Cybera projects receive more than $2 million from CANARIE

Cybera has received over $2 million in funding from Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network (CANARIE) for two projects.

The Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Sensing (GeoCENS) project received $1.1 million in funding.  GeoCENS is an interactive web-based portal used for scientific analysis and social networking within the biogeoscience community.

Partnering with the U of C's Biogeoscience Institute, GeoCENS lets researchers view data shared within the portal and allow them to remotely contribute data into the system in real time.

The Cloud Enabled Space Weather Modeling and Data Assimilation Platform (CESWP), received $933,000.  CESWP will simplify access for researchers to space weather simulation tools using cloud computing technology.

Space weather, which occurs between the Earth and the Sun, disrupts communications, power and distributions systems across the globe.  CESWP responds to the need for increased computational capacity to help researchers forecast space weather and prevent interference, all while reducing cost and complexity.

To read more on GeoCENS visit:  http://www.cybera.ca/project/geospatial-cyberinfrastructure-environmental-sensing

To read more on CESWP visit:  http://www.cybera.ca/project/cloud-enabled-space-weather-modeling-and-data-assimilation-platform