| Title: | A Partnership Approach to Funding High-End Research Computing (ID: CNC9729) |
| Author(s): | Donald F. McMullen (Indiana University) |
| Topics: | Financial Management, High-Performance Computing, Information Access Management, Partnerships |
| Origin: | Presented at CAUSE Conferences (Archives) (1997) |
| Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports |
| Abstract: | Providing facilities and support for excellent computational research is costly. Most college and university computing centers don't have budgets to meet these exceptional needs, yet simulation and computation play a critical role in research for many disciplines. The problem is providing high-end facilities to significantly extend the reach of one segment of a university's computing community without creating inequities in overall funding for instructional, general academic, and administrative computing. This paper presents a model for building centralized research computing facilities that emphasizes partnerships and leveraged funding. Key elements include good communication with end-user groups, correct timing, and solid partnerships with research support units in the university, external funding agencies, and vendors. |
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