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CyberaNet helps move 4.07 PB of WestGrid research data
Adapted from a WestGrid news update Over the course of a year, WestGrid has transferred more than 4 PB of research data across Cybera and CANARIE's advanced networks in Western Canada. That amounts...
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Hacking health through instant cloud
This past weekend, Cybera participated as a partner and mentor in the Calgary Hacking Health event. Hacking Health is similar to other hackathons: groups of volunteers come together to pitch ideas and...
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New research tool will transport the biggest of big data
A University of Alberta professor has today unveiled a Dropbox-like tool that makes it quick and easy for researchers to transfer files that were previously considered too numerous or big — in the...
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How Cybera’s Rapid Access Cloud is empowering large scale real world social...
By Brad Rougeau, Lead Developer of Viewcount In 2012, a group of us from the Networks Research Group at the University of Calgary began looking at social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and...
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CyberaNet Supports 22% Increase in WestGrid Research Data
Adapted from the April 2015 WestGrid Newsletter: Over the past year, WestGrid has transferred more than 5 PB of research data across Cybera and CANARIE's advanced networks in Western Canada,...
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Behind the scenes of a DataThon!
By Sabine Seyffarth – Researcher and aspiring Data Scientist Last month, I decided to take part in the DataThon organized by Data for Good in Calgary. I love playing with data and have been interested...
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Emerging World of Data Science
The days of parents pushing kids to pursue ‘guaranteed money-making careers’ in healthcare and the law may be coming to an end. Data Science is emerging as one of the hottest new professions of the...
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The New Wave of Analytics—Machine Learning
By Alexander Woods, Computer Science student, Atlanta GA I once heard a professor say the key difference between machine learning and statistics was that machine learning predicts the future, and...
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Calgary-based research team helps astronomers around the world visualize big...
A software tool developed at the University of Calgary is helping over 500 astronomy experts around the world process massive volumes of space data. The insights they reveal will determine how the...
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Demonstrating Big Data Transfer at Supercomputing 2015
Modern research often requires the use of specialized scientific instruments (which may be located thousands of miles away from the researcher in question). Using those instruments can create large...
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Data Science – So Hot Right Now!
Last month’s Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) started with some hands-on problem solving for attendees to mull over: How long will it take 3,000 people to filter through one registration desk,...
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Big data, big ideas on display at CANHEIT / HPCS 2016
Two weeks ago, a group of Cyberans had the chance to attend the CANHEIT / HPCS conference in Edmonton. This was the first time that CANHEIT (Canadian Higher Education Information Technology) and HPCS...
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Astronomers Use Cybera’s Rapid Access Cloud To Find ‘Very Unusual’ Star System
Adapted from the University of Alberta press release This graphic features an artist's impression of the extraordinarily close stellar pairing, known as X9. Photo credit: National Aeronautics and...
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Making it… thunder? Notes from the inaugural JupyterCon
UC Berkeley’s Introduction To Data Science course has just become its fastest growing course – ever. The class has 1,200 students enrolled, representing more than 60 different majors. Under the hood...
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New Board Members Bring K-12 Education, Business Analytics Experience to Cybera
While Cybera continues to expand its role in the public sector as Alberta’s not-for-profit technology accelerator, its newest board members promise to reinforce efforts to improve internet...
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New Canadian data mining tool analyzes how public submissions affect...
When the CRTC sought submissions to its 2015 consultation on “Basic Telecommunications Services,” thousands of people offered their opinions on what the future of Canada’s internet should look like....
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The New Wave of Analytics—Machine Learning
By Alexander Woods, Computer Science student, Atlanta GA I once heard a professor say the key difference between machine learning and statistics was that machine learning predicts the future, and...
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Calgary-based research team helps astronomers around the world visualize big...
A software tool developed at the University of Calgary is helping over 500 astronomy experts around the world process massive volumes of space data. The insights they reveal will determine how the...
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How Cybera is helping emerging data scientists and adding value for businesses
When you last went to Tim Hortons, you might have used their new app to get one step closer to a free coffee. The app allows consumers to digitally pay for their purchases, or redeem a coupon, in...
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Cybera uses data science to support green tech solutions
Cybera’s data science team is partnering with CMC Research Institutes on a project to mitigate the impacts of man-made climate change. CMC Research Institutes is an Alberta-based, not-for-profit...
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