Every Tuesday morning we publish the Tech Roundup, a newsletter full of the latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton’s technology community. In addition to the curated, easy-to-scan lists of news and events, each edition includes one or two featured items which are the updates highlighted below. Sign up here to get the Tech Roundup by email each week.
Here’s our look back at the month of November 2018 as captured by our Tech Roundups.
November 6 – Electric Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Project wraps up
The City of Edmonton’s electric autonomous vehicle pilot project, featuring a shuttle known as ELA (for Electric Autonomous), wrapped up at the beginning of the month. The ELA vehicle was a 12-person shuttle manufactured by EasyMile called the EZ10. It operated at low speeds (less than 12 km/h) and featured a battery that could last up to 16 hours. In this edition we also highlighted the new Dev Edmonton Society, Athabasca University’s use of AWS, and that Extra Life Edmonton raised $69,303 for charity.
November 13 – City of Edmonton named Most Open City in Canada
For the third year in a row, the City of Edmonton has been named the "Most Open City" by Public Sector Digest at the Canadian Open Data Summit. Wendy Gnenz, Chief Information Officer at the City of Edmonton, won the Canadian Open Data Leader of the Year Award. We also highlighted the launch of WAV Capital, new research from the U of A to build quantum memory, and a feature on former City Councillor Kim Krushell who has launched Bar-Tech.
November 20 – Artificial Intelligence-Supercomputing Hub to be established at the University of Alberta
The Government of Canada is investing $2.5 million in the University of Alberta to establish an Artificial Intelligence-Supercomputing Hub for Academic and Industry Collaboration ("the AI-Hub") "equipped with high performance computers capable of processing vast amounts of raw data in hours instead of days." The AI-Hub is expected to open in Spring 2019. In this edition we also highlighted an interview with Jonathan Schaeffer about AI and Edmonton, a photo feature on NAIT’s new Productivity & Innovation Centre, and the news that Edmonton was shut out of the inaugural Start Alberta awards.
November 27 – Four Edmonton companies receive federal funding to get innovative products to market
Edmonton-based DevFacto Technologies, instaMek Solutions Inc., Intelligent Imaging Systems, and Lumican Corporation have received a combined $3.2 million to "help move their new and innovative technologies from the later stages of research and development to the marketplace." The funding comes through the five-year Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative. We also highlighted an interview with Amii’s new CEO John Shillington, a recap of DemoCamp Edmonton 43, and that Myrna Bittner and Ashley Janssen were accepted into the fall cohort of Connection Silicon Valley’s Canadian Women’s Network.
Popular Clicks
These were the top 5 most clicked on items from the month:
- Edmonton Advisory Council on Startups
- Dev Edmonton Society
- Recap: DemoCamp Edmonton 43
- Edmonton entrepreneurs forming council to advise on innovation budgets
- David Staples: The rise of Kim Krushell, tech entrepreneur and champion
That’s a wrap on November! Sign up here to get the Tech Roundup by email every Tuesday morning. And in case you missed it, here’s our review of October 2018.
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