{"647124":{"#nid":"647124","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New PACE Advisory Committee and Funding Model Formalized","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has formalized an advisory committee for the Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE) and adopted of a new method of funding research cyberinfrastructure. Unlike the previous model, which charged for research cyberinfrastructure based on a fixed capacity, the new model aims to be more sustainable and flexible. Now research principal investigators (PI) will only be charged for actual consumption of resources \u0026ndash; similar to that of commercial cloud offerings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPACE has secured the necessary campus approvals to waive the Facilities and Administrative overhead on PACE services, as well as purchases from commercial cloud providers, for proposals submitted to sponsors between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023. More information about this process is shared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pace.gatech.edu\/participation\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/pace.gatech.edu\/participation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe PACE Advisory Committee is a joint effort between the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Office of Information Technology to ensure that shared research computing services are meeting faculty needs and resourced in a sustainable way.\u0026nbsp; The committee consists of a representative group of faculty who depend on the advanced computational and data capabilities provided by OIT\u0026#39;s research cyberinfrastructure.\u0026nbsp; An important goal of the committee is to provide essential feedback, which will help continuously improve this critical service. The committee began its monthly meeting cadence in March and charged with:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFunctioning as a communication channel between the broader research computing community and PACE;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EServing as a sounding board for major changes to the PACE infrastructure;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMaintaining an Institute-level view of the shared resource; and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHelping craft strategies that balance the value and benefits provided by the resources with a sustainable cost structure in the face of ever-increasing demand.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFuture meetings will be held at held following times:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3Ameeting_MjJlNjYzOTMtNzI1Mi00NjRkLWI3NDMtY2Q4MzAyODUzNjU0@thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3A%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%22b21a8f91-e246-4366-a9f8-28b705d45330%22%7d\u0022\u003EThursday, May 27, from 1 to 2 p.m.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3Ameeting_MmFjMzMzNjUtM2ZkZi00MjljLTgwM2YtMjZhODY1ZTg5MzQ5@thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3A%22482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%22b21a8f91-e246-4366-a9f8-28b705d45330%22%7d\u0022\u003EWednesday, June 23, from 2 to 3 p.m.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has formalized an advisory committee for the Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE) and adopted of a new method of funding research cyberinfrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has formalized an advisory committee for the Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE) and adopted of a new method of funding research cyberinfrastructure."}],"uid":"34822","created_gmt":"2021-05-03 18:33:30","changed_gmt":"2021-05-03 20:47:08","author":"Malynda Dorsey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"629125":{"id":"629125","type":"image","title":"Hive Cluster Supercomputer Ribbon Cutting","body":null,"created":"1574189412","gmt_created":"2019-11-19 18:50:12","changed":"1574189412","gmt_changed":"2019-11-19 18:50:12","alt":"A photograph of the Hive cluster supercomputer with blue LED lights","file":{"fid":"239594","name":"Coda Ribbon Cutting 3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Coda%20Ribbon%20Cutting%203.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Coda%20Ribbon%20Cutting%203.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":499293,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Coda%20Ribbon%20Cutting%203.jpg?itok=2IdFRPhi"}}},"media_ids":["629125"],"groups":[{"id":"174291","name":"OIT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"183656","name":"oit feature"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalynda Dorsey\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of IT Marketing \u0026amp; Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:malynda@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emalynda@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}