User:Scinet/SciNet Consortium

SciNet is a consortium comprised of the University of Toronto and affiliated Ontario hospitals. SciNet has received funding from both the federal and provincial government, Faculties at the University of Toronto, and affiliated hospitals.

At the core of SciNet research are six key areas of study: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, High Energy Particle Physics, Integrative Computational Biology, Planetary Physics, and Theoretical Chemical Physics.

History
SciNet was initially formed in the fall of 2004 following an agreement between the Canadian high-performance computing community to develop a response to the newly created National Platform Fund. The community felt that funding from the NPF would enable the development of a collective national capability in HPC. The Canadian HPC community was successful in its NPF proposal and SciNet was awarded a portion of that funding.

Partners

 * Founding Institution
 * University of Toronto


 * Affiliated Hospitals
 * Hospital for Sick Children
 * Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)
 * Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
 * Baycrest