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dmccaff4@asu.edu
Arizona State University
Timezone: Eastern U.S.

Campus Champion
Senior Software Application Analyst, Cyber-infrastructure (CI) Facilitator
https://search.asu.edu/profile/4745435

Availability:

Interviewers:

Via sign up form:

How should we address you?
DaveDeb or Dr. McCaffrey

Please describe your experience with supercomputing
I've used supercomputers, but not regularly

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Please describe your experience using advanced research computing?
I am the sysadmin for our campus shared, remote access Lambda workstation for HPC-lite tasks. I am an OSG user, but haven't done more than explore my login nodeMy education is in experimental physical chemistry and we often complemented experiments with computational simulations. For my career, I'm a research computing facilitator and help researchers with advanced research computing.

If you've used ACCESS, what allocation level did you start with?
Not applicableExplore

What have you used or hope to use the ACCESS website to do?
Request an explore allocation, document the process, evangelize ACCESS to my campus, and help my campus community use ACCESSFind information about all the resources easily. Find information to decide on which resources to use.

Remind us what your role is, as it applies to working with ACCESS:
Educator (Campus Champion)Community Member

What is your research domain?
No answer

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Who are your stakeholders?
No answerResearch IT leadership. Researchers in all domains. Office of Research.

What one thing do you appreciate most about the program?
I especially appreciate the support that I can direct my campus community to, as my institution is so small that my research computing support role is only half FTEThere's no money changing hands. I like the credits model. I also like how it isn't limited or weighted towards NSF award recipients.

What one thing would you change about the program?
I'm not sure yet! This is a little silly but I'm someone who struggles to update their CV, so the CV requirement for Explore allocations has been a barrier for my brainThis should be a central service from the US government, not a solicitation!!!!! See the former Compute Canada model.

Interview guide:

60–90 minute interview. Each task will take approximately 5-10 minutes.

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• Task 1: Where would you go to find out what type of research is being conducted using ACCESS? Is your institution’s area of research/study/classroom activity represented on the ACCESS website?
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• Task 2: Where can you find information specifically targeted for you?
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• Task 3: Are you eligible to use ACCESS? Where can you find eligibility requirements?
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• Task 4: Find information about the cost to use ACCESS.
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• Task 5: What is an ACCESS resource? Where can you find the type of resources that are available through ACCESS? How would you select an ACCESS resource?
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• Task 6: What is an allocation? What types of allocation projects can you apply for? How do they differ from one another?
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• Task 7: Where would you go to find the definition of an unfamiliar term or phrase used in ACCESS?
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• Task 8: Where can you go for help to use the ACCESS system?
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• Task 9: If you want to get involved and volunteer with the ACCESS community where would you go?
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• Task 10: What’s the first step to get started using ACCESS?
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• Task 11: Please review this page and suggest any additions or deletions.
  https://access-ci.org/get-started/for-programs-organizations/
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• Task 12: What type of HPC resources are your stakeholders looking for?
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• Wrap up, thank you