MRI: Development of ACCORD, a Community Cyberinstrument for Broadening Access to Research on Sensitive Data

弗吉尼亚州的这11所公立大学合作开发了ACCORD，这是一种创新的研究计算网络工具，为全州参与机构的研究人员存储、访问和使用敏感数据提供支持。除了简单地保护研究数据外，ACCORD网络工具还提供了可定制的安全研究环境，可以整合到每个机构的工作流程和安全模型中，以确保遵守适用于特定数据类型的相关法律和法规。通过ACCORD，弗吉尼亚州的研究人员可以获得以前不可能(或不易获得)的新研究计算能力，使他们能够开展需要对敏感数据进行复杂保护的项目。除了支持新的研究外，ACCORD还推进了研究的重要方面，如重复性和数据责任性。ACCORD也是一种新的协作模式，为多个机构和不同学科的研究人员提供了一个公共平台，以安全地共享数据和分析。除了推动具有强大社会影响的令人兴奋的科学发现外，弗吉尼亚州的ACCORD项目还优先为全州的学生和研究人员提供数据安全和隐私方面的研究培训和教育。弗吉尼亚ACCORD联盟由不同规模和使命的大学组成，包括少数族裔服务机构和非博士授予机构，是一个有效的平台，可以扩大对代表不足和服务不足的社区的参与。从该协议的协作和共享计算资源的新模式中吸取的经验教训也正在传播到美国各地的其他研究计算联盟和社区。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This 11 public university collaboration in Virginia develops ACCORD, an innovative research computing cyberinstrument to support the storage, access, and usage of sensitive data for researchers at participating institutions across the State. Beyond simply securing research data, the ACCORD cyberinstrument provides customizable secured research environments that can be integrated into each institution's workflows and security models to assure compliance with relevant laws and regulations applicable to specific data types. Through ACCORD, researchers across the State of Virginia have access to new research computing capabilities not previously possible (or not easily accessible), enabling them to undertake projects that require complex protection of sensitive data. In addition to enabling new research, ACCORD advances important dimensions of research such as reproducibility and data accountability. ACCORD is also a new model for collaboration, providing a common platform for researchers at multiple institutions and in different disciplines to securely share data and analytics.In addition to driving exciting scientific discoveries with strong societal impact, the Virginia ACCORD program prioritizes research training and education in data security and privacy for students and researchers across the State. The Virginia ACCORD Consortium comprises universities of different sizes and missions, including minority-serving and non-PhD granting institutions, and is an effective platform for outreach and broadening participation to underrepresented and underserved communities. Lessons learned from the ACCORD's new model of collaboration and sharing compute resources are also being disseminated to other research computing consortia and communities across the U.S.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.