September 2023

The ACCESS Advance is a monthly newsletter produced by the NSF's ACCESS

(Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) program.

It contains science stories enabled by ACCESS, program news and opportunities for users.

Science Stories

enabled by ACCESS

Teaching Robots New Tricks

Utilizing ACCESS resource Bridges-2, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have found new approaches to efficient robot AI training.

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Measuring Plasma Shock Waves

ACCESS resource Stampede2 aids scientists in analyzing solar wind.

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Pandemic Simulations Aid CDC

Researchers used Purdue’s ACCESS resource, Anvil, to provide scenario modeling data that helped the CDC with their COVID-19 response.

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Building Cyberinfrastructure for Everyone

Researchers from Colorado’s Earth Lab use an Explore allocation in an innovative way – their goal is to expand the availability of HPC resources to researchers who normally find them out of reach.

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Simulations Illustrate Properties of Polymer Brushes

ACCESS resource, Bridges-2, helps scientists understand the versatile and intriguing properties of polymer brushes.

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Tell Us About Your ACCESS-enabled Research!

If ACCESS has helped you accomplish groundbreaking research, our communications team wants to hear about it!

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ACCESS Program News

Get Involved with ACCESS

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.

Follow ACCESS on LinkedIn!

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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ACCESS Support News

SC23: Travel Support Opportunity

Are you interested in travel support (flight, hotel and full registration) to attend the international supercomputing conference SC23 being held this year in Denver? If so, we have an exciting travel grant program available in return for participating in our feedback forums (virtual or in-person). We're looking for everyone to participate – from brand-new researchers and communities to experienced ACCESS users. Provide us with valuable feedback to enhance and grow the community in return for a rewarding trip to SC23! Participants don't even need to know what ACCESS is to contribute.

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