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| ===== Structure and History of HPCC ===== | ===== Structure and History of HPCC ===== |
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| | As promised at the CLAC HPC Mindshare event at Swarthmore College Jan 2020. Here is the Funding and Priority Policies with some context around it. |
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| ==== History ==== | ==== History ==== |
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| In 2006, 4 Wesleyan qfaculty members approached ITS with a proposal to centrally manage a whigh performance computing center (HPCC) seeding the effort with an NSF grant (about $190K). ITS offered 0.5 FTE for a dedicated "hpcadmin". An Advisory Group was formed by these faculty plus hpcadmin (5 members, not necessarily our current "power users"). Another NSF grant reward was added in 2010 (about $105K). An alumni donation followed in 2016 (about $10K). In 2018 the first instance of "faculty startup monies" was contribute to the HPCC (about $92K, see "Priority Policy" below. In 2019, a TrueNAS/ZFS appliance was purchased (about $40K) followed in 2020 by a GPU expansion project (about $96K). The latter two were self-funded expenditures, see "Funding Policy" below. To view the NSF grants visit [[cluster:169|Acknowledgement]] | In 2006, 4 Wesleyan faculty members approached ITS with a proposal to centrally manage a high performance computing center (HPCC) seeding the effort with an NSF grant (about $190K). ITS offered 0.5 FTE for a dedicated "hpcadmin". An Advisory Group was formed by these faculty plus hpcadmin (5 members, not necessarily our current "power users"). Another NSF grant reward was added in 2010 (about $105K). An alumni donation followed in 2016 (about $10K). In 2018 the first instance of "faculty startup monies" was contributed to the HPCC (about $92K, see "Priority Policy" below). In 2019, a TrueNAS/ZFS appliance was purchased (about $40K, [[cluster:186|Home Dir Server]]) followed in 2020 by a GPU expansion project (about $96K, [[cluster:181|2019 GPU Models]]). The latter two were self-funded expenditures, see "Funding Policy" below. To view the NSF grants visit [[cluster:169|Acknowledgement]] |
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| The Advisory Group meets with the user base yearly in reading week of the Spring semester (early May) before everybody scatters for the summer. At this meeting the hpcadmin reviews the past year, previews the coming year and users are contributing feedback on progress and problems. | The Advisory Group meets with the user base yearly during the reading week of the Spring semester (early May) before everybody scatters for the summer. At this meeting, the hpcadmin reviews the past year, previews the coming year, and the user base are contributing feedback on progress and problems. |
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| ==== Structure ==== | ==== Structure ==== |
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| The Wesleyan HPCC is part of the **Scientific Computing and Informatics Center** ([[https://www.wesleyan.edu/scic/| SCIC ]]). The SCIC project leader is appointed by the Director of the **Quantitative Analysis Center** [[https://www.wesleyan.edu/qac/| QAC ]]. The Director of the QAC reports to the Associate Provost. The hpcadmin has a direct report with ITS Deputy Director and an indirect report with QAC Director. | The Wesleyan HPCC is part of the **Scientific Computing and Informatics Center** ([[https://www.wesleyan.edu/scic/| SCIC ]]). The SCIC project leader is appointed by the Director of the **Quantitative Analysis Center** [[https://www.wesleyan.edu/qac/| QAC ]]. The Director of the QAC reports directly to the Associate Provost. The hpcadmin has a direct report with the ITS Deputy Director and an indirect report with the QAC Director. |
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| The QAC has an [[https://www.wesleyan.edu/qac/apprenticeship/index.html|Apprenticeship]] Program in which students are trained in Linux and several program languagues of their choice and other options. From this pool of students some become the QAC and SCIC helpdesk and tutors. | The QAC has an [[https://www.wesleyan.edu/qac/apprenticeship/index.html|Apprenticeship]] Program in which students are trained in Linux and several program languages of their choice and other options (like SQL or GIS). From this pool of students the hope is some become the QAC and SCIC help desk and tutors. |
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| ==== Funding Policy ==== | ==== Funding Policy ==== |
