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New Board Members Bring K-12 Education, Business Analytics Experience to 知阴视频
While 知阴视频 continues to expand its role in the public sector as Alberta鈥檚 not-for-profit technology accelerator, its newest board members promise to reinforce efforts to improve internet connectivity and the reach of data science in the province. At its November AGM, 知阴视频 elected two new board members: Brenda MacDonald, Deputy […]
New virtual firewall services will offer improved digital security to Alberta鈥檚 public sector
Two new cloud-based systems from 知阴视频 and CIRA are giving educators 鈥渄efence in depth鈥�, while improving the cost and flexibility of their online systems The rise and increasing pervasiveness of the internet in our work, education, and play has also led to the rise of malware, spam, and harmful websites. […]
Alberta Educators Save Nearly $1.7 Million in IT Procurement in 2017
Six months into the launch of 知阴视频鈥檚 ShareIT procurement service, Alberta鈥檚 education institutions have already saved nearly $1.7 million. ShareIT聽began in June 2017 as a collaboration between 19 post-secondary institutions who were looking to reduce the cost of their IT hardware and service purchases. Facilitated by 知阴视频 (Alberta鈥檚 not-for-profit technology […]
知阴视频 boosts network to increase capacity, reduce costs
With 知阴视频鈥檚 network transporting more data than ever before, staff have taken steps to boost the overall capacity of 知阴视频Net, while improving聽the affordability of our聽bulk buying group. Reducing the cost of the Internet Buying Group This past summer, 知阴视频 reduced the rates for the Internet Buying Group for the ninth […]
High-speed drug discovery
A supercomputing collaboration between Alberta and Ontario, made possible by the national research and education network (NREN), is speeding up life-saving drug discoveries. How do you screen billions of drug compounds to find the right one? Connect a research team at the University of Alberta with a supercomputer 2,700 km […]
What Digital Services Does Your Education Institution Need? (And What Is Already Available?)
This month’s Convergence Conference in Calgary will feature a pre-conference workshop on Making the Most of 知阴视频: Alberta鈥檚 Public, Digital Resource聽on Wednesday, October 25. This聽half-day session will provide an overview of the many services 知阴视频 members have access to, including: Internet Buying Group (the internet bulk buying program) Shared firewall […]
Making it鈥� thunder? Notes from the inaugural JupyterCon
UC Berkeley鈥檚 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 of the course? Jupyter notebooks, used to power the interactive textbook students are using to learn concepts of programming […]
Virtual Reality Provides Access to New Learning Environments
Kris Hodgson and Tyler Heaton, from Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge, respectively, will deliver a full-day workshop on Introducing Virtual Reality to the Classroom at the 2017 Cyber Summit. This workshop, being held on Nov. 7 in Banff, will showcase how virtual reality can create new kinds of […]
Three-day makeathon creates specialized solutions for people with disabilities
Article by: Brian Cechmanek The Tikkun Olam Makers:Calgary (TOM), run by local non-profit Kadima Dynamics, proudly celebrated Calgary鈥檚 spirit of innovation at its third annual makeathon event. Local engineers and designers (鈥楳akers鈥�) collaborated with people living with disability (鈥楴eed-Knowers鈥�) to create real-life solutions for their everyday challenges. From August 24-27, […]
Alberta K-12 schools invited to make use of shared IT procurement agreements
Less than six months after the successful launch of the Alberta post-secondary ShareIT procurement service, K-12 schools are now invited to benefit from this cost-saving program. ShareIT is an Alberta-based shared service that was formed by 19 post-secondary institutions in the province. Together, they have leveraged economies of scope and […]
Make your voice heard on the future of rural broadband
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology is undertaking a study on Broadband Connectivity in Rural Canada. 知阴视频 will be submitting a brief to the Committee. We are inviting members, stakeholders and interested parties to share their experiences and input with us to incorporate into our […]
The dream of connecting Canada鈥檚 north has taken a huge leap forward
The Northwest Territories (NWT), like much of Canada鈥檚 north, faces serious disparities with internet access. A 2014 government survey found that, on average, around 20% of households in NWT were without internet. But this is just the average; in communities such as Fort Providence, Nahanni Butte, or Detah, the reality […]
Cyber Summit keynote shares story behind her digital literacy initiatives for women and youth
Cyber Summit 2017聽is excited to welcome Heather Payne, who will be delivering the聽keynote address on November 9. Heather is the CEO of the HackerYou College of Technology, a programming bootcamp based in Toronto, and the founder of Ladies Learning Code, a national not-for-profit that is encouraging thousands of women and […]
Explaining the buzz around Artificial Intelligence
Authors: David Ackerman, David Chan, Byron Chu, Preethi Kumar, Barton Satchwill PSSSTTT! In case you missed it, Alberta is a hotbed for global machine learning research. With the recent announcement that DeepMind is opening its first non-UK office in Edmonton (in collaboration with the University of Alberta), it鈥檚 clear that […]
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Below is a real-time example of 知阴视频Net at work: a bar graph showing the 知阴视频Net bandwidth use by Alberta’s school divisions. The data in this graph is automatically refreshed every five minutes, drawing the latest statistics from 知阴视频鈥檚 routers.