CC* Planning: Leading Advanced University Computing for Higher Education (LAUNCH) MSU

密西西比州立大学领先的高等教育先进大学计算，或MSU LAUNCH，正在与研究人员合作制定计划，为更广泛的MSU研究人员提供全面的研究计算和数据存储支持。该团队正在收集有关当前校园网络基础设施的信息，并编写新的网络基础设施计划，这将作为未来工作的基础。研究计算和数据能力模型的结果是这些努力的起点。初步评估显示了密歇根州立大学擅长的领域，并确定了对研究人员的支持可以改进的领域。该项目将使校园IT领导和多个领域的研究人员能够进行互动，以评估密歇根州立大学所需的网络基础设施和支持服务的适当水平。该规划项目的成果将确保持续发展具有竞争力的研究环境，以解决最具挑战性的研究问题。该项目还将通过纳入无法定期和反复访问计算资源的研究领域，使科学民主化。作为密西西比州最大的研究机构，密西西比州立大学为多样化的本科生和研究生提供服务。2022年秋季，在主校区注册的21961名学生中，27%被归类为少数民族学生（包括黑人或非裔美国人、美洲印第安人、亚洲人、西班牙人、夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民，以及多种族学生）。MSU LAUNCH将改善广大用户对计算资源和服务的访问，这一目标与密西西比州立大学在EPSCoR管辖范围内的长期战略目标保持一致。该奖项由先进网络基础设施办公室颁发，并得到了刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）的联合支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Mississippi State University Leading Advanced University Computing for Higher Education, or MSU LAUNCH, is engaging with researchers to make plans to provide comprehensive research computing and data storage support to a broader group of MSU researchers. The team is gathering information about the current cyberinfrastructure on campus and writing a new cyberinfrastructure plan, which will serve as basis for future endeavors. The results of the Research Computing and Data Capabilities Model are the starting point for these efforts. The initial assessment showed areas in which MSU excels and identified areas in which support to researchers could be improved. This project will enable interaction of campus IT leadership and researchers across several domain areas to assess the appropriate level of cyberinfrastructure and support services needed at MSU. The outcomes from this planning project will ensure the continued development of a competitive research environment to address the most challenging research questions. This project will also democratize science by including research domain areas that do not have regular and recurring access to computational resources. As Mississippi’s largest research institution, Mississippi State University serves a diverse undergraduate and graduate student population. Of the 21,961 students enrolled on the main campus in the Fall of 2022, 27% were classified as minority students (including Black or African American, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and multiracial students). MSU LAUNCH will improve access to a broad community of users to computational resources and services, an objective that aligns with the long-term strategic goals of Mississippi State University, in an EPSCoR jurisdiction.This award by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure is jointly supported by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.