Queen’s and Simon Fraser University team up to build powerful, made-in-Canada system.
Queen’s University and Simon Fraser University have signed a new agreement to strengthen Canada’s supercomputing power and support the country’s growing artificial intelligence sector.
Nancy Ross, vice-principal of research at Queen’s, explains how the two schools will work together.
The partnership will focus on building a secure, high-performance computing system designed to keep Canadian data within national borders while supporting research and innovation across the country. Ross says data security is becoming increasingly important.
Officials say the project could place Canada back on the global stage, with plans for a top-10 supercomputer in Kingston and another top-25 system in British Columbia. Ross says the project is still in the planning stages.
Supercomputers are critical for training AI models and analyzing large amounts of data in fields like health care, clean energy and public safety.
She says the collaboration will help train future experts and improve Canada’s competitiveness in an AI-driven world.
The universities plan to apply for federal funding through Canada’s Sovereign AI Compute strategy, expected to launch later this year.
Story by Alyssa Brush
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