CC* CIRA: High-performance computing solutions for small Midwest institutions

CC* CIRA：面向中西部小型机构的高性能计算解决方案

• 批准号: 2346616
• 负责人: Aleksandar Poleksic
• 金额: $ 17.34万
• 依托单位: University of Northern Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2346616&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CC; CIRA; performance; computing; solutions

High-performance computing is one of the main drivers of scientific discoveries and technological innovations. However, due to the lack of high-performance computing resources and the rise of big data, teaching and research in data science and other emerging fields is becoming out of reach for small institutions of higher education. This cyberinfrastructure research alignment project provides a high-performance computing environment to advance research and foster scientific collaborations at small academic institutions in the Midwest. The project establishes partnerships among five non-R1 institutions in Iowa and Minnesota to plan a regional computing network that connects these institutions via research collaborations and outreach activities. The seed institutions on the project, Macalester College, Grinnell College, Central College, Coe College, and the University of Northern Iowa, are teaming up to allow faculty and students to explore the increasingly relevant field of high-performance computing. This is accomplished by studying how the research and classroom needs at these institutions correspond to hardware and networking requirements and by identifying opportunities for intra-institutional collaborations that will facilitate effective instruction and scientific discoveries. The overarching goal is to create a computing network that combines modern, centralized hardware resources, housed at the University of Northern Iowa, with the interdisciplinary expertise of faculty at the partnering organizations. A significant part of the project focuses on a feasibility plan for including community colleges and other small regional institutions in the network. This will make careers in an exciting, fast-growing, and data-driven world accessible to students of all backgrounds.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.

高性能计算是科学发现和技术创新的主要驱动力之一。但是，由于缺乏高性能计算资源和大数据的兴起，对于高等教育的小型机构，数据科学和其他新兴领域的教学和研究变得遥不可及。这个网络基础设施研究一致性项目提供了一个高性能的计算环境，以促进中西部小型学术机构的研究并促进科学合作。该项目在爱荷华州和明尼苏达州的五个非R1机构之间建立了合作伙伴关系，以计划一个区域计算网络，该网络通过研究合作和推广活动连接这些机构。该项目的种子机构，Macalester College，Grinnell College，Central College，Coe College和Island Iowa大学正在联手允许教职员工探索越来越相关的高性能计算领域。这是通过研究这些机构的研究和课堂需求与硬件和网络要求相对应的，并确定将有助于有效的指导和科学发现的机构内部合作的机会来完成的。总体目标是创建一个计算网络，该计算网络结合了位于爱荷华州北部大学的现代，集中的硬件资源，并与合作组织的教师跨学科专业知识相结合。该项目的很大一部分着重于将社区大学和其他小型区域机构纳入网络的可行性计划。这将使所有背景的学生都可以在一个令人兴奋的，快速增长和数据驱动的世界中获得职业。该奖项由高级网络基础设施办公室奖，由既定的计划共同支持刺激竞争研究（EPSCOR）的既定计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的Merit和Sparrit and Intfactian和SparriT和Broadica和Broadia and Impactia和SparriT and Impactia和Sparriit and Impactia和SparriT和Broadia and Broadia and Crakia and Cravia and Impactia。