The institutions that provide compute and other resources through ACCESS are the backbone of the program's cyberinfrastructure. They're the ones who share cyberinfrastructure resources and the expertise of data experts with the researchers and scientists who request allocations.

Find out more about them here.

The Resource Provider Forum, which works to facilitate the ecosystem of cyberinfrastructure resources, recently elected its first chair. After a robust nomination process, voters chose Eva Siegmann from Stony Brook University as their new RP Forum Chair. Siegmann is the lead research scientist of the Ookami project, the associate director of the Arm HPC user group, and a reviewer and panelist for NSF. She has over a decade of experience in scientific computing.

Read the full story here.

There are many ways for you to be a part of the ACCESS community, from being on a committee to being a beta tester. Plus, being part of ACCESS will give you a unique experience, allow you the opportunity to network with other researchers, and give you the chance to discover valuable insights on how to get your research project rolling.

Learn how you can get involved here.

We're excited to announce that we've recently launched a LinkedIn page for ACCESS! Give us a follow to connect with other HPC researchers and computing professionals in our community and stay up-to-date on the latest trainings, events and news that ACCESS has to offer.

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For researchers with the largest-scale computational, analysis and storage needs, requests for Maximize ACCESS allocations can be submitted during the period of June 15–July 31. Approved allocations will begin or renew on October 1, 2023. The full allocation request timeline is as follows:

• June 15: Request window opens
• July 31: Request window closes
• Late August: Review meeting
• Mid-September: Notifications sent to requestors
• October 1: Start/renewal date

Researchers interested in requesting a "Maximize" ACCESS allocation are encouraged to watch the recorded webinar that details the required components, review criteria and other necessary information to craft a successful request.

For researchers with less-intensive resource requirements, we invite you to browse three other ACCESS allocation opportunities, which can be requested at any time.

Has your use of ACCESS resources resulted in a publication? If so, please add your publication to the ACCESS publication database. The link can also be found by logging in and clicking on "My ACCESS" and then "My Publications." The updated interface allows for publications to be added via DOI and also links the publication directly to the associated ACCESS project it resulted from.

This information is useful to the reviewers of your allocation requests and greatly benefits the ACCESS program and NSF by demonstrating the scientific impact of these resources. For guidance on how to cite ACCESS in your publications, please see the section on "Acknowledging ACCESS."

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. To link your ACCESS ID to ORCID profile, login to ACCESS here and follow the prompts to connect your accounts.

Learn more about ORCID here.

In addition to the basic information provided to ACCESS, such as name, email, institution and academic status, optional demographic information fields are now available to staff and all ACCESS ID holders to provide a better representation of an individual's specific profile. Fields such as age, gender, racial group(s), race/ethnicities and disability or special-need status are now available for optional upload. This optional demographic falls in line with the ACCESS program's vision of "effectively supporting a broad and diverse set of requirements, users, and usage modes from all areas of S&E research and education." Optional demographic data can be updated by logging into ACCESS then clicking on "My ACCESS," then "Edit Profile."

ACCESS has introduced three new resource integration options for ACCESS-allocated Resource Providers (RPs):

1. RPs can now deploy on their compute resources an ACCESS OnDemand Portal, which provides researchers with remote web access capabilities from any device, anywhere. A list of resources with OnDemand Portals is available here. Researchers can obtain help using OnDemand by opening a ticket. RPs can obtain help installing and configuring OnDemand by opening an Operations Request.
2. RPs can now use ACCESS Identity and Access Management (IAM) services to authenticate users accessing local services.
3. RPs can now obtain access-ci.org DNS subdomains in order to create and manage their own host and service DNS records under that subdomain.

These three new integration options are described in improved resource integration instructions (a.k.a. roadmaps) that have been recently published here.

The ACCESS Operations Security Team has been building and improving cybersecurity since the program awards in May 2022. In the first year alone, they've built and deployed a comprehensive Identity and Access Management (IAM) infrastructure, deployed active vulnerability scanning and management, established the ACCESS Cybersecurity Governance Council and more.

Read the full story here.

The two-week Student Training and Engagement Program was held May 15–26. Early feedback from the participants has been very positive! Six of the students will participate in a full-time summer internship beginning June 5. A story about the program is in development and will be circulated soon!

Learn more about STEP here.

With PEARC23 right around the corner and many planning for fall conferences, ACCESS Support would like to remind the community about the incredible travel grant program available to anyone 18+ at a US-based institution, the CSSN Community Engagement Program (CCEP). CCEP provides travel support ($750-$2,500) in return for your contributions to the community, such as ask.CI questions and answers, CI Links, and totally new contributions in the form of a grant submission of workshops, tutorials and live events (to name a few). Please feel free to reach out directly to Alana Romanella with questions and comments regarding the program and how we can improve to meet your needs.