CC* Regional Computing: Launch: Advancing Cyberinfrastructure at Minority Serving Institutions

Launch是一个区域计算资源，支持研究人员在德克萨斯州A M大学系统的11个资源不足的机构的科学工作流程中采用计算和数据支持的方法。利用网络基础设施便利化方面的既定最佳实践，Launch呼吁在这些资源不足但以研究为导向的少数民族服务机构从事多学科项目的研究人员。Launch通过开发将这些站点的研究人员与计算资源和管理这些资源所需的专业知识联系起来的途径来促进整体网络基础设施环境，提供（i）轻松访问计算资源，（ii）大规模国家计算资源的无缝途径，（iii）受管理的跨学科软件环境，（iv）特定领域计算研究途径的可用专业知识，（v）教导研究人员如何有效使用计算方法的培训计划，以及（vi）减轻使用计算资源的复杂性的工具。Launch通过采用协作模式开发网络基础设施管理方面的区域专业知识，该模式将现有的计算专业知识与新兴的校园级努力相结合。Launch利用数值模拟、交互式计算和人工智能/机器学习框架加速研究工作流程，同时支持这些机构的新兴数据科学项目。 发布计划，以托管最新一代英特尔处理器、多精度NVIDIA多精度GPU和大型内存节点。这些技术与最先进的开源软件相结合，提供丰富的计算环境，该环境提供交互式计算环境、可通过Web访问的门户以及直观的容器化和工作流程管理支持。 利用与几个大型国家科学基金会资助的网络基础设施项目的合作伙伴关系，Launch确保研究人员将有多种途径“发射”到更大，更复杂的区域和国家平台。参与该项目的机构包括位于学院站的德克萨斯A M大学、Prairie View A M大学、德克萨斯A M科珀斯克里斯蒂大学、西德克萨斯A M大学、德克萨斯A M国际大学、德克萨斯A M圣安东尼奥大学、德克萨斯A M金斯维尔大学、德克萨斯A M特克萨卡纳大学、塔尔顿州立大学、德克萨斯A M大学商业学院和德克萨斯A M中部大学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Launch is a regional computational resource that supports researchers incorporating computational and data-enabled approaches in their scientific workflows at eleven under-resourced institutions in The Texas A&M University System. Employing established best-practices in cyberinfrastructure facilitation, Launch appeals to researchers engaged in multi-disciplinary projects at these under-resourced, albeit research-driven minority serving institutions. Launch fosters a holistic cyberinfrastructure environment by developing pathways that connect researchers at these sites to computational resources and the necessary expertise to manage these resources by offering (i) easy access to computing resources, (ii) a seamless pathway to large-scale national computing resources, (iii) a managed interdisciplinary software environment, (iv) available expertise in domain-specific computational avenues of research, (v) a training program that teaches researchers how to effectively use computing approaches, and (vi) tools that alleviate the complexity of using computing resources. Launch develops regional expertise in cyberinfrastructure management by employing a collaborative model that bootstraps existing computational expertise with burgeoning campus-level efforts. Launch accelerates research workflows utilizing numerical simulation, interactive computing, and artificial intelligence/machine learning frameworks, while simultaneously bolstering nascent Data Science programs across these institutions. Launch plans to host the latest generation of Intel processors, multi-precision NVIDIA multi-precision GPUs, and large memory nodes. These technologies are coupled with state-of-the-art open-source software, to offer a rich computing environment that offers interactive computing environments, web-accessible portals, and intuitive containerization and workflow management support. Leveraging Partnerships with several large National Science Foundation-funded cyberinfrastructure programs, Launch ensures that researchers will have multiple avenues to “launch” onto larger, more complex regional and national platforms. Institutions included in this project include Texas A&M University in College Station, Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, West Texas A&M University, Texas A&M International, Texas A&M San Antonio, Texas A&M Kingsville, Texas A&M Texarkana, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University Commerce, and Texas A&M Central Texas.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.