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The deadline for proposal submissions for the CISL-HPC Advisory Panel is March 29, 2010.

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Request for Computing Resources

Use this form for requests which require CHAP approval, ie those projects requiring more than 16,000 GAUs (includes sum of previous allocations) These requests require CISL-HPC Panel approval.

Instructions: This web-based form constitutes an official request for computing services available through the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Please fill in all of the fields on this form and, when finished, click on the "Submit Request" button at the bottom of this file.

IMPORTANT: If you submit a request for computing services you should get a response from CISL within 48 hours. If you do not, please contact Ginger Caldwell (303-497-1229).

Once you submit the form you will no longer be able to access the form to make changes. You may email changes to alloc@ucar.edu

If you need an advance on your large request please email alloc after submitting the form.

A. Identification of the Requesting Scientist

    Name:
    (add +P if requesting scientist will be a programmer on the project)

    Title of requesting scientist (Professor, Research Associate, etc):

    Educational Status:

    Department/institution:

    Address (please include city, state, and zip):

    Email:

    Phone:

    Fax:

    List appointments at other institutions:
    Brief summary of education of requesting scientist (including a summary of computing experience):

B. Research Sponsor

Please provide the following information for all sponsors of the project.
    Name of research sponsor:

    NSF program manager:

    NSF Award number for this research:

    Is this award pending? No Yes

    Start date of award:

    Expiration date of award:

    Principal investigator for the award:

    Institution of P.I.:

    Email of P.I.:

    Co-Investigators listed on NSF award and their institutions:

B.1. Collaborators

Other Collaborators on this research project and their institutions:

C. Project Requirements

    Project title:

    Project number if this is an extension request:



    Computing resources needed: Charges for CISL Computing Resources; more detail must be given in your "Proposal Summary"). Requests should be submitted assuming all use is in the REGULAR Queue.

    TOTAL GAUs requested:

    Proposed date of first machine use:

    Expected completion date:

D. Programmers

Fill out the following for any programmers or assistants who will be working on this project.
Name:


Institution:


Title:

Educational Status:

Phone:

Email:

Complete FedEx Mailing Address (No P.O. Boxes accepted; include city, state, zip) :

E. Proposal Summary, Progress Report, and References


Please email Section E as a PDF file to alloc@ucar.edu
 In the proposal summary, please provide a self-contained proposal describing your project. The proposal summary should be the equivalent of 4-5 typewritten pages, excluding figures, publications and the accomplishment report on previous CISL projects. It is important to give sufficient information for a realistic evaluation of the scientific problem, however, excessive text is discouraged. An example of a successful proposal is available at: Proposal Sample

Below is a template which will assist the panel in locating required information within your proposal.

A. Heading on first page

  • Title of project
  • Title of NSF award (if different from title of project) and NSF award number
  • Name of lead requestor and institution
  • Names and institutions of collaborators. (This information is required by the panel so they may select reviewers.) Please note if there are not additional collaborators.
  • Date

B. Overview of project

  • The relationship of the proposed work to atmospheric science and related geosciences should be indicated.
  • The panel asks that multiple large requests from the same institution OR originating from the same sponsoring grant (which will be reviewed at the same panel meeting) be accompanied by a letter from the NSF award PI or institutional manager, telling how the individual components relate to each other and how they have been coordinated in order to avoid duplication of effort.

C. Accomplishment Report on past use of CISL resources required for all panel proposals

  • For computations performed using CISL resources by the PI or lead requestor: Briefly describe the calculations and scientific accomplishments which were completed. Also include work related to this request performed by your research group if CISL resources were used.
  • Include publications submitted or published.
  • List graduate students who used these computational resources and if these resources supported their thesis research. If so, please include the thesis title.

D. Science objectives and relationship to computational experiments

E. Computational experiments.

  • The description of the numerical approach should be sufficiently detailed for reviewers to confirm the estimate of machine time required. For example, in the solution of a system of time-dependent partial differential equations, the descriptions should include the finite difference approximations, and the methods proposed for integration in time and space. An estimate of the number of grid points and the number of parameters to be retained at each time step should also be given.
  • Details on how computing requirements are estimated MUST be included in the proposal summary. This is because reviewers of the NCAR computing requests are asked to evaluate whether the resources sought are justified and will be used efficiently.

Information for items 1 thru 5 below is required. Please number each item.

  1. Present the number of GAUs required for the proposed set of computational experiments in a table. The table should give the GAUs per simulated year for each experimental configuration. This should be substantiated with benchmarks on an IBM POWER6 system and stated in the request. Please state the number of nodes typically used by your code and the number of processors on these nodes. You may request an account to obtain benchmark information by completing the Small Request Form.
  2. Justify why the number of runs for each experiment given in #1 above is needed and not more or fewer, citing references or details of previous work supporting this. Without this information the Panel may reduce or deny your computing request.
  3. Special requirements, such as large temporary disk space or special software.
  4. The maximum number of TBs you plan to store on NCAR's Mass Store during the life of your project? If your data storage is < 10 TB, just enter < 10 TB.
  5. Evidence that your program code is well optimized and operates efficiently and responsibly in an environment where resources are shared and are at a premium. Include documentation on program code performance (e.g., timings, performance monitoring tools). You may include the URL of a web page detailing code performance. The requestor is responsible for convincing the reviewers of optimized code performance.

F. References (please limit to those directly related to the proposed project).

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Questions about applying for resources should be directed to: Ginger Caldwell

Questions or comments about this form should be directed to: Michelle Smart

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