Dugan O’Neil

This is a photo of the SFU supercomputer, Ceder. The computer takes up the entire room.
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SFU will build an $80 million upgraded supercomputing facility

Peak Web July 10, 2024

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer On June 3, SFU announced an $80 million supercomputer upgrade that will improve efficiency, data storage, and performance from its existing supercomputer, Cedar. The current supercomputing facility is one of the top 100 in the world and used for high-speed computations. It’s used by researchers across Canada and available for graduate students, faculty members, post-doctorate students, and undergraduate researchers at SFU — especially for their work in labs. The funds for this project were awarded to SFU by multiple donors, including the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and the BC Knowledge Development Fund through the…

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This is a photo of the academic quadrangle at the SFU Burnaby campus. In front of the building is students sitting on the green grass.
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Provincial funding for clean technology development at SFU

Peak Web December 2, 2022

By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer SFU’s 4D LABS and Big Data Hub are set to receive a research investment of $2.6 million. The investment will provide new equipment and facility upgrades to support research in “clean technologies late-stage testing.”…

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