WBS 2.5.1 Resource Allocation Service (RAS), Office of the Director

Mission Statement

The Resource Allocation Service (RAS) will build on XSEDE’s current allocation processes and evolve to meet the challenges presented by new types of resources to be allocated via XSEDE, new computing and data modalities to support increasingly diverse research needs, and large-scale demands from the user community for limited XSEDE-allocated resources.

Goals, Metrics & KPIs

Area KPI	Target	Subgoal
Mean rating of user satisfaction with allocations process	4 of 5	Sustain - Provide excellent user support
Mean rating of user satisfaction with XRAS	4 of 5/ qtr	Sustain – Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure

Project KPIs	Target
Mean rating of user satisfaction with allocations process and support services	4 of 5 / yr
Percentage of research requests successful (not rejected)	85.0 / qtr
Mean composite availability of core services (geometric mean of critical services and XRAS)**	99%

*This Project KPI is a joint effort with Operations

Leadership Team

Name	Institution	Position	Email
Dave Hart	National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)	Director	dhart@ucar.edu
Sonia Nayak	San Diego Supercomputer Center	Project manager	s1nayak@sdsc.edu
Ester Soriano	National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)	A3M manager	esoriano@illinois.edu
Ken Hackworth	Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)	APP manager	hackworth@psc.edu