From the President & CEO: Cybera community update and look ahead
With so much going on within Cybera and our wider community, I wanted to pause to review what weโve accomplished in the latter quarter of 2023, and what we have planned for the year ahead. This past fall saw many big wins for Cybera and our community: the announcement that the Australian National Research and […]
New platform will help fill Albertaโs skills gaps
A web platform that helps Albertans match their skills and experience with the most sought-after jobs โ as well as find opportunities to learn in-demand skills โ is now available for a limited-time public preview. SkillUp provides an incredibly detailed (and user-friendly) Alberta labour market overview and education referral tool. Built by Cybera (Albertaโs not-for-profit research and […]
Cyberaโs Applied Data Science program wraps up a busy 2023 with the launch of its third cohort
Cyberaโs Applied Data Science Lab team has had a very busy 2023, helping support 10 different organizations with their early adoption of data science and machine learning practices. This is the most companies our data science team has supported in a single year, and is on top of over a dozen workshops and public information […]
ShareIT hits new group spend/saving milestone as it opens up to municipalities
Albertaโs ShareIT public procurement program has hit a major new milestone in its group spend and savings. Since it was launched in 2017 by Cybera โ in collaboration with Albertaโs post-secondary institutions โ the program has marked over $100 million in cumulative member spending on IT hardware, licenses, and other services via ShareITโs negotiated agreements. […]
eduroam comes to the Calgary Airport
The Calgary Airport Authority has announced its launch of eduroam, the secure, global Wi-Fi roaming service for students and researchers. Post-secondary students, researchers, and faculty passing through the Calgary International Airport (YYC) now have access to the trusted and secure internet service. This represents the first airport in Alberta (and only the second in Canada) […]
Data science interns take a โtripโ to Vertical City
With exaggerated hand gestures, data science intern Aldebaran Saldaรฑa comedically ushers me in and out of a life-size โelevator simulatorโ โ a small, curtained-off rectangle with a monitor mounted in the top right corner. “I feel like a border security officer,โ he says. โPassports, please!” Rishabh Shukla, another intern, shares the systemโs findings from behind […]
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