CCEP (CSSN Community Engagement Program) gives travel rewards to ANYONE for community engagement, feedback forums, documentation and much more!

Submissions are reviewed once a month. If you have not heard back within 6 weeks please email alana.romanella@colorado.edu for an update on status. Please submit at least two-three months before the conference that you desire to attend. If you submit without adequate time your submission may not be reviewed in time.

You must ensure that you have enough time to submit your CCEP conceptual idea, complete the work, and then allow the CU team to book your hotel/flight/registration for a US-based conference or workshop (these are the ONLY travel items covered by the CCEP).

You may submit one request for a CCEP annually (our year runs from May 1, 2024 to May 1, 2025).

$3,000 Reward

Intro to ACCESS event
Prepare an Intro to ACCESS lecture, tutorial, or slide deck for Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced User. This ideally should be a review of multiple ACCESS resources (e.g. how to get an allocation, how to get started, tips and tricks, software and hardware overview) or a general review of offerings that Support/Allocations provides to the community.
Intro to ACCESS lecture for domain specific conference or community
Prepare an Intro to ACCESS lecture, tutorial, or slide deck for a domain specific conference (e.g. AGU, ODSC, IPSA, etc) or community (biology department, chemistry honor society, political science affinity group, media studies lecture series, etc.) that can be shared and reused for training in the future.
Documentation, tutorial, lecture, or event on requested topic
Expand the knowledge base by submitting your ideas for documentation, a recording of a lecture, event, or tutorial for one of the below subject areas. Once your CCEP has been approved, you will complete your work and then contribute your completed work as a Knowledge Base Resource.
  • AI/ML/LLM/GenAI (and associated items)
  • Intro to Linux
  • Python
  • Job Scheduling
  • Data Transfer, Software Installations
  • Parallel Programming
  • GPU Acceleration
  • PyTorch/TensorFlow
  • Rust
Share your expertise on Ask.CI, the Q&A platform for the research computing community
Expand the community knowledge base by contributing 10 posts (new topics or answers to existing topics, with a maximum of 5 new topics) on Ask.CI. Submissions will be reviewed once a month by the CCEP committee. Please post first, then apply for your reward.
Serve as a MATCH Plus Mentor
If interested, please contact alana.romanella@colorado.edu.
Serve on the CCEP Review Committee
If interested, please contact alana.romanella@colorado.edu.
Apply to CCEP

Important Fine Print

CCEP (CSSN Community Engagement Program) gives travel rewards to ANYONE for community engagement, feedback forums, documentation and much more! Submissions are reviewed once a month. Please submit by October 1 for SC24 or two months prior to the conference that you desire to attend.

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