ACCESS helps researchers and educators utilize the nation’s advanced computing systems and services
FABRIC is now part of the ACCESS Resource Computing Resource Ecosystem. ACCESS, or “Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support,” is a program established and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help researchers and educators utilize the nation’s advanced computing systems and services. The national research cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem is essential to computational- and data-intensive research and plays a critical role in ensuring U.S. leadership, economic competitiveness and national security. ACCESS builds upon the successes of the 11-year XSEDE project, while also expanding the ecosystem with capabilities for new modes of research and further democratizing participation.
Several FABRIC nodes are at sites that host ACCESS-allocated resources – including NCSA, PSC, SDSC and TACC – allowing researchers to incorporate large-scale computing platforms into their complex, distributed workflows and experiments.
As part of ACCESS, FABRIC joins the Sage edge computing platform as a unique distributed network infrastructure, rather than a typical high-performance computing or storage resource.
Read the announcement on the ACCESS website.