[intrepid-notify] ALCF Weekly Updates - February 9

[ALCF User Services]

*** You Could Win a Kindle Touch: Respond to the User Satisfaction Survey ***
You should have received an email last week containing a link to the 2011 ALCF User Satisfaction survey. Please take 15 minutes to provide feedback that will help us shape our future programs and resources. Respond by February 24 and you can elect to be entered in a drawing for one of three new Kindle Touches. We appreciate your valuable input, and thank you in advance, for your time. Please email support at alcf.anl.gov if you were an ALCF user in 2011 and you did not receive a survey notification. 

*** 2012 ALCC Call for Proposals Closes February 14 ***
The ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) allocates up to 30 percent of the computational resources at the DOE Leadership Computing Facilities. Accepted projects are directly related to the DOE's energy mission, national emergency, or for broadening the community of researchers capable of using leadership computing resources. Awards are based on a peer review for scientific merit and computational readiness. Proposals are due by February 14, 2012. Visit: http://www.alcf.anl.gov/news/detail.php?id=605 for details.

*** Allocations of ALCF System Time in 2013 (Including the Blue Gene/Q) Available through INCITE ***
Sixty percent of the ALCF's system hours go to INCITE awardees. The open call for 2013 INCITE awards is April 11-June 27, 2012. To be eligible for an INCITE award, your project will need to demonstrate a compelling, high-impact science goal, plus computational readiness and need for leadership-class supercomputing resources. To help prepare your science to meet this computational readiness requirement, consider requesting a Director's Discretionary award at the ALCF. Visit http://www.alcf.anl.gov/resource-guides/how-get-allocation for more information. Please be sure to specify in your request that the allocation will be used for INCITE proposal preparation. 

*** Important Dates ***
Feb. 14 - ALCC Proposals Due: http://www.alcf.anl.gov/news/detail.php?id=605
Feb. 24 - User Satisfaction Survey Due: contact support at alcf.anl.gov if you did not receive a survey notification.
Apr. 11 - INCITE 2013 Call for Proposals opens (April 11 - June 27)