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ACCESS: Winning at the numbers game

ACCESS continues to grow, adapt and contribute to the success of its community members. Below, some significant statistics provide proof in hard numbers:

• 10 days: Average time from starting a proposal submission to successfully running a job (including preparation, review, and credit exchange). 
• 3 days: How long it typically takes to obtain an account on a system. 
• 7 days: How long it typically takes to start running a job using a specific system’s architecture.
• 2,400+: Total number of allocation requests
• 94%: Percent of allocation requests successfully approved
• 12,000: New user accounts created
• 4.99: Equity rating (on a scale of 1–5) by race
• 4.98: Equity rating by field of science
• 4.78: Equity rating by gender
• 4.99: Equity rating by institution type

Many thanks to the entire ACCESS community for their participation, assistance and feedback! Your impressive work ethic, stunning diversity and groundbreaking research continue to inspire us and we look forward to more progress from all.

Connect Your ACCESS ID to Your ORCID profile

If you’ve been awarded, or are planning to request, an ACCESS allocation, you can now link your allocation to your ORCID profile. ORCID provides a free, unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship and innovation activities. With a few steps, you can create an ID that travels across systems, featuring your professional information such as affiliations and publications. To link your ACCESS ID to your ORCID, login to ACCESS here and follow the prompts to connect your accounts. Learn more about ORCID here.

ACCESS Metrics News

Metrics tools to improve your job performance

Submitting jobs for high-performance computers that are both functionally correct and efficient can be a challenge. Often once a job submission produces a successful result, similar job scripts are repeatedly submitted by the same user and even passed down to other users to run on the same or other resources without examining whether the job performs efficiently. Often, relatively simple changes to a script can result in both increased efficiency (shorter run times) and decreased wait times for jobs, resulting in shorter turnaround times as well as better use of your ACCESS allocation. 

Through ACCESS XDMoD, end-users and system support personnel can easily obtain detailed information about job performance for jobs run on ACCESS resources. Many campus-based HPC centers also deploy an open source version of XDMoD, so once you’re familiar with ACCESS XDMoD, you might be able to leverage the same techniques on your home campus HPC systems.

When you log in to ACCESS XDMoD with your ACCESS credentials, you’re provided with an overview of the compute jobs you’ve recently run on the upper left side of your dashboard. You can click on any job in the list to drill down and obtain detailed information. The dashboard also shows an overview of job efficiency in the “Job Efficiency Report" on the lower right of the dashbord. Clicking on the red "inefficient" slice reveals a list of inefficient jobs. ACCESS XDMoD also shows historical information about your allocation usage in the “Allocations” tab.

ACCESS Operations News

Calling For Mentors: Make a Difference for ACCESS STEP students! 

Are you passionate about empowering the next generation of students? Do you have expertise in your field and a desire to guide and inspire? Look no further! The ACCESS Student Training and Engagement Program (STEP) is seeking dedicated mentors like you. 

As a mentor, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Share your wisdom: Pass on your knowledge, skills and experiences to motivated students.
• Shape futures: Help students navigate their academic and professional journeys.
• Experience personal growth: As a mentor, you can enhance your leadership and communication skills.
• Earn a stipend: You'll earn a $300 stipend for mentoring a student.

What you'll need to do:

• Attend Mentor Orientation to learn about program goals, expectations and best practices.
• Stay connected with your mentee and provide guidance, including two meetings in June and two meetings in July.
• Meet your mentee. If you are attending PEARC24, the students will be attending and this will be a great chance to meet in person.

To get involved visit our website, scroll down to the text that says "Apply to be an ACCESS STEP Mentor," and fill out the application form. Join our vibrant community of mentors and together, let’s empower the next generation!

ACCESS Support News

Apply Now for Workshop Funding 

ACCESS Support is pleased to offer an opportunity for researchers, teams or institutions to host a free full-day or multi-day workshop for research computing workforce development. The call for workshops will close on May 15 with notifications shared by June 1. All workshops must take place between Aug. 1 and Nov. 15, 2024. Learn more and apply for this unique opportunity here.