Mission Statement

•  “To spur and support innovation,

•  for the economic benefit of Alberta,

•  through the use of cyberinfrastructure”

•  Super-economies dwarf Canada

•  Can’t compete on size

•  Innovate / collaborate

Global Competition

Focus Areas

• Network

• Web 2.0, Collaboration

• High Performance Computing

Peering

U of A

Large ISP Large ISP

Large ISP

Google Facebook

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The Internet

Cybera

U of A U of C etc,…

Large ISP Large ISP

Large ISP

Google Facebook

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Focus Areas

• Network

• Web 2.0, Collaboration

• High Performance Computing

CyberPorts

CyberPorts

CyberPorts •  Fort McMurray / SuperNet

–  Keyano

•  Calgary

•  Edmonton

•  Lethbridge

•  Carbon Management Canada –  Richard for details

Collaboration Portals

Collaboration Portals

Focus Areas

• Network

• Web 2.0, Collaboration

• High Performance Computing

Alberta Co.

Commercial Cloud

Cybera Pilot Cloud

Commercial SuperComputing

Very Big Data

Very Big Data

SKA Tool 1

Tool 2

Very Big Data

VBD

Finance

Medicine

SKA

Brain

Genomics

Oil &

Gas

Convergence • Very Big Data

• Environment

• Energy

• Economic diversification

• Rural development

• Skillset development