CC* Team: KYRC - A Kentucky Research Computing Team

CC* Team: KYRC - A Kentucky Research Computing Team Overview: We propose to form a regional cyberinfrastructure (CI) support team called the Kentucky Research Computing Team (KyRC). KyRC will be a collaborative state-wide support group focused on the advancement of research through the application, education, and support of advanced CI. The multiinstitutional project team will be comprised of representatives from the public universities and the community and technical college system, including Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), Kentucky State University (KSU), Morehead State University (MSU), Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University (NKU), University of Kentucky (UK), University of Louisville (UofL), Western Kentucky University (WKU), Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), and the Kentucky Regional Optical Network (KyRON). Leveraging existing regional organizations, such as KyRON, and institutional CI groups at UK and UofL, the project team will work in collaboration with university provost and college chandlers to advance science and engineering across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Intellectual Merit: Scientific discovery today is being enabled through compute-intensive and dataintensive research that would not be possible without advanced cyberinfrastracture (CI). KyRC will provide researchers with direct access to expert CI engineers that can help apply, consult, and support a wide-range of computational systems and research disciplines. KyRC will develop community engagement events to help identify researchers who could benefit from advanced CI, but either have no access, expertise, or training in CI. Broader Impact: The goal of KyRC is to serve a broad range of institutions in the state of Kentucky including higher-eduction, city (smarter city), and community education efforts. In addition to state-wide support, we will participate and collaborate with leading regional and national CI entities to facilitate a national community of expertise. The KyRC team will be comprised of three full-time CI Engineers and a Community Facilitator that will be assigned to physically and virtually engage, support, educate, and train organizations in the state of Kentucky and beyond. The primary goal of the KyRC team is to focus and build upon existing CI expertise while engaging with institutions that can benefit, but would otherwise be without expert CI support. The team aims to serve a broad range of organizations throughout the state of Kentucky where curricula, mission, or focus is relevant to science and engineering. In addition, we aim to educate and support underrepresented populations and institution types in areas of advanced CI.