Mission, Vision & Goals of the IRMACS Centre
Our Mission
By removing the traditional boundaries between scientific disciplines and physical boundaries due to distance, the IRMACS Centre:
- nurtures interdisciplinary research, collaborative interaction, and creativity at regional, national and international levels;
- promotes sharing of its resources, laboratory space, seminar and discussion rooms, and a broad array of specialized equipment;
- provides researchers from diverse backgrounds with versatile, technologically sophisticated infrastructure and state-of-the-art computational, visualization and communication resources;
- fosters community involvement;
- serves as an open space for scientific and community events; and
- by providing inspiration and enlightenment, helps scientists from all walks of academic life to perform their research at the highest level.
Our Vision
- The IRMACS Centre is designed to facilitate creative collaboration and the exchange of scientific ideas
- The IRMACS Centre is committed to promoting new initiatives that challenge existing standards, expand current scientific boundaries, and create new benchmarks
- The IRMACS Centre is dedicated to attracting and sustaining excellent researchers whose primary laboratory tool is the computer
- The IRMACS Centre serves its members through first class technical and administrative support
- The IRMACS Centre offers state-of-the-art facilities
- The IRMACS Centre achieves its goals with the support of its dedicated members, staff and leaders
Our Goals
- To champion groundbreaking and interdisciplinary research
- To enable collaborative interaction - intellectually, physically and virtually
- To build a network of SFU researchers as well as short term and long term visitors from diverse disciplines
- To facilitate and host events that both promote leading-edge research as well as the bridging of science and art
- To establish long lasting connections with similar institutions across the world
- To be a hub for Simon Fraser University's research
Our Motto
Memento audere semper! Remember to always be daring!
