Getting Set Up

Who should read this? New student or faculty that want access to Research Computing Resources for research or academic purposes. Faculty bringing a new student on to your team.

Here is a short list of things to do in order to get started. These will differ for each individual. Faculty can place requests for students

  • Review the Research Computing Systems so you are familiar with which systems are appropriate for you.

  • Request compute system access, selecting the systems you need access to.

  • Request to be added to the proper research share/folder.

  • Request to be added to other groups, if applicable.

Who can get access to research computing systems?

Q. Who is allowed to get access to computational servers or clusters?

    • All PSU faculty, researchers assistants, graduate students, undergraduates, staff, and administrators with legitimate academic research computing needs and an Odin ID. Non-PSU affiliated faculty and students may also get access to PSU systems, with sponsorship and affiliate Odin account.

    • Some systems may have restrictions on who is allowed access and for how long.

Q. Who is allowed to request network data storage? Who is allowed to use this?

    • Research network shares (data storage) must be requested and owned by full-time faculty, staff, or administration. There are long-term ramifications of data ownership. They may request access to their share for anyone with a current Odin ID.

How do I request access to systems?

You can find Research Computing forms at the OIT Help Center. https: go.pdx.edu/help. The most commonly used forms for Research Computing are list here.