Advanced Research Computing for Sociologists
Advanced Research Computing for Sociologists: Introduction to the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.
Hosted by the CSA Student Concerns Subcommittee
April 7, 2026 @ 12:00pm EST
The Digital Research Alliance of Canada is a national not-for-profit organization supporting advanced research computing and high-performance computing in Canada. The Alliance provides specialized support for the humanities and social sciences, with the goal of increasing computing competencies among the social sciences.
This webinar will introduce participants to the Alliance and to the resources it offers to support research in the social sciences. Specifically, the webinar will cover (1) the importance of advanced research computing to the social sciences, (2) the resources available to Canadian researchers from the Alliance, and (3) how to access those resources for graduate students. The webinar will include a demonstration of how to access certain common softwares, such as OpenRefine and R, on the Alliance’s super computing clusters.
Moderator: To be finalized
Speaker: Maria Sigridur Finnsdottir is the chair of the national humanities and social sciences team at the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, as well as a member of the Digital Research Services team at the University of Alberta. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Toronto, awarded in 2024.