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Last November, 黄色直播 joined six other post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia institutions to partner with IBM Canada toward a common goal: create career opportunities for new graduates and launch research in the fast-emerging fields of data analytics and optimization.
"A collaboration involving seven post-secondary institutes in Nova Scotia is a unique way to address an upcoming skills shortage in an important sector,鈥 says Michael Shepherd, dean of the Faculty of Computer Science.
The project is called the Collaboration for Analytics Research, Education and Technology (CARET). Dr. Shepherd also sits on CARET鈥檚 executive steering committee.
CARET鈥檚 member institutions are examining ways to develop curriculum and research together. The first step, though, is to set up a shared computing infrastructure, or 鈥渃loud,鈥 so everyone can work collaboratively and share data sets easily, from campuses all across the province.
Today, IBM Canada announced it鈥檚 providing CARET with a multi-million dollar cloud computing system that will be operational in early 2014. The hardware will be hosted in Dal鈥檚 data centre at the Killam Library.
鈥淭he ability to share a common system among all schools allows us to get started on collaborating as educators and researchers to meet our shared goals,鈥 says Dr. Shepherd. 鈥淭here are always benefits to working together and this shared infrastructure will really allow CARET to leverage each institution鈥檚 unique programming, resulting in highly skilled students ready to enter the workforce."
Members of the Dal community are invited to join a at 1 p.m. AST on Friday, November 29.There, you鈥檒l hear from Andrew Rau-Chaplin of Dal鈥檚 Faculty of Computer Science and others on how IBM, governments and more than a dozen leading Canadian universities are applying cloud and analytics technologies to accelerate research, nurture skills, and drive innovation. Questions can be asked on Twitter using the hashtag #Convo4Change, or by sending a direct message (DM) to @smarterplanetca.
In addition to Dal鈥檚 participation in CARET, the Faculty of Computer Science launched the last summer.聽
Next fall, students working towards a Bachelor of Computer Science degree can opt to take a data science specialization as well, receiving a certificate to complement their degree.
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