Organization: IBM

OCE funding supports AI-enabled drone for Ontario highways

A group of industry players working with Univ of Toronto has received funding to develop a drone system enabled with artificial intelligence to help in traffic management on Ontario’s highways. The group, which includes The Sky Guys, NVIDIA Corp and IBM, received $750,000 over two years through the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). Working with…

New Brunswick training the next generation to build the world’s safest internet

The growing threat of cyber attacks on Internet-based networks is being turned into an economic opportunity for both New Brunswick and Canada. In May 2016, New Brunswick became the first province to develop a comprehensive strategy on cybersecurity and cyber innovation, developed in partnership with academia, government and industry leaders like IBM.

Feds and province fund UNB cybersecurity institute

Federal and provincial funding agencies have banded together to support the creation of the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC) at the Univ of New Brunswick. The multidisciplinary institute also signed its first corporate partner with IBM coming on board with resources and in-kind contributions. CIC’s founding director is Dr Ali Ghorbani, Canada Research Chair in…

The Next 36 announces expansion as NEXT Canada

The Next 36 has rebranded itself as NEXT Canada and expanded its executive suite as it develops an enhanced business plan for release in the coming months. Founded in 2010, NEXT Canada aims to strengthen the innovation ecosystem and facilitate access by young entrepreneurs through mentorship, education and networking. Joining the organization as CEO is…

CIHR launches SUPPORT Unit in Newfoundland

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is launching a SUPPORT Unit in Newfoundland. The provincial SUPPORT (Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials) Unit will receive $19.8 million from CIHR, the Government of Newfoundland and IBM, which is providing cash and in-kind support. The unit will connect players in the health care ecosystem to…

IBM and OCE launch cloud computing pilot

IBM, the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and several Ontario-based universities and health institutes are participating in a pilot project to deliver anywhere, anytime access to IBM’s proprietary business software via cloud computing – an emerging compute model for delivering and consuming information technology capabilities as a service. The software — IBM’s WebSphere Integration Developer…

U of T and IBM partner to build supercomputer

The Univ of Toronto has vaulted up the list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers with an agreement between IBM and the university’s SciNet Consortium to build Canada’s most powerful and energy efficient machine. The machine has an innovative hybrid design containing two systems that can work together or independently and is connected to a…

ICT main focus of follow-on CECR competition

The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) secretariat has announced a new competition for the Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) program with a high priority being given to information and communications technology (ICT). The targeted nature of the competition acknowledges the absence of successful ICT proposals in the inaugural round, which prompted…