UCSB AAP Accounts
Our users arise from within the University of California, Santa Barbara, campus community. UCSB is a partner with SDSC, the San Diego Supercomputer Center. UCSB also has connections to NCSA, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
The OIT offers two types of accounts:
- Individual accounts provide access to all SDSC resources.
- Class accounts provide access to all the SDSC and NCSA resources.
Individual Accounts
The Academic Associates Program (AAP), formerly known as the Block Grant Program, is available exclusively for University of California researchers for computational projects, including proof of concept projects, code development, education projects, or full production runs on BlueGene or OnDemand. Learn how to get an account and start using some of the most powerful supercomputing resources available today.
Please use this application form to request an individual account:
Special Notice: Academic Associates Program
The AAP program and its associated resources are being replaced by the Triton Affiliates and Partners Program (TAPP), and the Triton Resource respectively.
After June 30, 2009, the following resources will be unavailable under the AAP program:
- IBM BlueGene
- IA-64 Linux cluster
- OnDemand cluster
Be sure to migrate your data from these resources by June 30.
No new storage requests will be accepted on HPSS and SAM-QFS under the AAP program; however, data may be left on for archival purposes.
Class Accounts
Faculty members who wish to use high-performance computers for their classes may apply for time on the SDSC and/or NCSA systems. Please contact the OIT Supercomputer Consultant or phone (805) 893-8287 at least one month prior to the beginning of the class for the NCSA systems, and at least 15 days prior to the beginning of the class for the NPACI systems.
Applicants for a class account will need to supply:
- Instructor's resume
- Course title
- Course description
- Course syllabus
SDSC and NCSA Allocations
If you need resources exceeding the UCSB account quotas, please apply to the SDSC Allocations Committee or to the NCSA Allocations Committee.
For further information about accounts, email the OIT Supercomputing Consultant, or phone (805) 893-8287.
