**Educator: Jeff Woodford
jwoodford@missouriwestern.edu
Missouri Western State University
Timezone: Central U.S.
Associate Professor
B.S., Carnegie Mellon
Ph.D., University of Nebraska
https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/
Interview was conducted on Tuesday 2/11 10:30-11:30 am
Via sign up form:
Please describe your experience with supercomputing
I've used supercomputers, but not regularly
Are you familiar with the U.S. National Science Foundation's ACCESS program?
I don't use ACCESS but have heard of it
Via pre-survey:
How should we address you?
Jeff
Please describe your experience using advanced research computing?
Decent amount of experience with using HPC that I have direct access to, not much experience with using ACCESS or other remote systems.
If you've used ACCESS, what allocation level did you start with?
Explore
What have you used or hope to use the ACCESS website to do?
Got an allocation
Remind us what your role is, as it applies to working with ACCESS:
Educator (answered Researcher 2nd time)
What is your research domain?
Computational chemistry
What courses do you teach?
No answer
What is advanced research computing is your resource particularly well suited for?
No answer
Who are your stakeholders?
No answer
What one thing do you appreciate most about the program?
I have used the website very little.
What one thing would you change about the program?
I don't understand how credits translate into CPU resources.
Interview guide:
60–90 minute interview. Each task will take approximately 5-10 minutes.
Login, introductions, set up screen share, record to cloud, click transcript, at end of interview save transcript
We ask that you “talk aloud” as you are completing your task – telling us what you are thinking about and looking for as you complete your task. Begin here:
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?
Google, not sure, 504
Interview notes hereTask 2: Where can you find information specifically targeted for you (as an educator or researcher)?
Go to support, found find info for you
science gateways, not educational resources/computer resources
Interview notes hereTask 3: Are you eligible to use ACCESS? Where can you find eligibility requirements?
Eligibility requirements, maybe 2 years ago was with XSEDE, hang out PI
Didn’t say what resource you wanted. Then how credit cpus, didn’t know how to get resource. What credit/resources
Interview notes hereTask 4: Find information about the cost to use ACCESS.
Free, NSF supported
Interview notes hereTask 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?
Found resource advisor? LIBRARIES mispelled, gets results Bridges (more ram more popular), Expanse, Delta
Interview notes hereTask 6: What is an allocation? What types of allocation projects can you apply for? How do they differ from one another?
Allocation,
Interview notes hereTask 7: Where would you go to find the definition of an unfamiliar term or phrase used in ACCESS?
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Laughed about BOT would not usTask 8: Where can you go for help to use the ACCESS system? Where can you go to open a help ticket?
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e, would search for help, looking for a help ticket. too slowTask 9: If you want to get involved and volunteer with the ACCESS community where would you go?
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About, sounds good, but have notTask 10: What’s the first step to get started using ACCESS? go through
Interview notes hereTask 11: Where can you find information about citing ACCESS in your publications?
Interview notes hereTask 12: Where do you go to find Systems Status?
no clear system
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More experienced user questions:Task 13: Do you know what the XDMod tool is used for and how to find it?
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XDMod
XD Mod currentlyTask 14: Can you find what resources are running PyTorch?
Interview notes hereTask 15: Can you find a resource that runs ACCESS On-Demand?
Open on Demand applied to ACCESS, googled Open On Demand (knows about this)
Interview notes hereTask 16: Can you find an Affinity Group for FABRIC users?
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Thinks they saw , about , get involved, resourceTask 17: Where can you go for training to use ANVIL?
Interview notes hereTask 18: Can you find how to get started with ACCESS MATCH services to help you with your research project?
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Match program, mentoring Match, professor request
Would like ti jbiw giw ti set up group projects. Data privacy issues. What happens to
Your boss what happens to the data they put on the systems.
They want to challenge public
Get around poliices.
Looking for policyTask 19: Please review this page and suggest any additions or deletions.
https://access-ci.org/get-started/for-researchers/
https://access-ci.org/get-started/for-educators/
Interview notes hereTask 20: [Educator] Do you understand that ACCESS resources can be used in the classroom as a training tool, not just for research projects?
For an educator who has used ACCESS: What was your timeline to get an ACCESS resource ready for use in your classroom activities? Would you be willing to lead up an ACCESS educators affinity group?
Account in May June
Mess around, then implement
For fall semester
Need Educators
[Researcher] How did you determine if the available ACCESS resources can support your research? Are you planning to use ACCESS resources again?
Probably, more focused time.Wrap up, thank you, at end of interview save transcript