Canadian high performance computing: The Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Consortium (University of Toronto) is the highest ranked Canadian entry in the Top 500 list of super computing sites in the world. With 32,768 cores and a theoretical peak performance of 419.4 tera flops per second, this site is 68th on the list. HPC Top 500
180,629: With Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) making the news recently, it is interesting to see the data behind the scenes. At the University of Toronto there were 180,629 MOOC enrolments as of mid-November. The University signed it's deal with Coursera in mid-July of this year. Please see page 9 of this link for more information: MOOCs at UofT
New email system at Queen's: Students at Queen's University will receive a new email and calendaring system in early 2013. After carefully reviewing privacy compliance, Queen's has announced a deal with Microsoft providing students with Office 365. The externally hosted system is compatible with the faculty and staff email and calendaring system. Office 365 @ Queen's
IT by the numbers: Carleton University has published a lively info-graphic on their performance for the month of October. The info-graphic publishes key metrics in a useful and informative format reflecting detailed data collection processes. Computing and Communications Services in October
IT wins a health award: Information Technology Services at Dalhousie University won the Healthy Workplace Award this year. The prize recognizes departments, units, or areas that demonstrate a commitment to the health and wellness of their employees. Healthy IT
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