This form must be filled out and submitted to Professor Glenn Luecke at 291 Durham Center (515-294-6659, grl@iastate.edu) to request access to the LARGE LONG-SMALL and/or HUGE queues on Academic Information Technologies' Alpha Farm.
Project Leader: (Must be an ISU faculty or staff member)
Name: ____________________________________________________________
Campus Address: __________________________________________________
(Incl. 4-digit zip code. Example: 2251, Academic Information Technologies)
Location: ________________________________ College: ____________
(Example: 291 Durham Center)
Email Address: ___________________________ Phone: ______________
Others working on this project who need access to the Alpha Farm:
1. Name: _________________________________________________________
Network-ID: ____________________________ Phone: _______________
2. Name: _________________________________________________________
Network-ID: ____________________________ Phone: _______________
3. Name: _________________________________________________________
Network-ID: ____________________________ Phone: _______________
4. Name: _________________________________________________________
Network-ID: ____________________________ Phone: _______________
Person to contact if problems arise:
Name: _________________________________________________________
Network-ID: ____________________________ Phone: _______________
Project Title: ______________________________________________________
Project Description: Please attach a summary of your project (1 page maximum)
that includes the expected benefits from having access to
the Alpha Farm.
Is there external funding supporting this project? ___ YES, ___ NO.
If the answer is YES, please name the funding source
_____________________________ and the amount of the award $ _______________
Time Period of Grant: Grants are awarded on a fiscal year period, July 1
through June 30.
If I am awarded this computing access grant, I agree to
(a) utilize the Alpha Farm only for the project described in this proposal
(b) submit jobs only into those queues for which they are appropriate
(c) only run jobs that cannot be handled adequately by other computing
resources to which I have access.
Moreover, I consider the proposed project to be appropriate and consistent with
the objectives of the university.
Project Leader's signature: ___________________________________ Date ________
Signatures of others working on this project listed above:
1. __________________________________________ Date ________
2. __________________________________________ Date ________
3. __________________________________________ Date ________
4. __________________________________________ Date ________
Because of limited resources, Academic Information Technologies cannot guarantee
that there will be enough computer resources to satisfy all the computing needs
of everyone who receives a computing access grant.
When feasible, Academic Information Technologies will provide assistance porting
and optimizing codes to the Alpha Farm.