School schedule and course descriptions, visit the event website:
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Kara Mayer</span><br>
<span style="font-size:7.5pt">Projects Assistant </span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">WestGrid<br>
(e) <a href="mailto:kara.mayer@westgrid.ca" target="_blank" id="LPlnk473259" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
kara.mayer@westgrid.ca</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><a href="http://www.westgrid.ca/" target="_blank" id="LPlnk948017" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#1155CC">www.westgrid.ca</span></a><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><br>
A regional partner of Compute Canada (<a href="http://www.computecanada.ca/" target="_blank" id="LPlnk952656" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.computecanada.ca</span></a>)</span></i></p>
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