| August 2022 | Science Highlights, Announcements & Upcoming Events | | | XSEDE helps the nation's most creative minds discover breakthroughs and solutions for some of the world's greatest scientific challenges. Through free, customized access to the National Science Foundation's advanced digital resources, consulting, training, and mentorship opportunities, XSEDE enables you to Discover More. Get started here. | | | Deep Learning for New Alloys | | | XSEDE-allocated Stampede2 supercomputer helps find new properties of high-entropy alloys | | | When is something more than just the sum of its parts? Alloys show such synergy. Steel, for instance, revolutionized industry by taking iron, adding a little carbon, and making an alloy much stronger than either of its components. Researchers have used the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) allocated by XSEDE to discover new types of alloys, called high-entropy alloys. The approach could be applied to finding new materials for batteries, catalysts, and more without the need for expensive metals such as platinum or cobalt. | | | Discovery of new high-entropy alloys. Shown is a data-driven workflow to map the elastic properties of the high-entropy alloy space. Credit: Chen et al. | | | XSEDE Ending Operations on August 31 | | As XSEDE enters its last month of operation, the various ACCESS teams have been ramping up to prepare for the September 1 cutover. There are a number of ways to get the information you may need about the transition: - XSEDE's Advance to ACCESS website has been a source of news particularly regarding allocations and ACCESS operations.
- There is a Slack space for those working on ACCESS (access-ci.slack.com).
- You can find out more about user support services here (MATCH is the name this team uses internally; when ACCESS launches, you'll know them simply as Support).
Please watch your email closely as information is being shared there. Key dates in transition from XSEDE to ACCESS Except for a short break in the second half of August, researchers will be able to submit allocation requests following a familiar process for the largest allocations or using new, easier routes for smaller resource needs. Noteworthy aspects of the transition timeline include the following: - August 16: The Resource Allocation Service (RAS) will stop accepting allocation requests and management actions to allow time for them to be reviewed and resolved by August 30. This includes Startup and Education requests as well as Extensions, Transfers, Supplements, Advances and Add User requests.
- August 22: The final XSEDE Resource Allocation Committee (XRAC) meeting will be held. As before, researchers will be notified of outcomes prior to September 15.
- September 1: The ACCESS Resource Allocations Marketplace and Platform Services (RAMPS) team will assume management of the allocations process.
Researchers who have current project allocations that were awarded via XSEDE—including projects awarded at the August 22 XRAC meeting—should notice no changes to their resource access after August 31. For projects that expire on December 31, the ACCESS team recommends planning to submit a proposal during the usual September 15 to October 15 submission window under the existing XRAC guidelines. Researchers whose needs are at the smaller end of the scale should review the new ACCESS Allocations Marketplace information that is previewed on the XSEDE site pending the launch of the ACCESS site. | | | A Farewell to XSEDE: A Retrospective & Introduction to the ACCESS Program | | | As the final keynote speaker at this year's ACM Practice & Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) conference, XSEDE principal investigator John Towns spoke on his experience guiding the National Science Foundation project with a particular focus on how community building was critical to the project's success. His address "XSEDE and Beyond or How did we get here and where are we going (as a community)?" took the audience not only through the highlights of the project but also the insights he's gained along the way. | | | Towns speaks at the recent PEARC22 conference. | | | Over a Decade of Science Successes Featured in "XSEDE: The Discoveries" | | | XSEDE is excited to share some of the science success stories we've played a role in throughout the last decade. Click the link below to view or download your copy of "XSEDE: The Discoveries," which highlights research enabled by the XSEDE project from 2011-2022. The research published in this book works toward solving some of the greatest issues facing the world today. | | | | Gateways 2022 Conference Announces Keynotes | | Science gateways bring together components of advanced cyberinfrastructure—data collections, instruments, supercomputers, clouds, collaboration capabilities, and analytical tools—behind streamlined, user-friendly interfaces. The Gateways 2022 conference will be an opportunity for gateway creators and enthusiasts to learn, share, connect, and shape the future of gateways. Gateways 2022 will take place October 18-20, 2022 in San Diego, CA. We are thrilled to announce our three excellent keynote speakers and the special NSF spotlight session: - Matthew Greenhouse, NASA: "The James Webb Space Telescope Mission"
- John Towns, NCSA & ACCESS ACO PI: "Introducing ACCESS: Transition, Status, and Plans"
- Krishna Madhavan, Microsoft: "AI and Graph Systems as Foundations for Next Generation Learning Experiences"
- Steven Ellis, NSF: "Support Options for Science Gateways at the National Science Foundation"
| | | Save the Date for the HPC Leadership Institute, September 12-14 | | | This training is tailored to managers and decision-makers who are using, or considering using, HPC within their organizations. It's also available to professionals who want to make this career step in the near future. Hosted by Microsoft, Mitre, and TACC. Interested? Email: Melyssa Fratkin, mfratkin@tacc.utexas.edu. | | | | Please join Globus at one of the following events: SC22: Dallas, TX, Nov 13-18 | | | | Upcoming Dates and Deadlines | | | | | | |
