Education Allocations

A primary mission of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is to train students, including undergraduates, on the proper use of supercomputers. To this end, PSC offers Education allocations which are allocations of free supercomputing time to supplement other teaching tools.

Typically, Education allocations have been used in heavily quantitative courses, such as numerical methods, computational fluid dynamics, and computational chemistry. But we encourage faculty members from all fields, including the social sciences and humanities, to take advantage of Education allocations.

Applying for an Education allocation

To apply for an Education allocation, contact the PSC Allocations Coordinator. It is helpful to have the following information avavailable:

• a course syllabus;
• academic status, names and email addressess of the students enrolled in the course (this can be supplied at a later date if necessary);
• beginning and ending dates for the course; and
• beginning and ending dates for the Education allocation if you require access to the allocation beyond the course dates.

Review process

Education allocations are internally reviewed by PSC staff scientists on an ongoing basis.

Feedback

Your comments on the value of this allocation to your course or university are always welcome, as are suggestions for how we might improve our efforts to educate members of the academic community on the use of supercomputers. Send your comments to the PSC Allocations Coordinator.