[SDH/SEMI Members] a note of significance to Canadian DHers

[Richard Cunningham]

Dear all,

The following was sent to be by our colleague Geoffrey Rockwell, with a 
request that I forward it to the SDH/SEMI list.  This is how it has 
arrived in your inbox.  I hope you will take a few minutes to read this 
note and to act on it.

Cheers,
Richard
SDH/SEMI Secretary

Please vote for the Compute Canada "idea" and encourage your colleagues 
to do so as well. Please see the process below.

 
Industry Canada has launched a consultation process in order to develop a
strategy for the digital economy. The details can be found at:
 
  http://de-en.gc.ca/home/
 
This page includes an address by the Hon. Tony Clement together with the
government's consultation paper. The site encourages submissions in response
to the questions and issues raised by the consultation paper and a number of
submissions are already available on the web site. The site encourages
participation and, in particular, encourages you to vote for or against
particular ideas located in the "Idea Forum" section.
Compute Canada has made a submission and presented an "idea" the title 
of which is "To Compete You Must Compute" that describes the value and 
necessity of
HPC to the digital economy. It can be found at:
 
 The URL to the "idea" is
 
http://de-en.gc.ca/2010/07/08/to-compete-you-must-compute/
 
The process is:
 
1. Go to http://de-en.gc.ca/home/

2. Click the "Log in" link along the left hand side just under "Home"

3. Click register to get an account. The standard email confirmation 
process then occurs.

4. After you have an account, log in.

5. Click Idea Forum along left hand side of home page.

6. Click "Digital Infrastructure" in main window

7. Search for "To Compete You Must Compute"

8. Read and Vote. Or just vote a thumbs up.

9. Leave comments if you wish.

 
 
It is highly unlikely that funding would flow to Compute Canada as an
immediate result of this submission but there is enormous value in using 
this
as a vehicle to raise awareness of the critical importance of and need for
HPC to so many sectors of academia, business/industry and in society and the
economy generally. Experience over the last year has shown that there is a
worryingly low awareness of the strategic value of HPC by governments and
funding agencies. This is an opportunity to redress this invisibility.
 
I very strongly encourage you to vote for the Compute Canada idea. In
order to do this you must register but the process is simple and will enable
you to vote for or against any of the submissions. Submissions and votes can
be viewed without registering. In order to register click on the "log in"
item in the left hand menu bar and follow the instructions.
 
If the future of HPC in Canada is important to you - as a student, postdoc,
staff or faculty member - PLEASE VOTE as soon as possible. At the time of
writing, the highest ranked submission had a mere 97 votes. We should easily
be able to get over 1000 votes from across Canada. Voting will take only 5
minutes of your time and yet it is a real opportunity to raise awareness of
HPC dramatically with the government and with other visitors to this site.

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