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6 The Alberta Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
The Alberta Informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCore) was
established by the Government of Alberta in October 1999 and fosters
Alberta's expanding community of information and communications technology
research in the province's universities. iCore is governed by a board of
directors and operates on a day-to-day basis to create and support teams
of world-class information and communications technology (ICT) researchers
and their projects.
According to their website, iCore invests in people, world-caliber
researchers and technicians who work in both fundamental and applied
research information and communication technology. Through the operation
of its grant programs, iCore hopes to develop the ICT industry in Alberta,
growing from its current $8 billion CDN per year to a projected $30 billion
CDN per year by 2010.
Alberta has the highest per capita spending rates on ICT research and
development in North America and iCore is involved in the majority of this
research. One of Alberta's strongest assets to ICT development is the
province's advanced infrastructure. Several major electronic networks have
been installed in Alberta for high-speed information sharing between
researchers.
iCore's current strategy has created a taskforce with a mandate to look at
current investments in ICT infrastructure and programs and make
recommendations for Alberta's future. A similar study has taken place in
the United States and concluded that "a new age has dawned in scientific
and engineering research, pushed by continuing progress in computing,
information, and communication technology, and pulled by the expanding
complexity, scope and scale of today's challenges." This study recommends
a program to develop cyber infrastructure that would support scientific
and engineering research among various agencies, universities and
industries. iCore believes that this interconnection between all elements
of ICT is essential for the continued development of this sector in
Alberta.
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