CC* Compute: The Arizona Federated Open Research Computing Enclave (AFORCE), an Advanced Computing Platform for Science, Engineering, and Health

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。亚利桑那州立大学(ASU)正在部署亚利桑那州联邦开放研究计算飞地(AFORCE)，以实现其在科学、工程和卫生领域获得发现和学术研究的使命。AFORCE提供尖端技术来支持研究和教育，同时提高对在大型公立研究型大学部署21世纪网络基础设施的知识和理解。具体地说，这个最先进的系统正在支持科学、技术、工程和数学领域的多学科研究和教育，包括计算基因组学、分子动力学、计算材料科学、机器人和成像。为了提高计算能力，AFORCE包括一个多图形处理单元(GPU)加速计算节点池，外部研究人员可以通过INCOMMON提供的联合身份验证进行访问。此外，AFORCE系统本身也是全球开放科学网格计算池的一部分。亚利桑那州立大学还通过将开放科学网格的功能整合到定期培训课程和教师参与活动中来促进和启用开放科学网格的使用。最后，AFORCE还配置为提供云突发功能，允许在商业云上调度计算作业。早期职业教师将专门针对研讨会和教程，帮助鼓励他们参与AFORCE系统。这一奖项反映了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 award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Drawing upon its mission to enable access to discovery and scholarship in science, engineering, and health, Arizona State University (ASU) is deploying the Arizona Federated Open Research Computing Enclave (AFORCE). AFORCE provides cutting-edge technology to support research and education while advancing the knowledge and understanding of deploying 21st-century cyberinfrastructure in a large public research university. Specifically, this state-of-the-art system is supporting multidisciplinary research and education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics domains including computational genomics, molecular dynamics, computational materials science, robotics, and imaging.To increase computational capacity, AFORCE comprises a pool of multiple graphical processing unit (GPU) accelerated computing nodes accessible to extramural researchers through federated authentication provided via InCommon. Moreover, the AFORCE system itself is part of the global Open Science Grid computing pool. ASU also promotes and enables the use of Open Science Grid by incorporating its capabilities into regular training sessions and faculty engagement events. Finally, AFORCE is configured to also provide cloud burst capabilities allowing compute jobs to be scheduled on commercial clouds. Early career faculty will be specifically targeted for workshops and tutorials, helping encourage their participation in the AFORCE system.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.