Midwest Research Computing and Data Consortium
The Midwest Research Computing Data Consortium is a growing alliance of Midwestern universities that support experimental, observational, and computational sciences through a variety of high-performance computing (HPC) resources. Therefore, our mission is to build a community of practice and facilitate collaboration among partner institutions by lowering barriers to access the diverse set of research computing resources at member institutions throughout the midwestern states.
Midwest RCD Consortium fully and wholeheartedly embraces diversity. This commitment includes but is not limited to embracing: race, ethnicity, color, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic class, religion, disability, age, military status, political ideology, visa status, economic status, geographic location, and language/linguistic ability. We are committed to inclusion where everyone is welcomed, valued, and provided opportunities to grow.
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CI Value, Return on Investment, and Impact. The consortium will gather information about the network institutions to build a coherent understanding of the value, return on investment, and impact of advanced cyberinfrastructure to the Midwest as well as network participants’ home institutions. Read more about the ROI group here
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. We strive to build an inclusive and equitable culture to promote and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read more about the DEI group here.
The Scientific Cloud Affinity Group looks at how traditional HPC centers approach cloud computing to support increasingly diverse scientific and engineering research and education endeavors. Further, it addresses what skill sets CI professionals will need to have to support the scientific cloud. Read more about the Scientific Cloud here.
Several committees oversee the activities of the Midwest RCD. The Steering Committee’s role is to convene subcommittees to manage the accelerator programs and provide structure and guidance to the affinity groups. In addition to the Steering Committee, the Engagement and Outreach Committee manages External Communications (website, mailing lists, slack, social media). Finally, the Nominations Committee manages the accelerator programs.
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