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Dear all,<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Richard<br>
SDH/SEMI Secretary<br>
<br>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Please
vote for the Compute Canada “idea” and encourage your colleagues to do
so as well. Please see the process below.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">Industry
Canada has launched a consultation process in order to develop a<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">strategy
for the digital economy. The details can be found at:<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"> <span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://de-en.gc.ca/home/"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"
_base_href="x-msg://182/">http://de-en.gc.ca/home/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">This
page includes an address by the Hon. Tony Clement together with the<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">government's
consultation paper. The site encourages submissions in response<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">to
the questions and issues raised by the consultation paper and a number
of<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">submissions
are already available on the web site. The site encourages<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">participation
and, in particular, encourages you to vote for or against<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">particular
ideas located in the “Idea Forum” section.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">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<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">HPC
to the digital economy. It can be found at:<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"> The
URL to the "idea" is<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><a
href="http://de-en.gc.ca/2010/07/08/to-compete-you-must-compute/"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"
_base_href="x-msg://182/">http://de-en.gc.ca/2010/07/08/to-compete-you-must-compute/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">The
process is:<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">1.
Go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://de-en.gc.ca/home/"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"
_base_href="x-msg://182/">http://de-en.gc.ca/home/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">2.
Click the "Log in" link along the left hand side just under "Home"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">3.
Click register to get an account. The standard email confirmation
process then occurs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">4.
After you have an account, log in.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">5.
Click Idea Forum along left hand side of home page.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">6.
Click "Digital Infrastructure" in main window<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">7.
Search for "To Compete You Must Compute"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">8.
Read and Vote. Or just vote a thumbs up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p
style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">9.
Leave comments if you wish.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">It
is highly unlikely that funding would flow to Compute Canada as an<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">immediate
result of this submission but there is enormous value in using this<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">as
a vehicle to raise awareness of the critical importance of and need for<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">HPC
to so many sectors of academia, business/industry and in society and the<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">economy
generally. Experience over the last year has shown that there is a<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">worryingly
low awareness of the strategic value of HPC by governments and<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">funding
agencies. This is an opportunity to redress this invisibility.<o:p></o:p></div>
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style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">I
very strongly encourage you to vote for the Compute Canada idea. In<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">order
to do this you must register but the process is simple and will enable<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">you
to vote for or against any of the submissions. Submissions and votes can<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">be
viewed without registering. In order to register click on the "log in"<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">item
in the left hand menu bar and follow the instructions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">If
the future of HPC in Canada is important to you - as a student, postdoc,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">staff
or faculty member - PLEASE VOTE as soon as possible. At the time of<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">writing,
the highest ranked submission had a mere 97 votes. We should easily<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">be
able to get over 1000 votes from across Canada. Voting will take only 5<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">minutes
of your time and yet it is a real opportunity to raise awareness of<o:p></o:p></div>
<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;">HPC
dramatically with the government and with other visitors to this site.</div>
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