NSF Announces ACCESS Awards |
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Follow-on to XSEDE program to be instituted September 1 |
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The National Science Foundation has awarded $52 million over five years to five lead institutions and their sub-awardees to facilitate its Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem Services and Support, or ACCESS program. The award period is from May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2027; however, XSEDE will still be active through this August.
The ACCESS program decentralizes its various services, democratizing and further broadening access to NSF's cyberinfrastructure ecosystem. Its service tracks and awardees are:
- Track 1 – The RAMPS Allocations team led by Shawn Brown, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. The Allocation Services track comprises three defined activities: Allocation Services; Innovative Pilots; and a Service Model.
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Track 2 – The MATCH User Services team, led by Shelley Knuth, University of Colorado Boulder. The End User Support Services track comprises four defined activities: General User Assistance; Allocation and Utilization Assistance; End User Training; and a Computational Science Support Network.
- Track 3 – The CONECT Operations and Integration Services team, led by Amy Schuele, National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The Operations and Integration Services track comprises three defined activities: Operational Support; Data and Networking Support; and Cybersecurity Support.
- Track 4 – The MMS Monitor & Measurement Services team, led by Tom Furlani, State University of New York at Buffalo. The Monitoring & Measurement Services track comprises three elements: Monitoring & Measurement Operations; Service Model; and Data Analytics Framework.
- ACCESS Coordination Office – The OpenCI team, led by John Towns, NCSA. The ACO will provide coordination and support services and staffing for top-level coordination and communications among the ACCESS awardees and with the public, including support for top-level inter-awardee governance, coordination of an external advisory board to the ACCESS awardees, maintenance of the top-level landing page of the ACCESS website, and coordinated community-building activities. The ACO itself will not engage in overall governance or management responsibilities for ACCESS but awardees will enable other ACCESS awardees to accomplish those activities through provision of staffing and services.
The original solicitation called for a Technology Translation Services track, which has been postponed by NSF.
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RSVP for XSEDE All-Staff Lunch Meeting on July 14 |
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XSEDE will hold an All-Staff meeting during PEARC22 in Boston on Thursday, July 14 at 12:30 p.m. (immediately following the conclusion of conference activities that day). Since PEARC will not be holding an awards lunch this year, we would like to invite any staff who will be attending PEARC to join us for a luncheon. We will also be inviting current and past XSEDE Advisory Board members to join us for lunch that day. If you plan to attend PEARC22 and would like to join us for lunch on Thursday, please indicate that in this form so I have an accurate headcount for ordering food.
If you will not be attending PEARC this year, Zoom coordinates will be sent out so you can join us virtually for the meeting. I hope to see many of you in Boston in July!
Regards,
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Submit Content to Inside XSEDE |
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This newsletter is produced by XSEDE staff, for XSEDE staff. It's sent on the last Thursday of every month. If you or your team have something to share with the rest of the project, or something you'd like to see in the monthly newsletters, please contact XSEDE's External Relations team at er@xsede.org.
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Participate in RCD Pulse Survey Funded by Campus Champions |
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Your participation is voluntary and your responses will be anonymous. Your participation is also deeply appreciated.
In the current digital era, there is an emerging need for a professional society serving Research Computing and Data (RCD) Professionals, including Campus Champions, Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Facilitators, Research Software Engineers, and other RCD/CI Professionals. These are the people that serve as the interface between researchers and the infrastructure and technology that enables their research, creative, and/or scholarly activities. The work is complex, the pace of change in technology is accelerating, and a professional society has the potential to lift up and support the work of RCD professionals.
The purpose of this stakeholder pulse survey is to identify the points of common interest among RCD professionals, as well as areas where interests diverge. This will provide valuable information to the broader community as you and others seek to accomplish together what you can't do separately. Although we all may identify by different identities and titles, collectively we are all working together in a larger RCD ecosystem with a similar vision and mission. The survey is designed for all of you:
- Research computing facilitators, system administrators, cyberinfrastructure engineers
- Research network, storage, and HPC engineers and specialists
- Research software engineers
- Research data professionals, including data scientists, data management specialists, data librarians, statistical and data consultants
- Research computing and data managers, directors, and other leaders
- Cybersecurity professionals
- IT professionals whose positions include research computing or data responsibilities
- Research staff whose positions include research computing or data responsibilities
- Anyone supporting researchers in using computational and data tools and resources in their research
In focusing on a potential professional society for Research Computing and Data (RCD) Professionals, we include the full range of research, scholarship, and creative activity in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and performing arts — all of which utilize computing and data resources and services.
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ACM SIGHPC Educational Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computational Science Education |
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The ACM SIGHPC Education Chapter is announcing the initiation of a biannual education award to recognize outstanding contributions to computational, data-enabled science, and HPC education and training in all disciplines. We are seeking nominations for candidates who have led projects or programs that have made significant contributions to computational science education, defined broadly to include all disciplines and all education levels. The executive committee of the SIGHPC Education Chapter (Chair, Vice-chair, and Secretary-treasurer) and SIGHPC are not eligible for this award.
Nominations will be evaluated based on these criteria:
- The work provides innovative training and education materials for computational, data-enabled, and HPC education.
- The impact metrics for the project or program, if available.
- The work has received widespread adoption of their approach and/or materials by other groups/organizations.
- The project or program enhances the ability to engage, serve, and retain a diverse community of participants.
- The work has been recognized through presentations and publications.
The award will be presented at SC22. The recipient will receive a $2000 cash award, and travel support to attend the SC conference.
Nominations will include a statement endorsing the nominee, and up to three letters of endorsement. Applications are due by July 1, 2022 at anywhere on earth. The chapter will choose up to one award winner and up to two honorable mentions.
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SC22 Student Opportunities |
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Whether you're working with undergraduate or graduate students with an interest in high-performance computing, or Ph.D. students about to enter the job market, getting involved in the Students@SC program at SC22, Nov. 14-18, can help them identify possibilities within the field of HPC. With opportunities for professional development and guidance from mentors, the Students@SC program helps facilitate students’ transition into the professional HPC community. Application deadlines are coming soon for the Student Cluster Competition and the Student Volunteers Program.
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