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XSEDE Training: Achieving Access and Inclusion

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XSEDE16: Proceedings of the XSEDE16 Conference on Diversity, Big Data, and Science at Scale

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2949550.2949586

Published: 17 July 2016 Publication History

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An XSEDE strategic goal is to extend use of high-end digital services to new communities by preparing the current and next generation of scholars, researchers, and engineers in the use of advanced digital technologies via training, education, and outreach. The mission of XSEDE's Under-Represented Community Engagement (URCE) program is to raise awareness of the value of advanced digital research services and recruit users from new communities. In collaboration with XSEDE training and education programs, the URCE program works with faculty and students that are non-traditional users of XSEDE resources and helps them utilize XSEDE's advanced digital research services and ecosystem.

Over the past five years, the URCE program organized and facilitated training across the country at a variety of institutions ranging from small private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) such as Philander Smith to the University of Texas at El Paso, a large public Hispanic Serving Institution. Every URCE-led training workshop included extensive formative and summative evaluation, including longitudinal tracking of participant progress in engaging with XSEDE services in order to identify growth and persistence as well as barriers and opportunities.

85% (209/245) of URCE-led training event participants were first time XSEDE training registrants. After attending, 14% of attendees obtained access to XSEDE resources and more than 18% registered for additional training activities. This paper presents the strategies used to achieve these results.

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XSEDE16: Proceedings of the XSEDE16 Conference on Diversity, Big Data, and Science at Scale

July 2016

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ISBN:9781450347556

DOI:10.1145/2949550

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Kelly Gaither
Texas Advanced Computing Center

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Tychonievich LCohoon JZhang JSherriff MHeckman SCutter PMonge A(2020)Lessons Learned from Providing Hundreds of Hours of Diversity TrainingProceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education10.1145/3328778.3366930(206-212)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2020
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Karapetrović JŠabić EDugas DFurlani T(2019)Community Outreach and the Discovery HPC ClusterPractice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2019: Rise of the Machines (learning)10.1145/3332186.3333267(1-4)Online publication date: 28-Jul-2019
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