TY - GEN
T1 - The Impact of Penn State Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers (RISE) Team, a joint ICDS and NSF CC∗ Team Project
T2 - 2022 Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing: Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You, PEARC 2022
AU - Pavloski, Charles Frank
AU - Hanna, Chad
AU - Leydig, Derek
N1 - Funding Information:
Typical faculty research groups are unable to directly hire and support computational engineers that encourage a career path. Through initial support from Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), the Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers (RISE) team was created to address this challenge [3]. ICDS RISE is a team of domain specialists, computational scientists and software engineers who can help bring the power of high-performance computing and advanced computational techniques to research projects. Combining this initiative with funds provided from the NSF CC* program, we rapidly expanded access to the RISE team to research faculty located among the 24 Penn State commonwealth campuses through RISE seed grants, seminars, workshops, and training. These funds also allow for RISE to grow in capacity and scientific disciplines.
Funding Information:
In addition, research faculty are deciding to continue their relationship with RISE engineers, post-seed grant on other research projects. The typical RISE engineer has evolved into having one long-term (over one year), research grant funded project, one-medium term (6 to 12 months) research grant funded project and rotating seed grant projects from 3 to 6 months in duration. This willingness to include RISE in grant funded proposals shows the impact that RISE has on their individual research goals. Sample testimonials from Penn State faculty working with RISE team members highlight the impact: “Having this existing expertise that we can hire on a contract basis saves my group time and effort and makes us more productive.” – Dr. Ed O’Brien, Penn State Associate Professor of Chemistry “RISE was the difference between success and failure in this project.” - Dr. Uday Shanbhag, Penn State Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering We fully expect RISE’s impact on Penn State’s research mission to continue to grow with adoption and the size of the team.
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PY - 2022/7/8
Y1 - 2022/7/8
N2 - The use of computing in science and engineering has become nearly ubiquitous. Whether researchers are using high performance computers to solve complex differential equations modeling climate change or using effective social media strategies to engage the public in a discourse about the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, cyberinfrastructure (CI) has become our most powerful tool for the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge. With this sea change in the scientific process, tremendous discoveries have been made possible, but not without significant challenges. The Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers (RISE) team was created to address some of these challenges. Over the past two years, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences' (ICDS) research staff have partnered with RISE CI experts who facilitate research through a variety of CI resources. These include, but are not limited to, Penn State's high performance computing resources (Roar), national resources such as the Open Science Grid and XSEDE, and cloud services provided by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Using funds provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) CC∗program, the RISE team has had direct engagement through multiple activities that benefit research projects conducted at Penn State. In addition, the RISE team has conducted seminars, workshops, and other training activities to bolster the cyberinfrastructure literacy of students, postdocs and faculty across disciplines. The RISE team has grown as a workforce shared across investigators who have consulted on projects both large and small. We show that the RISE team has already paid substantial dividends through increased productivity of faculty and more efficient use of external funding.
AB - The use of computing in science and engineering has become nearly ubiquitous. Whether researchers are using high performance computers to solve complex differential equations modeling climate change or using effective social media strategies to engage the public in a discourse about the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, cyberinfrastructure (CI) has become our most powerful tool for the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge. With this sea change in the scientific process, tremendous discoveries have been made possible, but not without significant challenges. The Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers (RISE) team was created to address some of these challenges. Over the past two years, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences' (ICDS) research staff have partnered with RISE CI experts who facilitate research through a variety of CI resources. These include, but are not limited to, Penn State's high performance computing resources (Roar), national resources such as the Open Science Grid and XSEDE, and cloud services provided by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Using funds provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) CC∗program, the RISE team has had direct engagement through multiple activities that benefit research projects conducted at Penn State. In addition, the RISE team has conducted seminars, workshops, and other training activities to bolster the cyberinfrastructure literacy of students, postdocs and faculty across disciplines. The RISE team has grown as a workforce shared across investigators who have consulted on projects both large and small. We show that the RISE team has already paid substantial dividends through increased productivity of faculty and more efficient use of external funding.
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U2 - 10.1145/3491418.3535179
DO - 10.1145/3491418.3535179
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85135215611
T3 - PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You
BT - PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 10 July 2022 through 14 July 2022
ER -