Location: McGill University, Leacock Building, 9:00am-2:30pm

Girls from the Lester B. Pearson School Board will explore and live the everyday experiences of our amazing mentors who will share their passion for all things STEM. From programming to exploding stars, they’ll learn how they can share in the excitement with a career in STEM.

Meet our Keynote Speaker: Marie Jo Leroux, Ubisoft

If you thought the gaming world was run by boys then think again. Marie Jo is a globe- trotting game producer at Ubisoft. A graduate of McGill, Marie Jo’s life has been a whirlwind combination of travel and exciting challenges, all of which make her the 4G keynote we can’t wait to introduce.

Meet our 4G Host/Event Coordinator and Instructor: Genevieve L’Esperance

Genevieve is a McGill undergrad and host of the YouTube channel GenINCtv. When not speaking at events like Digigirlz or hosting Dare2BDigital or running Teaching Girls Programming sessions, “Gen” is collaborating with other young people worldwide who are looking to use technology to create sustainable solutions for some of the UN’s Millennial goals that address issues like global health, education and resource planning. Gen will be the instructor for the programming session.

Join us,^* along with the amazing talents of the Montreal Girl Geeks, Microsoft Technical Evangelists, McGill staff and students and other amazing women who will join us for the Meet the Mentor luncheon. We won’t have workshops, we’re having “Funshops”!

*Partners of this event include: CLUMEQ(McGill, Calcul Quebec/Compute Canada), MICROSOFT, Ubisoft, GENinc, Lester B. Pearson School Board,Teaching Kids Programming, & Montreal Girl Geeks...

Training Session - Introduction to Scientific Computing - March 30, 2012

We are pleased to offer a training session entitled "Introduction to Scientific Computing" for new users of Calcul Quebec (CLUMEQ and RQCHP).

The content of this tutorial will be aimed at new users and will consist of:
• Distinction between HPC and office computing
• Understanding your application
• Understanding the infrastructure
• Understanding queueing systems
• Registration, access to resources and policies
• Use of infrastructure
• Best practices

This session will be held at McGill University, Friday, March 30 from 9:30 to 12:00, in the Bell seminar Room (103) of the Physics Department, in the Rutherford Building.

Another session will be given in April (date to be announced).

Please register by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

High Performance Computing Analyst

Reporting to the Director, Business Operations the HPC Analyst brings professional HPC expertise and advice to researchers, professors, research associates and graduate students and provides specialized support in parallel programming and scientific computing (use of MPI, OpenMP and other HPC tools) as well as in code analysis, optimization and performance tuning for research applications. Acts as an advisor for the development of information system strategies while providing leadership in the organization, development and delivery of training courses and materials. Maintains expertise in the latest HPC software tools and techniques and oversees the implementation of short and long term plans.

Key Roles:

Provide consulting expertise to the University community and high level information systems support and services that enhance and maintain the University's existing central systems; and provide local area network management services for a wide variety of administrative and academic units, ensuring the security and confidentiality of data. Manage the administrative activities of a department/unit. Participate in establishing strategic direction and oversee implementation of short and long-term plans related to information systems support and services. Provide professional expertise in the development and implementation of information technology policies, programs and systems that support unit initiatives. Monitor progress and results. Deliver or support the delivery of information systems support and services in situations involving diverse practices and precedents. Provide guidance and leadership to department/unit members and other professionals. Ensure the implementation of new initiatives that support the strategic direction of the department/unit, by keeping abreast of new developments and trends in the field of information technology. Represent the department/unit at internal and/or external meetings.

Education/Experience:

Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities:

Ability to work under pressure while remaining customer-focused.  Minimum two (2) years experience in providing specialized support and training to researcher communities in an HPC environment. Expertise in parallel programming with MPI  (various flavours), OpenMP as well as parallel IO. Experienced in code analysis, optimization and performance tuning. Advanced programming skills in C++, C, Python and Fortran. Experience with scientific applications such as Matlab, Octave and Abaqus.  Specialized experience with GPU programming including CUDA and OpenCL and in visualization tools and techniques for large complex datasets. A strong base of experience with Linux and Unix systems programming and knowledge of the underlying system architectures. English and French, spoken and written.

How to Apply: 

http://www.mcgill.ca/hr/posting/1/high-performance-computing-analyst