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Infrastructure Portfolio Expansion SC �September 2025 Quarterly

JP Navarro,U Chicago/ANL

Joe White, U Buffalo

Tim Bourner, NCSA

Leslie Froeschl, NCSA

Other SC members

ACCESS Operations Leadership

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What infrastructure is ACCESS?

Provisional terms under EC & NSF review:

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Integrated - fully

NSF: “The focus of ACCESS should be the exemplary support, allocation, monitoring and measurement, and integration of national-scale resources awarded through the ACSS program and other NSF-approved programs where resource providers are funded to deploy and support national-scale resources.”

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Affiliated - not allocated some lift

Draft: Resources that are not fully integrated or allocated, with some ACCESS “lift”

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Enabled - not allocated negligible lift

Draft: Resources that are not fully integrated or allocated, with negligible ACCESS “lift”

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ACCESS (fully) Integrated

Resources:

  • 35: NSF ACSS resources
  • Derecho: NSF Geo
  • FABRIC: listed but not allocated

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Roadmaps:

  • ACCESS Allocated Compute, Cloud, and Storage

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Plans:

  • Updated resource association documentation and request form
    • ACSS resources automatically qualify
    • Other resources must go through a TBD approval process
  • Updated RP Forum application

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ACCESS Enabled

Use ACCESS open source software, best practices, or online (self) services.

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Examples:

  • CiDeR for non-ACCESS organizations
  • ACCESS OnRamps
  • XRAS for non-ACCESS organizations
  • Open OnDemand
  • IPF resource
  • Open XDMoD
  • …

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ACCESS Affiliated

Resources:

  • ~45 ACCESS Science Gateways
  • ~35 ACCESS Online Services
  • 2 ACCESS Affiliated Regional Networks
  • 1 ACCESS Hosted Data Collection
  • Requests: Hofstra, U of Memphis - MRIs

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Roadmaps:

  • ACCESS Science Gateway
  • ACCESS Online Service
  • Draft: ACCESS Affiliated Regional Network
  • Draft ACCESS Hosted Data Collection
  • Draft: Affiliated Compute, Cloud, Storage

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ACCESS Affiliated - cont.

Plans:

  • Convert ACCESS Science Gateway and Online Service roadmap to badges
  • Get EC/NSF approval to officially launch?
    • ACCESS Affiliated Regional Network
    • ACCESS Hosted Data Collection
    • ACCESS Affiliated Compute, Cloud, and Storage
  • Provide the EC/NSF the data needed for a data driven decision
  • Which ACCESS services (badges) can be offered to affiliated compute, cloud, storage
  • Updated resource association documentation and request form
    • Which resources automatically qualify
    • Other resources must go through an approval process
  • Figure out where these resources appear in the web presence

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