January 2024

The ACCESS Advance is a monthly newsletter produced by the NSF's ACCESS

(Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) program.

It contains science stories enabled by ACCESS, program news and opportunities for users.

Science Stories

enabled by ACCESS

Championing Open Science

Researchers use ACCESS resource Delta to reproduce methodology for speech recognition applications.

Read the full story here.

Using ACCESS to Solve World Hunger

Researchers used ACCESS resources at PSC to help find a solution to feeding the world’s population.

Read the full story here.

Studying Waves on the Rocks

UNC Wilmington leads study using University of Delaware's DARWIN to model ocean currents

Read the full story here.

ACCESS Program News

ACCESS Shines at SC23

Eighteen ACCESS staff members, along with our Program Officer, helped tend our booth at SC23, held in Denver Nov. 12-17. This year's conference was the largest yet with about 14,000 in attendance. Our booth hosted a day-long "ACCESS the Experts" event featuring time with the PIs from our five awards as well as two Campus Champion get-togethers organized by our Support team. There were numerous booth events and BoFs hosted by our Resource Providers and other ACCESS partners. Overall, we had a successful time at this annual blockbuster event.

Share Your Conference Experience with Us

Have you attended a conference in the past year representing ACCESS as either an attendee or exhibitor/presenter? If so, please share your experience with us here so we know what audiences we’ve reached; please don't forget to include your name(s). Please share by Monday, Jan. 22. Thank you!

ACCESS Coordination Team at NeurlPS

ACCESS Coordination Office's science writer Kim Mann Bruch and NSF Program Officer Tom Gulbransen joined three others from the ACCESS Coordination Office at the NeurlPS conference held Dec. 10–16 in New Orleans. The conference and workshop on neural information processing systems is a machine learning and computational neuroscienc conference held every December.

ACCESS Allocation News

Maximize ACCESS Requests Now Being Accepted

For researchers with the largest-scale computational, analysis and storage needs, requests for Maximize ACCESS allocations can be submitted until Jan. 31, with awards starting April 1. The request window opened on Dec. 15, 2023 and the next webinar on “How to Write a Successful Maximize ACCESS Allocations Request” will take place Jan. 16 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Register for the webinar here.

The Maximize ACCESS schedule for this spring is:

Jan. 31: Request window closes
Early March: Review meeting
Mid-March: Notifications sent to requestors
April 1: Start/renewal date for allocations

The next proposal submission window will run from June 15 to July 31, with awards starting October 1, 2024. Researchers with existing large-scale XSEDE Research or earlier Maximize ACCESS allocations should log in and contact the Allocations Team with any questions or concerns to determine the best option for aligning their project renewals with the semi-annual schedule.

ACCESS Operations News

STEP Applications Coming Soon

Coming soon! The ACCESS Operations Student Training and Engagement Program (STEP) will open the application window for the 2024 cohort. Keep an eye on our website for details on how to apply, and please encourage students you know who are interested in exploring careers in operational support, networking or cybersecurity to apply.

ACCESS Support News

Spring MatchPlus Researchers Sought

ACCESS Support is looking for four researchers who are interested in a Spring MatchPlus engagement of three to six months. Researchers looking to solve research needs – such as expanding code, transitioning from lab computers to ACCESS resource providers, or tackling new technologies and software are a perfect fit for this program. We will match you with a support team consisting of a student/mentor pair. Details can be found at the Support website. If you're interested in serving as a researcher, mentor or student for these four projects, please contact Alana Romanella.

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